Easy for breakfast, lunch, snack, or dinner!

Take store bought (or better, make your own) Israeli Couscous
and stuff any colored pepper you wish! I did a yellow pepper here! 
pre-heat oven to 350, wrap in foil with top open, cook until browned a bit! 
You can add cheese on top toward the end and melt it over if you wish! 
You may also like to add breadcrumbs, Japanese or Italian, your choice! Enjoy!

picture BEFORE it was baked!!!

To Choose! Furniture Shopping!

Sofa was oversize for my room at 96" so I DIDN'T plan on getting this

BUT I HAVE IT!!! Ended up fitting perfectly!! I put that pillow that you see

here on the leather club chair and added a tan one, also have my gray, blue and yellow printed pillows that are over sized, one on each side--then I have a yellow, square pillow on there..yup---pillowed up well! lol

Take a break on a Super Comfortable  & HUGE Chaise!!!!!

Sadly it was a decision between the chaise with love seat 

or the sofa with leather club chair..you know who won!!

Come have a seat with me!!!!

here were some things that just caught my eye!

Would love this for the coffee table! Balls were $10 ea, bowl $99

This chair was beautiful. Lot of people

stopping to view this. It rocked too! neat! 

Going for this look for sure!!! I will just pick up my own twigs outside though:)

They wanted I think, $29.99 for the glass, wall vases! 

Want this piece SO badly!!! I think it would be awesome in 

a bath room, guest room or in a hall!!!!! I love

the mix of old and new in a home..this is new but with an old

look to it----

Electric fireplace TV unit! They sell this in BLACK too (which is what color I would pick)

They have white rock/stones rather than logs...looks FAR better in person!!!

just made it SCREAM summer!!!!

SERIOUSLY THINKING OF GETTING THESE PRINTS....

THESE PRINTS MAKE ME HAPPY!

CERTAINLY ON MY LIST AS WELL!!!!!!

How cool and THICK is THIS table??

LOVED IT--think the price was right too!!!!

funky and fun! TREE STUMP TABLE!!! LOVED

LOVED LOVED IT!!!!

ABOVE;

ALWAYS loved these mirrors! 

hutch/cabinet below---

Below: makes you just THINK summer!!

My Chicken Recipe Being Testing IN the Crock Pot

This is usually made with legs and wings ....
I put it in the oven on 350, marinating it overnight first (to really let all that flavor set it)
the orange can be omitted if you wish to just use lemon (which most of the time I use JUST
the lemon).

• FRESH squeezed lemons (and slices thrown in)
• Chicken breast used here (boneless, 5 of them) Wash good and coat with EVOO
• Organic Rosemary
• Fresh squeezed oranges (and slices thrown in)
• Sea salt and ground pepper 
• TONS of whole clove garlic (to your liking)

Optional: I had left over organic dill that I did not want to go to waste 
so I put some of that in here...if you have leftover parsley you want to use
up, that would be good too!!

and here it is done but not served!
Came out VERY moist and  tasty! 

SUGGESTION:

This would be great cut up the next day

(hot or cold) served over your choice of salad greens

and toppings (mandarin oranges perhaps?) some almonds?

SEE PREVIOUS POST FOR OVEN VERSION!

ENJOY!

Rosemary,Lemon, EVOO, and Garlic Chicken

This has become one of my favorite chicken dishes. You can make it with wing, thighs, legs,
breasts and/or a combo of them.

I don't measure must when cooking..

1. Wash chicken, surfaces and hands well
2. in a pan put in the chicken you want (make sure the pieces are all pretty much even sized for even cooking)
3. coat all the chicken with FRESH lemon juice and then cut up the lemons and droop in pan. You can also uses some orange along with the lemons for added flavor (or if you don't like lemon, use just the oranges).
4. coat all the chicken now with sea salt and ground peppercorns
5. now coat the chicken with olive oil --- mix all up you hands
6. depending on how much you like, love or hate garlic....drop in WHOLE cloves of garlic in the pan according to your taste buds.
7. take organic rosemary and place all over chicken...try to mix some under the chicken!

Let sit in fridge for a least a few hours (overnight in the fridge is best)
back on 350 until done

It is amazing ..... moist*woodsy*citrus


picture below is BEFORE it was done! This is how it should look going
into the oven.

FINALLY made a decision on sofa pillows!

decision I had to make! Not always of making them but had to be done. ha-ha
So, this is what I went with because if/when I change out the color from the moss green (which I really like) to the deep gray----these pillows will still work! They are down filled, super comfortable and so I am happy with them!

What do you think?
1. Putting a print with solid on each OR
2. Keeping the two printed on the sofa and the two solid on the love seat?
Opinion appreciated!!!


ps-excuse any mess as I was busy all weekend and out all day today...and then my dog jumping up:) have to love Krumpet for that! 


Didn't have time to fluff & fix up... it is done now though:)

 The yellow appears brighter in the photos, has burlap trim

Below: These two DOWN-FILLED pillows AND covers all came together for $16.99 Each on pg. 99 of the Potter Barn Catalog (March 2012) they want $39.00 for the covers ONLY! Same exact thing! Score! 

The two yellow together on love seat---

EXCUSE the lamp cord:)

 Shown with one of each on Sofa (above and below)

Below: Shown one of each on Love seat

Below: they are gray, yellow, a bit of blue are in there as well. 

PILLOW TALK!

I am on a mission to find some nice pillows for the sofa and love seat (even though down the line I plan on changing those out, the pillows will stay with the new set) BUT I had a rough time @ TJMaxx yesterday deciding and came home with NOTHING in the pillow department! All the pillows shown were down filled, nice and fluffy yet firm too....ran from $16.99-20.99. I want to start off with four and see how that goes!
Sofa and love seat NOW are moss green (which I love, very earthy and conducive to my home) but REALLY wanting a deep gray set .... maybe just a sofa and then printed chairs?!!? still deciding on that PLUS I am not ready to purchase a set since we are working on getting the 1st floor master suite and bath complete$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Here is what I was admiring:

Above: This was cute and they did have TWO of these but I just 

didn't get them because I couldn't decide on the other two. 

above: Thought of these two together

LOVED this combo ( I don't like ALL four or more pillow to match exactly, that is so old school)

This colorful one was my FAVORITE but there was one and I couldn't make it work with what else they had there....but thinking I may regret that now!!!!!!

This was in their outdoor department for $7.99, it sits 

in the living room on table now. I adore it! 

Master 1st Floor Suite Coming Along (slowly:)

Ok, here are some updates. The plumber is AWESOME...got a TON of work done and we are pleased thus far with it, tremendously, He is SO easy to work with and a very sweet and funny man!
Here are some photos of the bathroom so far (shower stall, sink, and toilet coming soon) Electrician coming next Sunday and then we can move forward on from there..

We also ordered a nice electric fireplace that is also an entertainment center and a cool fan w/a remote and when not in use the remote hangs on the wall.

Above: Where the shower will go

it will be five feet

above: hard to tell but this will be the linen closet

Ceiling fan/light fixture, not the best photo:(

Remote for ceiling fan with wall attachment plate

A bathroom in the making

looking UP into the CEILING! 

one side w/insulation and wall board, the other without

I really love this, would like to have one for my own room!!!!

My parents are really going to enjoy this duel piece!!!!

Getting my son's room ready for age 16!!!

At the end of May my son will be turning 16! Unreal to imagine! He is our baby, we have a daughter who was born in 1986, he in 1996! Once the master suite is complete for my parents then Richard gets to move into a larger room and will once again have his own bathroom and a walk-in-closet.
We decided on Black, gray and white for colors, giving him a more grown-up look. Here is what his bedding will be like. So far, the comforter came, the sheets and skirt will arrive in a day or two! The bathroom will have a clear shower curtain with the NYC skyline done in same colors; black, gray and white. We'll use all three colors for towels .... should be very nice for him!!!

 1500 Thread Count Queen 4pc Bed Sheet Set Egyptian Quality Deep Pocket White

Aeolus Down Full/Queen Microfiber Dobby Plaid Comforter Mini Set, Smoked Pearl

Divatex Home Fashions 200-Thread Count Queen Bed Skirt/Dust Ruffles, Black

I want to find TWO of these mirrors. One for his room

and one for my living room by the front door! This is my nephew's mirror. I just Emailed him asking where he got it! LOVE IT!!!