Sweet Melissa Sunday.....finally

Well this was me the day we moved in on May 8th. It was a disaster. And took me about 2 weeks to find the can opener and ice cream scoop. And yes , we bought one before we found them, we were desperate!

Finally we have it pretty much put together.

Never been much of a black or stainless steal girl but I am finally getting use to

them in my new kitchen.

Loving the black handles on the fridge so they don't get too dirty

and really like the small island.

What did we do without it before?

Today I was finally able to post a Sweet Melissa Recipe after 5 months.

This weeks recipe is one of my all time favorites so I couldn't wait to give it a try.

Coconut Custard Pie

This is one of the best things my mom makes.
It was good but I think my mom's still wins!

Made the crust

And then added the coconut to the bottom and then the custard filling.

Baked for 50 minutes, it was a good pie and yes, I will try it again.



Beautiful!
Thanks to Ruby of I Dream of Baking for choosing this week.
Check out her blog for the recipe.
It's great to back in business.

Orange is Gone....

This was our family room the day we bought the house. It was really cute with all their furniture, just didn't match anything we had or would ever have so the day after we bought the house my sweet father-in-law and husband painted this room for me.

Se the orange stripes. Cool Idea but Denae wasn't impressed.

After

I kept the valances for now.

They actually look pretty decent with the wall color.

No more Orange stripes.

Now we can relax in this room.

I'm sure it will change over time but for now we are still focusing on emptying boxes.

Hope your Holiday is fun and cool.

Powder room redo

You remember this room. Too small for this dark color. Last week I came home from work and my husband had primed it, said I can't take it anymore. Find a color.

Morning Zen by Behr.


A soft green that feels fresh and new.

Not so dark and caverness.

Now onto a million more boxes.....

Powder Room

Yesterday I came home from work and my husband was painting this room.

This was one of the cutest rooms , I thought, when we looked at the house but after living with it for 2 weeks we all hate it.

Too dark. Too small.

I'm dreaming of this type of powder room from Comforts of Home.

Her new home is adorable.

Now the room is primed and I need to pick a color. Any suggestions?

Would be fun to see your powder room.

Moving

Saturday was the big day, there were lots of people from our church that came to help.We started at 8 am and finished at 1030. They were fast. My daughter Darci helping put things on the truck, we all worked hard.
A few pictures of the house, in a big mess...but who cares its ours.
I'm loving this wainscoting and the blue dining room.

The orange living and breakfast room.

Yes, that has already been painted just no pictures to post yet.

The kitchen before everything hit.

And the dining room with a few boxes.

Our house is closer to the church, and the girls schools.

It has made our life so much better.

Looking forward to getting this in order soon.

Moving Day

Today is moving day!
I just wanted to take a few minutes to say I can't believe that it is here.
Over the past 4 months and one week, I have shed many tears.But
this weekend should be fun, we get the keys today at two and then friends are coming over to help clean and paint the orange family room, put up shelf paper, clean cabinets, bathrooms and then tomorrow we full fledged move in.
My in-laws are coming tomorrow afternoon and will be here for a week.
We are excited to see some familiar faces and have our family around.
I can't wait to come back soon with pictures and show you around the"new to us" place!
I hope that you have a Blessed Mothers Day weekend and take time to enjoy your mother.