New Dining Room Table

I finally bought a dining room table! I'm really excited. Our formal dining room has been EMPTY since we moved in to our house in August. I really wanted to buy what I wanted in this house and not settle for hand-me-downs or a flea market find. So I saved my pennies. It took a little while (since we decided to pay cash for all purchases like this), but on Friday I took the plunge.

The above table is the one I purchased. It is 72 inches across. I had the hardest time finding a ROUND table that stayed round. Most round tables have a leaf that make them in to an oval. No thank you!

I did not get the chairs in the picture. I got these chairs: the "camel" colored parsons chairs with the tufted upholstery. I'm excited to see it all together when everything gets delivered in 4-6 weeks....

5 Secrets You Should Keep From Buyers While Selling Your Home

Home buying and selling are emotional processes for all parties involved. There are reasons why you are selling and reasons why someone is buying. However, as a seller, it is important to keep the upper hand when it comes to getting the most profit from the sale of your home. How can you lose the upper hand if you‘ve priced your home right, it shows great and you have an interested buyer? Think of it as a game of poker and everyone wants to win big. But your house is giving your hand away for you! Yikes, you’ve already started to lose. How? Your house is giving away your secrets. You’d be surprised just how much your house is saying about you and the secrets you’d rather keep.

Here are 5 of the most revealing secrets your house may be giving away:

1. How much money you make or what you owe through pay stubs and other financial     information frequently found in home offices;

2. Your physical or medical conditions or that of other family members with medical   equipment  of any kind left out;

3. The medicines you take for what ails you through prescription medications found in the usual places. People are also aware of the medicines prescribed for certain illnesses. Remember buyers may look in your medicine cabinets as they walk through your home;

4. The state of your emotional well-being through self-help books or other reading materials on bedside tables and bookshelves. From divorce recovery, depression to addiction, books you read reveal a lot to your buyers;

5. The fact that you may already have bought a new home or have your hopes set on one with photos or documents of the new place on display.

Can you see how potentially all of these common household items can reveal something about you that you may not want a buyer to know? Buyers will ask themselves:

• “Are they desperate to sell?”

• “In a hurry to get out?”

• “Paying two mortgages?”

• “Dealing with issues or loss?”


• “Sick?”

Easter Doughnuts

Sunshine had an Easter party today so we decided to make Easter Doughnuts.

I know it sounds scary but it is really simple.

Supplies: Canned Biscuits, Oil, Powdered Sugar, Sprinkles, Paper Towels, Food Coloring, Cooling Rack, Little Milk, Sugar and a Water Bottle Cap.

 You need to set up a Hole making station

Cut away making holes in the biscuits.

Looking good Now on to the frying station!

A wooden dowel or skewer works well for flipping and removing from the oil.

Fry till golden brown.

I use a slotted spoon for the holes.

YUMMY!!  Don't they look good!

colored sugar for the holes.  Just use regular sugar and add a couple drops of your choice of food coloring and mix!  It is that easy.

I use a bag and toss to coat.

Then for the glaze on the doughnuts.

I mix Powdered sugar a teaspoon of milk and food coloring.

Dip, Swirl, and Flip over to the wire cooling rack.

I do this in batches of about 4-5 doughnuts then sprinkle with sprinkles.

Sprinkle while still wet so they stick.

This is why you have paper towels under the cooling rack!

Woo Hoo!  Doughnuts Done!!!

Happy Crafting!