Sunday Scripture

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
Lamentations 3:22-24

Happy Background

I wanted to share these super cute backgrounds with you! They made me so happy today. It's the little things, people. Go visit We Love To Illustrate and download one for your desktop background. They are so fun! I also got a chance to check our their website. Those girls are so talented and provide such awesome resources. I was so happy to stumble upon their website.

Enjoy!

I am going to download this one for February. LOVE the owls!

This is the one I picked for January! It makes me smile!

Amelia

Winter Transformation

I wanted to make my dining room look "wintery." I was a little down after all the Christmas things were gone, so I wanted to change things up a bit and add some Winter touches. When I think winter-I think silver, white, and light blue. So first, I put down a table runner (okay, they are two pillowcases placed close together. You go with what you got right?), then I layed 3 white damask napkins diagonally on top. I had some brown rattan balls that I never use, so I spray painted them silver and placed them in a crackled glass urn in the middle.

Then I added my china and two hurricanes with white candles. I usually never decorate with blue or silver…I love it…I just usually stick with greens and gold, but I love this look! Now, all I need are the silver changers I am taking borrowing from my mom!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!

-Amelia

Tasty Tuesdays

Tuesdays I'm going to start posting recipes that I have seen online or in cookbooks that I want to make. Hopefully you will find somethings you want to try also!

Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes- The Idea Room
These look A.MAZ.ING. I mean, how could they not be, you are taking 2 already fabulous breakfast items and making them into an even more fantastic looking breakfast.
I can't wait to try these!

Asian Cabbage Salad- Our Best Bites
This salad looks awesome...and it's healthy. (After you eat these Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes you could have the Salad for dessert-They cancel each other out. I promise.)

Chocolate Chip Cheeseball-Mel's Kitchen Cafe
Yum. Just, Yum.

Beef Stroganoff in the CrockPot-Mel's Kitchen Cafe
Anything in the crockpot, I love and this just looks yummy and perfect for a cold night.

The next recipe I copied from my friend, Anne's new cookbook. She is getting married in May and her sister made her an awesome cookbook with recipes from their friends and family. This recipe looked yummy and really easy. I will have to give this a try.

Sausage Vegetable Soup

1 (14 oz) can fat free beef broth

1 (14 oz) can Italian Stewed Tomatoes

2 cup water

2 cups frozen Ore-Ida Potatoes

1 Bag frozen veggies

1 (7oz) butterball lean turkey smoked sausage link

1/8 t pepper

The butterball sausage should come packaged as 2 (7oz) links. Cut one link lengthwise, and then slice into bite sized pieces (refrigerate the other link or freeze for later use). Chop the tomatoes with kitchen scissors while still in the can. Combine the broth, undrained tomatoes, and water in a large pot. Stir in the potatoes, vegetables, sausage and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Let me know if you get to try any of these before me. It's a good thing I found the recipe for Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes after Christmas Break otherwise I would have made them every morning for breakfast!!!

-Amelia

Sad Day.

I said I would post pictures of my dining room today.

But, sadly I haven't had a chance to take any.

Let me start this by saying that I lose things a lot.
I am constantly misplacing my cell phone, camera, glasses, etc. I think it is part of my spastic personality. It's a problem, I realize. I really have been trying to work on it.
In fact, it was part of my New Year's Resolution.

Well, my friends. It didn't start out so hot for me.
Okay, now on to the story.

Last night when I was getting ready for bed I realized that I had somehow, somewhere, lost my Clemson Class Ring.
(Photo from Herff Jones)
Mine is just like this one, but I graduated in 06.

I wear it everyday and it is so special to me. At night, when I get ready to wash my face, I ALWAYS put my rings in the same place (I have trained myself to do this because I do lose things so often). That's when I realized it was missing.

Other than going out once, we spent the rest of the day cleaning, so I'm thinking it HAS to be in this house SOME.WHERE.

We have torn the house apart. Retraced steps. Looked like fools at 12AM using flashlights to search parking lots in our pajamas. Taken cushions out of the sofas and chairs. Taken the garbage disposal and sink pipes apart. Searched through trash.
NO Ring.


I am SO. SAD.

I am really hoping it will turn up.

-Amelia

un-Christmasified

Except for the Christmas colored candy, our house is officially "Un-Christmasified."

It makes me sad knowing that Christmas is over and that I have to go back to work tomorrow, but there is something about taking everything down that makes the house feel "fresh" and " new." We spent the day cleaning so it not only feels fresh, but clean as well!! It's nice to have a clean house before going back to work.

I wanted to share this cool trick I learned with you. I took the tablecloth and table pads off of my dining room table last night, only to find that I had 3 huge water spots (that's the best way I know to describe them-3 white circles) on my table. One in the middle and two on one side.

I can't figure out what in the world caused these circles because-
1. I had the table pad covering the entire table.
2. There wasn't any food or drinks in the middle of the table where the biggest circle was.
3. I had placemats AND the table cover where people had their drinks.

I immediately tried furniture polish...no luck. I called my grandma and she told me to try laying a dishtowel over them and lightly iron over the spot on low with no steam....no luck.
Then I decided to do some research online.
I found three sources that said to try toothpaste. As crazy as that sounded to me, all of the people online said it worked.

IT DOES!!!

I used Crest Whitening and put a dime sized amount on a wet rag and rubbed over the spot in a circular motion. It went away instantaneously. How crazy is that??
I was amazed and then proceeded to clean my entire table with toothpaste. It made the table really shiny! haha Hopefully you won't, but if you ever find water spots on wood pieces, try this trick. It has to be paste... the gel doesn't work.

I am working on Winter Decorations for my newly cleaned and shiny table.
Look for pictures tomorrow! :)

-Amelia

Happy New Year!

May the Lord's Peace be with you in 2011!

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Colossians 3:15-17

-Amelia