Tara won 1st Place in our Homemade Soup contest at my annual Harvest Party. Not only is this soup delicious but she took it over the top with homemade grilled cheese croutons (not the goldfish, lol). Here is her recipe! Just click on the link:
P.S. If you don’t follow her blog you should – everything she makes is delicious – for reals! xoxo
Have I mentioned how much I love my new kitchen! LOL
Wholly schmolly! I soooo love it!! Plumber is next!
Seriously, I have not had this much countertop in 5 years! Actually, I don’t think my other house had this much!
Tile backspash after the holidays (from Lowes).
My countertop – Home Depot Quartz – Cortina
I think a squirt of whip creme on top of my coffee with a sprinkle of nutmeg – would make it absolutely perfect!
Yep – that’s a laser!!! The countertop guy came back and everything was level!! Yahooooooo!!! Thanks Tim (and Maurene) Martin!! So the countdown begins!! November 12th is my install date!
Thanks Matthew for keeping the fire pit roaring!
Time for S’mores
Thank you Tara for taking all these wonderful pictures!! And thank you for my surprise Birthday Cake!! It was beautiful and delicious!! xoxo
Thank you everyone for bringing all those wonderful soups!! Can’t wait til next year! Love you all!!
My beautiful daughter, baby Ellie (with cracker in her mouth) and Miss Heidi
My handsome son-in-law and baby Ellie
Papa Bayless & Ellie
Nana & Ellie
Maurene & Tim
Mamma Mia & Paul
Cutie patooties
My handsome son
Me & Belley Boo (Belle)
Sarah & Reece
Justin & Birthday Girl – Ridley
My neighbors, James & Shelley
This year’s contest was “Soup” and we had a wonderful variety of yummy ones!
Everyone had a chance to fill their bowls and place a “vote”! Everybody got to be a judge.
And this little angel face is actually eating the “Winner”!! Tara and the Benson family made homemade Tomato Bisque soup and Tara had made grilled cheese sandwiches that she cut into bite size croutons!!!! YUMOLA!! Congrats Bensons!
More to come . . . .
Good news . . . . cabinets are in! Bad news . . . I have to re-level!!!!!!! Longgggg story – but countertop guy came to measure and the 2 base cabinets to left of the dishwasher are lower than the cabinet to the right of the dishwasher!!!! Seriously???? Whoooo knew that an 8′ level is required for making sure that the “long” run of cabinets are alllllllll level together. Well, I thought they were level until he stuck that 8′ level (maybe it was 6′ – it was way bigger than my 4′ level) across the 2 left cabinets, across the dishwasher to the other cabinet. Soooooooo I have to start over on those . . . sooooo bummed!!! This is taking FOREVER!
Here are my countertop & tile choices. The countertop is “Cortina” Quartz by Viatera (Home Depot) and the tile for my backsplash is called “Avalon” from Lowe’s. I wanted a simpler countertop because I wanted the statement to be my backsplash. The tile reminds me of a quilt – perfect for my little farmhouse.
Country Girl 