Food update

During one of my many travels I came across this cool gadget

it is an indicator that tells you how done the eggs are :)

 Color changes with time and temperature

Cool ayeee!

 Tried a new coffee cake recipe that had a nutty strudel...

 All baked...

 TADA...

 Looked really pretty with its layers...

tasted good too!

We love making soups

here is our fav...chicken tortilla...yummy

Project Vegetable Garden begins...

To Grant's excitement the lawn mowing has commenced :)

  The tulips did bloom just caught this one on camera 

before it got cold and rainy outside

 

On a positive note
I started with my vegetable garden indoors...

 Didn't realize how tiny seeds were

and they have a fixed number of them in each packet...

 So I used tweezers and painstakingly planted each precious seed at a time

it took me a few hours well past mid-night
but got all of them done!

 All done put them on a heated blanket to get it

to the warm 80 degree temperatures they need

 And then gave them plenty of light for a couple of days...

 TADA...the watermelon and tomatoes are out already

Yikes! it took them only 3 days

it was supposed to take longer

I guess we better get started on those vegetable beds

Hopefully the warm weather will be back soon!

Random side note:
 We decided to try this crazy slushy magic cup

just FYI it works!

 

Gorgeous Spring!

It is so exciting seeing all the plants awaken from their long winter nap

 Most exciting of all are seeing all the tulips bulbs grow

super excited!!! five of them have blubs that will open up any day now :)

 The tree in our front yard also has new leaves...

 The kitties love looking and listening to all the birds hopping and chirping

 The weather has been gorgeous

everything is green and so pretty...

 It is time for me to start planting my vegetable seeds indoors

I bought tomatoes, watermelon, chilies, corn, lettuce and cucumbers :)

I hear these are the easiest to grow...especially since this will be my first vegetable garden

more on those planter boxes we plan to build to grow these veggies :)

Happy gardening everyone...

Master Bath Part 8 - yes it is back

Yes the bathroom is en-route to getting done :)

the Durock is all up now :D just the two niches to finish up

Next have to patch up the drywall and mud the joints

Here is Grant working hard...

 The tile is ready and waiting to go up :)

we didn't like the accent tile we picked earlier so went back and

found this long stone and glass mosaics we liked better :)

I tried taking pics to show you what they look like maybe one of the three pics below works

the large tile is the wall tile and 

the smaller one is a sample of what is going down on the floor

The pic below represents the colors best :)

Can't wait to get them up on the wall :)

Spring must be here!

Finally the snow has melted and there are signs of life everywhere

check out the new buds in our little garden out front...

 Oh and remember those bazillion tulips I planted in fall

my hard work is paying off

I counted 12 tulips budding out yippee! see them....

Speaking of spring

we are going to have a life changing experience ourselves

in September we will be welcoming a little baby!

Here I am at 13 weeks....just a lil bump

we aren't going baby stuff crazy yet

still a little early but

we did start thinking about colors for the nursery

going to keep it gender neutral and contemporary

So we went shopping for some fabrics to make some curtains and

 other nursery related stuff :)

On another exciting note now that I am not feeling sick to my stomach

we have started working on the master bathroom again!

Will post more on that in a weekend or so.

Happy spring like weather everyone!