Sunday, August 11, 2013

Dress up time!

 Baby Z had to dress-up at daycare
so I got to get creative and make some costumes
this is how I spend my *free time* :)
 
Super Hero day!
Meet super Z
even made her a cool belt and a cape :)


 Favorite Disney Character Day! 
and you can guess who this is :) 
 
 
I am working on some more cute stuff
for her 1st Birthday!!!
Super excited!


Home Reno update

 
Ok it's been a while since I last posted
over a month!!!
took me a while to recollect what the last blog was about
 
So let's see...
landscaping...Believe it or not...still working with the landscaper to tailor our project :)
the porch - is still where we left it
the deck - just a few railings away from being done...then just cleaning & staining
contacting painters...to get some of the interior hard to reach places done
renovation surplus...mess in the garage has been posted for sale online! just waiting now
Kitchen update....is on it's way to completion, staining is complete...poly coat left yaaaa!

Lately we have just been so busy with traveling for work
and watching Baby Z grow we haven't had a lot of time to get stuff done.
Hoping to get the kitchen and deck done soon and hopefully everything else as well :)

Here are all the kitchen cabinet doors drying in the garage :D
can't wait to have a complete kitchen again.

 
 


Vegetable Garden - 2

Really happy with my small scale vegetable production!
We are done with lettuce...who knew they could grow into trees!
We have carrots...

 Cucumbers...
 
Oh my what am I going to do with all these tomatoes!

Green onions...hmmm way more than we can use

 Chilies...more on the way...
 
Carrots are ready to come out...

Basil...
 
Lesson for next year: Use fewer seeds and add more variety :)
 
Almost forgot to show you my dual composter
just unwrapped it today!
still have to figure out how to use it right :)
 


Saturday, June 22, 2013

Summer is here!


Wow it's been a whole month since I last posted
been so busy with house work, cooking, taking care of baby
after I am done with all of it all I want to do is go to bed!
So let me see if I can get you up to speed with everything...

So much has been going on... where to begin!
 
We have been planning out our landscaping options
had a couple of professionals come and give us estimates
working with one to get something done :)
Here is an example... (sorry have to tilt your head to the left :)


We are also going to be redoing the porch post
make it look less country/vintage and more contemporary
list of stuff to order has been prepared
 
We got estimates on kitchen countertops
still deciding if that is something we want to invest in
going to wait till we get the cabinets re-done
yes we will be staining them dark! with some fancy knobs
Here is a sneak peek :)
Before vs. After :) 
 
 My Aunt visited from India and made us a ton of food yummy :)
Our freeze is stocked full till her next return later this year :D
 
I can grow stuff we can eat! who knew! I sure had my doubts :)
well we have been getting salad leaves from the garden twice a week


 
Then our deck
we are fixing it up, going to stain/paint it...haven't decided yet
but it is going to look awesome once we are done :)
Sneak-peek...
 
Last but not the least baby is doing awesome
she has started crawling and pulling herself up
exploring all around the house and learning that there are boundaries :)

 
We are loving this summer weather
hope you are too!
Until next time Buh-bye! :) 

Sunday, May 12, 2013

More yummy food

Last week Baby Z started eating chicken
just took the yummy chicken out of the chicken curry I made for us
and ground it up, she loved it!
Decided that I wasn't going to feed her anything I would not consider tasty
or flavorful so since she started eating
she has eaten garlic, onion, chili, turmeric, garam masala
cinnamon etc. etc.
since she is still drinking her mommy's milk I hear that she already
taste pretty much everything I eat :) so I guess she was already familiar to this and a lot more
got to decide what to make for her next
 
Made some shepherds pie last week too
with mashed potatoes from scratch
forgot how good home made mashed potatoes can be mmmm.
 
Here we are trying to record a video message for our Chinese friend
quite the adventure :)
ended up with a really nice video.