Since I’ve been enjoying this delicious salad for months now, I think it’s time I shared it with all of you. It is incredibly easy and uses only 5 ingredients for the salad, and two ingredients for the dressing. It is the perfect salad to use those tomatoes from your garden, and is delicious any … Read More
Antique Coat & Hat Rack
One of my favorite buys at Gold Rush this year was an oak and iron coat/hat rack for the wall. As soon as Marian pointed it out to me, I knew it was coming home with me. It was a bit dirty and the wood was dry, so I wiped it down and put some … Read More
Chair clean-up
A chair was for sure not on my “look for list” when I headed to Gold Rush last weekend. However, it is no surprise to me that I brought one home. A $5 chair is difficult to pass up, especially when it is so cute. As charming as the chair is, it was extremely dirty. … Read More
Gold Rush 2019
This year I went to Gold Rush with my friend, Marian. It was the first time in 27 years (that’s how long we’ve lived in Rochester) that I didn’t go with Kirk. He was happy to stay home and work on some landscaping and sent me on my way. Neither Marian or I had anything … Read More
Curtain Hack
The master bedroom in our 1978 multi-level home has been a work in progress for years. Actually, the entire house has been a work in progress since moving here in 2004. A few years ago we slowly started the process of updating the room by ripping out old carpeting and adding wood laminate flooring (kinda wish … Read More
2018 GOLD RUSH, Part 2 . Typewriters
Typewriter Fever. On Saturday of Gold Rush weekend we went to the Rochester Fairgrounds. Shortly after arriving, my cousin found a portable Royal typewriter. She really liked it, but she had just purchased a beautiful desktop typewriter at Oronoco Gold Rush the day before, and though she really liked this portable typewriter, she really … Read More
2018 GOLD RUSH WEEKEND Part 1
Gold Rush is an annual antique show and market located in Oronoco, Minnesota. Hundreds of dealers from throughout the country converge and fill the small town with their booths. When our children were young, Kirk and I made Gold Rush a date day. When the kids became young adults they joined us now and then. This year … Read More
Cottage Guests
You guys! Guess who stayed at The Cottage! Our newly hired church pastor and his family! I’ll let you read how it all came to be on his wife’s website, Miss Mustard Seed Somewhere around 10 years ago I started following Marian on her Miss Mustard Seed blog. Over the years she has inspired me … Read More
Home Away From Home
Our home away from home in Austin, TX was an Airbnb. A comfortable two bedroom, one bathroom home with laundry facilities and a cute little patio. Sliding doors lead out from the kitchen/dining area to the patio. The sun shined gloriously on this patio from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm. We entered the duplex/apartment through … Read More
Austin Adventure 2017
Let me tell y’all, five weeks in the Lone Star State goes by fast! (yep, I said y’all) We’ve talked about this trip for years — getting away from the cold, the snow, the cloudy days. Finding warmth – and sunshine. Kirk getting to work along side his Austin teammates, some that he hadn’t seen … Read More