Putting the 'Living' in Living Room

Our furniture is here and all set up! We got our new couch less than a week after ordering it but our chairs took a little longer so I waited until everything was in place before snapping a few pictures. We just need a coffee table now...

Throw pillows and curtains from Bouclair

Chairs are Ashley Furniture (Kitchener Home Furniture)

Close up. We had them re-covered as the floor models were burnt orange

Black leather love seat is Ashley Furniture (Kitchener Home Furniture)

Ta da!

The room is looking so much more polished. I love it!

Xo,
Meg

Home made jewelry cleaner

My rings were in need of a cleaning and I found a recipe on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a try. 

Instructions: 

• Heat 1 cup of water in the microwave for 1 minute
• Place tin foil in the base of a bowl
• Pour water into bowl
• Mix 1 tbsp of salt, 1 tbsp of baking soda and 1 tbsp of dish soap
• Place jewelry in mixture and leave for 10 minutes
• Rinse jewelry with cold water and dry on a clean cloth

It was hard to get good pictures but this worked beautifully! Give it a try!

Xo,
Meg

Happy St. Patty's Day

Shamrocks were made at school today. All you need is a pipe cleaner and three fingers. You loop them around each finger (no pinkie or thumb), slide them off and then twist into a shamrock. My students thought I was a magician! Lol.

Xo,
Meg

What's new in the baby room?

Almost everything in Baby Dill's room was used with Nicholas. So a few little accessories have been added to personalize it a bit for him. 

New: Blue laundry basket (Dollarama) and yellow blanket (Mother-in-law)

Blue pillow (Bouclair)

I know it's not much, but it makes me happy to add a few little things. I'm sure there will be more in the next 11 weeks. Eek!

Xo,
Meg

Pi Day!

It's 3/14...it's pi day. We had cherry pie. What did you have?

Xo,
Meg

Pancake Tuesday

Dollar pancakes for my Kindergarten kids! 

I'm giving up pop for Lent. What are you giving up?

Xo,
Meg

Kitchen Confessions

My friend Heather admitted that she had never made Rice Krispie squares before. Although a little surprised by this, I too have a confession to make.

Today was the first day I ever made pancakes from scratch. We are not big pancake eaters and when we do have them my Mother-in-law is usually the one making them. 

Nick has been asking for some banana pancakes all week so today I made them. So easy and they turned out perfect. I envisioned freezing a whole bunch but sadly we only have 5 for the freezer and Nick will devour those this week! I guess I need to do a double batch next time!

xo,
Meg