MOVING FROM BOWLING TO...

Dodge ball. Dodge ball has been getting more and more popular around here. My oldest is very into this and they started tonight on one of his teams.

How many of you remember the movie Dodge ball..It was pretty funny..

This game can get, well it does get pretty intense. My Michael plays on the high school team, then he got started a team at our local YMCA.

This is a design my Michael had made for the team shirts..I was so proud of him. He made the design the guys all ok it and he got online searched for pricing and ordered all the shirts. When we got them we were so excited...

Meet my Dodge ball dude...Love that serious look..on his way for the first big match tonight.. So we will be cheering on the team UNDISPUTED...

WELCOME MARCH SO GOOD TO SEE YOU

Wow another month has past and a new one just begun..That mean we are another month closer to warmer weather and NO SNOW..
I changed out my frame for St. Patricks day. I just added a piece of scrapbook paper and some window clings...that is about as crafty as I get...

I also added a new arrangement to our front door. I had the swag and ribbon, so I made a big bow and tied it on to the swag..ta da... Some green for the Irish...

Hope you are having a wonderful start to a new month. Reading around blogville I know everyone is so excited just to be able to get out doors...Some of you that are living in much warmer areas are ahead of us up here in the northern states, but seeing your blog makes me even more excited for outdoor weather to arrive...

HUGS,

Jolyn

FOUR DAYS INTO MARCH AND LOOK

We are getting some things done in the dining room. I am so loving it. Let me show you where we are on this. My chandelier I want to take down and paint the brass part black. Any feedback would be helpful. I'm just planning on spray painting it...should I be doing something before or after that?

Here is a wonderful reminder picture of before on my one wall??? Lovely..

Now after wallpaper stripped and room painted...It looks so fresh and clean.

Another before showing my new curtain just hanging so I can get an idea..

After of room painted and curtains hung last night. Do you see the gleer that is called SUNSHINE...it came to visit today and is wonderful. Anyway I need to still get chairs covered, curtain tie backs. and some final decor touches...Now it is looking completely different than I envisioned but I'm enjoying the lighter cleaner fresher look..The big change is going to be if you noticed my baseboard is gone, we are putting up white trim along with chair rail maybe molding. The paint I picked out is Behr from home depot called Gentle Rain..

Thanks for the visit, I hope you are having a terrific week.

HUGS,

Jolyn

THIS IS ONE TASTY PIZZA

Hello there, boy do I have a pizza for you all. I was reading through some of the blogs I follow and up popped this post called BUFFALO CHICKEN PIZZA...Of course I had to check it out our family loves hot wings..Not only did I check it out I made one and we ate it..every bite...there were no crumbs..and my poor girls didn't get a bite not even the crust no sir ree...
Now this was my pizza and it doesn't look nothing like the blog picture it was posted on...Let me tell you hers had you drooling...Let me tell you about who her is...Her name is Shauna and her blog is called THEY CALL ME LUCY...you can check it out at shaunahowington.blogspot.com
She has a nice blog and other great recipes...

Another pic of my buffalo Chicken Pizza...Here is the recipe

3 skinless boneless chicken breast cubed (I used chicken from a rotisserie chicken)

2T butter melted

2 ounces of Franks Red hot sauce

8 ounces of blue cheese dressing

1 pizza crust (I used boboli's)

8 ounces of shredded mozzarella ( I used 2 1/2 cups cheese)

cook and cube chicken

prepare your crust on cookie sheet

in medium bowl mix chicken, melted butter and hot sauce

spread your blue cheese all over crust

add your chicken mixture over it

top with cheese

bake till crust is brown and cheese is bubbly

She had 5 -10 minutes I had to cook mine 20-25 but I also used more cheese...

you can add chopped green onion to top but I was out...

Take out of oven let it sit a minute and enjoy!!!

RALPH LAUREN IS OUT...BUT...

Martha Stewart Living is now in...at HOME DEPOT..
As you may know I have been working on re-doing our dining room. Doing that had me making several trips to Home Depot....to pick out some paint. That being said I think I made my choice, I will be going with a soft gray tone..more on that later. Anyway last night when I went in I was greeted with a new section of Martha..and Ralph was gone....

They had this nice pamphlet with all the colors in it and a display of her color swatches. The Lady told me this is not the paint Kmart once carried of hers this is a really nice paint. So I thought I'd give everyone a heads up just in case your Home depot hasn't changed and you need some Ralph Lauren Paint...Or to let you know there is something new...

I WAS AMAZED TO FIND OUT

How many things you can do with Vinegar. When at a friends house, we were in the kitchen when she called one of her daughters in to finish cleaning the kitchen up..She had forgotten to wipe some of the counter off by the stove. So in she came grabbed the spray bottle and a paper towel. When she sprayed this stuck on dried bq sauce, it wiped right off... I said what was that she just used....I was told part water and white vinegar.....WOW...but does it clean clean...like get germs off and kill bacteria??? YES...
So after getting home and googling about White Distilled Vinegar I was surprised to see what all it can be used for.

It is effective for killing most mold, bacteria and germs due to its level of acidity. this way I don't have to use harsh chemicals. It is also environmentally friendly and very economical. Check out vinegartips.com

As an all purpose cleaner take 1/2 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup baking soda into 1/2 gallon or 2 quarts of water. Store in spray bottle. Your children can also help clean and can be safe with this cleaner.. no poisons.

Vinegar will clean windows, glass, it removes odors from plastic food containers, lunch boxes, refrig, sinks and drains.

Also keeps away pests like fruit flies and ants.

You can combine with baking soda to use as a paste and scrubbing cleaner.

DO NOT USE ON MARBLE OR ON LEATHER...

So in the days to come I will be seeing how I can use my vinegar solutions to do some tasks around our home...

Have a wonderful week until next time happy cleaning...:)

HUGS,

Jolyn

MY WEEKEND IN REVIEW

Happy Monday a start to a nice new week. Outside as I'm sitting here it is gray cloudy 35 degrees and drizzle...Woo Whooo....Oh and yes there is still snow on the ground..But it is sinking deeper and deeper into the ground. We should have the most green lawns this spring.

so moving right along to my weekend re cap let me start with Sunday....I was not in the best of moods....I'm sure you all never felt like that, well it hit me...I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS HOUSE LOOKS LIKE THIS...I HAVE BEEN GONE TWO DAYS AND NOBODY CAN DO A THING OR PICK UP AFTER THEM SELF.. I CAN NEVER GET AHEAD.....Wow was I really a screaming wild women on a Sunday.....I don't think it bothered anyone that I was upset except Mr. T or was it he had the same feeling...Michael managed to scoot next door to Grandma's and Autumn to the shower....Lets just say out came the mop, buckets, brooms, sweepers and kitchen floor was being scrubbed by Mr. T...He took over all floors from ceramic, to hardwood, to carpet..and away he went cleaning and scrubbing....After a couple hours of us cleaning we both looked at each other and said AWW I can breath.....All was organized cleaned smelled fresh....I love this feeling..

Here is my patient/Aunt we have been caring for..This is her first function out since falling in her drive on the ice and laying there till neighbors found her...She broke her shoulder....You look awesome Aunt Karen.....We are here at my soon to be cousins wedding shower on Saturday.

The little one on the right is one of my littlest cousin Kennedy she is in the wedding. The blonde is Julie and will be marrying my Cousin Jerry on April 10Th.

This is a sad picture of me...the reality of a picture....anyway me up front..then my four cousins behind me... Yes I am the oldest of all of them the two in the back are sister's and it's their brother getting married.

Friday oh to go back to that day, we had the most wonderful time. Mike and I along with Autumn went to Pittsburgh area to visit our wonderful friends.. Sue and I grew up together and I moved back to Ohio end of my freshman year in high school, when Mike and I got married at one point in our marriage he happened to get a job offer right where I lived in South Park Pa. and I got in touch with Sue again. But after moving back to Ohio we had lost contact for at least 20 years....not anymore..now our children are dear friends....and it feels like we were never apart. The girls went outside for awhile on top of the igloo is my Autumn and her Sara, at the bottom is their youngest Anna that is 5.

Here is my Autumn, Sues oldest Meghan 16 and Sara 14. They are getting ready to head out.

My camera I took died after a couple pictures and a lengthy video of the girls, So I don't have many pics of the day but I sure have some awesome memories of the whole day...

We also played bowling wii, It was so much fun, I can't remember when I ever laughed so hard. It was the adults playing...Lets say I see a wii gaming system in our family's future very soon...

So that was some of my weekend and I pray everyone has a great week and you are all healthy and strong.... God Bless..

HUGS,

Jolyn