Bungalow

I have confession to make. I am obsessed with looking at houses, houses that we may could buy one day, houses that we may could buy in year, houses that we will probably never buy. You get the point. I check realtracs everyday to see what's new on the market. It's crazy, but i love love looking at homes. i guess i shouldn't feel like it's crazy because my father was the exact same way! We went and looked at open houses almost every Sunday growing up, just for the heck of it! well, my parents really were looking to buy a home it just took them a couple years to find the one! I know I should be a real estate agent, maybe in my next life... At least once a month i think i have found the ONE, the one that me and ak could buy tomorrow and be completely content with as our first home. So for the moment, this is the ONE:

I am in L.O.V.E Well, actually ak and I both are. It's small, but bigger than our condo and completely renovated, i'm talking new plumbing, hvac, etc. not just a "band-aid" It has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and has a sweet little back yard (perfect for Doug) and best part is location, location, location. me and ak are all about location we would both rather live in a smaller home and be close to everything then live in a bigger home and have a long commute to work, friends, etc. I'm sure in a month there will be another one that IS IT. but for now i'm really liking this sweet bungalow. maybe i just like the word bungalow.

Chicken and Mushroom Marsala

I find myself cooking the same things over and over. So Sunday, I looked through my cookbooks to come up with some new options for the week. Dinner tonight was a success! I made chicken marsala and it was really good and best part...easy!

photo from here

Ingredients:
2 skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt (i only used a couple shakes, the marsala has a lot of sodium in it and trying to cut that out as much as possible)
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 8oz package sliced mushrooms
2 cups marsala Angel hair wheat pasta (you can use regular, but we like wheat)

Directions

1. Place chicken between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap, and flatten to 1/4 inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin

2. Combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge chicken in mixture

3. Cook chicken and garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat 3 to 4 minutes on each side until done. Remove chicken, keep warm. 4. Add sliced mushrooms to skillet, and saute 4 minutes. Stir in marsala, cook, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until liquid is reduced by 1/2.

5. Return chicken to skillet and cook until thoroughly heated. Serve over pasta.

Mmmm...good.

Bedroom...complete!

Well almost!

So happy! I found the quilt this weekend at the Pottery Barn Outlet that I have been eyeing to complete our master bedroom.

Not only did I find the quilt (only one left, i might add) but they also had two shams too and the best part of it all, it was marked down 65%!!

We are still looking for a headboard...it's so hard to find a king headboard!! Every place has tons of options for a queen, but a lot of places don't make kings. It's crazy, I didn't think it would be this difficult. We are going to keep on looking until we find something we love.

But other than that all we have to do is paint and the bedroom is complete!!!

oh and we still have to move! ha... less than 8 weeks!

Dublin

Happy St. Pat's Day from Dublin...Ohio!

It's kinda a big deal here in Dublin. This pic is from the st.patty's day parade they had on Saturday. Today most of the bars/restaurants in downtown Dublin opened up super early for kegs and eggs!

Best part of today...the weather!! It's going to be 65 today!!!
Woo hoo!!

Perfect Potato

I heart baked potatoes. (although lately I have been on sweet potato kick.)BUT, they have to be cooked just right. You may be thinking I know how to cook a baked potato but to have one that makes you go mmmm.... is the best! It's pretty simple to get a perfect potato but takes some time, so here it goes:

Wash potato. Poke holes in potato with fork. Mic potato for 5 minutes. Put in aluminium foil with butter and crazy jane salt (or you can use salt and pepper) Bake for 1 hour at 350 and I promise you it will be the best potato EVER.

Mouth watering now.
(i know over a potato!)

Super Doug

Now if only we can get Doug to learn these tricks, we will be set!

Fat Boozeday!

In honor of Fat Tuesday, I had to share this picture...

Ak's little cousin's (3 years old) first experience on bourbon street.
His face says it all!

Atmosphere Blue

Not only did I find Doug's bed last weekend while in Nashville but I also found bedding for our master bedroom!

I have been eying this...


It's from Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn also sells a similar duvet. I love getting a deal, but last time we got a "deal" on our bedding we haven't been 100% happy with it. So AK and I decided to spend the extra money and buy what we REALLY like and want.

But then...I went to my beloved TJ Maxx/Home Goods and found this!
Did I mention, I love TJ?


The only difference, 3 stripes instead of 2, for a 1/3 of the price, I'll take an extra line! I called AK and told him of my great find but he wanted to make sure that it was good quality, etc. We got it out last weekend and it feels AMAZING and looks great. Just a little ironing is all it needs.

Now to the quilt...

We both are in love with this one from Pottery Barn. We have an outlet about 45 minutes away that we are going to this weekend to make sure it will match the duvet. We are also going to look at a upholstered headboard there too. I'm excited!

Finally, the paint...

It's between Atmosphere Blue
(Restoration Hardware)


And Silver Sage, (also from Restoration Hardware)

We want a really light color, because our bedroom only has one window and a tree in front of it so we don't get a lot of natural light, which we both love! I've learned my lesson with choosing wrong paint colors in the past so this time we are going to test these two babies out before we commit.

Can you tell I'm ready to get started! :)

Stay Tuned...Living Room post is up next, but really simple changes!