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Easy Homemade Crispy Cheddar Chicken Fries (your kids will love)
Prep Time – 10 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 30 minutes If you have small kids, you know that what’s “kid-approved” today might be completely rejected tomorrow—welcome to parenting! But this easy homemade chicken fries recipe has been a winner in our house most of the time. With just a few…
Building the Ultimate Deck: Framing Day with ProWood Lumber
IT’S FRAMING DAY! The demo is officially done, and wow, what a difference! Here’s what it looked like before, and here’s where we’re headed. But before we get to the fun part, we’ve got to frame it out. This new deck is going to be big—we’re talking 1,400 square feet of outdoor living space! I…
Deck Demo: Tearing down the old to make way for the new
ITS DEMO DAY!! It’s demo day, and let me tell you, the Deck South guys made quick work of tearing down our deck. First things first, we had to do to start this project was rent a massive 40-yard dumpster—and even then, I wasn’t sure it would be enough to handle this deck renovation. The…
Why We’re Renovating Our Deck: Creating a Functional and Beautiful Outdoor Space
The Never Ending Outdoor Renovation continues If you’ve been following along with our backyard renovation since last year, you know we tackled a lot when it came to our outdoor space. Seriously, it was a whirlwind of projects! We built a patio, gave our brick and concrete a fresh coat of paint, I have the…
The Joy of Renovating My Kitchenette
Basement Kitchenette Deciding to renovate my basement kitchenette was a spur-of-the-moment decision. My little corner of the kitchen wasn’t bringing me any joy, and I realized it had been wayyy too long since my last project. I’ve been taking it kind of easy (from a project stand point) since Chris has been gone, and I…
Europe Itinerary (with 2 Toddlers): France
We really enjoyed our time in London, but before we knew it, it was time to head to France! Our first stop would be Normandy, which is what we planned this whole trip around. Chris really wanted to see where the forces stormed the beach. And I’m so glad we planned the trip this way!…
Europe Itinerary (with 2 toddlers): London
Arriving in London After being apart for 6 months, this trip to Europe was so great for our family! When we found out Chris was getting a pass, and that we could plan to visit him, we decided to spend some time making memories with our kids that we wouldn’t have had the chance to…
Flight to Europe with 2 Toddlers
As I was gearing up for this 9 hour flight to visit Chris, I started to get a little bit anxious about how I was going to keep two toddlers occupied for that long in a confined space. It did ease some of my anxiety that we were going to be traveling over-night. But there…
The Playroom Reset
The Playroom and I are in a Toxic Relationship As you all know, I am a mom of two children that are very close in age. They are also very young. So I had the brilliant idea to turn our formal dining room into a playroom. If you want to see the process of installing…
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