DO YOU LIKE HOMEMADE BREAD?

I do.

But I also like simplicity; the thought of spending ours in the kitchen is not my idea of fun.  So ...here's a dead easy, no knead bread recipe that requires no special equipment and is guaranteed to delight your taste buds!

CRUSTY BREAD

4 cups flour

2 tsp yeast

1 tsp salt

1-2/3 cups warm water

Mix dry ingredients and add warm water.  Mix until well blended, cover and let rise for 2 hours.

Stretch and shape dough into a ball (dust with a bit of flour if sticky) and transfer onto a parchment lined baking sheet.  Cover and let rise 1 hour.

Pre-heat oven to 450.

Lightly dust top of dough with flour and cut a cross across the top.

Transfer dough to pre-heated oven and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.

Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

ALL THE THINGS

I once made a list of all the things I thought I would've done by now.  Great adventures, big improvements, very impressive achievements. 

The list was longer than my arm. 

The day was not.

For a moment, I felt rather disappointed in myself.  Then I wondered, what if I made a new list of what I have actually done.

I wrote ...

I stayed

I tried

I loved

I got back up

I breathed through difficult mornings

It turned out to be a very good list indeed.

If you think you're behind who you were meant to be by now, try counting what you have survived instead of what you have not achieved.

You may discover you are far more successful than you ever knew.

- Winnie the Pooh 

 Ta-Dah!

The after picture of my bathroom mirror! 

Not bad, eh? 

The colour is Badminton Blue by Benjamin Moore and it's been sitting in a dark corner of my basement for I don't know how long.

 It needed three coats, but otherwise the finish is really nice!

You can see the before picture here:

Let me know what you think in the comments!

Have a great weekend, my friends!

 A MINI GOLDEN DOODLE

Hello, dear friends!

I would like to introduce you to my new BFF, Samantha!

Just Coifed

Her everyday look, lol

She is the sweetest thing ever, and after 3+ years of living without a dog in my life (Ben passed in 2022), I am finally ready to open my heart for this little lady.

My heart is happy again.

Have a great week!

 MIRROR, MIRROR

Hello dear friends!

Well, Spring is on its way and it's got me itching to make some changes and freshen this place up!

Along with plans for my front entry, (last week's post), I'm thinking of painting my bathroom mirror:

What colour you may ask? 

Well, you'll just have to wait and see!

Have a wonderful week!

 FLORALS AND ANIMAL PRINTS, OH MY!

Hello Friends!

What do you think of this inspo pic for my front door entry?

Inspo Pic

I'm thinking of painting my front door hot pink and adding an animal print mat.

Inspo pic 2

Here's the entry:

Also thinking of using this window film on that little window up there.

So pretty!

What do you think? Is the hot pink too much?

If you're working on any Spring projects around the house, please share. 

I'd love hear all about it!

Family

There's a wall in my basement coffee/dessert bar adorned by these images.  Each one represents a family member by their favourite sweet.

The lineup is by age, oldest to youngest. My son doesn't know about the wall of sweets; he's never seen it.

He hasn't seen the renovated kitchen, the rose garden, or the back deck.

And we haven't seen him.

Not since 2012 when he estranged himself from us.

I miss him.

My husband

Me

My son

My daughter