• Food

    Spinach

    Fun Fact: If you saute’ spinach with Olive Oil, Popeye will show up at your front door! It’s a Fact! (just cooking spinach alone won’t do it – it’s Olive Oil that brings his two great loves together) So, let’s saute’ some spinach! Why? Because it is yummy and healthy and easy to make! Step by step guide below. Plus, even if you eat the entire bag of spinach yourself, it’s only 50 calories! – for the WHOLE bag!Personally I prefer steamed Kale, and actually love it so much I feel the guilt of having binged on something sinful when I eat…

  • Decorating - Food - Holidays - Recipe

    Groundhog Day Celebration

    Happy Groundhog day! Ā  This year is the first time we are attempting to ‘celebrate’ Groundhog day. So here we go! To start with, we made Coco Krispy Groundhogs! It’s just the standard Rice Krispy Treat recipe only we swapped out Rice Krispies for Coco Krispies so that our groundhogs would be brown. Here’s the recipe: —————————————— INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons butter 1 package (10 oz., about 40) Marshmallows OR 4 cups Miniature Marshmallows 6 cups Coco Krispy Rice cereal DIRECTIONS 1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.Ā  2.…

  • DIY

    How to Remove Staples from Hardwood Floors

    How to remove staples from Hardwood Floors! Ā  I’ve done lots of home improvement projects, but only on a beginner level, so I still have a TON of things to learn and re-learn with each new project. Ā  With this flooring project I knew how to remove the plywood sub-floor and linoleum, but I did not consciously anticipate the sub-floor leaving behind what felt like billions of staples that did not come up with the plywood. Ā  My first instinct was to pull the staples with the tools I had with me, which were just screwdrivers and a pair of…