Can I get a hot tub?? and the Corn, Potato and Broccoli Chowder Recipe

 Annddd.... Can I get a hot tub?? 

Anybody else noticed that Danny (the captured brother) from Revolution is the "Can I get a hot tub" kid from the State Farm commercials?? 

Ruin it for you? Yea, me too.

I made this today, and it was fan-hot tubin'-tastic. Your turn!

 

Corn, Potato and Broccoli Chowder

What you need:

2 cups chopped potato

2.5 cups frozen corn (or canned)

1.5 cups frozen broccoli

.5 cup chopped onion

3 cups water

2 cups warm heavy whipping cream

1 tbsp flour

1 tbsp water

salt

pepper

onion powder

What to do:

Bring 3 cups water to boil

Add potatoes, corn, onion, broccoli- Cook until potatoes are tender

Mix 1 tbsp water and 1 tbsp flour

Add flour mixture and whipping cream to pot

Add salt, pepper and onion power to taste

Bring it all to a boil and cook for 10 minutes

Lower and let simmer for however long you want!

Facebook for AmberLAnderson!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share with all of you that our Facebook page has officially opened for our Etsy shop AmberLAnderson. If you haven't, and you wanna, head over and give us a "like"! We will be keeping everyone updated if new products come out, giveaways, or any other deals we are giving out! If you do "like" us, shoot me a message, and I will send you a 15% off coupon code to use in our Etsy shop! Click below to take you to our new page.

Hardwood Project Part. 2

I wanted to give an update on the hardwood project I talked about a few months ago. Here's a recap: After living in this house since February of 2011, I have despised my carpets. They were cheap, light gray and stained. Every single time I vacuumed them, so much fuzz came up that my vacuum would jam, and they were impossible to clean. So after saving up some money, Sam and I decided we were going to put laminate down. It wasn't exactly what we wanted but Titus was starting to crawl and we had to do something. In measuring our square footage Sam decided to take a peek underneath the carpet, and what did we find? Beautiful oak hardwood. Ok, so come to find out it wasn't so beautiful...but the sheer fact that it was under there was.

So with the little money we had saved up we decided to refinish them. This was a back and forth struggle of whether we were going to attempt to do it ourselves, or just pay to have it done. In the end, we decided it was best to pay, and that way we would know it was done right. So that's what we did. Our re-finishers were fast, quick and fairly priced. (Around $2.50/sq ft. sanded, stained and finished)

Its AMAZING what a little hardwood can do in a house. 

Prayers answered.

 Next up, the yellow room is turning Tiffany blue :) And I'm working on some crazy cool curtains. I'll update when they are done!

Small talk.

Can anyone relate?

It's been more often than not lately that I find myself struggling to remember how normal adults converse in a social outing. Whats appropraite to talk about, whats not. Any of us find ourselves filling social time with talk of the babies?

Your not alone.

But thank you God, for my new social status, wouldn't trade these babies for world.

Homemade Pickles, y'all!

As you know from an earlier post my family came to visit at the beginning of the month. And you know what that meant? Food. And lots of it. I got a great recipe from my sweet southern sister, that is sure to please all you pickle lovers out there! (You know how I love your cooking, Sylv, and I'm allowed to call you "southern" because I'm a bona fide "northerner" now!)

Ingredients:

Cucumbers

Vinegar

Sea Salt

Pepper

Peel your cucumber and chop them up into 1/2" slices

 let them soak in vinegar, salt and pepper for about 20 minutes
or longer depending on how tart you like them.



Drain and chill.

Yum yum. Perfect hot summer day snack.