What Cha Got Cookin! Deviled Chicken

We had Cooking During Stolen Moments, Deviled Chicken for dinner tonight! It was YUUUUMMMMYYY, quick and easy!

Hugs
Tara

The (snowy) Second Day of Spring in Texas!!! and my meal plan too

This morning we woke up to TONS of snow. Very rare in the middle of March in Texas! We bundled up and built snowmen, had snowball fights and lots of fun.





I've caught myself in another receptive food rut. SO, I thought I would try to PLAN AHEAD and make some decent meals for my family. Thanks to the fabulous moms who link up too I'm An Organizing Junkie's Meal Plan Monday, I was able to find lots of yummy recipes to try.....

Deviled Chicken
Healthy Mac and Cheese
Salad

Salisbury Steak with gravy
Baked Potato Chips
Salad

Grilled Chicken Breasts
Crock pot Beans and Rice

Buffalo Chicken Pasta
Salad, Green Beans

Hamburger Soup

I also want to try this recipe for Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos. I've seen the recipe online before but have never frozen eggs before. Ill let ya know how they turn out.

Hugs,
Tara

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls”

Back in January, I came across Starter Home To Dream Home's beautiful family room and fell in LOVE with her shelves...

I thought they would look FANTASTIC above our kitchen table.
Mikael was even kind enough to send me an e-mail with her shelf details...
"I always heard that you need to have all the pictures in the room hung at the same level so it creates a nice line that the eye can follow. I hung my shelves and pictures along my other wall all on the same height as my mantel. That way, the eye can easily follow everything around the room, it really does work! We do have 9' ceilings so I did hang them a bit higher. The lowest shelf is 57" from the ground and the second shelf is 20" above the first one. I think it worked out just right." - Mikael

How exciting...my ceilings are 9 feet too!!! Her measurements worked perfectly for us!! I bought theses picture ledges at Ikea literally 6 months ago. FINALLY, our fabulous "Uncle Eddie" came over today and hung them for me. I AM GIDDY!!! I LOVE the way it looks. I think it makes the wall look longer, don't you? I'll be filling them with photos and decor tomorrow! Perhaps Ill even take a photo of the SNOW that is falling, right now. Its the first day of spring and snowing in Texas.

THANK YOU so much Mikael for the inspiration!
Hugs
Tara

"We adore chaos because we love to produce order."

Getting all of our closets organized and clutter free has been my main focus for the past month. My goal is to get rid of the non essentials, gets things in order, store as little as possible on the floor AND label as much as possible. I saw these "trash cans" at Ikea for $1.99 a piece and thought they would be the PERFECT way to achieve my goals. I decided to use chalk board labels I found at Big Lots so I can change them, whenever I need too. First stop, Baby K's closet. (Since she's only one, her closet hasn't had a chance to get too messy, yet.)
UGH!


Ahhhhh, so much better!



Chalk Board labels ROCK!!


Just a side note: We keep the girls shoes in their bottom dresser drawer, which is THE best way to keep shoe clutter under control. (A fabulous tip I learned from my sister-in-law!) It's "Bugs" first stop when we get home and we ALWAYS know where her shoes are. These shoes are waiting for Baby's K's feet to get bigger. ;)


I did this to her closet over a month ago and it still looks this great. I love that the "cans" are opaque enough that I can tell there is something in them but it still camouflages the clutter.


Another FABULOUS organization tip for these "trash cans," from Jennifer at Minor Details."

Happy Organizing!
Tara

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.

I jump started my spring cleaning and am continuing my (never ending) journey to get ORGANIZED!!!

I'm not the only one that recycles gift bags, right? I've been cramming them into a box, under a guest bed, for awhile and decided I wanted a better place to store them. I headed to Home Depot and found a "Giant Storage Hanger" in the "garage organization" section for $2.98. Bought some of E-Z Anchor screws....and baam!! Now all those gift bags are hanging in my guest bedroom closet, where I can see what I have AND I have extra storage space under my guest bed.

Ok, I know. Its not very exciting. What is exciting is that we have had SUNSHINE and warm weather this week. I went strolling in one of my favorite downtown shopping area's and took some decoration, inspiration photos....

This hand painted photo says, He gives us wings so we can fly!" Isn't it precious?



The same store had lots of these chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. She spray painted old light fixtures and hung BIG Christmas balls and beads on them CUTE!



I love this idea for a nursery. They hung a lamp shade from one of those hanging light kits and then put a vintage looking dress on top. So cute.


They used a basic hook to hang it from the wall. How cute would this be with one of those decorative shelf brackets they sell at Hobby Lobby?


Ok, back to organizing. I've been busy this week getting our outgrown baby clothing and toys ready for DIVINE CONSIGN!!! Its a fabulous event that 2 great ladies host twice a year, here in Plano, Texas. I hope you have one of these events where you live. Its a fun way to make some money and help other mom's. This sale has gotten so big, they actually have to limit the amount of items that is consigned each season...to 70,0000. Tomorrow, I'll be waiting in line with my 2 favorite DC friends, so we can shop, shop shop!! Fun!

Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Tara