New Blog

I've decided, since it's been so long for this blog to just start a new one. I love fresh starts. So if anyone still sees this and is interested here is that link:             

http://briesseas.blogspot.com/2017/06/i-see.html

Dresser Redo #1

So, right now my husband and I have very limited space, and when I started to think about what will happen when we move I decided that my son should use the dressers we currently use... But this requires my husband and I to find a new dresser.

Knowing I have a very limited budget especially considering I wanted something unique I headed to the thrift store. It is getting a lot harder to find good pieces at our local thrift stores due to people shopping early in the morning and re-doing and selling good finds for a profit. Due to this I was a bit skeptical but I was pleased to find something I saw potential in.

I found an all black dresser, it had a lot of dings in it and it didn't have any drawer pulls, so I took it knowing that I had a lot of room to improve it.

So, the first step we took I wasn't really known for in doing projects myself but my husband insisted that we stripped off the old paint. It was fun to watch it bubble up but scraping it off was not my favorite.

Looking at the stripped dresser and thinking about drawer pulls I realized that I hated the locations of the current holes. They were all awkward and off center so we decided to fill it! We took wood fill and covered in all the holes previously there when we covered some of the larger dings.

We then painted the whole dresser white hoping to rid any remaining black spots that might give us issues, and finally we got to do what I consider the fun part and give it some color. I love color and I think the grey and green is really fun.

Then my husband, being the awesome man he is measured and drilled new holes for my drawer pulls. We did one more green coat to cover his measurements and I finally got to put on he drawer pulls we had picked.

It took a lot more work than I had originally planned but it turned out great! I love it and am so excited to put it to use!!!

Rockstar

Well, I haven't written in a while... maybe I will get better at it... it is a goal but I think I've said I would before too... but we are close to a new year and I now have an easier way to write so maybe...   as for today I wanted to share with you this drink I saw yesterday and am quite liking.... rockstar horchata.... it's really good! Gotta keep energy up!

Rice krispies

So, I am a little behind, having an 11 week old can do that to a person. Some days I am lucky he let's me brush my hair let alone cook... but I did make pumpkin rice krispies... and they tasted really good...much better than the ones I made last year which were hardly had a pumpkin... but the texture was wrong. So next year I will use the same general approach but switch it up. Wish me luck at getting this week done. Hopefully one day soon having five minutes to cook will get easier... and my blogs more interesting!

Pumpkin cheesecake

Okay, so last weeks pumpkin treat was indeed cheesecake.... and the on I picked was too fancy! Don't get me wrong it was delicious... but too much work to make for the taste. I also would have loved a plain cheesecake! Next year we will do it differently!

Cookies

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, they are the first pumpkin item Tyson and I ever made together... though we do not use that recipe anymore because it was SO super sweet.... I don't think I could eat half a cookie. This year I went with a cakeier cookie and it was awesome! Not too sweet, lots of pumpkin flavor. I was super happy!!

Book switch

Well, I am a bit disappointed in myself and my own boredom... what happens sometimes is there will be a book I really want to read and I will start and them because of the place I'm at in my life life I can't focus on it if it switches characters too often. I don't care how important to the story the others are I'm interested in the one I started reading the story for. I'm going to have to switch books, read something else for a while.... because while I really want to know how this trilogy ends I just don't cars about these other characters and there is enough stress in my life I want reading to be fun not work to get through them... so I will have to find another book and come back to this one day in the future. Wish me luck in picking a new book!!