my new attempts at bento
I’ve been really enjoying trying to make brewer’s school lunches appealing. I have a lot more creative juices flowing and need more bento type supplies, but here are this weeks menus…
I make a mix of raisins, banana chips and peanut butter chips. my son LOVES it. there is a bagel pb&j, crackers with cheese and salami(or ham?) and some pea and carrot risotto… as side there are bunny cheese crackers, grapes and apple sauce that I forgot to put a lid on. It got all over his other food. I felt like a douchebag mommy!
tattoo tuesday
I’m not starting a weekly tattoo tuesday cause there are plenty of those. just posting a picture of my new one. It happened to be Tuesday
xmas DIY
I will have christmas pictures of my own to post, but first i wanted to show a project that my cousin did for her son! it’s a tool bench made from a $5 antique ice chest…
2 meals…one day
…it’s kinda like 2 girls, one cup only it’s not as healthy
this has given my husband a HUGE ego, but he has mastered the chicken tender and i can’t stop telling him. i’ve eaten them for days. last night i wanted an american chinese dinner. i made the sweet &sour sauce and stir fry; he made his chicken tenders and my mom bought some lumpia. i, of course, got some WEIRD migraine, stomach bug thing that sent me to bed before i could eat. SO, ate a plate at 9:30 this morning. normal, right?
you marinade the chicken in PICKLE JUICE, then dredge it in flour, an egg and buttermilk wash and then back in the flour. fry on medium heat and then burn the shit out of your mouth when they’re done.
at dinner time there were still some left breaded in the fridge. so i fried those boogers up, made a quick tomato basil and fettucine and dropped some fresh mozzarella on top. bake for 10 minutes and watch your sweet baby boy do this…
(note: the orange shirt isn’t a fashion statement. it’s his school uniform)
ugly mid century house….i WANT!
this is the ugly house. i love mid century homes, i think that’s common knowledge, but i WOULD prefer a front door. so even though i will never be able to buy another house again because my credit score is about 40 and i’m probably wanted by the police i have completely re-done the curb appeal in my head. in fact, here’s my drawing…
we’ll just pretend i shouted out an idea to my 6 year old son and this is what he came up with.
some more inspiration i scrounged up online
so, my idea is to build a horizontal post fence that covers the carport and on the side by the chimney i will attach a wooden mid century door to sliding attachments to give the appearance of a front door. the carport will be turned into an outdoor room…
in my head cause like i said…the house will never be mine. sigh…
awful blogger
i’m obviously bi-polar when it comes to blogging…and life. but, i’m in the middle of a move and trying to open a bakeshop. i’ll be back, i promise. so you few readers…stick with me!!
bakeshop
for the past 5 years i have been working on opening a bakery. it’s finally come to a point where’s it’s reachable! i am going to be documenting my progress over at mix-bakeshop
buttercream flowers
the other day i messed around with some lemon buttercream. last night i made some lightly flavored lemon yellow cupcakes. today i made some roses to make it all worth my effort.
lighting options
i usually shy away from posting inspiration unless i have something of my own to share, but today i was window shopping over at overstock and found some really neat lighting ranging from $20-$300
window shopping being the key word because, as you know, i’m a thrifter. it would be a RARE occasion that i spent even $20 on a lamp or ceiling light, but that’s just me. these are some great options!
i was initially inspired by my whisks from yesterday, but found a few strays that i think could also work in an industrial themed space.
my favorite BY FAR is the $160 pendant right above. the chandelier piece in the middle really does it for me. it’s also giving me some ideas for my beautiful, wonderful, rusty ole whisks!
my best vintage find to date…
FOUR VINTAGE WHISK ATTACHMENTS!!
the best part? they were $4 a piece. i went to a restaurant supply store today to research the cost of used equipment and found the whisk aisle with something fun in mind. i knew they would be over $100, but when i found an old rusty one and then another and then 2 more i HAD to ask. the first one was given to me, but when i said i wanted all 4, i offered them a little money.
here is my inspiration and something i have admired for QUITE some time
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