Pat's Addition

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Snow Days

Not all that much snow, but enough to close school for two days and have a two hour delay on Thursday. Coupled with MLK day it was a six day break for the kids.

The birds were flocking to the feeder.

Zen meditation

Finally back to school. They missed the fox playing in the snow today.

Friday, January 3, 2014

This house was on the market a year. On my first look it had turquoise kitchen counters and old floors. When I came back for later looks some quick fixes had been made. One was to put stick down tile in the laundry room and back bath. They were OK for the first few years, but with wear and tear and water spills from the leaking washer they were lifting at the edges. My rugs covered the worst of it. but finally we bite the bullet and called Mark. We decided on 6x12 gray.

The floor had a slight dip that was leveled and a few tricky cuts around a heat vent by the shower.

It looks great.

Now it is kinda hidden by backpacks and laundry baskets, but I know it is solid.

While we were in the tile mood

Hosting the Holidays

A late holiday season party...Sunday open house for forty or so friends and neighbors.

Entry hall

Many decorative touches around the house. Main table flowers

Dining room

My very old shell tree.

Living room

Bedroom

Some of my rowing trophy collection put to use.

Bath

On the table family and yard sale napkins.

Menu: Ham with biscuits

Cheese Dreams (Bon Appetit) easy make ahead and freeze. Everyone loved these.

Roast beef, cooked the day before.

Corn muffins (again a BA find, super easy) with home cured salmon and creme fraiche.

Veggies

Cookies and strawberries.

Chocolate mousse made by T the day before. He insisted he wanted to make more on Sunday and I told him there were other things to do before the three o'clock start of the party. When we went to fill the filo cups I saw his reasoning....some elf had been eating the mousse.