Hello, friends.
I've been a little MIA.
I used to be an avid magazine reader. After all the wonder of fall and Christmas the January issues seemed a little blah.
That is how I'm feeling about my blog.
I have been busy though and I thought I'd share.
I had some ladies over on Wednesday night.
I made a yummy soup.
Here is the recipe.
Italian Wedding Soup
5 links Mild Italian Sausage. We like Johnsonville. Brown, drain and cut up into slices.
1 14.5 oz can of chicken broth
1/2 jar of Prego traditional Spaghetti sauce
1 cup of water
1 can of Delmonte Whole Green beans (drained)
1 can of baby carrots (drained)
1 can of dark red kidney beans (drained)
Mix together and simmer for 45 minutes or so.
Serve over any cooked pasta. We use Penne.
Store leftovers in the refrigerator or freeze.
I have no pictures of our soup but we just love this recipe. Several ladies asked for it after dinner.
We also had bread and salad to go with it.
I did a little thrifting on Friday.
Everything was at least 30% off.
Christmas was 75% off.
This gravy boat had stickers which looked like this came straight from an antique store.
The antique store price was $45.00.
I got it for $3.50.
The knife was 70 cents. It needs some cleaning but it should polish up with Bar Keeper's Friend. It cleans everything.
I've complained to you about our bedside tables.
This Lane furniture is about 10 years old. It was supposed to be our forever furniture.
I had water on it only a few times and the top started to chip and bubble up.
We found a night stand at the antique mall when we were looking at Christmas for art for our daughter.
We put it on my side of the bed. I'm thrilled with the marble top. No more ruined wood.
I love antique furniture with marble tops.
I think it's an amazing match with the bed which honestly I didn't notice until we put it in place.
The curve at the top of the headboard matches the curve on the drawer front.
We had to beef up the leg a little to get it high enough.
I'll blog about that later when I can get better pictures.
I just love it.
I love that it is the reverse of the dresser - white and brown/brown and white.
We just need to find something for Bill's side.
I always need to sleep on the side farthest from the door. Bill has to protect me from the Zombies, I guess.
I stocked up on cleaning supplies for the new year.
I couldn't take how gross it looked under the kitchen sink so it got cleaned out.
Bill suggested that I lay the left over flooring from the trailer remodel.
They are gray distressed peel and stick tiles.
I failed Geometry so this was not easy for me.
There are many, many mistakes but I doubt anyone will notice.
My son got me a darling bird house for Christmas.
He was passing a gift shop in Seattle and saw this in the window.
How cute is this?
This precious bird cage is getting styled for Valentine's Day.
The faux artichoke was hard to understand. It's already been thrown away.
I'm playing with some trucks from Christmas to see how they will look for Valentine's Day.
I pulled out my Valentine's Day decor for a blog post, took some pictures and then put it away.
I put my winter decor back on the mantel.
It's 62 degrees today. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 72 degrees. I'm going to lose patience with our snowy branches and pinecones unless it cools down a little.
That is about it for now.
On Facebook the other night, several of us had two interesting discussions about blogging and what has happened to so many bloggers.
Our sweet friend, Stacey at Poofing The Pillows shocked our Texas blogging group when she announced she is calling it quits.
Kim of Savvy Southern Style is cutting way back on blogging and is giving up the WOW party.
Several others chimed in on her post to announce they're cutting back as well.
So sad.
I am always playing with decor around here and I decorate for each season. I hope it's not boring for you to see what I'm up to. I plan to keep blogging but more when I'm inspired instead of trying to crank out 2 or 3 posts a week.
I don't want to be one of the bloggers that slowly fades away. I will tell you about it if I ever decide to quit blogging.
I don't know what the future holds for my Keep In Touch Link party.
It may be back but it may not until February.
Kim seemed to feel that link parties are a thing of the past.
I don't know.
Tell me your thoughts.
I'm thankful for you my faithful and loyal readers. I appreciate every visit and every comment.
Katie
