Fall, My Favorite Time of the Year!

I'm not sure when it happened but at some point in my adult life I began to love decorating for Fall more than any other time of the year!!  Even more than Christmas.  Maybe it's because it's fun but not quite as much work as Christmas.  Anyhow...I've been meaning to post pictures of my Fall decor in my new house!!  I had so much fun decorating my new house this year!!

Kitchen

 I love the cream and sugar holders I got at Ross!

Dining Room

 I got the idea for the candy corn and candle on Pinterest!  Where else!?

Living Room



 I got this pitcher at Hobby Lobby, 1/2 off, of course! 

 And the flowers are from Dollar General!  It only took about 5 minutes to arrange!

Entry Way



I hope you enjoyed my pictures and HAPPY FALL, YA'LL!!!!!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

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Recipe Rendezvous -WW's Friendly Chicken with Mushrooms

Hey everyone!!  I'm linking up with Lesley at Mommy in the Making for her VERY FIRST link party!  I sure do hope you'll hop on over there and link up as well!!


I'm going to share a recipe that I have posted about in January of this year.  I have many, many new followers than I did when I started my blog so hopefully this will be new to some of you!  I can promise you that this will become you and your honey's new favorite's!!  And the great part...it comes up to only 7 WW's Pts. +!!! 

Baked Chicken and Mushrooms

• 3 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
• 1 lb. thinly-sliced chicken breasts (scaloppine)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 8 oz. sliced button mushrooms
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 Tbsp. French Fried onions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle 2 Tbsp. olive oil in bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Place chicken breasts on top of oil. Season with salt and pepper. Turn chicken breasts over. Season again. Spread mushrooms evenly over chicken breasts. Drizzle with remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Top with Parmesan cheese and french fried onions.

Bake covered 15 minutes. Remove cover and bake 5-10 minutes more or until chicken is done and top is browned.

Pair it with some yummy whole green beans (I like to season mine w/ a little garlic salt!)

and you have a delicious, healthy meal!!

Don't forget to head on over to Lesley's page and link up...she has a yummy Chicken and Dumplings recipe over there!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

So...Are My Burners Un-Burned?

Remember yesterday (you can see that post here) I was trying out something I found on Pinterest to clean all the gunk off my burners?  Well, today was the day to find out if it worked...and boy, DID.IT.WORK.  Wow, I'm shocked at how clean they are compared to the before pics...

Here's a reminder of what they looked like before:

And here's the amazing AFTER:

They're nowhere near perfect, because they're who knows how many years old (our house was build in 1964) but they look pretty stinkin brand new to ME!  They're 10x better than when we moved in!!  I did have to scrub a little bit and I'll probably do it again in a few weeks but man, oh man...I'm so happy with how they turned out!!  So if you have nasty, burners with years of cooked on grease and grime...book it to Dollar General for some $1 Ammonia and get going.  You can see the full details on how to clean them at my previous post here.

Enjoy...The Curvy Life.

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Un-Burning My Burners!

While browsing Pinterest I came across a Pin that linked to a blog, The V Spot, she shows a cheap, easy way to remove cooked on grease and grime from your burners! When we moved into our new house it was clear that the previous owner did a lot of cooking on these burners and they have what seems like years and years of cooked on grease and grime!  I have tried several cleaners to get this off, to no avail.  When I saw this Pin I knew I had to try it.
Here's what you'll need:

• Ammonia (I got mine at Dollar General for $1)
• Large baggies (big enough to fit one burner in)
• Cookie Sheets
• Burners

Put each burner in a baggie on a cookie sheet 

 Pour 1/4 c ammonia into a measure cup 

 Pour 1/4 cup into each bag w/ burner

 Tie closed or "zip" if you used that kind

 Move cookie sheets outside and leave overnight

This is as far as I've gotten...Check back tomorrow to see how they turned out!!  Here are a few pics of how nasty they are/were:

And I can't post a blog today, 09/11/2011 without mentioning the events that rocked our Nation 10 years ago.  I remember that day vividly, I was off work, I had Tuesdays off at that time.  My mom called me and woke me up and told me to turn on the news.  I sat in front of my TV in tears the entire day.  I sit here today, writing this post watching news coverage of those same events, in tears again.  It was a day in America's history that will never be forgotten and never be understood.  I had the great opportunity to visit New York City in October of 2002.  Here are some of my pictures of our visit to Ground Zero.  A humbling, sorrowful visit to say the lease.

Me signing a wall to all the victims. 

 My sister in law and I with a NYC police officer.

 (Notice our rain coats...it rained our entire trip)

 This is a sculpture that stood in between the 2 Trade Centers, you can read all about it here. They put it in Battery Park just as it was after the collapse of the Trade Centers w/ an eternal flame to honor all that lost their lives that day.

Don't Forget to check back tomorrow to see how my burners turn out and...

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

**A quick note for safety, NEVER mix ammonia w/ any product that contains bleach.  I would just be safe and don't mix ammonia with anything! :)**