Pumpkin Fun

Getting ready for Thanksgiving :)

We have shopped and planned our menu and now just getting ready to cook it for the wonderful day of Thanksgiving. 

It will be just the three of us + the bump this year so we are trying to keep down the amount of food we make which is kinda hard Especially for pregnant me. It is so fun having these cravings in the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. All my cravings have been given wonderful care and attention to by the way :) 

I have been having fun getting inspired for decorating the table and place settings. I found a really neat china set that I got for almost nothing and it will be just perfect for our Thanksgiving dinner.

Jon got this prego picture of me a couple of days ago. I am now 34 weeks along which amazes me. It sure goes by so much faster when your chasing another little one around. 

This little man is getting so big and so smart. He has been teething his big boy teeth now so his gums are getting full. 

He is really excited about mommy having a baby bump. He lifts my shirt up and kisses my tummy and says "baby' and sometimes he says "boy"

Were are having such a blast being parents of this little man and even now feeling the reality of having another baby so soon. 

We have so much to be thankful for. Jon and I were just talking today how good the Lord is to us. We see his love in so many ways throughout our daily lives. Today Jon came home with three bags of really nice cloth diapers. He was going to buy from a lady off of craigslist. When he got home from picking them up he had tears in his eyes because the lady told him that the Lord was telling her to give them to us and also that He loves us so much. These diapers are $10 a piece and there were three huge bags full. The true knowledge of God's grace and love is more then we can handle at times.

I'm wishing everyone a very blessed and joyful Thanksgiving. 

We are so thankful :)
Much Love

In Christ

 ~ Marie 

My Not So Flopped Chocolate Mousse

*There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers" 

Yesterday I was trying to come up with a dessert idea to bring over for my dear friend Julie and her husband who just had their first baby boy 2 weeks ago. I got the craving for chocolate mouse and looked inside my fridge and found the necessary items for the recipe.

Once the chocolate was good and melted in its double boiler I got out the cream and found that it had gone bad already Oh no!! So I switched my recipe around and followed another that I had read up on by adding some egg yolks. My chocolate ratio was way off so I added more egg yolks. 

Very doubtful it was not going to thicken I poured my flopped mousse into expresso cups and put them in the fridge while I whipped up something else for my friends. 

After arriving home after my lovely visit of holding such a beautiful baby ( little Andrew had gorgeous blue eyes and such long blond hair and oh he felt so good in my arms) I checked on the mouse and found out that it wasn't such a flop as I had first thought. 

IT WAS TO DIE FOR!!!!

I won't be leaving a recipe below because I can't even remember what I did. I do know that I added 3 ounces of decaf coffee which gave a yummy flavor. 

"Mmm, Mmm, Mm"

This little lad wanted some too!!

Poor baby :(

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend sabbath!
Love
 ~ Marie      

Vintage Salt & Pepper Shakers

Got this classy crystal salt & pepper shaker set up in my shabby shoppe this morning. Delightful time taking the photo shoot :) 

Many blessings everyone!! 

Love

~ Marie

A Week Of Heavenly Bliss

Happy November greetings everyone!

Whew, its been an exciting week and I am wishing I could have stayed on top of my blog to document it all. 

My mom flew out to OH last week and she left yesterday afternoon to see my sister Elizabeth in FL. Don't know if I can write down all of our fun, it went by SO incredibly fast and it was all heavenly bliss. 

I feel so spoiled and loved. Zane and I both were fighting over her attention all week LOL! Zane just LOVED seeing his Grammy, he got showered with so much love and kisses. Every time mom would laugh and admire him he would just burst with joy. 

His grammy brought him a lovely collection of new books to read along with a new pink pig that he sleeps with who is named Arnold (form his favorite show Kipper) and he also loves his new little owl bag that she made for him. 

Jon and I got spoiled too with all her scrumptious cooking, cleaning, bathing the baby, changing the baby, feeding the baby, baby sitting, loving on the pup (who worships her) cooking and cooking and cooking!! She also got some craft projects up and going with me that I will be posting about soon! Oh boy what a spoiled girl I am. Didn't want to share her with Elizabeth but after the week of spoiling I was afraid I might be rotten LOL!

should be back into the swing of blogging this  week,

 excited about getting super cozy for Thanksgiving!

Missing everyone!
 much love to you all

Many Blessings In Christ Jesus

 ~Marie

Homemade Upholstered Headboard

After finishing the master bedroom I have gotten an itch to upholster our headboard. Now I am not committing myself to this project but I have taken some time into researching how to cover our headboard and I have discovered that It really doesn't seem all that complicated :)

I started looking online and got even more encouraged seeing all these lovely pictures, I also found this link that shows you how to upholster your headboard.

What got me thinking of doing this project was because I was going through CSN stores who I happen  to love and also do product reviews for. Anyways I found  that they have some lovely and yummy upholstered headboards  with free shipping.

Here are some more lovely pictures I found online courtesy of google images that got me all inspired.

Wishing everyone a glorious creative rest of the week!!

Much love

~ Marie

Zane on the Go

This little lad is too quick for mommy's camera.

When I see him I have to snap the camera or lose it. Usually most of the pictures come out blurry due to bad lighting and because this little man is so fast. 

This morning I got him right when he woke up. 

 my sleepy baby boy

starting to rise

getting goofy

testing out those legs 

HE'S OFF!!!!!

found something of mommy's

 cleaning up that messy head of hair

And he's GONE!!!

Will catch him next time :)

Vintage Silverware

Almost didn't get this posted for my shabby shoppe this week. Wanted to keep this darling little vintage silverware set  for myself LOL :)

Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend. 

In Christ Jesus

~ Marie

Knitting

 

Been attempting to knit a baby blanket but we will see if my efforts bare fruit. I have had to undo and redo so many times that I grow exhausted to believe that I can do this. I found that Jo-Ann's offers knitting classes and I am thinking that I might just go. I also found a local knitting group that meets once a week at a local coffee shop. I also might go to this to boots up my moral. Although I have read up and looked up on youtube how to do certain stitches and such, I find it would be so much easier and fun if my mom was here to answer all my questions, hint hint mom :)

 I have found some delightful knitting and crocheting blogs that have gotten me all creative. I think seeing all that lovely yarn does something to me. I am really enjoying my time learning how to knit. Something I hope to improve on more and more.

Oh I just love it when I can put this belly to good use. :)

I hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday afternoon! 

So much Love to you all
In Christ Jesus

~ Marie

Kitchen Pics

Well, It's about time I get these pictures up! 

I am still searching for curtains for the windows but I thought it's fine to post without them.

These three pictures are the "Before" pictures of the kitchen. 

And here are the "After" pictures!!

I had so much fun this morning getting my kitchen all ready for you to see,

but I have to admit again that it's usually never this clean :)

We took the top cabinet doors off because they never shut and I was always banging my head on them.

For the bottom cabinets we chose a crackle paint finish. It kinda gives a more aged and weathered look.

I am loving my new little office nook. I have all my artsy and etsy stuff set up and stored here. 

I got the chalkboard for 50 cents and then I painted it. I have been trying to get even more organized by starting to write down my weekly menu and chores on it! 

We will see if I can accomplish this before the baby comes.

I am getting ready to send my apron off and also excited to hang up my new apron on my apron rack which I am to receive from Tiffany over at Meek + Chic

We are swapping buds from the apron swap my mom had a couple of weeks ago. I will do a post about it as soon as I get the go ahead email.

It is so much fun to have a cabinet dedicated only for the delights of tea. Let me tell you, I use this cabinet more than any other cabinet in the kitchen LOL! My Honey-Man would probably say, "thats sad" :)

It's so refreshing to be this organized, that's one good thing about having no doors for the cabinets, It forces me to now stay organized or else the whole world will see my disorder.

Late Night Cravings and Thoughts of Pregnancy

Got some wonderful cravings after dinner last night and decided to make my dreams come true!

found my mom's apple pie recipe in my recipe book and got my hands busy!!

Suprisingly had just enough apples on hand!!!

probably one of the yummiest crusts I have made, I realized that I had sifted the flour this time, boy did it sure make that crust melt in my mouth. 

Yum yum yum!!

I thought these bottom pictures were funny,

Jon was getting pictures of the pie but you can see my belly bump in the background LOL!

 Getting to be a pooch!!

And boy was he kicking away on those apples last night :)

I have been thinking about pregnancy lately, and how hard it can be at times. Being tired and week isn't my cup of tea usually. Especially added with the extra emotional roller-coast it takes you on.

Found this on Disciple's Notebook and was reminded to be blessed and encouraged by my weaknesses. 

"When the believer is weakest, he is strongest. The child who knows most its utter feebleness entrusts itself most completely into the mother’s arms. The young eagle that knows, by many a fall, its own inability to fly yields itself to be carried on the mother’s mighty wing. When it is weak, it is strong. Likewise, the believer, when he has found out, by repeated falls, his utter feebleness, clings with simplest faith to the arm of the Savior.”

*The Best of Robert Murray McCheyne, 179

Edited and Compiled by Stephen W. Sorenson

You all be blessed :)

Love you

 ~Marie