Author: Val

Baby Watch: Week 34

Th nursery furniture is finished!!!!  This is incredibly exciting news!  And I’ve painted the trees on the nursery walls!  I could stand to finish out some of the branches and add some leaves, but it’s good enough so far.  The crib arrived, but we aren’t 

Rusty Wallace Racing Experience

Lo and our friend Chuck did the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience on Saturday and had a great time.  They’ve been talking about doing a racing course or something like that for awhile, so when they saw an Amazon deal for this one at the Kentucky 

Menu Monday: Lotsa chicken

It’s Menu Monday again.  I’m terrible at menu planning because I have no idea what our evenings will bring, so it’s easy to post our meals after the fact. Almost every single meal had a form of chicken in it, which was completely unintentional and 

Sunday Social: Fall Times!

It’s Sunday Social day where Ashley and Neely post questions each week for people to answer on their blogs and a linkup.  This week’s questions are all about fall (my favorite)! 1. What is your favorite fall activity?  Watching football! 2. Do you follow a 

Cauliflower Crust Pizza

Cauliflower Crust Pizza

A few years ago I made cauliflower crust pizza, loved it, and completely forgot about it.  About a month ago, Loren got an Adriatico’s pizza after work to take camping with him and his friends for the Mid-Ohio race because you can get a huge 

Weekly Workout: August 30 – September 5

As happy as I was last week about being able to still get in decent workouts, I think that time is tapering off.  I don’t take into account how much I’ve been doing in the evenings after work and I need to consider that so 

Baby Watch: Week 33

Another week without complaints!  AND the glider rocker is ALMOST refinish.  If I haven’t said it enough, never refinish a glider rocker and stool.  I just need to check for paint touch-ups tomorrow and then Lo can add the poly coat to it.  The dresser/changing 

Menu Monday: Lotsa Pork

It’s Menu Monday again.  I’m terrible at menu planning because I have no idea what our evenings will bring, so it’s easy to post our meals after the fact. We had trouble remembering some of our meals this week – I may have even mixed 

Sunday Social: Summer Loving

It’s Sunday Social day where Ashley and Neely post questions each week for people to answer on their blogs and a linkup.  This week’s questions are random ones about Summertime fun.  This has certainly been quite a different summer for me, covering my 6-8 months 

Long weekend love

We get a long weekend for Labor Day and it couldn’t have come soon enough. Ohio State football kicks off tomorrow!  That’s means NFL starts next week.  That means it’s fall.  That means a baby is coming soon!  Yikes! We have more painting ahead of