High Five for Friday

1. I made this Pinterest inspired wreath for my mom for her birthday!

 2. I had a craft day on a rainy, chilly Sunday. This is my Valentine's Day creation made out of red burlap!

 3. Today is my mom's birthday! Her sweet grandcorgi's wanted to give her special birthday wishes for her special day!

4. Tomorrow is our little man Tuck's first birthday. Since we won't be able to spend it with him, we had a birthday party for him the other night. I can't believe he is one!

5. We just made it to Denver for the National Western Stock Show. Looking forward to a great week at the stock show. 

High Five for Friday

Whoa! When did Friday happen?

I have been bad at the High Five for Fridays for awhile now. Plus my brain has been all out of whack with my days of the week since the holidays. So I am going to attempt to get back in a routine!

1. Pinterest inspired me to do a few different things this week. Including this new recipe I tried while my mother in law was in town this week. Chicken A La Gloria is the name and it is pretty yummy. I didn't have parsley for the top, but it was still good.  Recipe found here.

2. I like these bracelets from Apricot Lane - Dallas. If you don't follow them on Facebook, you should. They have some super cute stuff.

3. Pinterest also taught me this week how to clean my stove top. Check out the blog post here that tells you the easy-as-pie way to get all the gunk off!

4. My corgi babies were waiting on their dad to come home. I thought this was precious!

 5. I'm not much on getting older. So instead of a birthday I am having a Day of Celebration. My day of celebration isn't until later in the month, but it makes warm-fuzzies when someone gets in on it early!

How was your week? Have a spectacular weekend!

How to Clean your Stovetop!?

Does your stovetop ever look like this?

Mine does! 

So I took to the one site where you can find anything DIY.....Pinterest!

I searched for how to clean your stove top, but most of the results utilized ammonia. First off, I didn't have ammonia at my house. Secondly, it stinks and I didn't like the risk with my four legged babies around. So I kept searching. 

How about baking soda?

If you check out many DIY cleaning solutions, baking soda is used in a lot of household solutions. 

To start the cleaning process, you take all the burners apart except one. Fill a stock pot half full of water and add baking soda. I just dumped into the pot until I felt I had enough. Bring the water to a boil and add your first grease catcher. Allow them to boil on each side for 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from the water with tongs and head to the sink. 

Scrub using steel wool pad and warm water. I added more baking soda to spots that weren't coming clean well enough. 

And hear is the end result!

They look almost new! 

After you finish the other burners, you can take the burner you were using (cooled of course) and clean it. Now my stove looks clean, happy, and ready for cooking! 

Pinterest Inspired Christmas Crafts

Now that the Christmas decorations are all down and put away for the New Year, I thought I should update on my Pinterest inspired crafts that I did during the holiday.

My first craft only involved a few materials.

• Ornamentts (50% off at Michael's) 
• Stick -on Letters
• Ribbon

My Merry Christmas masterpiece hung above our sink in front of a window. It added a little holiday cheer to the kitchen. All I did was spell out Merry Christmas on the ornaments, and one by one string them on the ribbon, tying a knot to keep them in place. 

My second Pinterest project was inspired by one I saw. On our doors that seperate our living room from dining room, I hung ribbon off the back off the over the door hanger. I put a command strip on the bottom to hook it to. Then when the Christmas cards came rolling in, they were secured by clothes pins. Which of course I painted Christmas green for the holiday!

Blessed with two doors full of cards!

Did you make any Christmas crafts?

High Five for Friday

We have been on the road most of the week. Traveling around looking at cows, taking some photos and videos before we headed to North Carolina for our sale. It has been a fun, interesting, and entertaining couple of days. Here are a few shots from our travels.

1. We visited this cute little apple orchard called Showalter's near Timberville, VA. I believe these are red delicious apples. The trees were full of apples.

2. After we met the super, nice owners and purchased two 1/2 pecks of apples, I took this one off a tree.

3. We were following our client to another one of her farms and ended up 4,400 up on top of a mountain.

4. Another one of the amazing views!

5. Last night we went to eat at this little place called Pirate's Landing. This was a Pinterest inspired collage on the wall using silver platters. A great use for all the silver I have won over the years showing cattle.

Hope you have a wonderful long weekend! Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!