August 4, 2011

Salted Caramel No Bake Cookies

Salted Caramel No Bake Cookies

www.biblicalhomemaking.com



1 stick butter (*if unsalted, add additional 1/8 teaspoon salt)

1 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup milk

3 1/4 cups oatmeal

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Kosher Salt (optional)



Stir butter and sugars together in a saucepan over medium heat until gooey. Add milk, stir and bring to a boil, occasionally stirring for 4 minutes after boiling has been reached. Turn off heat. Add vanilla, baking soda and stir. Add oatmeal and stir. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto parchment paper, and sprinkle with salt if desired. Let sit at room temperature or in the refrigerator until hardened.

August 2, 2011

day dreaming

source -Sproost

 
sigh.
dreamy space

I took the Sproost "design style" quiz and the results are right on!

Your specific style combines two more general styles:

Traditional Country

Even if your backyard isn't acres of farmland and you don't actually have a chicken coop, your house sure brings you back to a time when that was the case. You love spaces that feel casual and lived in. Furniture is practical and comfortable, and yet at the same time its very stylish. The best part of country style is how much it highlights collection and found objects. Antiques here, garage sale finds there and Aunt Milly's hand-me-downs throughout. Unique items that used to serve very practical purposes are now on display, and their history seems to permeate the home. Each space in the home seems to invite friends and family to come in and stay a while. There is a true sense of home felt throughout.

Materials

When it comes to materials in Traditional Country homes, think rustic, warm and comfortable. Wood or natural tile floors, natural or painted wood tables and chairs, and natural materials on the soft furnishings. Stripes, plaids and florals are popular and often all are mixed in one room. Soft vintage leather and suede are common and wrought and rusty iron also reinforce the rustic nature of the rooms. Large wood pieces of furniture are very common, and help manage storage throughout the home. Wallpaper is very popular and most often highlights floral patterns. For traditional country, the concept of minimalism is avoided at all cost. It's the collections that give the space character and reinforce the lived-in nature of the spaces.

Colors

For color, spaces can go either bright and airy or soft and muted. Think of the countryside in spring and summer with yellows, bright greens and blues. Or you can go for more of a fall country day, and go a bit darker but still stay in the earth tones. Dark browns, reds and greens. Either direction you go in, be it light or dark, the key is warmth. Traditional country rooms rarely, if ever, feel cold.



Rustic Revival
source- Sproost

mmmm yes, please!




Rustic Revival
You can take kid out of the country but you can't take the country out of the kid... or is your theme "you can take the kid out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the kid?" Either way you play it, you are one of the unique individuals who loves a mix of modern and country. The clean lines of the modern softened by rustic /vintage elements is the perfect mix in your mind. And can we blame you? You've taken the best aspects of two popular designs and mixed them in a manner that appeals young and old alike. A subtle background of white or light colors provides a nice canvas for all the wonderful flea market, eBay or garage sale finds as well as the classic modern pieces that you love.


Materials
The material palette for urban country runs the gamut because of the two extremes being mixed. On the countryside you see a lot of wood, woven rope, canvas and linen, rustic metals and wrought iron, cowhide and vintage leather. On the more modern side, you see acrylic, satin and polished nickel and chrome, glass, faux fur, refined leather, fiberglass and sleek woods. It's the mixing of these elements that makes the style work so well. Seagrass and other natural woven materials are often used for floor coverings. Concrete and natural wood floors are very popular, and work really well together.


Colors
When it comes to color, think light, casual and airy. White, pale gray or beige, khaki and sage; all of these colors make nice, subtle backdrops for Urban Country style. Think of the colors of natural linen, concrete, and if you'd like to go dark, use the dark brownish-black of iron or the deep burnt orange of rust. The key is to keep the spaces feeling open (go modern!) and yet warm (yay for rustic!), and by going light on the walls and major pieces and more color on the accents and accessories you can achieve this mix really well.

if it ain't broke

 do NOT let me touch it!

I helped out the other night and installed all the virus/spam/malware/spybot gadgets my friends said would fix up the bugs in the family computer. It ran great for the first 12 hrs and then as my love and I sat at the table eating we heard it reboot. and reboot. and reboot. SIGH

lovely little message that an install was "successful" but it couldn't read the drive... the HARD DRIVE which my love says is no beuno. It won't boot so he get get into "safe mode" it is stuck at 20 seconds or so into booting up.

I am banned from helping anymore with computers.
All my saved files. Internet favorites. Ebooks I downloaded. GONE
thankfully I used Picasa and didn't lose my pics this time!

So now I am on my oldest daughter's laptop at least until she needs to do school...which I haven't bought... she really doesn't need to go through 7th grade does she? I'm not old enough to have a middle schooler yet! *cough* ahem
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