{DRUMROLL.......} AND HERE IT IS!!!!

The new and improved upstairs hall bathroom!!!!!


This is the tub tiling. The little different colored bits are a river-green glass tile. The same large tile is on the floor. The towels are lime green, although they are washed out in this photo.

The basis of the color scheme/design: a painting of "catfish" we acquired in Maui. It holds a place of honor.




Melody's special touch (well, special in that she knew exactly what she wanted and didn't rest until she found them): bamboo looking water faucet (I love it so much), bamboo mirror frame, hibiscus appliqued washclothes (thanks to Tar-jay for putting out the Hawaiian theme bath accessories right when I needed them!--washclothes, shower curtain and rug). Granite countertop--YAY!!!



I looooove the granite countertop!


We were able to add some storage by putting in a "linen cabinet", replacing the humongous sink vanity with a smaller one. We gained a TON of storage space!



Pretty, huh? It is currently the best bathroom in the house! All that's left is to seal all the grout, then I'm movin' in, baby...

In memoriam

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

---British statesman Edmund Burke

April is Grilled Cheese Month

..or so says Monkey...

and just for kicks, Monkey has instructions for making grilled cheese with your iron and ironing board at http://www.himonkey.net/cooking/IronGrilledCheese/index.html

I'm working on my ode to cheese haiku even as we speak...er...type...

(Yes, I realize this website is rapidly turning into a repository of very weird cooking stunts, but I find them to be very CHEESY!....HAHAHAHAH)

Meatcake is the new Cheesecake?

http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/demo/meatcake/



I don't know...really...I don't even know how I came across this monstrosity...it is really bothering me, thinking of the hunks o'meat that people are decorating all over the world (if you look at the submitted photos on this site)...what was that movie with Richard Dreyfuss & the Devil's tower sculpted out of mashed potatoes...Close Encounters of the Meatcake Kind?

The big reveal

of the bathroom remodel will occur very, very soon. it looks charming. 1 down, 2 to go...

Hope

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.
- Anne Lamott

As we all know, however, hope is not always realized, even if you have shown up, tried hard to do the right thing, and dawn comes....without hope.

Wow, I'm depressing. Sorry.

Chili Basil Chicken

A take-off on Thai take-out from Rachel Ray's magazine. Good, unusual Easter dinner. I used Udon noodles, as that is what I had on hand. Warning--thin sauce, and I could have used alot more heat, but that is my personal lack of sensitivity, as there was a significant amount of crushed red pepper in this to begin with.