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It only took me six months to try out another recipe, but I think this one was worth the wait. This recipe was featured in The Oklahoman in the Melba’s Swap Shop column, but I’m not sure when it was originally printed. A reader named Leslie Meloo requested a “good ...

Spring is in the air. As I’m typing this blog post, I’m itching to get outdoors and soak up a few rays of sunshine. Since I can't get outdoors right away, I’m compiling a short, to-do list to celebrate the season that are all within driving distance of southern Oklahoma ...

The boyfriend and I often plan a short weekend getaway in celebration of surviving the holidays and our anniversary. For our third anniversary, we decided to take a trip down to Texas Hill Country. I came across a Facebook ad for a Retreat Getaway Cabin in Seguin, Texas, but this ...

We’ve got the room painted, a new light fixture hung, and our hardwood floors selected. You can read all about part 1 here and selecting our flooring here. The next step to creating our home library was installing the flooring upstairs. We purchased a pneumatic floor nailer from Harbor Freight and a small, ...

We are full steam ahead on working on our library. We’ve already painted the walls and hung a new chandelier, and we are now working on the floors. If you missed part 1 of creating our home library, you can read more about it here. Finding the perfect flooring has ...

I said I wasn’t going to touch our upstairs area, and that was a big fat lie. Hear me out. A lot of my other projects are at a standstill until we can get the floor a little more stable. For instance, I don’t want to lay down tile in ...