Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino low cal knock off.

 okay so last time I went to the cities I made my mandatory trip to my favorite coffee shop for a drink and saw this beauty.  This is the Chocolate Cookie Crumble Frappuccino  Yum.  Me and my hubby both love it but seeing as we have no Starbucks any where remotely near out town I had to recreate it.
And if I am going to do that it isn't going to carry the hefty 440 cal and 13 ww points

My version has 5 ww+ points and is pretty damn good if I don't say so myself.(sorry for the crappy cell pic)

Here is my recipe.

3/4 c cold press coffee (  Here is my link on how to make that)

1/4 ff milk

1T ff sf chocolate pudding powder

1T choco chips

1 chocolate cream oreo.  

and ice

I swear by and always use my bella knock off magic bullet blender I fill the glass with ice.  Then throw in all my ingredients and blend.  Tastes delish and I save 8 ww points!  Not bad I hope you guys enjoy.

how to treat a sunburn (swear it works)

 Okay so yesterday we had our good friend graces birthday party a hour and half away at wild water west.  So if you are going to drive a hour and half to go to a water park and blow money to get everyone in you make a day of it right.  It was a blast we had a great time with our good friends and the day ended with everyone feeling like this ...

 and even though I slathered us all in spf 30 sport lotion and sprayed us down with spf 50 spray every time we got out of the pool some how I am the only one who wound up looking like this...

When I went to the bathroom at buffalo wild wings and saw my legs and the I was shocked!!! Wth how did that happen.  And I of coarse didn't have that great beachy look no I had a red forehead and other spots here and there.  So I sat down at the table and did what I always do when I don't know how to fix something I searched pinterest.  This is what I found.  So as soon as I got home I put some water on threw in two lipton ice tea bags (the only black tea I had on hand) and once it looked ready I thew in a ice cube tray and dipped a rag and started applying the tea to my burns.  I let it sit and soak on my legs the longest The rest of my body pretty much looks just fine today the only places that are still red are the places that got the worst of the burns for some reason.   So here is the after math..

See the only places that are still really red are where it was the deepest sunburn.  But the tea instantly made it feel cool and took the pain out.  I recommend this big time.  I also dabbed it on fire monsters cheeks because even though I was extra careful with her cheeks because of her scar they got a big pink.  Worked on those too.  Well good luck I hope this helps some people as much as it helped me!

kitchen chair before and after.

Okay  so a few years ago I did my first refurb... It was my kitchen chairs which were from a old hotel in faribault mn.  They had remains of ripped green vinyl on them that we removed and they looked like this after

 I covered them in a cotton fabric and the very slightest batting. I then treated them with waterproofer to help with stains.  I can tell they were my first ever project of this sort when I took them apart lol.  I must have ran out of batting and used some hello kitty fleece on a few ha.

 

better then before but certainly not enough cushion on needed better fabric.  I recovered them yesterday and added padding.  I wanted double cushion so I bought a twin mattress pad and cut it up and used two layers on each chair (making sure to put them bumpy sides together in the middle.  Then batting and fabric my hubby chose this one.  I messed up and typical to me I decided to go with it.  I did every other chair different so I have two with vertical stripes and two with horizontal.

  

 Then for the chairs that sit at the ends of the table which are left over from our first hand me down table I chose the fabric (if you couldn't tell lol)

 

I still need to repaint them in off white.  but it has been soo hot I can't stand the thought of painting 6 chairs in the yard in the heat lol.  I will save that for another day.

Well here is the finished product.  Much more durable and very cute and funky.  I love it!  Even my hubby liked it (even though I took the liberties to mix up the stripes lol something that goes against his anal sensibilities)  Well people I am off to find some lunch and dig through my recipes for something decent to throw in my crock pot so I don't have to cook in this heat :)

knit picks love

 So last week I was up knitting my Belatrix socks and in the middle of a row this happened!!! Those are my favorite needles I always rave about my knit picks needles.  I have had them a few years and I have knit many a pair of socks on those.

 Eek I slowly moved over my stitches to my addis and picked up all the dropped stitches on the way.  Then I emailed knit picks.  I just said I don't know what your policy is on this but my needles broke.  Then went to bed.  I woke up to a email saying this:

Thank you for your email.  I am so sorry to hear that your needle came apart.  We guarantee all of our products, so I will be happy to send a replacement.  I see that you have ordered a 32" and a 40" in the size one.  Which length was it that came apart?  I just want to make sure I send you the correct item.

That was on the 20th and a week later my lovely new needles are here!!

So not only are tier needles cheaper better sharper and have great loose cables but they are guaranteed!!   And their customer service is great!  Just had to share such a great experience!  Now I am off to break in my needles on calvins birthday socks.

Jaylahs desk

 Okay So a friend of mine bought her daughter Jaylah this desk and approached me about fixing it up.  Here are the before pics she sent me.

 It was in rough shape for sure.

 She wanted bright and girlie.  Here is what I came up with.  I spray painted the metal then I sanded primed and painted the wood

I added the damask embellishment then lined the inside with some pretty damask liner that is easy clean up :) 

 

I hope she gets lots of use out of this and loves it. What little girl wouldn't love to color at this cute little desk?

Before and after kitchen table

Okay so I know I showed you this already but lets back track and let me show you the before pic again.  Notice the worn spots and the there is also a hole and a spot where someone carved what I can only assume are rumors about a man named john in the one corner.   So here is where we were at...

and this my friends is where we have ended up.  I am so in love with this table.  It makes me smile when ever I look at it. :)  Soooo Glad my friend Pat gave me second thoughts about heading back to the gw for this 5$ beauty.  Who would have thunk huh.(ps please ignore my hideous linoleum we rent so was not my choice!)

I will be redoing my chairs in off white to match and also reupholstering them.  (they were my first projects so clearly I know how to do things better now).

I am thrilled with the way this turned out and know it will keep a smile on my face for quiet some time.   So now that I am done gushing over my lovely new table I have something else to share.  I wrote a post over 2 years ago about my birthday and receiving this...

Well at long last I have seen the movie!!!  It was good but I would say very little that was in the movie was in the book.  I would compare it to true blood and the southern vampire book series.  The main theory is the same but pretty much everything else is different.    Both are great I do think I enjoyed the historical part of the book better but the movie was filmed beautifully and I enjoyed it very much too.  Well I need to head to bed so I can have time to snuggle my hubby before he is off to work :) Gotta love the over night shift!  On the plus side he is back home not to long after I wake up and I get to spend most of the day with him :)

My new kitchen table refurb in all her glory

 Okay so last week when I was at gw there was a table there that me and Pat both thought had potential we went home laying in bed regretting not getting it. Then both mentioned it the next day.  So I said I would go back and if it was there it was meant to be.  Well it was so I paid for it yesterday then went straight to Menards to pick out paint!!

Here she is in all her 5$ glory!!!  Not much to look at right.  Think that is bad check this out...

No I didn't carve that in there!!!  I don't know who john is and I don't care what his sexual preference is lol. little extra sanding over that area lol.

Okay so this is where my inspiration came from..

The paint colors I picked were lake superior (again), vanilla custard, and bulldog!!  Here she is in her glory

I sanded a bit just to rough it up so the paint would adhere better.  They primed painted and boom.

I am in love I can't wait for my hubby to help me drag her in tomorrow.

The more furniture I do the more I realize me and my hubby do NOT have the same taste.  He says "It doesn't even match".   Ha good thing I am the one who makes these decisions.

Here are her legs.  It took me like 2 hours to get done sweating it out in the garage.  I love it soo much.  Now I just need to decide what to do with the old table.