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Recipe: Candied Pecans
Candied pecans – this quick and easy recipe is a household favourite. We use pecans in salads, with roasted sweet potatoes, and in baking, too. I usually make these to order (or make for a recipe that calls for them). But you don’t have to wait, you can make them any time! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients 1 cup of pecans a tablespoons of butter 1/4 cup of brown sugar salt to taste First, measure out your ingredients. You can use whole pecans, or break…
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Project: Coffee Table
Coffee table – who knew it would be so hard to find the perfect coffee table. Well, we searched for about 3 months, looked online, in stores, and even paused the TV when watching home shows on HGTV. Nothing. Everything was either too big or not our style. So, Bryce made it. Coffee Table It’s made out of walnut and matches the mantal and other wood accents in the kitchen. Bryce made a template out of cardboard first and we decided on the size –…
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Recipe: BBQ Chickpeas
BBQ chickpeas – a meatless option to utilizes your favourite BBQ sauce. Plus, they’re virtually hands free since they make use of the crock pot. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 large white onions 600 ml of BBQ sauce 2 cans of chickpeas First, dice your onions and put in a freezer bag. I added my BBQ sauce to the bag, yet you don’t have to since the BBQ sauce and the chickpeas will easily keep in the pantry. I prepped this back in late…
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Project: 60 Foot Tower
60 foot tower! Oh my goodness, why would anyone need to have this on their property? Well, we live in the country and we finally got tired of slow internet. This is a DMX-68AN tower, so it’s actually 68 feet tall! Do you stream Netflix? Crave? Watch YouTube videos with ease? Well, we struggled to get Netflix to stream consistently, and no way the other two would work. So, we did a whole heck of a lot of research and after the tree cutting in…
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Project: Tree Cutting 2019
Tree cutting 2019 – why am I sharing something so old? That’s a good question. Well, one of the reasons why I’m sharing this tree cutting 2019 project is because first, I forgot; but second, because it sets up the next post I’ll share on December 30. Tree Cutting 2019 Okay – so why did we cut down trees? First, we took down trees that were in danger of falling on the house, the shop and the trailers. We also built a retaining wall, installed…
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Photos: Woof Wednesday 4.0
Woof Wednesday 4.0! I don’t think I’ll ever stop sharing photos of Daph-Daph here on the blog, so Woof Wednesdays are officially a thing, especially considering we’re running the fourth edition! Bella and Lily had a couple of Woof Wednesdays, too. Okay, today we’re celebrating having Daphne the Afghan Hound in our lives for one year (well, one year and 3 weeks today!) – these photos were taken on the exact same weekend one year later. She’s grown so much. Such a cutie. She was…
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Project: Yarn Wall Hanging
Yarn wall hanging – the perfect afternoon project for your home, office or any interior space in need of a little decor. From start to finish this project took about 4 hours. Don’t underestimate the time needed to cut all of the yarn! Okay, let’s get started. What You Need 6 bundles of yarn wooden plank / dowel scissors clamps First, pick out some yarn in colours of your choice. This piece measures about 6 feet wide by 4 feet tall. I went for a…
