Finally back!

Sorry its been so long! I've had some big stuff going on in life (if you don't know and want to know, I will tell but its kinda personal) so I left bloggin world but now I'm back (holy run-on sentence)!

A few days ago, I started remodeling our dining room. We've only used it to sit infront of the firepalce a handful of times and its the passthru from the garage to the rest of the house. Basically, its been a catch all. Well, now that I have some time off, I've decided to tackle the room. It was all paneling to start off with. Not just paneling, 2 different types of paneling. Who knows why. So far, I have taken off all the moulding and all but 2 pieces of paneling. Behind most of the paneling surprisingly was drywall. Good, except for what I guess is remnants of carpenter ants. There are places of missing drywall paper and "trails" of dirt. I thought it may have been termites, but there is no wood damage to the studs or the actual paneling. There aren't any bugs, so thats good. Then I ripped off the paneling by the door to the garage. Someone has re-framed the door. My guess is the previous owners, they always do crappy work. Some of the wood that was new is pressure treated, why use pressure treated wood in the house? The top of the frame doesn't even span the whole door. No wonder that door sticks. Dumb-asses! Anyway, the remodeling is going well so far. Not too many surprises that I can't handle. Next is the carpet then the ceilings! Wish me luck!

Last night I actually made dinner. I found a recipe online for chicken parmesean. It was really good and quite easy. Kyle liked it and even offered to eat the left overs (he doesn't usually like leftovers). Here is the recipe. I found that it needed to be cooked a few more minutes than the reciped called for but I had really thick chicken breasts. I served it over pasta and with salad. Hope you enjoy it!

I've been crafting a lot here lately and can't wait to show it off but I have to wait till after my friend's shower cause she might be lurking on here!