Pasta Jambalaya

 A quick and easy dish! 

*My hubby was born in New Orleans and approves this recipe. ;)

Sautee ¼ cup of onions and 3 bell peppers, diced (yellow, red, green) in EVOO.

Add 3 tablespoons minced garlic.

Cube chicken and add to pepper mix, brown.

Andouille and Keilbasa come precooked, just slice and add to heat through.

Stir in ½ cup marinara sauce.

Add desired amount of Datil pepper sauce to taste. (About 1-2 tsp)

Cook pasta according to package directions, drain.

Stir sausage mixture into pasta.
Serve.

Enjoy.

EVOO=Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Datil pepper sauce= not a brand, a type of pepper turned sauce.

The datil pepper sauce it what gives this dish a Cajun kick! 

Sweet and smoky with just a dash of heat.

It is only found in St. Augustine, Florida and is well worth the purchase!

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Family Photos {Brag Post}

We finally had some family photos done! 

By Elizabeth Ann Photograpy

Now to get them printed!

Here are my 5 little cuties:

She is looking too grown up!

Those front teeth have been gone for over a year!!!!

He is a boy of many faces.....

I am toddler, hear me "Roar!"

The littlest one, behaved the best. Go figure. 

 

 

And one more, only because all the kids where yelling, "KISS!!!"

Totally looks like I'm kissing another girl.....

Thrifty Find Friday-Amazing Find

 Cute shoes, brand new. Goodwill $6

The pants though..
I'm excited about them.

They where sticking out of the men's section.

I don't think the people of Goodwill understand women's pants

can also be sized by the waist.

Mustard yellow, my favorite. 

Skinny, my other favorite. 

Free People skinny pants go for $98-$528

No joke.

I paid $8 and they are perfect!

They fit, are an amazing color, and I ♥ them already.

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Pinterest Thursday!

I love an easy, inexpensive sew!

And this one from Talk 2 the Trees is lovely!

I'm loving antique spools!

The Handmade Home put together a cute collective of photos.

I'll be keeping my eye out for some myself!

I've been looking for ideas for Raedin's new room.

This really stood out to me, but 

everything at Rhonna Designs is drool worthy!

I never decorate for the 4th. :(

ONLY because that is my busiest work week!

A festival vendor at one of the country's largest celebrations for 15 years.

And because we have to travel to Utah and aren't home for the 4th.

But with these little rockets.....I might give it a go this year!

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First Time {Chairs}

I decided to try recovering some chairs.

Never done it, was a little nervous, but I'm OK with the results.

The chairs I found thrown out on a curb, gross, I know.

I wasn't sure if I even wanted them as 3 had missing pieces.

But low and behold!

A ziploc bag with the missing parts was with them.

 Torn seats, missing pieces, old-ugly wood.

 One small whole that I ghetto patched.
(See below.)

 Missing pieces in the bag.

Here is my ghetto patch.

Using Gorilla tape.

Don't judge me.

I wanted to spend next to nothing on these since they where a first for me.

I hit up Joann's on Memorial Day and scored 3.5 yds of fabric for $14.87

Spray paint, 5 cans (Krylon-Ivory) $4

So= $34.87 to refinish them

I learned a lesson:
STRETCH FABRIC TIGHTER

You can see it sagging a bunch.:(

It looked tight when they where off.....not sure what happened.

And the spray paint needs some touching up on the cane.

I'll probably take the seats off, stretch the fabric, and touch up paint.

Here is the ghetto repair after:

It isn't too obvious.....right?

Ok, so it is. 

Oh well! 

It was a first attempt!!!!!!

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