It's those little things

So It's all those little things that start to make a difference.  Now that the big stuff is mostly unpacked, you start thinking about those little things, the nik naks, the photos, the things that make your home look like you. Those are the boxes that are still kind of in limbo unpacked with the I'm not sure where you should go notes.
They are also the things I long for the most.

I finally found a shelf with coat hooks to put by the front door.  It's black, and I want to paint it white or aqua and antique it.  But my husband hung it for me and I didn't even ask and THAT was pretty exciting. I want to put a small bench under it to sit and put on your shoes - because we are typically a shoes off house.  Also
I'm still searching for a piece to put on the opposite wall to collect things like keys, and mail, and store a few items in.

I'm really needing to use my sewing/craft room but its a box factory.  no room to walk.....also my biggest project for sure as part of moving in.  It's so much easier to pick something else than go in there and try to figure out what to do.  I have half the space of my old room. But I don't have half the stuff -ha ha. Jokes on me, even though I weeded through a lot of it before moving.  Hmm those ideas I have for making things and selling them?  I better start doing something about it, so I can clean out some it.

Well that's a little on what is happening at the new house. Pictures are do soon, maybe in the next post.

Finally In!

Here it is a little over two weeks in our new house.  Its starting to feel like home, despite the boxes, and papers all over the place.

Regardless  of our moving boxes and dishevel we had a little evening of Tapas and Wine out at the fire pit this weekend.  It was lovely having the fire going, and sitting around in the evening just enjoying each other's company.   I love serving Tapas. It's easy and you can do a lot of simple variety or get very extravagant. I saw a recipe for for a steak salad that had a chimichurri sauce I wanted to try making.  So I made the sauce, using a lemon flavored oil, lime juice & zest, jalapenos, cilantro, parsley and some salt and pepper.  Then I took some left over flank steak from dinner a few nights before, chopped it up fine, and put it in a some salad mix greens.  I took some pizza crust and through it on the barbecue, with the chimichurri sauce on it, some goat cheese with kalamata olives, a little red onion on top. When the dough was cooked, I took it off, placed the steak salad also mixed with the chimichurri sauce on top of the crust, and served warm.  It was delicious!  & Made it into a finger food.  I forgot  to take a picture but will next time.

 My daughter showed up later with a couple friends so we through out a few more chairs so they enjoy the fire too. They brought S'more fixings and we had a lot of burnt marshmallows going around.  It's interesting to watch the science of marshmallow cooking.  The patient ones, go for the perfect golden toasted mallow, while the impatient char the mallows to a blackened state.  Regardless much fun was had  by all, whether you were a cooking or watching.  I usually find s'mores to sweet, so I'm more of a watcher.

With both the music and wine flowing, it was a pleasant evening with perfect weather.