A post full of pictures and recipes

As promised, I said I would post some pics of our new house and my new kitchen forays. 

First, the recipes. 

For our first morning in our new home, I made pumpkin pancakes with homemade cinnamon syrup. YUM! One of my college roommates shared this recipe and it is amazing. 











Dinner #1 (no pics of this--sorry!) roasted chicken with fennel. Also wonderful, followed by Dinner #2, Pioneer Woman enchiladas, but I think I've posted that recipe before.  Oh well, here it is again.  I made these for SIL and BIL and new baby Elyse, but the recipe was enough for DH and I to have dinner as well.

And last but not least, I prepared acorn squash as a side dish for Dinner #3.  Also by Pioneer Woman, also amazing (but not very healthy).

Onto the Pinterest project.  I love Pinterest but rarely have time to do anything with my pins.  With my new closet, I knew I wanted a jewelry area.  I don't wear much jewelry, but I thought maybe if I could see all of my accessories I would make more use of them.  So, I made a jewelry hanger.  The greatest difficulty here is twisting in the little screw things.  My fingers were sore for two days.  The directions I've linked here are wonderful.  I did not spray paint mine as I liked the color of the wood.  Also, I suggest making holes with a hammer and a nail before you try and screw in the hooks.  WAY easier.  She also suggests doing this with a glass of wine, which I would have if I was drinking.  If I ever do this again, I would look for a bigger silverware tray as it would hold bigger necklaces better.  All in all, I'm thrilled with it, though!



close up so you can see all the hooks

  

my little jewelry corner. I'm so happy

Now for the pics of our new home.  I will only post the best ones. I think I'm starting to learn to use my camera better! I'm kind of obsessed with my fall decorations, so you have more of those than you do of the house.


mantel



love my huge kitchen, minus the white appliances





backyard and puppy dog

  

Baby Boy's room! The middle owls are from my BFF's trip to Thailand; the monkey is from my trip to Prague, and the carousel is from a Greek family friend who passed away last year




pumpkin on candle holder

 

look through from living room to kitchen, complete with my favorite pendant light


 

more fall



I was very excited to organize my scarves like this

 

entry to house