We are all moved in!!!

Well, Saturday was moving day. Thankfully, it was the one beautiful day of the weekend! We had lots of friends and family help, and got everything out of the apartment and into the new house in just over 3 hours. A big thank you to everyone who helped - we REALLY appreciate it! Ben's dad had a small encounter with some ice and our nightstand and ended up needing 6 stitches in his chin, but other than that things went well. We are loving the house and can't wait to spend Christmas there.

Yesterday, we spent most of the day at home. Church was canceled, but we did venture over to Ben's parent's house for lunch. We live on a cul-de-sac, so we are about the last people to get plowed. That's why it's nice to only live 2 miles from my parents who have a plow truck. :)

We decided to paint the room blue. And not just the one wall - the whole room. We LOVE it. Pictures will be coming soon... our internet at the house is getting hooked up on Tuesday, so I'll upload them then.

Hope you all have a wonderful and very Merry Christmas!

Carmelitas

I brought in some of my favorite treats to work this week for our holiday foodfest (people sign up for a day and take turns bringing treats in), and I thought I'd share. These bars are so delicious and people always rave about them. One little thing - this recipe is for a 7X11 pan, NOT a 9x13. Enjoy!

Carmelitas

preheat oven to 350

36 caramels
5 Tbsp evaporated milk (you can use milk with some non-dairy creamer mixed in as well)
Melt caramels with milk in microwave. Set aside.

1 C. flour
3/4 C. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 C. dry oatmeal
1/2 tsp. soda
3/4 C. melted margarine

6 oz. chocolate chips

Combine flour, sugar, salt, oatmeal, soda & butter. Press half of mixture in a greased 7x11 pan. Bake 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over oatmeal mixture. Cover with caramel mixture. Top with remaining oatmeal mixture. Return pan to oven. Bake an additional 15 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.

Note: It's best to make these bars when you have a few hours to let them cool on the counter. If you refridgerate them, the carmel gets kind of hard and chewy.

Help Us Choose

We get keys to the house tomorrow!!! We aren't moving til next weekend, but hope to spend some of this weekend painting. The main floor is currently painted a tan with white trim. It's nice and neutral, but I want to add some color... plus, our couch is tan.

This is our couch:
We are thinking of painting one wall in the room (the angles/staircase, etc) make it hard to know where to stop/start as the walls lead to other rooms, so I'm think we're just going to do the back wall behind the couch. We have it narrowed down to two colors: a dusty blue or a deep burgundy. I found this picture of our couch online, but couldn't find one with burgundy walls. I quickly created the burgundy image... ignore the color on the floor, etc, and picture it just behind the couch. Also, the shade is slightly off (it's a little too pink), but it gives you the idea :)


The carpet is cream. The wall we would paint doesn't have any windows, but there is a large bay-type window on the wall to the left of it (when you are looking at it). So, what's your vote: Dusty Blue or Deep Burgundy?