Canvas is HERE

The snow is finally melting here in Ohio. Today the chickens had the run of the yard again. It didn't take them five minutes to realize they could go right to the back door and POOP! Yes, I think they all decided to run straight to the house and leave land mines on the sidewalk.  

Anyhow, I have a bit of a spring cleaning bug coming on pretty strong so everything in this house had better be on it's best behavior or it could go straight in the TRASH! But before the cleaning is to begin I get to hang my new canvas that I finally received in the mail today.  It does look nice but I did learn one lesson from this experience.  The company I used convinced me to send them the unedited file of my photo instead of one that I had photoshopped.  I should have sent them exactly what I wanted because they didn't crop everything the way I had explained. Oh well there is always next time. I ordered the 3 panel photosplit but I like the first panel with the truck so much I may not even hang the other two.

Next on the agenda as always is my dinner. Tonight Nicky made a really good Broccoli and Potato soup. Delish! For further instruction see below per the CHEF.

1- Sauté the broccoli stems with some white potato and onion in butter until translucent then add some chicken stock and cook until very soft. 
2- Puree and add some milk mixed with a touch of flour, and seasonings… salt, pepper, cayenne, etc…
3- Caramelize some sweet potatoes, blanch some cubed white potatoes and broccoli, and crisp some bacon.
4- Mix it all in one pot with some cheddar

Decisions, Decisions!!!

Today was clean up the computer and desk day. Anyone who knows me understands I take a lot of pictures. That being said the only way to find certain ones in a jiffy is to stay organized. I have an external hard drive full of photos and videos all categorized by person and or event. I started this for two reasons. One reason was to free up my hard drive space and the second was so I could find my photos quick for projects or for emailing. Some may look at my "tree" of photos on my external drive as OCD...others are amazed. Trust me if you ask me for a pic of your kid on Easter 2008, I can tell you almost instantly if I have one. THAT is the perk of being organized. One day I would like to have the time and resources to scan in all the non-digital photos I have so I can archive them as well.

Soooo as I was cleaning I realized I have a Groupon that is about to expire for Canvas on Demand.  I have been contemplating for weeks about what picture I want to use for my three panel photo split. With the help of the husband I have narrowed it down to two:

Maybe with the help of who ever looks at this I can narrow it down to one!! It is giong in the Dining Room which opens up to the Living Room. I have a dark espresso colored table with all different colored chairs. Let me know what ya think.