Fresh Idea for Steel Cut Oatmeal Anytime

Hello Friend!

I hope you are having a wonderful summer-

Fall is on the way, and busy morning routines begin.

I'd like to share with you how our family enjoys our oatmeal.

We start the night before.

Crock Pot Overnight Oatmeal

1 cup Steel Cut Oats

4 cups Water

Use Cooking Spray or Butter

 on the bottom of the crockpot.

On LOW overnight.

I start at about 9:00 PM and in the mourning at about 6:00AM

the oatmeal is ready!

We enjoy a big bowl...everyone eats at different times.

I'm the last one !

I put the leftovers from the morning into a muffin tin.

I use cooking spray on the tin. I think it probably helps.

I put the muffin tin in the freezer for about an hour.

Then the frozen muffins pop easily out of the tin.

Store in a zip lock freezer bag.

 

Place one or two frozen muffin blocks

in a microwaveable bowl.

I add a teaspoon of water and cook on high for 1 minute.

Check and stir, cook for another minute if needed.

If you prefer, you can let it thaw overnight in the fridge.

My husband likes his oatmeal with just brown sugar.

I like mine with blueberries, walnuts and honey.

Delicious breakfast or snack !

Have a blessed day!

xo Lisa S

Repurposed Vintage Pillowcases

 

Hello my friends,

I stopped my favorite thrift shop this week

and found a small bag of embroidered scraps for .50 -

I intended to make more Junk Journal covers.

After I got home I realized someone had cut off the embroidered section

of a few pillowcases.

I washed and ironed the pieces.

I had a few vintage wood hangers on hand.

I was able to match up the pieces.

Each hanger was completely different,

 so I made a pattern for each one.

I traced the curve, marked the pattern

 and the hanger with the same number.

Pinned and stitched right sides together.

Leaving a 1/8'' opening at the top to pull the hanger through.

The width of the pillowcase fit the hanger perfect.

I had hardly any trimming to do-

If you want to hang items with thin straps,

you can sew a couple of buttons to the top seam on the hanger.

Pretty in the guest closet.

They fit nice and snug over the hanger !

That was the easiest project ever!

Thank you for visiting :)

xo Lisa S

Summer Backyard Project and Tour

Hi Friends,

We have beautiful weather here in California,

but it's true it never rains!

We have been experiencing a drought for years.

Recently our area is requiring drastic cut backs on watering.

Putting limits on watering times and days

makes it impossible to

keep a lawn.

We made the decision to remove

 about 25 percent of our grass in the backyard.

My before pictures were hard to see, but you get the idea.

We used spray paint to make our curve and just

started digging up the grass.

My husband capped off some sprinklers and left others.

We put down sand paths, and spaced out large stepping stones.

We filled in our path with pea gravel.

Then put down some planter mix.

I  knew our plans in advance, so I have been

dividing my perennials and putting them in pots until we were ready. 

Here is the same area 2 months later.

We added mulch to help save on water use.

My Lemon Balm and Lambs Ear plants are so happy!

This plant below was new to me this year-

Japanese Forget-Me- Nots

Nasturtiums do well in my garden.

We are looking forward

to having grapes, although they need a lot of water.

Feverfew is another perennial we love.

It grows well here. I love the tiny daisy-like flowers

Here is another path around my herb garden.

This pomegranate bush produces well,

but the best part is

it hides my neighbors basketball hoop.

We just added a dwarf Peach Tree.

When we get more rocks, we plan to continue the path.

Over in the Vegetable garden,

we are starting to have some cabbage.

This window box is under my kitchen window opposite the

veggie garden.

We love Blackberries! I wish I had more

And Zucchini...there's plenty.

Lots and Lots of Kale-

Sequoia Strawberries

Mini White Pumpkins and white corn

Mexican Sage and Hollyhocks

Here's another view.

I wanted to wait to share this post after

we received our water bill.

I am thrilled to say we were able to cut back on

our water bill and keep within our city reduction

requirements.

The native and drought tolerant plants we have used

are very easy to maintain.

If you are interested I can share my list with you.

Thank you for taking the tour with me!

xo Lisa S