This is absolutely about to happen

I ran to the grocery store this morning for a few necessities and when I was in the check-out line, there were these little popsicle molds on the end cap.  They were pretty cheap and I was thinking of buying these before, but I couldn't think of what to make with them.  The clerk behind the register then said "I love to put booze in those."

Um... Sold!!!

Now, I just have to wait 5 hours for them to freeze and to enjoy.

Peach-a-palooza

Do you like peaches?

Hurray!  Every year, a fruit truck drives through Wisconsin and Illinois to sell Georgia peaches and other fruit.  Yesterday, they were in Oshkosh and I had convinced my mom to go in on a ½ bushel with me.

Of course, there was drama.  You would think when they say that there are two locations, Oshkosh North and Oshkosh West, they are referring to the two public high schools in town.  So, my friend and I went to Oshkosh North to look for the truck.  When we got there, no truck.  Weird.  We ate lunch and then returned again to the high school to see if it was there.  No such luck.  Dejected, I returned to work without peaches.  How was I going to tell my mom??  We even talked about what we were going to do with our peaches…. it was only to be a dream.

When I got back to my desk, I was determined to find out what was wrong.  I went to the website and found that they were not at Oshkosh North, but on the north side of town. (Slapped head in “doh!” moment).  Quickly, I ran back to my car and drove to the correct location.  Good thing I did, since it was close to their ending time and they didn’t have many peaches left.

So now I am the proud owner of 63 peaches, half of which will be going to my mother.  Several which are to be used for her July 4^th peach cobbler.  (Mom, if you read this, I have high expectations!)

For me, I know I will be doing some canning this weekend.

Repurposing Project - Bath Caddy

Did I ever mention my tub?  It is a pretty amazing tub.  I think it was one of the main factors to why I bought my house, but more about that later.  It is a white porcelain pedestal tub.  I love it and I wanted to be fancy and add a bath caddy to it.  Now, I spent two years looking for the perfect caddy.  I eventually found one on Etsy.  It was gorgeous wood caddy that was stained in teak. I thought it would work perfectly, until I saw the price. It was over $100!  I was not prepared to spend that type of money on a decoration in my bathroom that really only I would see. 

So, then I thought… could I do this myself?  I’m not really handy with tools, but I thought I would give it a try.  I had a wood bookshelf from college that had fallen apart (because it was crap) that I could recycle, but for some reason I kept all of the wood.   The wheels in my head were turning and I quickly when to the hardware store for supplies.  I was going to do this.  (even though I sucked in woodworking in junior high… really sucked.  Worst in the class… I still have the scars of embarrassment burned in my memory.)

And it turned out great! I should note, I’m not a professional and my methods would probably be considered poor by anyone who has any experience with carpentry. 

However, I don’t care.  It looks nice and it does the job. So, here is my Bath Caddy made with repurposed wood. (Recycled Bath Caddy sounded weird.)

As you can see, my tools…

I cut the smaller piece in half and used that to connect the three pieces of wood.  It also stops the caddy from going over the side of the tub. It is really important to measure the width of your tub to make sure that these bottom pieces are in the right spot.  You don’t want to slide the caddy diagonally and accidentally send it into the tub! (Learned this from experience).

Once you have assembled that bad boy is assembled, it is time for staining and coating.

Eh voila!  Of course, it is only complete once you add a glass of wine, a book and a candle.