My Quirky Home {living room}

Sigh.

I thought I would blog a little about my house! This is my living room! The room that is the closest to being finished! I still have some pictures to put up! Which Im really excited about, because the frames are a little quirky and fun. For my living room I wanted it to feel really fresh and clean, and just airy! Our little cottage is just that, little! So, to make it feel "airy" can be tough! I decided to stick to bright semi-neutrals, such as white, off white and a light tan. Then, I needed a pop of color, because I needed it to reflect our personalities, which is fun! For my main bright, I decided on orange, but I have some accent brights too, like torquise, green, and (what I call) a burnt pink. This is a room that still needs work, but I hope you like the little peak into my home! By the way, writing a blog while your pup is bringing you toys, and trying to sit in your lap is difficult and hilarious! 

Love.

I love this little spot. Especially our boots!

Aww there's a picture of us!

I spy a Puppy.

That basket is full of things to hang on my wall.

                                                                                                           xoBritney

Quirky first try!

This past Friday I did a little cooking! I say a little, but it felt like a LOT! O my goodness, I was in the kitchen forever! Don't worry though, everything turned out great. (great for my first time) I decided to "give" the recipe of only one of the yummy things I made. So, here it goes! Have fun reading!!

On the menu was:
appetizer- Prosciutto, sage, and parmesan pinwheels
salad- Warm mushroom salad with ginger soy vinaigrette (getting fancy over here)
main dish- Mediterranean-style tuna
dessert- Samoa blondies

Now that we have that covered, I did the appetizer first! It was the easiest, and dare I say, my favorite, thing of the night! All I needed was to lay out my puff pastry, on a floured surface, of course. I rolled it out, to what I believed to be 11x14 inches.

Then I just spread a good amount of honey-mustard, laid out the ingredients, neatly in a row. The prosciutto (ok ok I couldn't find that, so I used canadian bacon!) sage, and parmesan, I also added some ground pepper. Then I rolled it up, placed it in the freezer for 30 min. After that I sliced it, put it in the oven on 350 degrees, for about 15-17 min.  

They were so yummy!!!

 I baked the blondies, while the pin wheels were in the freezer! I decided not to add as much coconut as the Newlywed Kitchen Cookbook called for, we aren't big fans over here! I loved the way they turned out! Super ooey-gooey too! I was surprised, I thought I would have burnt them!

They're all gone, and its only Sunday

mixing the vinaigrette

After this I made the warm mushroom salad, I actually loved this Japanese style salad! My husband, not so much! That was fine with me, that meant I got seconds. (more like thirds) The vinaigrette is what made it so delish. All it took was honey, soy sauce, ginger, rice vinegar, and green onion. I sautéed mushrooms to go on top of the salad greens, and ta-da, all done! It was super easy. Im learning I can do these things, and that cooking is actually easier than I thought! Who would have thought!

 I then went to cooking the Mediterranean-style Tuna! This was the most tricky for me! First off, I couldn't find tuna at my local grocery store, so I used salmon instead. Then I noticed it called for ANCHOVIES! Yes, that little fish all claustrophobic in their itty-bitty container! I was a little nervous, but I decided to go for it! Ya'll should have seen me looking up and down the store for those little things! Who buys anchovies anyway? Ok, so Im home and cooking this salmon, in hot oil, on a frying pan, I go to flip it, and guess what happens? Thats right, it splatters all on my hand and dress! OUCH is all I can say. Cooking can be very dangerous. After the salmon was cooked, I did the topping. Which was, sundried tomatoes, anchovies, olives, olive oil, lemon juice, red pepper, prosciutto (um canadian bacon in my case), and artichoke hearts. YUM! I loved it, and Walt did too! The anchovies were not so bad, Alex (my labradoodle) loved them. :) 

Alex, begging for food

All of the food actually turned out pretty decent, I was impressed with myself! I don't know if I will try this many new recipes all at once again, it took a lot of time, and Im thinking I might have bored someone with all this blogging! I hope I didn't, but if I did, stick with me! Im going to get better at this, I promise!

The spread

Close up!

Im making myself hungry, looking at this.

xoBritney

Quirky Newlywed

Hi! Im the Quirky Housewife! Also known as Britney :)

I was just married in November, November 2nd to be exact. Best.Day.Ever. My wedding was gorgeously simple, and Im completely surprised I didn't trip down the aisle. Although, during the vows, I laughed loudly in the wrong moments! There were no jokes told! I guess I have a hard time with being serious, but I was serious about what I was saying, I promise.

I married the man of my dreams, his name is Walt  He's pretty cute, and funny, and he's super sweet to me. I tell ya, Im spoiled.

I decided to start this blog so I could dialog my adventures and misteps in being a housewife. Im not really what you would call domestic, I never was one to clean my room spic and span, I was never much of a cook either! So, this being a housewife thing is going to be fun and not to mention funny! So please stay tune as I work on my cooking, every Friday I am going to try my best to cook a meal out of this cookbook! Hopefully I do not burn down my house. Of course I will give you a tour of my home, we are redoing it, and I am having the time of my life thrifting and decorating my house. Every now and then I probably will show off some of my fashion skills!

So, thats a little about me, and this. Thank you for stopping by, I look forward to writing and sharing more!