The Last of the Carpet is Gone

This holiday break is flying by because I'm staying very busy. One of my biggest goals is to finish painting the upstairs floors before I go back to school. So Rand and I carried everything out of this room and took it downstairs. This room had become a giant closet for all of Rand's pool supplies, so I'm glad I'll finally have the opportunity to organize it.

We ripped up the carpet, pulled up the tack strips, sanded, filled holes, resanded, and applied two coats of primer. I am exhausted.

The floors will be Benjamin Moore's Rockport Gray. Hopefully the gray paint will help disguise the usually-not-totally-clean floors a little better than the white painted floors in the bedroom.

These floors were in the best shape of any room upstairs. That saved me a lot of time in filling and caulking. It's just lots of paintbrush time for me.

Here I go...

Meowy Catmas!

Yes! They like their gift!! Merry Christmas from the Eckhardts!

Easy Cheesy Quesadillas with Mango Salsa

 

Easy Cheesy Quesadillas with Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

• whole wheat tortillas
• mango salsa (or whatever salsa you prefer, I guess)
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
• 1 can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/3 cup coconut oil
• sour cream (optional)

1. Get everything ready. Drain and rinse the beans, melt your coconut oil in the microwave, and find your biggest cutting board for a work surface.
2. Lay out your tortillas and coat one side of them in coconut oil. Then flip them over. The side without the coconut oil will get the fillings.
3. Pile as much shredded cheese, beans, and salsa you like onto one half of each tortilla. Then fold them over. 
4. Place your folded quesadillas into a large frying pan and begin frying them on medium-high heat. When one side becomes golden brown and the cheese is melting, flip the quesadilla over to the other side.
5. When both sides are golden brown and fried to perfection, take your quesadillas off the stove, put 'em on a plate, cut them with a pizza cutter and dip them in sour cream. Oh my....

This recipe is my new favorite because it is so fast. If I have leftover ingredients, I can just stuff them all in the fridge and make more quesadillas later in the week. So easy!