Twice Owned Tuesday Party #1

I am having my first PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many of you know that I love parties,  I love linking up or just checking out the links.

So….

I decided to have my own and your invited!

WHAT:

Twice Owned Tuesday Party!

WHERE:

Here on HOUSE OF GRACE

WHO:

Anyone who has anything that is twice owned.

I LOVE second hand pieces, whether:

garage/yard sale treasure,

hand me down treat,

dumpster delight

or

Goodwill goody!

WHY:

Because everyone loves to see a great find  and garage sale season is officially HERE!!! Yippy! 

WHEN:

Every Tuesday!

HOW:

  Just link your actual post, not your blog url.

I thought that I would get this party started by showing one of my favorite garage sale finds.

I found this awesome 8 chair, 2 leaf Pottery Barn table. (I only use the extra leaves and chairs when having guests.)

And it was only………$200!!!!!!  Yeah baby!!!!!!!  What a deal, considering a single Pottery Barn chair is about $250.00.

When I found this beauty,  she was a light wood color.  I couldn’t find a good picture of it.  Here is a picture with the table in the background so you get an idea of how it looked.

 

Then, my sweet hubby painted it black for me.   I love it!!!!

 

Here it is at Christmas time.

  

And in the fall.

And at a birthday party.

Here it is with the leaves and chairs.

And at a card party.

I love this table and am so glad that I found it!!!

Now it is your turn, please show me your “Twice Owned” treats!!!!

I can’t wait to read your posts.  I get giddy when I see great deals so please link up!

I will feature my favorites next week, so come back and check them out!

Bonnie:)

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Harvest Grain Blend Shrimp Salad and Mystery Soup

 

Here are a couple more recipes that I made this week.

The first one is one of my favorite and easiest salads.  I brought this to a party this weekend.  I got this recipe from my favorite store, Trader Joes.

Harvest Grain Blend Shrimp Salad

Here are the ingredients.

1 package of the Harvest Grains Blend  mix

1 bag of frozen Fire Roasted Bell Peppers and Onions

1 bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette

1 package medium cooked Shrimp with tails off (can be omitted or substituted with chicken or pork)

green onions (to taste, I like a lot)

First I make the grains according to package, then I throw the rest in and mix.  That’s IT!!!!

It can be served warm or cold.

Mystery Soup

This next recipe is kind of a made weird made made-up one is really tasty!

When I was shopping at a local Mexican grocery store by my mom’s house, I found this package.  I was not sure what to do with it…..I was thinking soup.

I took the package apart and this is what I found.

Cauliflower

Cabbage

Green Beans

Carrots

Corn

Zucchini

Limes

Celery

Cilantro

Potatoes

A mystery item (not sure what it is)

I just put it all the my food processor and added garlic, salt pepper and homemade chicken broth and cooked it until done.

Yummmmmy!!!!  It turned out great!!!  I would of never of thought to mix those items together and it was great!

I will defiantly be making this again. (Especially because I bought two packages of this, lol.)

Both of these meals were so easy, tasty and healthy!!!!

Have you ever tried anything like this before?

Have a great week and don’t forget to enter my EARTH DAY GIVEAWAY!!!! It ends tomorrow at noon!

Please visit my online Shaklee site.

Linking to these PARTIES!

Good morning blogging friends!  I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures of my powder room.  I appreciate all of your wonderful comments. 

Aren't these flowers pretty?  I won this center piece at a Bridal Shower...can't wait to put in on my porch. 

I'm not sure what I'll be posting about next.  Any ideas on what you'd be interested in seeing?  I'd love to hear your ideas!

♥ Kim

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Feature Friday

I want to feature a sweet girl named Jennifer from Our Cottage (in the Desert) this week! 

She is happily married to her wonderful husband of five years and together they are turning on thier1990's home into a cozy, comfy, and stylish cottage.  She loves being frugal while still creating a warm and inviting place to come to. Besides decorating, she loves organizing, cleaning, crafting, working out/fitness, the outdoors, traveling and spending time with her family and friends.  She is such a sweetheart!

I am featuring her today because she bought some Get Clean products from me and wrote about them on her blog!!!  That was really nice of her and this is what she wrote.

Well, we have actually been "GREEN" for quite some time now. Ever since the day we got maried we have recycled pretty religiously and have encouraged others to recycle too! I even bring items home from work and other people's houses to recycle if they do not do it. It is fun and very rewarding! We also use follow a lot of other green and healthy living practices too, such as using CLF light bulbs throughout our entire house (they even make special ones for recessed lighting), had an energy audit done on our home this past Fall, keep our thermostat at 68 degrees in the Winter and 78 degrees in the Summer, put a blanket on our water heater, purchased energy efficient appliances and electronics for our home, use low flow water heads on our faucets, water our lawn in the Spring and Summer every other day or every two days to decrease the amount of water waste and encourage deeper root growth and an overall healthier lawn, and now last but NOT LEAST I am now the PROUD owner of organic cleaning products from Shaklee! My life and home have changed since purchasing these products and as crazy as that sounds, it is true!

I came across the Shaklee products when visiting Bonnie's blog Creating a

House of Grace. She is absolutely brilliant on her cleaning and organizing methods! I feel in love with her blog instantly and got hooked on the Shaklee products after seeing her tutorials and examples of how well they worked for her and her family in their home. I started by purchasing the BasicH2

which is the perfect substitute for your all-purpose cleaners, pledge, window cleaners, degreasers, etc.
and the BasicG (couldn't find a picture of this product) but it works! The Basic G provides disinfecting power like lysol or bleach cleaning products would but without the harmful toxins and chemicals. Basic G can be used on countertops, floors, toilets, sinks, showers and much more.

I also purchased the microfiber cleaning cloths and am getting ready to order some Scour Off and scrubbing pads to use on my stove and sinks. Head on over to

Bonnie's blog to check out her success with Shaklee's Get Clean products and enter her giveaway to win:

"TO ENTER to win $30 GET CLEAN CERTIFICATE to my Shaklee Site, a FREE LIFETIME MEBERSHIP to receive 15% on all products (a $19.95 value and no minimums to maintain membership) and FREE SHIPPING"

If you know me, you know I love to clean and organize and I am very knowledgable in cleaning products and I can truly say that Shaklee's Get Clean products are the BEST products I have EVER used!! No more chalky residue from bleach cleaning agents or sticky feeling from products that leave a little bit of their goo behind. Get Clean products are natural, organic, and concentrated, meaning they clean, get the job done, and leave no trace of harmful chemicals, toxins, or yucky residues behind. Get on the path to creating a healthy home for YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND OUR PLANET!!

Please go check out her blog to read more about her decorating and life.

Have a great weekend!

Bonnie :)

Please let me know if you ordered products from me and wrote about them.  I will feature you too!

Please check out my online Shaklee site.

10 Simple Steps for a Greener and Healthier Home and what we did with the Kids to Celebrate Earth Day!

1. Start by replacing a bunch of your cleaners (your general spray cleaner, glass cleaner, counter top cleaner, floor and bathroom cleaners) with a natural, nontoxic all-purpose cleaner. You will only need one to do that. Really!


2. Replace your laundry detergent with a natural nontoxic one so the clothes you wear and the sheets you sleep on have no fumes for you to breathe.


3. Go to your bathroom and read the shampoo, makeup and moisturizer labels. Ask yourself, “Do I really need scent in these products?” Take stock of all of your other products and try to replace one a week with a safer, greener choice.


4. Use BPA-free plastic baby bottles and fill them with breast milk or organic formula. Choose powdered formula over canned formula to avoid BPA leaching from the can-lining.

5. Pay attention (without freaking out) to the toys you buy for your kids. Avoid lead paint and soft plastics that contain phthalates.

6. Shop the perimeter of the grocery store and avoid processed food. Even better, choose organic and locally grown meats, dairy, fruits, and vegetables.

7. Try to get the plastic containers out of your kitchen and replace them with glass containers.

8. Make a vow to stop buying bottled water—NOW. Instead, buy a water filter pitcher and keep two in your fridge at all times.


9. For cleaner and healthier air, open your windows once a day when the outside temperature is comfortable.

10. When buying new stuff for your home, focus on green products especially mattresses and carpets.

Information is from greengoeswitheverything.com written by Sloan Barnett, author of 

The kids and I celebrated EARTH DAY by….

• Planting heirloom seed herbs, tomato plants and flower seeds

• Helping daddy plant trees and bushes

 

• Celebrating the animals on Earth by visiting the zoo

• Celebrated the Earth and enjoyed our beautiful planet by  taking a nature walk and visiting a local science center

    


HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!

What did you do to celebrate this year?

Bonnie :)

Don’t forget….

For EARTH DAY, I am giving away a $30  GET CLEAN CERTIFICATE to my Shaklee Site, a FREE LIFETIME MEBERSHIP to receive 15% on all products (a $19.95 value and no minimums to maintain membership)  and FREE SHIPPING.

The giveaway ends on Tuesday, so go check it out!

Also, starting next Tuesday,  I will be hosting a Twice Owned Tuesday Party every week so I can see all of your second hand goodies!  I hope to see you all there.

Please visit my online Shaklee site to go GREEN!