Whatta man!

This post is dedicated to my amazing, handsome, wonderful husband!  :o)

A couple of Sundays ago, we had a friend over for dinner.  We ate yummy, moist pork roast and mashed potatoes.  :o)  Later that evening, we (well, it might have been mostly "I") decided we ("I") wanted some of the homemade pretzels I had bought the kit for.

Side note:  Dave is from Pennsylvania.  They love fresh pretzels up there.  Cinnamon sugar.  Or salted.  With cheese.  Or marinara sauce.  :o)

Well, I don't know what I was thinking when I bought the kit, but you actually had to make the dough.  Like use the dough hook with the Kitchen Aid.  Add yeast.  Let it rise.  Roll out the dough.  Get messy.  All that junk.  What?!  I thought making pretzels was going to be easier!  It was a kit for goodness sake!  lol

I decided we were not going to have pretzels because I really did not feel like going through all that work and messy-ness.  As I got up to put the kit back in the kitchen, I turned to Dave and jokingly said, "I should make you make these for us."  He said, "I'll make them :o)"  He was being serious!  I told him what was involved and he was like, "It won't be that big of a deal."  And he went to the kitchen and made homemade pretzels.

Whatta man, whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man!

Clyde, demonstrating his awesome pretzel-shaping skills!

Cinnamon sugar on some, and Dave's favorite--the salted ones  :o)

Don't they look scrumptious?!

The pretzels were AMAZINGLY yummy!!!!

Dave's now earned himself the title of Resident Pretzel Maker in the Wheeler home.  :o)  Thanks, my love!

This past Saturday, Dave helped me embark on a task I've wanted to do since before we moved into our new house, but I just hate projects like this and have been dreading it for months and months.  I finally felt motivated and decided to go for it!

This is the ugly wallpaper that was in my kitchen and dining room.  I just do not like it.  At all!

This is another shot of the ugly wallpapered kitchen...

This is the magical steamer we borrowed from a friend who came and helped us take the wallpaper down.  We actually had 2 friends bring steamers.  You know you have a true friend when they are willing to spend 4-5 hours on a Saturday doing really hard, not-fun stuff with you.  :o)  Thanks Ginny and Clyde!!!

The steamer worked wonders!  However, I do not want to ever take down wallpaper again!  EVER!!

Later that evening, Dave came up to me and said, "You're not going to like this..."   I was like, "What??"  He said, "I just realized that the bathroom in the hallway (the non-master bath) has wallpaper."  I marched over to it, looked inside, noticed none of it was peeling off and it kinda matches our decor, so I said, "It stays.  We are NOT redoing it!"

Here's some "after" pictures of our kitchen/dining room.

That's pretty much what it looks like currently, except Dave has spackled so there are white patches that we now must sand.  I think that fun mess starts tomorrow...  Joyful.  Actually, I'm excited because then we are that much closer to painting!  I have narrowed down the paint swatches from about 40 to 2.  Pretty proud of that accomplishment.  :o)

Oh!  And as if all the above wasn't enough, Dave and Clyde also hung our twinkling star lights on the house outside after all that hard work taking down wallpaper.  Thanks, boys!  They look fantastic!

Again, this post is dedicated to my wonderful husband!  Who helps me and loves me no matter what!  :o)  Whatta man!