My Dream Kitchen

In my little world there’s not much more that could make me happy than having my family surrounding me, having my hubby by my side and a closet full of amazing clothes. Except a beautiful kitchen and fantastic home office. :)

What would my dream kitchen look like? That’s a good question. If I had things my way my kitchen would look exactly like this (all the time):

But, being the realist that I am, I know that having a pink kitchen with a checkerboard floor filled with cupcakes on a daily basis likely isn’t a good idea so this would have to do:

My dream kitchen also has an awesome coffee nook, or in my case, a tea nook. Something kind of like this one from My Life in Projects, that matches the decor of the kitchen above:

Something else that I, at least, consider a necessity is a kitchen island (or two hehe):

Those are the items I feel like I need in my dream kitchen. Other things are either required in most/all kitchens or are optional. I love kitchens with stainless steel appliances, I love dishwashers and lots of cabinetry and I want my awesome double-door fridge with the door inside the door. My dream kitchen has enough space to cook a full meal from appetizer to dessert with ease and still have room to make coffee before cleaning up after dinner. It may be a lot to ask for but I’ve lived in kitchens my whole life (that’s 5 different homes) with little to no space for doing anything.

What does your dream kitchen look like? Are you living there or still aspiring?

xoxo - C

Make Your Virtual Life Easier–Your Browser

 

Do you ever log into your computer and sigh? Just because your computer is a freakin’ mess and you aren’t sure where to go to find things? Do you save EVERYTHING on your desktop because that is the easiest way to access it?

Fear no more! I’m going to help you get your s**t straightened out.  -Side note, does seeing a blog with the occasional swear word, or even one littered with them turn you off from reading that blog?-

I’m going to do a series of posts on how I suggest you organize your computer. These ideas are what works for me and how I love to see my computer organized.

Today’s post is going to delve into organizing your browser. Currently I work with Google Chrome (which I love and highly recommend).

This is what you see when you open the browser on my computer (which, by the way, is presently an Acer Aspire One netbook until I come up with the cash or convince my hubby that yes, we can afford to buy a desktop on credit). Anyways, ignore the fact that facebook is open, that doesn’t happen as soon as I open my browser. Google chrome automatically creates links for your most visited websites. For me they’re Facebook, Thirty-One Gifts (which has two different sites to visit), YouTube, Pinterest, the Ministry of Transportation Driving Instructors page, and hotmail (you’ll notice blogger isn’t on this list, that is because I use windows live writer to create my posts, which gives me greater personalization and layout options instead of hoping to god that my post won’t look stupid and squishied).

At the top you’ll see my bookmark folders. I name a lot of stuff “stuff” because, well, it’s stuff.

To create bookmark folders in Google Chrome you’ll want to get to your bookmark manager.

Once there you can create a folder for each of your bookmark needs (by the way, a bookmark is well, kind of like a book bookmark. You click the star at the top of your browser and it saves that page so you can go back to it later). Once this is done you can save pages to those folders so when you have your bookmark bar at the top of the browser when you first open it everything is right there for you to look at and you don’t have to go “fishing” for your bookmarks!

If you’re starting with a bunch of bookmarks already cluttered around your browser in Google Chrome you can drag and drop your bookmarks around the bookmark bar and into folders. This makes bookmark organization super easy.

How many bookmarks do you have saved in your browser?

If you have any organization questions for your computer (or everyday life) let me know and I’ll jump on getting a post out for it!

xoxo - C