Weekending

How was your weekend? We had our weekly Friday night Bible study (check out the kielbasa butter bean recipe here 🙂) and Saturday was a busy day! Jimmy took Sadie to work with him in the morning and made some progress on the floors in the homeschool room. The room used to have carpet, but we ripped it up and are doing polished concrete floors (with a rug or play mat on top because… kids 👧👦).

Carpet to polished concrete flooring before and after

Before we started, the carpet was beat, stained, and just done. Once we ripped the carpeting up, we spent a ton of time getting the carpet glue off the ground. Jimmy and I had a “date night” last week where we spent a few hours laying down paint thinner and scraping the floor. Saturday was all abound grinding and smoothing the concrete. I think our next step is to polish and seal it. Then we can move on to fun things like painting and putting together furniture! (more…)

Miss Laura’s Kielbasa Butter Beans Recipe

We’ve been having Bible studies at our house the past few Friday nights. For each study, everyone that attends brings a side dish or dessert. Last night, we decided to do a dinner of burgers and barbecue chicken. Our group is made up of members from our church, and one of them is Miss Laura. She’s such a special person to everyone who knows her. If I could use three words to describe her they would be gentle, warm, and gracious. I wish everyone had a Miss Laura in their life.

Back to the beans! When Miss Laura texted our group and said she would bring kielbasa butter beans, I was so excited. They’re one of those dishes that, once you’ve had it, you start to hope they show up at every cookout and fellowship meal you attend.

She arrived with the beans. Everyone feasted. I asked if I could share her recipe here on the blog and she said yes! So, without further ado, here’s the best side dish out there! Thanks for sharing, Miss Laura.

Kielbasa Butter Beans (more…)