Five Things in My…

Hello and happy Monday!

How was your weekend? Ours was pretty good…a mix of all the things. While Monday tends to be my least favorite day of the week, I’m ok with this one as we only have this week standing between us and fall break!

I had this random idea pop in my mind to share a few specific things in various parts of my house…and five sounded like a good number…

So…today I’m starting this new little series…

…and focusing on my kitchen.

1. Hand mixer:

So, a little story about this mixer…it’s from Walgreens circa 2004!

Travis and I were engaged and living in our first house and on a random Sunday, I wanted to bake. At that time, we had a Bed Bath and Beyond wedding registry and a hand mixer was on it, but we hadn’t received it yet.

I assumed we’d get it at some point, but I just thought I’d pay $15 for this little gadget to get us through until then. Well, this little gal has continued to do the trick for 19 years!! We even returned the Bed, Bath and Beyond one that we did receive as a gift.

I often think about getting a nice stand mixer, but the practical side of me knows I don’t really have anywhere to store it. I might ask for a new hand mixer for Christmas because these beaters have seen better days, but this little mixer goes to show that you don’t have to have the fanciest equipment …and, I have to assume that “they don’t make things like they used to.”

2. Creating a Stir cookbook:

This cookbook is also almost twenty years old. It was a wedding shower gift from our friends, and I’d say many southern kitchens have this cookbook. It has always sat in this stand in the kitchen of all three of our houses. I used this cookbook to cook some of my very first dinners for just Travis and me. I don’t use it as much anymore just thanks to other ways of finding recipes, but maybe I will open it up and plan a dinner soon.

3. Dutch oven:

I’ve had this Dutch oven for a few years. My Gma gave it to me, per my gift suggestion, for either Christmas or my birthday. It’s from Target, and I just love it. I keep it out on the stove top year round. It’s pretty and functional.

4. Measuring Spoons:

These measuring spoons were in Trav’s apartment when we first started dating. Through the years, I’ve picked up another set or two of measuring spoons, but I always turn back to these. They are my favorite.

5. Recipe box:

Like so many things in the kitchen, I’ve had this recipe box for years. I can’t remember where I got it…it may have even been a wedding shower gift with a few recipe cards with recipes written from family and friends.

I have quite a few recipes that I turn to often that are in this box, and I use these recipe cards when I make something new that I want to keep in the rotation.

Well, this ended up being quite a stroll down memory lane. I don’t know that all my posts will be that way, but I thought this was a fun way to take a deeper look at some thing things around my house.

What other areas should I share?