Sweet hashbrowns

It's been a busy summer and no time to post, but here is a yummy recipe we made this morning. It's a great fall recipe and very versatile--next time I may throw some rutabaga's in the mix.

The photos may not do this dish justice, but it was a very "light" hashbrown plate as compared to traditional hashbrowns.

What you need:

2 sweet potatoes cubed

12 oz breakfast sausage 

      (I used turkey sausage)

1-2 chopped (big) sweet green pepper

Fresh spinach ( to taste)

   around 2-3 cups 

1/2 lemon or orange

1 tsp ground cumin

Eggs, salt and pepper

Place potatoes in skillet with a few TBS of water and cover for 12 minutes.

Uncover skillet, add sausage peppers, onion and cook until potatoes are tender and sausage is cooked through.  Drain any fat. 

Stir in spinach and cumin. Squeeze lemon/orange over spinach and stir into mixture.  Cook 1-2 minutes or until spinach wilts.

Serve with fried eggs and enjoy!

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I love popcorn, just not on my ceiling!

Last weekend we removed the sheetrock
Of from the final wall to be knocked down. We have been working on popcorn removal as time permits this week. All in I would say it has taken about 4 hours to scrape.

Of course it was sheet rocked on both sides!

How to remove a popcorn ceiling:

1. Apply water with a squirt bottle or sprayer.

2. Wait a minute or two.

3. Scrape with a wide putty knife.

It comes off like butter. We used small tarps to catch the bulk of the popcorn ceiling on the floor. The mess was not too bad to clean up, and I can't wait to hit the other ceilings in the house this winter.

Next up: installing a header so we can completely remove the dividing studs. 

Are we there yet?

Its been awhile since I posted our trials and tribulations with the renovation, we've been slowly working on it as schedules permit. 

Below is the interior view of what was once our garage and then my brothers bedroom and most recently guest accommodations (pic was taken right after company left which is why the bed is pulled out).

Once our company left we got to work on ripping down the wall.

Mission for the weekend is to put up all the insulation on the walls and ceiling.  Since it is going to rain, we shouldn't have any distractions.