Orlando Local : Restaurant recommendation

Last night my husband and I and another couple had dinner at SoNapa Grille to celebrate my husband's birthday.  A few weeks before, we had all purchased Travelzoo vouchers for this restaurant since we all wanting to try it.   It was an incredible deal and sold out pretty quickly.  Still a bit pricey but a HUGE savings with the vouchers.  The food was absolutely delicious and the service was excellent.  Highly recommend!  It's in the old Steak  'n Ale location in Maitland.  Only open for dinner.

Our voucher included a glass of wine and either an appetizer or a flatbread.  This is a new item on the menu-- the Central Valley Flatbread.  Mmm...  HERE is the menu.

 I had grilled salmon (Bodega Bay, catch of the day), vegetables with a loaded baked potato.

For dessert we split a créme brulée cheesecake and yes, we definitely had leftovers!

Tonya's Tip:  Every now and then a splurge is SO worth it.  My husband felt cherished and loved with this special evening spent with me  and our close friends.

P52 Week #28 Sweet Shot Tuesday

Here is my submission for this week's P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday,   Week #28.  I opened our front door yesterday and saw this... oh, what a beautiful morning...

Tonya's Tip: Sometimes it's just a delight in the simple things of life that get our days started well.  

Ps 118:24 This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

7/11 Day

It's today!!

Waste not: hotel shampoo

We've all got these in drawers in our bathrooms or closets.  Tiny little hotel samples of shampoo, lotion, mouthwash...  I found a huge "supply" of these in our guest bath and donated them a few months ago but upon finding another stash in our bathroom I decided to just use them one by one.  It's amazing that one tiny bottle lasts about a week and I wash my hair every single day!  I've gone through 2 shampoos already (started last month) and have 3 shampoos and 3 conditioners left... I'll post back when I've finished using them.  :)

Homemaking: stains in coffee mugs

Every 6 months or so (looks like I waited longer in this photo) I pull out all our well-used coffee mugs and bleach them in water to get that nice, new look again.

Just fill up a tub or your sink with about 1/4 cup of bleach and water.  Put in about 6 mugs at a time and let them soak.    I had to wipe a few of them with a microfiber dish cloth but they cleaned up great.

You could wash them afterwards (to get the bleach smell off) by hand but since the dishwasher was empty, I loaded it up with all the mugs.    I even did our Christmas mugs that were in the china cabinet so they're now ready for the holidays.

Voila!  Clean coffee mugs again!  Take a look at your own mugs and cups and try  this little "treatment".   I'm having ladies over tomorrow and Friday so I wanted to spruce them up a bit.  :)

Free museum admission this weekend

July 6-7 Bank of America and Merrill Lynch customers have free access to museums across the nation. 

Read more at this link

http://thehappyhousewife.com/deals/bank-of-america-free-museum-admission-this-weekend-76-77/

Happy 4th of July!

I love having my family all together.. Both sons home helping Dad grill...Afternoon naps...reading... then everyone headed out for various evenings with friends. 

Our 4th of July table ...I love red, white and blue (steaks, too).  Mmm...

Estate sale purchase

Over the weekend we purchased this nice stuffed red leather sofa at an estate sale. Our first experience with bidding and we won!  A great deal... $480 for a $3000 sofa.    I can see how you could do your entire home this way and you can save a lot of $$. 

  Love it.  😊😊😊

P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday #27

Here is my submission for this week's P52 Week #27.

This was just for fun and was taken in Winter Park while strolling along the avenue this past weekend.  You never know what you'll see... :)

Garters for sheets ?

I had to laugh when I saw this for sale at Bed, Bath & Beyond.  Long ago (in the 1960s) girls and women used to wear these to hold up stockings. Thank goodness for pantyhose which came into vogue in the 1980s, if we wore them at all.   Funny that they're used to hold sheets in place today.  I imagine you could use them to hold tablecloths in place as well.  :)