Do Your Own Wednesday- New Floor

Tuesday my boyfriend and I replaced part of our old laminate floor due to water damage. I will be talking you guys how we did it so you can replace your floor if you want.

1. Lino first cut a line through the floor where we are ending the new tile floor. He used a plain circular saw and blade to make the cut.

2. After that was over we ripped up the old floor which was the easiest of the whole thing LOL.

3. After we ripped that out we swept and made sure the subfloor was clean. Now it's time to apply the glue.

4. The glue we had some issues with the glue.We had previously used the glue to apply our kitchen floor a few months ago and the glue started to dry up a bit which made it hard to spread. We added some water to the glue which helped eventually. With the glue your will need a special spreader tool. I have no clue which one my boyfriend go that, lol, you can ask anyone at a hardware store what to use when applying floor glue for vinyl tile. With that tool you are going to spread a thin layer of glue all over the subflooring.

Here you can see how we added water to the glue. 

5. Let the glue dry till its tacky and start laying the tile down starting from one edge and we did three rows at a time to make it a bit easier. Also every other rows started out with one whole tile and the next  row started out with a half tile we alternated rows like that.

6. We cut the tile when need to go around the walls when needed.

The floor looks really nice. It brightens up my little working corner.

Excuse the mess!

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Munchie Monday- Cheesecake Minis

Thursday is my amazing boyfriends 20th birthday and he LOVE cheesecake! I am making these cheesecake in cupcake tins for a special dessert for his birthday. 

For the crust:

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

2 Tablespoon sugar

3 Tablespoon butter

For the filling:

3 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened

¾ cup sugar

1 Teaspoon vanilla

3 Eggs

For the topping:

1 cup whipping cream

Strawberry preserves

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 325°F (162°C)

2. Melt butter in a sauce pan. Mix graham cracker crumbs 2 Tbsp sugar and melted butter together: press in the bottoms of 18 lined cupcake tins.

3. Beat cream cheese, sugar  and vanilla until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition.

4. Spoon filling in each cup. Bake 25 minutes or until enters are almost set. Let cool and refrigerate 2 hours.

5. Beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form spoon on top of cheesecake. I topped about half this way then I add a spoonful or two of the strawberry preserves and beat again till blended and topped on a few more cheesecakes.

Theses taste so good! They are nice and moist. I love them!

Excuse my horrible stove in the background :)

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Thirsty Thursday- Creamsicle Summer Drink

Summer time is all about hot days and cold drinks and ice cream. I'm going to show you guys a way to drink your creamsicle ice cream pop. There are two ways to make it and I will tell you both way.

Option 1:

1/3 cup frozen orange juice (1/2 of 6-oz can)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

5-6 crushed ice cubes

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend till smooth. This one is more like a smoothie and not thick like a milk shake. Makes about two glasses.

Option 2:

1/3 cup frozen orange juice

1/2 cup milk

3-4 large scoops of vanilla ice cream

1. Once again blend till smooth. This one will be thick like a milkshake. You can add more or less ice cream depending on how thick you want it. Makes about 2 glasses.

This is option 1.

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