After a search for podcasts online about ways to successfully save money to “get in the zone” and distract/motivate me as I folded laundry, I discovered a lot of people do a no-spend challenge. (Which, in actuality, really means no impulse buys, because people still need to buy food to eat, in most cases, for…
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Aiming high in 2018!
As I take down and prepare to recycle our 8-year old, pre-lit, 4 ft. Christmas tree that slowly dwindled down to having only 1/5th of the lights working, I start to think about how I might miss out on the after-Christmas sales, where I was hoping to snag a replacement. They’re probably all sold out…
A Year in Review
Here’s my recap of the year…plus my little acrylic cardinal in a gum tree painting I did (referencing a photograph I took some years ago to give as a gift this year.) How can it already be the tail-end of 2017? This year was full of changes galore! Aim resolved to ditch coffee at the…
Old Vanity = New Window Seat!
We are remodeling our master bathroom and while I enjoy doing things the frugal way, I didn’t have the energy to paint or refinish the old vanity. But then I had a hard time just taking it to the Re-store or tossing it away. So I told my dad what I was thinking of for…
Wreath update
I have a hard time throwing things away. If I’m being creative with them, it’s not too much of a problem…like this blue-bird. It had cute little wire feet, but it got knocked off the shelf and after a few glue-repair jobs that kept failing, I was regretfully considering actually putting it in the garbage….
A Poem for my Son
No eating play dough! No eating it in your chair. And no eating it under there! It may look like ice cream But it is not. And you’re no play- dough-eating robot. For the last time, I say! We’re all done with play dough If you keep licking it that way. *Sigh* I love your…
Stocked Up
Here’s the basic chicken stock recipe I was inspired to make by Ellen Brown’s $3 Meals , except I used what I had and put it all into a 5 quart crockpot overnight on low. A lot of recipes I see and want to make call for chicken broth/stock or bouillon cubes. In a pinch I…
Back to Civilization….and internet.
It’s only 8:40 p.m. as I start this post and I am mentally kicking myself for staying up this late so far, and continuing to rob myself of sleep. Naptime didn’t really happen today. Little Mr. is a chatty fellow when he needs to be snoozing. We are early-to-bed people around here these days. Kids…
Mountain Life
If you’re sitting there reading this in the comfort of your own home, be thankful you are not at a public library like me, sitting next to stinky Pete (surely he’s heard of deodorant?) and trying to also ignore the sound the yowly mountain singer and her (I’m assuming—I saw red lipstick) banjo backup (Thur….
The Muse
I am blessed to have the honor of introducing my friend and her artwork. This lovely artist never ceases to amaze me with the amount of enthusiasm about creativity that exudes from her being. Not only does she use her talents (she has so many–from dressmaking to drawing,painting, playing music, cooking, and many more) for…
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