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Mud fun

· categorized in Kids,

It was time to empty the new swimming pool… for the first time. This was the swimming pool I bought to occupy the children while their dad was out of town on business. They were a bit emotionally vulnerable with Daddy gone. Any small thing could set them off. I just didn’t want to scrape …

Free Backsplash Makeover

· categorized in My Home,

We were never sold on this house for its kitchen! Let’s just say that tuscan fruit bowls and dark red and oak cabinets don’t do it for me! We prefer a modern look. While I was quick to take down the offending wallpaper border the kitchen project halted there for a while. Later we took …

A Knit Rag Rug

· categorized in Knitting Patterns, Repurposing Tutorials,

Knitting is slowly growing on me. But this kind of knitting I will go for any day! The monster size knitting needles and humongous ball of rag yarn are just incredibly fun! I absolutely love the result and I could mention it is reusing at its finest when you can take a pile of old …

4th of July Skirt or… the other easiest way in the world to make a skirt

· categorized in Kids, Repurposing Tutorials, Sewing Tutorials,

First, Happy 4th of July!!! Now, on to the project. This is about how I roll of late. Yesterday, we rummaged around for red, white, and blue clothes for the 4th of July. When we found out Drew didn’t have anything red I grabbed an old shirt that was already a bit cut up and …

Nature vs. Me

· categorized in Garden,

This year in my gardens I’m growing tomatoes… and nature is growing tomatoes. We are competing and here’s where we stand. Nature is kicking my butt! On the left, you can see an example of my plants. In February I started a lot of tomato plants by seed. Every day I misted the soil and …

Cherry Pie

· categorized in Food,

It’s almost the end of our cherries for the year. A few handfuls of fresh ones remain. This Father’s Day I made a cherry pie for my man and it was really really good! I always wanted to have a recipe with a “secret ingredient” and now I do but it won’t be a secret …

Menu

· categorized in Food, Miscellaneous,

Take scrapbook paper and insert in picture frame behind glass. Use letter stickers to write FOOD. Use dry erase marker on glass to write the week’s menu. Done. This was my fastest and maybe most functional diy ever. I use it every day! I’ve been drooling over menu boards on pinterest and mine is not …

Cherries

· categorized in Food, Garden, Kids,

My belly is full of cherries. As was my canner, freezer, fridge, and the dehydrator (borrowed from a friend) today. We made cherry jam, fruit leather, dried cherries, cherry chicken salad for supper, cherry smoothies for snack, and frozen cherries (as good or better than frozen grapes to just eat plain in my opinion). My …

Validation Images

· categorized in Uncategorized,

My current output is this and it is my blog so this is what gets written today. No, I didn’t make anything and I didn’t even take a picture of anything. A bit of a different flavor than normal to this post. What can I say? I’ve been contemplative. I have beyond natural trouble reading …

Sweet Summer Dress

· categorized in Crochet Patterns, Kids,

For some reason it seems winter and fall go so well with curling up on the couch with a ball of yarn and crocheting or knitting. But my creativity usually flees when the heat spikes in summer. I do spend much time in my garden and this year we’ve got a couple new gardens and …