If you know me, you know that I love to test out new foods and recipes that fit my dietary needs. I have been moving toward a whole-food plant based diet the past two months, as recommended, with good results in my digestive system. I came across a delicious YouTube channel & website called Make … Continue reading Tasting New Recipes: Nacho Cheese Sauce
Twenty twenty was supposed to be the year for all good things. The roarin' 20's we all were excited for! In the end, it was the year that everything fell apart, but also the year that everything came together in a new positive way. I Broke It! Last year, I had moved my blog back … Continue reading When Things Fall Apart – 2020 Recap
In the fall I looked at a few patters for crocheting a hand sanitizer pouch to give out to a few family members and adjusted them to fit the Purell container that I had several of that were easy to refill. It's a simple and quick pattern you can easily adjust to your own size … Continue reading Purell Hand Sanitizer Free Crochet Pattern
I searched all over the internet to find any idea for how to make my standup paddle board have the option to become a kayak. Some brands sell attachments, but the cost wasn't worth it to me, nor did I want to screw anything into my board. In addition, other than adding a cooler to … Continue reading How to Turn Your SUP Standup Paddleboard into a Kayak
When all the store shelves became bare, I wasn't worried about a few items that had disappeared. For one, we had enough soap because I've been making my own foaming hand soap for well over a year now. It's super simple, cheap, and great especially if you have any issues with all the chemicals in … Continue reading Quick and Easy Two Ingredient Foaming Hand Soap
You don't even want to see the first cloth mask I went out in. It was a no sew idea: cloth napkin folded over two hair ties with a tissue folded inside of it. I think it was about 3 inches thick... Okay, okay, here it is! My first cloth-napkin wrap around mask before it … Continue reading Testing Out Many DIY Face Mask Options
After I set up my sewing machine, I quickly realized that working on snack tables wasn't going to cut it. While we aren't going shopping much at all these days, I knew I was going to need a slightly more sturdy sewing/craft table to work on in our office space. Chris at first was reluctant, … Continue reading Easy DIY Scrap Wood Sewing Table
For over six months now, Chris and I have been trying to get a company to show up and remove a huge Oak tree in our backyard. For most people, it's pretty simple. Call and get a few estimates then book someone to remove the tree. Well, not for us. This tree was located in … Continue reading Outdoor Project: Tree Removal
For over a year now, Chris has been learning and planning to repaint our shutters. Our old roof was green, so we waited until after we had a new roof (Jan 2019) to change the look and feel. This was a rather inexpensive project, as we purchased new shutter clips in navy blue from Home … Continue reading Outdoor Project: Shutter Color Change
While my upcoming posts are all about what we're working on during this pandemic within our little space of the world, I thought I'd share a little of what New Jersey looked like for us back in March. Shutdown of Parks and Playgrounds Within about two weeks of the pandemic epicenter in NJ, they closed … Continue reading Our Corner of the World: March 2020
