When we lived in New Hampshire I fell totally in love with the winter decor. Fresh boughs cut straight from the trees, greenery hung on bright red doors, and wreaths hung in the middle of every window. This house has…
Year of Pleasures: Freckle Face
Those four little freckles just kill me.
Christmas Crafts: Outdoor Gift Boxes
Nearby Bear’s parents house there was a family that we used to affectionately call “the Griswold’s.” They had so many lights wrapped around their house you could probably have seen it from space, and yet they managed to do it…
Recipe: Winter Root Vegetable Gratin
This picture is from our Thanksgiving meal last year and it’s been sitting on my hard drive all year waiting to be seasonally appropriate again. I brought a friend with me to our family Thanksgiving, which meant that she was…
Year of Pleasures: Hot Glue Flower
Whenever I smell a hot glue gun, I think of Christmas. That seems to be when I have it out the most and that smell has imprinted on my brain next to poinsettias and tinsel. Working on my Christmas projects…
Christmas Craft: Winter Garden Tile
This will be our first winter in the mountains, but I’m not sure if we’ll see snow. We might be just a little too far “down the hill” (as the locals say) to get any, but my hopes are still…
Project Put Together: Food Dehydrator
Trying to reduce my gluten intake means I need to find all new snack foods. I love snacking. Dangit, I love it SO MUCH! But I have to let go of the crackers and find something else to eat. When…
Year of Pleasures: Bird Neighbors
Up here in the mountains we live closer to nature than we ever have before. In Modesto the closest I got to wildlife was spiders and stray cats. Here I am regularly awoken by chirping birds as they play in…
Christmas Craft: Outdoor Advent Calendar
Every year I go into the holiday season with superhuman goals, and more often than not I actually meet them. Homemade presents, family time, baking, and a new Christmas tree nearly every year, this is the season I’ve got it…
Year of Pleasures: Study Help
Bear’s been asked to be the seminary teacher, which means that he gets up every morning at 5 to teach the teenagers about the scriptures. It’s a massive job and he’s lucky to be able to team teach, which helps…