I wish I had a scratch and sniff blog. Because the smell of my studio brings me so much pleasure I’d love to find a way to share it with all of you. I don’t know, some combination of the…
Happy Nurses Week
Bear runs a skilled nursing facility, and this is national nurses week, which is a big fat deal in his world. This is his first holiday with this staff, so we wanted to do something good to get off on…
Eggs Benedict Pizza
As part of my meal planning/recipe organization project, I’ve been going through all of my collected recipes and seeing which ones work for me. I have a binder full of recipes I want to try, and a journal full of…
Summer Corn Chowder
I’ve been attempting to go through all of my recipes and cull out the ones I never make, test out some new ones, perfect the old standbys, all so I can use my new notebooks and make my meal planning…
Summer Projects
Atti’s slowly but surely gaining enough mobility that we can start to hang out in our little backyard now. We splurged on a fancy exersaucer knowing that he’s going to be spending a lot of time in there while he…
Laurel Headband
At church I teach the 16 – 18 year old girls. This group is called the Laurels. Off the top of my head, I don’t remember why they got that name, but that’s the way it is. I’ve been looking…
2009 Year of Pleasures #23
The patio furniture arrived last week, and this weekend it was finally sunny enough to enjoy it. Whoever started the outdoor couch trend is a hero in my book.
2009 Year of Pleasures #22
All last week was gloomy and rainy and, sure enough, that was also the week that all the new patio furniture arrived. I…
Paper Mache Party Lights
Once I got started with the paper mache, I couldn’t quite stop myself. I came up with a technique for the big decor balls that worked really great – Mixing the paint right into the glue. It gives a super…
Paper Mache Decor
Like most homes in the west built past 1980, my house is filled with all kinds of random niches. These thing just plague homes I’ve seen through California and Utah, I don’t have too much experience with new homes outside…