So… I haven’t been keeping up with our food budget at all, so Project: Food Budget went on hold for quite awhile. In fact, my last entry was from March 30th! That’s okay, though, because I’m jumping back in. We’re about halfway through the year and I’ll be tracking our progress from July forward. To… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 13
I am officially in love with knitting
In my downtime, I have not only been reading a lot but I’ve been knitting a lot too. Of course, I’ve been working on pouches for my shop… but you can only knit so many rectangles and fold them in half before you start losing your mind. For the summer, my local knit shop started… Continue reading I am officially in love with knitting
My front porch
This Friday’s ‘a glimpse of…’ is a day late but that’s okay! I’m sharing with you my day-early Mother’s Day present. Alex took me – and Ezra too! – to Home Depot today to pick out some flowers for the flower pots on our front porch. Just ignore the grody gardening gloves there. Every May,… Continue reading My front porch
My sad, pathetic, sorry excuse for a garden
I love plants. I really do. But I have a really bad way of just killing every plant I’ve ever owned. Except for the ones that I wish would die. Those inexplicably hang on for dear life and thrive and spread out. That’s what’s happening in this picture above. Specifically with the lilies. Last Spring,… Continue reading My sad, pathetic, sorry excuse for a garden
Project: Food Budget – Week 12
Budget: $70.00 Actual: $45.88 Once again, another super under budget week. But I can’t take credit for working magic with coupons or sales… the plain truth is we ate out so much over the week that I only made three of the seven meals I’d planned! So, that left four meals for this upcoming week… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 12
Nursery Update: A cheery DIY lamp upgrade
We’ve been making a lot of progress in the nursery around here the last couple days. With my showers over, it was time to put things away and start getting organized. Not to mention, I have my final set of maternity photos coming up on Saturday and I want some of those photos to be in… Continue reading Nursery Update: A cheery DIY lamp upgrade