cook. knit. eat. wear.
I have spent almost a year and a half building a community of knitters/crocheters at my local library. What started as a very small (read: 3 person) beginner knitting class, has grown into a knitting group of twenty makers ranging from early-mid-twenties all the way up! I don’t actually know how old the oldest member…
Over the last decade or so, I’ve gone in and out of various jobs, sliding through unemployment, working full-time in tech, part-time in real-estate or athletics, sometimes one job, sometimes three, volunteering at school, with soccer, taking on direct sales with Pampered Chef and with Arbonne; experiencing a little bit of success in any of…
Monday, I begin another nutrition journey – this time with my middle daughter. We will be cutting out gluten, dairy, added sugar, alcohol (me, not my daughter since she doesn’t drink), coffee, soy…it is very similar to Whole30 in many respects, but a little more forgiving. We will be increasing our vegetable intake, finding better…
Over the holiday break, my college student was home, getting herself ready for the upcoming (now in progress) spring semester. She invested in an Apple Pencil, and used it with her iPad and the app Good Notes. She had mentioned that she wanted to start bullet journaling, but needed the pencil for school, and so,…
Happy New Year! As is common this time of year, blog posts abound where wannabe bloggers such as myself write a post that indicates that said blogger will be more prolific in the new year, write more, do more, whatever goals they may have. Every year, I try not to write a post like this…
It’s really interesting to me to see where things go and from where they came. I have another sleepy blog called Food Loves Company and I accidentally stumbled on it the other day. It was a joint collaboration and I reached out to my friend Angela who thought it might be a good idea, or…
On the heels of some very belated and very sad news about our dear sister LP, another dear sister, Grover, has posted a wonderful article on Facebook about distance between friends and loved ones. From this opening, maybe you can see that there are two very different but related topics that I will be writing…
According to definition 2 on Dictionary.com, a beatnik is someone who rejects or avoids conventional dress, behavior, etc. I consider myself a beatnik only in the sense of organization and tidiness. I have spent years trying to manage my time, and my spaces – I have multiple spaces. I’ve purchased planners, and systems, and all…
Just about a year ago, my thirteen year old daughter came home from school to tell us that her Spanish teacher was hoping to put together an immersion trip to Costa Rica for the next year for 8th and 9th graders. I thought to myself, what a great experience. If we can afford it. If…
I’m a day late with this one. That’s how it begins. The Fail. Hopefully, I can turn that around. Here goes. “Take five minutes to write about how grateful you are for all of the wonderful things that you currently have in your life. Don’t long for what you don’t possess—instead, take stock of all…