Mmmm… that’s all I’m saying!

James and I added strawberry picking to our summer “to do” list this year. We waited too long though!
My friend alerted me to a great sale on berries at the store and so I stocked up on berries there and came home to make some delicious jam.
MMM! Did you make anything with berries this year?
I [...]

Here are a few photos of my garden projects. I have a few more but I don’t have time to edit them right now!
What do you think?

When I was at the garden center, they had a cute pot with these flowers. They wanted more than $30, so I just walked around the greenhouse until I [...]

My brother and sister in law bought their first house right before Christmas last year. When we went down to meet the baby in January, my brother showed us all around.
The former owners wrote in permanent marker on the furnace and hot water heater. They just wrote a quick note when the appliance was installed.
I [...]

I’ve been working outside in the garden this past week & weekend.
I planted my veggies–
Purple Prudens heirloom tomato
Bush cucumber
Carrots–free organic seeds
Spinach–same as above!
Garlic–free bulbs at the Farmer’s Market
Butter crunch heirloom lettuce–from my lettuce last year
Purple heirloom beans–from my beans last year
4 different kinds of basil–I like basil!
I love the free seeds. I’m learning how to [...]

Here are the last few projects I worked on over our vacation.
Socks for James–he wears them like slippers. The pattern I found for his pair uses thicker yarn and bigger needles. They knit up quite fast.

Then I just HAD to knit socks for my “due any day now” nephew. We’re so excited but I suppose [...]

Ta da—I finally got the photos edited.
There are a ton. I couldn’t get one good photo of the whole room so I just went around taking shots of everything.
For those of you who have had the privilege of using my old ugly bathroom, you wouldn’t recognize the place.
I don’t have any good before photos for [...]

James and I spent the morning putting the kitchen and bathroom back in order.
The house looks like mom has been sick for a week!
It felt nice to get things organized and put away.
My bathroom is looking so nice. I’m so thankful that Lee painted it for me. It makes such a huge difference. I’m looking [...]

I always try to have food stored in the house. I need to get better at storing water!
I saw this on Crystal’s site yesterday and decided to give it a try.
Emergency Essentials has a free food storage analysis. It was simple to use. We have approximately 60 days worth of food storage in the house! [...]

I found a super yummy smelling candle last year and then the wick fell off into the wax and I couldn’t use it!
I thought about melting the wax and trying to make a new candle. I have wick in my craft cupboard, but uggh! Who has the time?
A few weeks ago, while visiting my sister [...]