Here we are. The last day of school. It’s a bittersweet moment in time. A month ago, we were limping to the end of the school year. I thought we weren’t going to make it. School was becoming my nemesis, as was the homework I no longer gave a shit about, or cared to expend […]
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Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 3
This week’s episode of Things I Am Sick of Saying is brought to you by the letter F for Flood, the letter W for Water, and the number 10, as in 10 inches of rainfall in three hours. 1. “Well, the last time…” It was just twenty-two months ago that Mother Nature dropped six inches […]
Garden Markers
Back in the garden for a minute. Years ago, when I was a Pinterest junky, I saw these beach rocks painted to look like a caterpillar in the garden. I thought, what a fun project for L&L and me to work on. The bag of beach rocks sat in our garage for more than two […]
Soy Chicken Marinade
With Memorial Day weekend just a day away, grill season is officially upon us. There is literally nothing better, is there? Long days by the pool, grilled chicken on the barbie, and snowballs for dessert. Admittedly I have been counting down the days since we went on Spring Break and it snowed. Yes, yes it […]
Summer Vegetable Garden
A few weeks back when I posted the raised garden bed how to, I never expected the responses of how lucky I was to have the space and the right amount of sun to have a garden. Both are fairly important starting out of course. Our backyard garden is big, and mostly because a) I […]
Curb Appeal – Summer Planters
When we bought our home almost nine years ago, there were some planters already here. I moved them from the backyard to the front porch and I made the most of them for many years. The thing is, they never really fit the style of our house, so this spring I was on the hunt […]
Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 2
Guys. It’s MMMMAAAAYYYYY! I mean, I want to shout it from the roof tops. The sun is shining, the warm air finally made its way here, there is vegetables and seeds to get planted, enough mulching to last a lifetime. It’s May! It’s also that month that I look at my calendar, and thank God […]
Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 1
Well, it’s April 17th, the things I am about to share with you will not be surprising. Many of you will nod your heads’ in agreement, many of you may laugh because you live in this place or once lived in this place, many of you may cry because, again, you live in this place, […]
Backyard Raised Bed
Five years ago, I was determined to start a backyard vegetable garden. It was really small because the boys were so young I knew I could barely manage the three boxes I had built. I strategically placed them close to our house thinking that would be enough to deter the deer. It didn’t take long […]
The Challenges in Safety
Two months ago, life found me excited for Chloe, Adam, Shuan, Mirai, and many, many more. I was enjoying time in my kitchen exploring different foods from different cultures, and showing the boys how much fun olympic cheering can really be. And then there was a shooting. And I turned the tv off and walked […]