A Sweater Bag + the Cost of Sewing

When I posted about my sweater skirts my friend Emily left a comment mentioning her mom had made a purse out of a sweater last year.  Brilliant!  I ran back to Saver’s after ODD got home so I could grab another sweater while it was still 50% off.  I found the perfect sweater and while [...]

Burns, a Skirt, and a Drink

After posting about my sunburned legs last night I got ready for bed and as I took off my shirt I felt some tenderness on my arms and back.  I got sunburned there, too.  Apparently I need some adult supervision when applying sunscreen to myself.  Most of it isn’t too bad but a few spots [...]

Burned

I took the kids to the pool this afternoon.  Before we left I had all of us in swimsuits and meticulously sunscreened (if you have to use sunscreen as often as we do sunscreened becomes a real word) any bit of visible skin including hair parts and ears.  Off we went and had a lovely [...]

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries

And sometimes those cherries are full of WORMS!!

Dude!  No joke.

I had grand plans for making some cherry chocolate ice cream today with cherries from my yard.  I was using the recipe for burnt almost fudge ice cream my mom gave me and was just going to substitute cherries in for the almonds.  So [...]

Hairyshoefairy, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow? Parts IV and V

Seeing as how this is my first attempt at a real garden all on my own I’ve had to rely heavily on other people’s knowledge and experience and everyone I’ve talked to and everything I’ve read said, due to our freaky Utah weather, I should wait to plant my more fragile plants (pretty much everything [...]