Creating a beautiful life...
I’m sure everyone has heard of bullet journals by now, right? I’ve now been using one since 2017. The beauty of a bullet journal is that you can make it fit YOUR life rather than fitting your life into a planner someone created for theirs. A reader asked if I had ever blogged about my…
I know it’s August but this really is a July grocery haul post. Lisa and I shopped July 25th but I’m just getting around to writing this. Yeah, that’s a pretty good indication of the way things are around here right now. Until we get through AdaFest, our community film and music festival, August 23/24,…
August is a very busy time for me as we are preparing for AdaFest, our community’s annual music and arts festival. I don’t have a lot of time for housework right now and yet disorder makes me crazy. I’ve found that it’s even more important to maintain a reasonable level of “outer order” if I…
You know you’re old when you remember the 50th anniversary of anything. Today is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and I remember it. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. We were vacationing in Sun Valley, Idaho along with my aunt, uncle and their two kids. I was not quite…
I bought an Instant Pot in 2015 and it has become one of my favorite kitchen appliances. I don’t feel as though I’ve even scratched the surface of its possibilities but here are the Instant Pot recipes I’ve created so far. I hope you will give some of them a try! Disclosure: This post contains…
If I win the lottery the first thing I’ll do (well, after I hire a financial expert) is buy a whole bunch of plane tickets. I’m a homebody who also loves to travel. But until I get that winning ticket I keep wanderlust in check with travel books. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read…
Here we are on the final day of the 3rd annual French Week. It has truly been fun for me to share a bit of my passion for the Francophile life and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Let’s do a quick review of this week’s posts plus a few bonus links. Disclosure: This post contains…
Homemaking may not be the first thing you think of when considering French culture. Food, fashion, wine, lifestyle? Yes. But let’s dig in and see what we can learn about homemaking French style. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. It’s easy to find lots of information about French fashion. Food and wine, also….
French Week is almost over. I know, I’m sad about that, too. So how about a French Week giveaway? I have a nice little collection of Francophile books that I continue to add to but one of the first I ever bought is still my favorite. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. …