When I say "gardening," I'm not talking about tilling up the acre behind the ol' homestead. Your garden may be a large plot or some containers on your apartment patio or a small herb pot on your kitchen counter. My garden is a couple of average-sized raised garden beds behind our home on a normal city lot. For several years now, it has provided my family of four with cheap produce and free entertainment. We grow a summer garden of tomatoes, herbs, garlic, onions, rhubarb, lettuce, beans, and cucumbers. My husband and I love the whole process. We still get a kick out of dropping a tiny seed in the ground and watching it grow into something edible. Keep Reading
How to Best Prepare for a Quarantine
How to Prepare for a Quarantine As we are all facing an unexpected global health crisis, it's important to think through how our lives will be impacted in the weeks to come, the role we have to play in lessening the crisis, and what we can be proactively doing to ensure our own well being and the well being of others. Do the Five, and then some If you've been to Google's home page recently, you may have noticed the words "Do the five. Help stop coronavirus." To summarize: Wash your hands Cough into your elbow Don't touch your face Stay more than three feet apart If you feel sick, stay home. This is also a great time to do Keep Reading
Chicken Stew with Dumplings recipe
Chicken and Dumplings To say I am excited to be moving out of winter would be a huge understatement. So why in the world am I featuring a recipe for comfort food?! Chicken Stew with Dumplings is a warm bowl of chicken and vegetables simmered in a rich broth and topped with fluffy dumplings. It is the perfect meal for a wet, cold day. Hmm. Good thing we still have plenty of those with a Pacific Northwest spring. Use one of them as the perfect excuse to make this recipe. This dish is a flavorful one-bowl meal. And the best part? The dumplings can be stirred together in one mixing bowl, and the stew simmered in one pot. A filling dinner with only Keep Reading
Reusable cloth toilet paper FAQs (+ how to make and use homemade wipes)
How to make your own reusable toilet paper A few years back, my family took a 10-day adventure to make our own cloth toilet paper (reusable cloth wipes). The response varied between milk curiosity to downright ANGER. Who knew that people cared so much about how strangers wiped their privates? If you're also curious or perhaps even interested in giving this reusable toilet paper thing a shot, here are answers to your cloth toilet paper questions: What is a family cloth/reusable toilet paper/reusable wipe? A piece of cloth that is used in lieu of toilet paper that can be washed and used again. How do you make reusable wipes? You can Keep Reading
Why use reusable cloth toilet paper (family cloth)
Reusable Cloth Toilet Paper We have hit the one-week "using cloth wipes instead of toilet paper" mark and we haven't died. Nor have I given up shaving my armpits. So win-win. Many of you, after throwing up a bit in your mouth, wondered why people go the reusable toilet paper/cloth wipes/family cloth route. Here's a big list of reasons why one might ditch the tp and use homemade wipes instead. To be clear, we switched to reusable wipes as an experiment. Some of the reasons listed below are personally compelling to me, some are not. ENVIRONMENTAL Most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to decompose in septic tanks, so Keep Reading
Delicious Easter Brunch Recipes
Looking for a few good Easter brunch recipes? Here are some recipes that will certainly please your bunch: Make Ahead Sausage Egg Bake Sour Cream and Onion Baked Eggs Vegetarian Frittata Caprese Skillet Eggs Slow Cooker Spiral Ham with Pineapple (Queen Bee Coupons) Broiled Asaparagus with Balsamic Butter Sauce Blueberry French Toast Bake Baked Stuffed French Toast (savory) Cold Brewed Iced Latte or Mocha BREADS AND MUFFINS Amazing No-Knead Bread Cream Scones Basic Fruit Muffins with Streusel Cappuccino Chip Muffins Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread Banana Bread (low sugar) DESSERTS Coconut Cupcakes with Chocolate Birds Nest The Best Keep Reading
3 changes I’ve made to my closet after learning how to dress for my unique body type
A few years back, I took the Adore Your Wardrobe course with Kelly Snyder and it completely transformed the way I look at myself and my clothing. While this course may not be something you are interested in or in your budget, I wanted to share with you some of the things I have learned. Changes I've made since I took the AYW course: 1. I now own 5 pairs of jeans that fit perfectly -- they are the right length, wash, cut AND (most importantly) completely smooth out my muffin top -- and donated about 20 pairs that didn't quite fit right. Why was I holding onto pants that didn't work? I was swimming in the dreaded "none of these pants work Keep Reading
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