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Simple DIY Paper Sack Snowflakes
With all the bright lights and merrymaking of December, the weeks after the holiday always seem a bit cold and sad. Especially this year, as we’re still here at home, 10 months after kidneys and COVID. Do you remember making paper sack snowflakes back in elementary school? I think I was in the 4th grade. […]
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2021 Intention Journaling: One Word
Every year I spend the week between Christmas & New Years doing some self-reflection and journaling. Looking back at where I’ve come in the last 12 months. What worked and what didn’t. What I would do differently. How I felt and why. After looking back, it’s time to look forward. Where do I want to […]
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Beautiful & Tasty Bottled Apple Pie Filling
Years ago, I shared a family recipe for my great aunt’s apple pie filling. It was my go-to recipe for as long as I can remember. I think I clung to it out of nostalgia. That pie filling was the only one my mom and grandma ever made. I just kept using the recipe every […]
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How to Winterize a Camp Trailer
Cold weather hit hard and the hubby was out in the big rig for a couple weeks so that left winterizing Mountain Meg to me. This is definitely not my favorite chore, but when the weatherman calls for negative temps you put on your big girl pants. What does it mean to winterize a camp […]
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Instant Pot Easy Peel Boiled Eggs
With this whole pandemic and kidney craziness, I’ve been cooking SO much more than I can ever remember doing in all my years of motherhood. 3 meals a day plus snacks for 6 people- 2 of them being extra hungry big dudes takes a lot of time and food! Then add on my youngest’s dietary […]
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Master Bedroom Phase 2
This coming Thanksgiving will mark 10 years in this home. I never fully tackled our master bedroom because other projects were always more important. Funny how we women do that… put ourselves last. Here is a pic of our bedroom the week we moved in back in 2010 and another from maybe 2012-ish. For my […]
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The Remaking of Great Grandma’s Quilt
I have repeatedly found myself not sharing here or on social media because I worry that my photos aren’t magazine quality. So many beautiful moments I’ve missed documenting because of my own insecurity. How silly. No, these aren’t perfectly staged photos with a detailed tutorial, but I just really don’t care and my great grandma […]
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