stream of consciousness | painting and plumbing
Hi guys! I didn’t blog yesterday because I was a Very Busy Painterly Person. We had a random, blessed, glorious, one-day break from summer humidity …
Hi guys! I didn’t blog yesterday because I was a Very Busy Painterly Person. We had a random, blessed, glorious, one-day break from summer humidity …
-working on my summer bucket list. (ok, well, not right at THIS VERY MOMENT because I took a break to write this post!) -drinking a …
So my wife and I recently took the plunge, and we love the Vitamix, when it seems to work, that is. Before we got it …
nursing a cold I came down with on Friday. grateful that at least I didn’t come down with it on Christmas weekend. drinking a green …
It’s that time of year again! Every December, our family decorates cut-out Christmas sugar cookies, and a few years ago, we started doing a cookie …
Monday morning, I got my cast off and splints out. Getting the splints out was the opposite of fun, but the cast removal was pretty …
Good day! Ms. Kristen, I’m feeling down right now and I’m having a hard time convincing myself to get over this feeling of shame. Before …
(brought to you by a tonsillectomy) Lisey is still recuperating from having her tonsils out. She was doing a bit better for a day or …
ePantry, a green products home delivery company (which I’ve blogged about lots of times before!) has recently changed their name to Grove Collaborative. I’m still …
1. I used Strawesome’s guarantee We love our glass straws from Strawsome, and we’ve had very few breakage problems. Our straws weather the dishwasher and …
Note to email subscribers: MadMimi is having an issue, which is causing extra question marks to appear all over my posts in the email feed. …
I’ve written about contentment a lot in the 8 years I’ve been blogging, and whenever I write about or talk about contentment/optimism/looking at the bright …
We had this jambalaya while visiting some friends in Florida this past fall, and since all six of us liked it, of course I asked …
Hello, frugal peoples! I’ve got a bunch of miscellaneous stuff for you all today, starting with cookie news. 😉 Cookie Contest Winner The first person …
Every year, the kids and Mr. FG and I decorate cut-out Christmas cookies together. This started out as a fairly normal tradition, but somewhere along …