It is decided! For my September challenge, I am going to be making...a Jack Skellington plush! I found a few inspiration photos on Pinterest: If you are unfamiliar with this particular character, Jack Skellington is the animated lead in Tim Burton’s fantastic stop-motion musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas. A quick summary of the story: Jack [...]
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Monthly Maker Challenge
Or, as I am privately calling it "Get Your Shit Together and MAKE Something Challenge." I love to make things. Really, all the things. When I was a little girl, I would spend hours in my room working on different arts & crafts projects. When I got a little older, my parents let me take [...]
The “To-Do” List
You know that “To-Do” list you have? I’m not talking about the list of action items for work this week or your running grocery list, hastily scribbled on scrap paper in your purse, or even your list of weekend to-do’s; when you can finally tackle the dirty floors, piles of laundry, and scattered toys. I [...]
Back in the Saddle Again…Again
"No excuses, play like a champion" - Wedding Crashers anyone? I have no excuse for my lack of writing, life just happened. So let's just move on to some updates... For those who care, I finished out my sugar detox on a strong note and then promptly dove back into eating like crap. No one is [...]
Success, Failure, Cravings & Resolve: Weeks 1 & 2
So weeks 1 & 2 of the great 21 Day Sugar Detox are complete! As the title suggests we had some success, a little failure, a few cravings and strengthened resolve. WEEK 1 RECAP Unfortunately my sister had a TON of homework coming off spring break the last week of February and she wasn't able [...]
Sugar Detox: Week 1 Meal Plan
Tomorrow begins week 1 of the sugar detox, get excited! I based our meal plan on The 21 Day Sugar Detox book by Diane Sanfilippo but simplified and rearranged it a bit for our small family. The author has 7 different dinners and 2 lunches in week 1 and they all serve at least 4 [...]
21 Day Sugar Detox…aka 3 weeks of withdrawl from what is essentially legal cocaine
So my sister and I are planning to cut sugar from our lives, temporarily at first and then hopefully on a more permanent basis in the long term. We are both firmly addicted, as is most of the Western world. We're starting with the 21 Day Sugar Detox plan by Diane Sanfilippo and seeing how that [...]
Breastfeeding Hurt Like a Bitch
So months ago when I first started thinking about trying to blog again writing THIS was the first thing that came to my mind. This post is especially dedicated to all of the exhausted new mothers who are doing exactly as everyone told them not to do, Googling in the middle of the night. I [...]
New Year, Same Resolutions
For 2018 I am challenging myself to “make something every day.” I feel like I let my creative side slide this last year...first because I was super pregnant and tired all the time, then because I was a new mom and tired all the time, and in the last few months because we were in [...]
The Biggest Move
That time we decided to move back to the midwest to live with my parents.
