Category Archives: Lifestyle

Don’t forget us, too!

It’s another quick post today~ guests are here at the house, shopping and continuing health work, and still running the mad dash to the finish line for gift completions.   I think this pict......

Delicately accepting the aging process

A couple of years ago, I once again jumped into a new hobby.  That’s what I do – get it in my head that something would be a great gift idea and force myself into learning how to accomplish it w......

Working hard to meet those shipping deadlines

I was a little swamped today and don’t have much of a post to put up. I can’t believe it is already the 13th! Yikes! The clock is ticking and I’m not even close to mailing anything yet~ I’m head......

When Bad Things Happen to Good Intentions

I love my bread machine.  I have grown to trust it without exception, knowing that if I just give it the things it needs and place it within the draft-free environment it requires, it will provi......

Calling all elves~

I’ve been busy trying to stay on track for the gifting season.  I’ve also finished up with my last Wellness Doula client for the year.  That’s what I’ll cover today and catch up in a post tomorr......

Hurricane Maria

I’ve began the incubation phase of my gift making this season.  The hurricane has hit and I can barely walk in the “crafting-paint-music-and-computer time” room without getting claustrophobic.  ......

And awa-a-a-y I go!

I’m off to my Secondhand Thursdays circuit – beginning with Value Village’s $2 Thursdays here in Tigard.  Anything with the chosen colored tag – $2.  Boggles my mind. That is just one stop......

Finding new ways to walk in my buddy’s shoes

A good friend of mine mentioned seeing a holiday decor idea in a magazine and we had a good laugh at how little it really takes to be creative, yet we put ourselves through so much emotional ang......

Well Wishes for 2013

Nothing like a holiday to remind us of gratitude and hope.   Sometimes, both are hard to have when we are bombarded by stressors of daily living, especially those stressors that have to d......

Minimalist Gifting

Guess I just missed midnight . Technically, this post is for Monday, December 3rd. I’ll get today’s up a little earlier this evening. Naturally, here it is crunch time to get a lot o......