cultivating a sustainable life
Buying fancy drinks to accompany holiday festivities can put a real dent in your wallet, but there are many that you can make yourself for a fraction of the cost, and they make wonderful gifts as well!The added bonus to making your own liqueurs is …
We’re sitting here tonight waiting for yet another major storm to hit the coast. According to the local news, we normally see about 2 major storms in an entire winter, but so far this year we’ve had 9, and it’s not even the new year …
I don’t have time for a long post tonight, so I thought I’d share this photo of the cats snuggling up on the top bunk in the kids’ room. They were sleeping with their heads together until I came in to snap this picture. I …
I got a great collection of (mostly) wooden cigar boxes off of Freecycle the other day, and I thought I’d pick your brains for some brilliant ideas of what I can do with them.Bee promptly turned one into a bejewelled keepsake box as a gift …
The Green Mommy put one of these “word clouds” on her blog this week, and I thought it looked like a fun. Here’s what they came up with for me: Click here to make one of your own.
We got our tree the other day and our house is now looking very cheery and festive! This is my favorite ornament. She’s just so cute! Bee took this photo of Baxter while we were decorating the tree. Could he look less amused?Click here to …
Amanda over at Soule Mama has a category on her blog called Corners of My Home, which I absolutely love (her whole blog is wonderful).Since it’s winter and I’m having a hard time coming up with blog topics, I thought I’d do something similar. This …
Katie started a meme on her blog a few days ago in order to scope out some new reading material. Since I’ve seen so many interesting books on the resulting lists, I thought I’d take part too. (In no particular order) 1. A Prayer for …
I popped into a new thrift shop that’s gone in where a great furniture consignment store used to be, and was thrilled to find a couple of things that I’ve been wanting for awhile. I’ve always adored these little copper butter warmers but have never …
I’m feeling rather sorry for myself tonight, and for a pretty pathetic reason, unfortunately.We found ourselves a gorgeous set of used kitchen cabinets on Craigslist last weekend, just the colour and style we were looking for, and for only $500. We drove out to take …