I have had this extremely compelling something urging me to “go green” for weeks upon weeks upon weeks. And I have acted on several of these urges.
I was raised green. It was easy to do in the town I grew up in (Eugene, Oregon) I remember going with my mom to the recycling center and […]

Now here is a unique idea I hadn’t hear of before, a baby concierge service! I recently sent some swaddling blankets to Melissa Moog founder of Itsa-belly . Melissa is based out of Portland, Oregon and I ran across one of her cards at a Portland coffee shop. She provides a whole host of services […]

I can see the writing on the wall. Kyle and Amy are doing Itty Bitty Soccer at the YMCA this summer. It’s a 4 week program intended to teach 3-5 year olds how to play a little, a little of team spirit, the ethics of sports, etc. It’s non-competitive. We have one “game” day left […]

I got a Sony Alpha DSLR for my birthday last year, and quite frankly the thing scares the pants off me. I LOVE the pictures it takes, but trying to figure out how to use the thing has been a down right PITA. I haven’t figured out much except it takes great pictures on Manual, […]

I always love floral motifs and just love how this applique turned out. I used some scraps from a lovely Cath Kidston print to create this darling hand beaded flower. Available in a very limited amount on Etsy. I have enough to do another one but have to hunt down a tank top, these were […]

Finally! I’ve been trying for weeks to nab a treasury on etsy. I woke up in the middle of the night tonight and couldn’t sleep so I thought why not… I’ll go see what is up. And low and behold they were down to 225 lists! Woo Hoo! So I dinked around for a few […]

We have been enjoying fruit smoothies a lot lately. The kids love to make them and they are such a healthy treat I’ve been indulging them quite a bit. The key is to have at least one of your fruit items frozen. We use frozen blueberries or strawberries. Really all making a fruit smoothie entails […]

We have an active garden… and we also have 2 active fishermen in the house. Last summer dh dumped the left over night crawlers (worms) from a fishing expedition in one of our planters and Kyle is forever going over there ready to see his “worm farm”…. Well after reading this article on doing our […]

It’s been a slow conversion for me. I had a tough battle… I was a working mom and most of Kyle’s first foods were doughy and starchy and processed… but he had a fabulous care provider so I can’t complain about the food selection. And I’ll admit… I was so overwhelmed with baby and home […]

Amy has outgrown all her Jammies and since I have flannel coming out of my ears I have decided to make her some new Jammies rather than buying them. So today I made pair number one and almost finished pair number two.
I LOVE this fabric. It was one of those prints that caught my […]