We celebrated my youngest’s birthday with homemade eggless chocolate cupcakes. I had ordered gifts for him months ago, which seemed way ahead of time at the time, but I’m glad I had them now. We threw him a Ben and Holly birthday party. I used my frog molds that I’ve previously used for Harry Potter…
The weather was beautiful this past week. We even had a tiny bit of rain and enjoyed seeing a rainbow! We read books from our own library outside in the garden. It started to get rather warm (what some of you would consider hot and even hotter than summer temperatures in some places in the…
The weather is beautiful here. I’ve never experienced such a cool April in Las Vegas, and it’s made working outside extra enjoyable. It’s also saving us money as we have not needed to run the ceiling fans or the air conditioners yet. I cut flowers from the garden for the house. We celebrated a daughter’s…
Looking at the grocery ads that have been coming in the mail the last month, I’ve noticed that they are smaller (no outer flap and no inner pages)–about half the normal size. Sale prices are often double what the normal sale price would be at this time for things that I wait to buy at…
Like many of you are right now, we are concerned with making sure we’re safe and that we have food to eat. We want to stretch the money we have in our account to pay for our bills during this time. To that end, I am focusing heavily right now on making the garden as…
In this time when so many of us around the world are dealing with reduced and eliminated incomes, making the most of every penny goes a long way towards making what we have last and conserving funds to help pay our bills and to keep food on the table. I went over our budget for…
I am thankful for my pantry, freezers, fridge, and garden right now. I did not need to do any grocery shopping. There are things I would like to have that I do not and items that I am low on/out of that were on my shopping list, but I will make do without them. We…
If you’re now at home and are usually not, you’ve just been given a gift of several hours back in your day. Here are some great ways to make the most of this gift of time: Projects: Remember all those items you purchased to make or repair something but you never have had a chance…
It’s been a whirlwind of a week as things have been changing multiple times a day in regards to Covid-19. We watched the governor speak live on a local news station’s website which we cast from the computer to the television (we have not had cable television for over 13 years and read our news…
When I sit at the table to eat, this apricot tree in bloom is what I can see out the window. It’s been a long time since I’ve shared some images of the garden behind my house, and right now it is absolutely incredible, so I’ve filled this post with them. Here are the ways…
Those of you who follow my photography account on Instagram and then noted it in the comments on the blog here the last few weeks (or noticed others’ comments on the subject of recent blog posts) saw our big news: My eldest is getting married! I know you will want details, so here they are!…
I hosted an outdoor spring party for my daughter’s birthday. I used cloth banners I had sewn for previous birthdays to decorate for her party. I also cut flowering branches from my flowering plum trees (these are the only trees in my garden that do not give fruit). In addition, my daughters made a…