Super Simple Stitching

Can you spot my mistake in the picture?  I’ll give you a hint.  It’s NOT the weirdo muppet face on that chick on the left.  This is the crucifixion!  What is that SUPPOSED to be on her head?  Anyone?  Bueller?  All I can see is the grinning muppet....

Meal Planning for Spontaneity

If you’ve known me for more than a month, you know I can’t stick to a schedule.  Every month I find a new and different way to plan something that I then end up disobeying.  I love to stitch, but if I make a*goal* to stitch so many times a week, I WILL NOT...

DIY Custom Freezer Cooking Plan

  My friend Missy and I were pouring over freezer cooking plans in an effort to give us some short cuts in feeding our nine picky kids and hubbies.  We found that NOTHING fit our families.  Between the two of us, we have so many dietary restrictions and husband...

Bar Soap Dishwashing

When I tried to clean out my dishwasher filter, I mistook the float for the drain.  When I yanked, it broke.  So, in the end I had a fabulously clean dishwasher that didn’t work; I was right in the middle freezer cooking.  That explains the above pile of...

Gutting Fish Phobia

  I had a *phobia* of dead things.  See last paragraph in this post.  And lately, my husband has been bringing home trout.  All of my kids can gut the fish, but I hide in the bedroom and get hot all over if they even talk about it.  So, the next time they did it,...