Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: On Perspective For more than a decade we have been taking our family to Southern Utah for Spring Break. This year was no exception. But I knew this year would be different....bittersweet. You see, this year my oldest is a senior in high school which meant this would be his last spring break with us....so I wanted this year to be extra special. As this vacation was approaching we talked about all the things we wanted to do on this ... View the Post
April Book Challenge: With a Twist
April Book Challenge: With a Twist It's a new month and that means it is time for a new reading challenge! This month our challenge is called "With a Twist". "With a Twist" means that we are reading books that have a twist...a little something unexpected....something that makes you say "WHAT?!? I didn't see that coming!"….and there are so many to choose from! SO MANY! I love, Love, LOVE books with twists and turns...especially if I don't see them coming. As usual I have a ... View the Post
How to Make a Bandana Quilt
How to Make a Bandana Quilt A while back I was at a big box store and ran across a rack full of different colored bandanas and they were so cute I bought 10. Why 10? I don't know. But I didn't have a plan for them yet...so....why not 10? It seemed like a good round number. Plus they were only $2 soooooo 10 of them went into my cart. Time went by and then one afternoon I was downstairs in the sewing room wanting to work on a quick project...when I ran across the ... View the Post
March Book Challenge: Green With Envy
March Book Challenge: Green With Envy It is a new month and that means it is time for a new reading challenge and this month our challenge is called "Green with Envy". Which means we reading books with colors in the titles....and there are so many to choose from! As usual I have a list of recommendations...books I have read...and books on my "to read" list. Let's start with some of my favorite books with colors in their titles: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson: I ... View the Post
Rag Heart Quilt Tutorial
Rag Heart Quilt Tutorial Recently I was invited to a wedding and as soon as I received the invitation I knew a quilt was in order. However....I was short on time. Like, really, extremely, incredibly short on time....because my life had gone haywire. But I wanted to make a quilt full of love. In the end I only had three evenings to put something together...and decided that a ragged quilt was my best option. So this is what I did: Evening #1: I cut the fabric and batting ... View the Post
Easy DIY Ramen Bar
Easy DIY Ramen Bar Recently my teens have been into Ramen...really into Ramen. So we've started creating our own Ramen Bars almost weekly. This is hands down one of the easiest and cheapest meals that we make. Here's what we do: First of all everyone grabs a pack (or two) of Ramen in the flavors they like best. Then they open the packages and pull out their flavor packets to save for later. While the flavor packets wait on the counter top all of the noodles go ... View the Post
