living life to the fullest
I grew up eating sweet potato pie during the holidays. I mean, the WHOLE holiday season. Either we or another family member always had sweet potato pie in their house from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Sweet potato pie is known as a southern dessert. It was likely created and made a staple by slaves…
I roasted broccoli for the first time this spring, and now I’m hooked! Even my family asks me to make that “burnt” broccoli now. It’s so fun to eat veggies in a different way other than steaming or boiling, that has more flavor and texture. I can’t even go back to the old way of…
To me in cold New England, winter is already here! But if we go by the calendar, we still have a few weeks until the first day of winter. I’ve been a homeowner for almost 20 years, and I’ve had a lot of problems that could have been prevented- from frozen pipes to ice…
In the last year, I haven’t been sewing as much as I want. This has been mostly due to my motivation (or lack thereof), but also because I renovated my sewing room, I was feeling indecisive, and life happens. To bring back some inspiration, I started following more sewing sites, reading pattern reviews, and visiting…