Recent Posts Tagged With 'simple pleasures'

• A Cold Autumn Day

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 13:39 in In The Kitchen, simple pleasures

  There's no place better to be than home on a cold blustery day! There's no room in my house that's as cozy in the fall as my kitchen since it's always the warmest place to be! It's also usually the best smelling room in my home as there's bound to be...

• Making Lunch Special

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 16:00 in In The Kitchen, simple pleasures

  I used to love watching Kitty Bartholomew's show on HGTV (ah the good old days before all the real estate shows). She used to always end by say "It's not what you don't have. It's what you do with what you do have!" That's something I firmly believe ...

• Making Jam & HL Winner

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 09:20 in In The Kitchen, simple pleasures, thrifting

  I've been wanting to try my hand at making jam for quite sometime now. Thanks to Hip Chick's Home I found out about Freezer Jam. I picked up a package of Freezer Jam Pectin at Kroger last week so I could give it a try. It takes about 20 minutes to ma...

• A Well Spent Day

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 10:35 in simple pleasures

  I was thinking about this last night. I was thinking about what I had accomplished, I felt it wasn't the best day I've had. Why? I was feeling frustrated. I sometimes feel like there are not enough hours in the day to do everything. I'm sure at least...

• Investing In What Matters - Part 3

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 05:00 in simple pleasures

  From Manuela - Lyn has decided to blog again! Go visit her at Essential Thrift I get a general feeling often in the blogging world that women feel that they have to do everything and then some. Have you ever seen that 70’s commercial (okay, I am da...

• Investing In What Matters, Part 2 - Guest Post by Lyn

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 07:36 in simple pleasures, money management

  From Manuela: Go here if you missed Lyn's first guest post.This time we are going to look at something even more important than investing in our homes. Yes, it’s important that our homes are a place of sanctuary as much as they possibly can be. How...

• The Tray Garden

  Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 07:53 in simple pleasures

  As women we often forget to do something special for ourselves. We are so used to doing for other's! This week I decided to do something just for me!Even though I love crafting and decorating, what I truly love is gardening! That's one of the reasons...