“O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,”… Ode to the West by Percy Bysshe Shelley A Meatless Monday meal for a cold rainy day and adaptation of one of my husband’s favourite meals to make… … Continue reading
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Pillow me once Pillow me again.
Yup made new pillows… A couple of years ago I made some pillow covers, we were living in an attic apartment, our main living space consisted of bean bags low shelving and a couple sky lights- no full sized windows hence the need for bright busy patterns… As nice as it was having minimal furniture … Continue reading
A Bring Your Own Bag City BYOB
I live in a bring your own Bag kinda city aka BYOB, more and more people/cities are doing it and to encourage you they charge a .05¢ fee for every paper bag they provide and plastic bags are almost non existent . The other option is buying their .99¢ reusable bags, but like paper bags … Continue reading
Inspiration For the back to School Clothes…
Yes I have been busy in the Kitchen but at this time of year my attention is shifting from summer activities to Back to School. I guess I am going to have to break down and do Back to School shopping but I have a few mini projects planned. I have been making a lot … Continue reading
I repeat I am not a Vegan… a meatless monday journey.
I am not a vegan (even though my name rhymes with vegan- Megan- you get it). I have been doing Vegan recipes for meatless monday (and my husband didn’t even notice!). I eat a mostly vegetarian diet so eating a meatless meal every Monday was not that much of a challenge. So I decided to … Continue reading
Friday Pizza Night…
We are bringing back Friday Pizza Night to our house… We kinda abandoned it as we moved around, doing it less and less each week, month and finally only a handful of times over the past year. But as our kids get older and my husband and I resign ourselves to the fact that life is not … Continue reading
The Kitchen is where the Heart is…
I asked my friends what a Kitchen meant to them, every response I got had something to do with Heart. Today is my 15th Wedding anniversary… I am dedicating my new kitchen wall to my husband. Out of frame is a bottle of Rose Brut and Chocolate covered Strawberries… Here is to another 15 yrs… … Continue reading
House and Home Numbers Bunting Tutorial
We just got our house painted and somewhere in the process we lost our home address numbers. They were vinyl sticky on things that were ugly with a capital U. I wasn’t sad to see them disappear. The painters even said that they could put them back up and I think they could tell by the … Continue reading
Make Laundry Day more Enjoyable DIY
Last Week was all about Goals- mostly house goals. Every day I made a list of 5 things that I wanted to accomplish- with the exception of Wednesday I only had time to do one. However, the main goal that kept reoccurring was Laundry… and I hate Laundry! I love clothes, I hate laundry and as a … Continue reading
Tuesday Goals.
Another day, another set of goals… Why you ask? To be accountable. Sometimes I need to be my own ass kicker!