DIY an art block puzzle.

Supplies needed- Wooden blocks, printed art or drawings, Mod podge or watered down school glue, old brush, scissors, ruler, pencil, paint. I picked up one of those grab bags at the thrift store. I wanted the craft supplies in it, new paint, brand new brushes and card stock papers. I use those grab bags for…

Recovery tips for Scapegoat survivors.

I had to go No Contact over a decade ago because my children were being mistreated and programed in my opinion to be the next generation of scapegoats in the family. I tried to set healthy boundaries but my conditions and rules only intensified the dysfunction. Trying to set boundaries only ENRAGED my mother more….

A visit back to the farm.

Down the street from where we live there is a little farm. Sometimes we will go over and visit, talking for hours at a time, feeding the animals and petting them. They are so adorable. What do you think they would call that…farm therapy maybe? It’s such a fun place to hang out. I go…

Day three after the storm.

When this is posted it will actually be day 4 , and this post will be my last storm update post. I wanted to share with everyone what a Winter storm looks like. I should have taken some photos of the piles and piles of dirty snow being made into tiny little snow mountains all…

Day two after the storm.

We went out, and let me tell you….trying to find a good parking spot and walking around ice is not such an easy thing . I want to experience the whole thing. So…after three days of the city salting and clearing most roads, and with temps warming up to melt the snow, we went out…

The storm is over.

Day two of snowmageddon and so far it felt like the Winter storm from last year and the year before that. I wonder why this one came with so much terror. Exploding trees, a whole grid collapse headed our way, depending on who you listened to in the media world. There was more humor with…

Before the storm.

It looks like we were in the middle of it, what was headed our way. The day before the storm, the stores were packed. People were buying bread, milk and eggs. Looking down the bread isle reminded me of Covid days when the shelves were all empty. I have never experienced this before. Growing up…

A year of photos.

” This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it “. Psalm 118;24 Every January, at the start of a new year, I like to share some of my favorite photos from the year before. It’s not such an easy task, there are so many happy memories…

DIY craft containers.

Don’t throw it away. Anything that your food comes in, or products come in, you may be able to use it for something else. So instead of sending it to the dump, look at it for awhile and see what you can do with it to make it’s purpose something else. This is a small…