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Transform Scraps into Beautiful Homemade Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide

Bymiranda September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

You know the junk mail you always just throw away? What if there was a way to transform that into something beautiful? I was scrolling Pinterest one evening, while watching tv with Daniel. That’s when I found this smart use of a dollar store splatter guard. They used it to make paper, and other than…

Cooking/Recipes

Hearty and Delicious Beef Stew

Bymiranda September 2, 2024November 5, 2024

Recently, we went from temperatures of in the 90’s, to flash flood warnings, and overcast colder days that make you want to make a big batch of soup. Or in this case, Stew. While the Sunday I made this stew, it turned out to be warmer that typical stew weather, still, it didn’t turn out…

Gardening

Garden Update: August

Bymiranda September 2, 2024

Would you believe I’ve written this dang post 3 different times? Three! Huge thanks to WordPress for not saving the draft like I told it too. Some my garden updates for this month aren’t so depressing this time, YAY! My yellow squash plant, which was only producing male flowers for 85% of this summer, finally…

Cooking/Recipes

Bacon Cabbage Rice

Bymiranda September 2, 2024October 21, 2024

July 28th marked my husbands 32nd birthday. And its a long standing tradition that you pick dinner on your birthday. Daniel has a favorite I make, and its called Bacon, Cabbage, Rice. I learned the recipe from a friend of mine, and it was THE recipe that got Daniel eating rice again (for those who…

Cooking/Recipes

Egg Foo Young – Retro Recipe

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Yet another recipe from my old cookbooks. This one I marked because I remember this dish fondly. Every year for birthdays or special occasions, we had a restraunt we would frequent as a family. And one thing we’d always get was the Egg Foo Young. It was my dads favorite, and he always wanted to…

Sewing

Quick and Easy Button Repair

Bymiranda September 2, 2024October 21, 2024

When I got home there was a button on my desk. But not just any button. This was a small button from a man’s shirt. I recognized it from my husbands flannel. One of his thicker flannel shirts. My husband is the type of guy who doesn’t throw something out just because its ‘out of…

Cooking/Recipes

Bacon Chop-Suey Retro Recipe

Bymiranda September 2, 2024

Every Sunday we have dinner with my mom. And its the perfect time for me to try a new recipe. Or in this instance, a new old recipe. Were taking a look again at the Good Housekeeping Cookbook. I was given this cookbook by my Aunt when my Grandmother passed away. The date inside says…

DIY | Life

$185, Food Stamp, One Income.

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 2, 2024

Times are tough; you can either spend your time crying about how stressed you are, or you could look for a solution. I decided instead of ‘surviving’, I was going to find ways to use everything I do have to their greatest potential. What can I do to make things last longer? What combinations of…

Cooking/Recipes

End of the Month Quesadilla’s

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 11, 2024

It’s the end of the month. You got a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Maybe you could do tacos. But maybe you don’t’ have all the toppings you really like on them. In my case, that was it. I had one pound of hamburger in the fridge, Some Corn Tortillas…

DIY | Gardening

Garden Tea

Bymiranda September 2, 2024September 7, 2024

You don’t have space for a compost, or maybe you don’t have the patience. I can relate to both reasonings. I was in a similar predicament until I saw a Facebook video while scrolling my feed. They soaked banana peels in water for 8 hours and it was a great fertilizer for their house plants….