My Way of Living [11/12/16] 

  • My feet are COLD!

    I have forgotten how it feels to have cold feet for 7 months. We are spoiled during the summer heat. Wandering around barefoot, and contented. Flip flops, and sandals, our best friends.But all good things must get colder, right. Fall is nice, but that nipping little breeze on the toes… not so good. Working at the nursery, with my …

  • Let’s not sugar coat this shall we?

    I’ve been walking most mornings, my feet hitting the floor, gulping down my 1/2 cup of coffee that he brings to me. S liding into yesterday’s clothes, stumbling down the stairs, slipping on shoes and heading out the door.No time to spend eating breakfast, that’s for later.It’s wake up, and out the door.Because if I linger, I’m not…

  • Say it isn’t so… the golden tinged gingko leaves are almost gone. Blown away piece by piece by the harsh November winds, and mingling with the red of the maple, they paper the sidewalk with color. Nothing says Winter is coming, more then bare branches. Here one day, barren the next. Brazenly reaching out towards the grey clouds, a…

  • How to package kitchen gifts

    My Dreams vs. reality Now that I live so close to my family, it’s easy to bring a little something from my kitchen as a gift each time I visit. That’s the easy part, it’s the packaging that I struggled with, it’s dreams vs. reality when I am heading out the door. I have Martha Stewart dreams on a frugal girl’s budget, and never en…