“What are waffle muffins?” you ask. Well, they are just what you might think, muffins cooked in a waffle maker. One of my daughter’s favorite activities is helping me bake. Since she could sit up in her Bumbo, she has been on the counter next to me when I bake. Recently she has been able […]

Lately I have been inspired by succulents. They come in such beautiful shapes and colors, and they lend themselves well to neglect which is always a plus in my book. My sister recently started to make little succulent planters and has been doing well selling them. Some of the ideas she came up with are […]

I was finally able to get another craft DIY project done and photgraphed for you guys. I have had this idea for over two years, since my daughter was just a pea in the pod so to speak. But having the accountability of blogging everyday, I was finally able to complete my project. Yay! And […]

Congratulations to Hollye of MamaClucks! You are the winner of one of my necklaces! Just contact me at kailochic @ hotmail.com with your shipping info and you will have a nice necklace on its way to you. Now for the sweet potatoes. I am in the process of creating sweet potato slips to plant out […]

Today I was lucky enough to find some time to garden a little. The temps were in the low 80’s today, so I needed to get out there and water my garden. I was surprised to see that my celery experiment is working. The interior leaves of the celery that were not cut when I […]

Now that we are coming out of the winter blues around these parts, I having been feeling the need to start exercising and getting my weight in check again. I did very well last summer, but as soon as the weather turned cold and rainy, the last thing I wanted to to was exercise, and […]

Tonight I made a delicious batch of cookies and I just had to share the recipe with you. Not only do these cookies taste quite good, they are super healthy for you too! This batch of cookies was made with a whole wheat flour and oatmeal cookie base, and then I got creative and threw in […]

This morning my 8 yards of prime organic garden soil and compost was delivered and dumped in the front of our house, just waiting to be hauled to the backyard and placed in the planting beds I made yesterday. Lucky for me my husband and sister were there to help with the shoveling a hauling. […]

Today was a very productive day in my garden. I rented a tiller from home depot for only about $50 and was able to till the ground where my planting beds are going to be. Then I got a delivery of white chop stone to edge the beds. With the help of my sister and […]

I am in the midst of creating a new laptop bag print. This will be a red print in the current laptop satchel form, but I am having trouble deciding on which fabric to use for the bag. My first run of the damask laptop satchel was in a screen printed polyester material, and while […]

A few months ago was my daughters second birthday and the theme of the day was Sesame Street. I think it is almost impossible to raise a kid that doesn’t get exposed to Sesame Street at some point. Anyway, when I throw a party, I really like to go all out and have everything from […]

I saw a blog post once about using pieces of tile to make coasters. While I absolutely love that idea, I thought I would expand on that and make another home decor and serving item, the trivet. For those that don’t know, a trivet (at least the one that I am going to show you […]