• Homemaking - Knitting and Crochet - Sewing and Crafting - Uncategorized

    On the Needles, July 2025

    July 23, 2025 - By 

    This week on the blog I have a little crafting update to share. As with my vacation reading, I did not get as much knitting done on our trip as I expected to, mostly because it was usually just too hot to want to pick up any yarn. But I have made a good bit of progress on something that I will share later on in this post. First, though, I wanted to start off with a finished sewing project that I just completed yesterday for my daughter! We are calling this the “Sunflower Dress”, and it is based on…

  • Books and Reading - Uncategorized

    The Reading Report, Vol. 29: Summer Reading Struggles

    July 16, 2025 - By 

    Well, hello there! It’s been a while since I put out a blog post, but that is because our family just returned from a 10-day camping trip in the Southwest US. We stayed in four different states, visited 2 different state parks and 4 national parks, and it was an amazing trip! But as is always the case, there are so many tasks to catch up with upon returning home! So today I decided to try and get a brief reading report out before the week gets away from me. I know for many, if not most people, summer is…

  • Homemaking - Natural Wellness - Uncategorized

    In the Kitchen: A Grain-Free Summer Menu

    June 25, 2025 - By 

    Hey, friends! I was supposed to be posting a garden update this week, but unfortunately, there isn’t really any great news in that front right now. Everything is doing very poorly, and I have yet to decide exactly what course of action to take. So, instead of boring you with my disappointment over my non-growing things, I decided to go in a very different direction this week and share what I am cooking this week! For starters, let me preface all this by saying that I am not a nutritionist, a purist, or a perfectionist when it comes to healthy…

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    On the Needles, June 2025

    June 18, 2025 - By 

    Welcome to my sewing and crafting update for June! I am pleased to start this post off strong reporting that another summer sewing project is in the books. And I got to check off another one of my planned “Make 9” pieces, too! This was a really quick skirt project, in spite of a few hiccups along the way, mainly because I had cut out the pieces for this pattern ages ago. McCall’s 5612 skirt pattern is a pretty basic A-line skirt with a waistband and back zip. Any issues I had with the pattern were all self-inflicted. First off,…

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    Reading Report Vol. 28: Junior Review Edition

    June 11, 2025 - By 

    This month’s Reading Report is going to be a little bit different! Summer is a great time for reading, but it is also a lot more spontaneous and lacking in routine for our family. (Traveling to visit family, camping, rearranging furniture, and sorting books are just a few of the things we been doing!) This means my reading life is honestly all over the place right now. So instead of the typical what I’ve been reading sort of post this month, I thought I would do something new. I recently signed up to be a reviewer for NetGalley, and the…