Author: Sometimes Homemade

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 5)

Week 5 of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat and I had some successes and some misses on my goals. The biggest success is that I ran my 5k this weekend with only one small walking break after a water stop! More on that later… 1) Hit 10,000 step per day average goal.  I

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? (Week 4) Cutting back on diet soda

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? (Week 4) Cutting back on diet soda

It’s week 4 of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat? and I’m starting to feel good about getting back into a healthy routine. If you’ve been following me the last few weeks, you’ll notice that I’ve set about 3 goals for myself per week. Some are the same as the previous week and some

Chain and Suede Laced Bracelet

Chain and Suede Laced Bracelet

Make your own stylish chain and suede laced bracelet – looks great on its own or stacked with other bracelets. The color combinations are endless! It’s been a while since I’ve made any new bracelets. I realized recently that I didn’t have many gold bracelets, especially that I could use for layering. I had pinned

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 3) – The Color Run and Fitbit Review

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (Week 3) – The Color Run and Fitbit Review

Time for another week of Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat (DTBMMLF, now that’s an acronym!). Here’s how I did for this week’s goals: 1) Keep at average 10,000 steps per day. I was close on this one, although I forgot to put on my Fitbit on Monday, so I didn’t get to officially

New (To Me) Furniture – Change It or Leave It?

New (To Me) Furniture – Change It or Leave It?

I finally have a place I can give my sewing machine a permanent home! I’m still pretty much an amateur when it comes to sewing, but my projects are few and far between because the only place I really had to sew was on our dining room table. Then it was in the way for

Grilled Chicken Nachos

Grilled Chicken Nachos

You haven’t had nachos until you’ve made Grilled Chicken Nachos. Grilling provides a crispiness to the chips and a smoky flavor to your fixins. Pile on your favorite nacho toppers and pop it on the grill. You won’t regret it! It’s been a pretty good 4th of July weekend so far. I worked the day

June Wrap Up

June Wrap Up

June went by in a flurry. I have no idea how it’s already July. We had a weird weather month, often with chilly and rainy days, so it didn’t quite seem like summer until recently. My goals for June were to get most of my final kitchen projects done (one more checked off!), make a

Bleach Pen T-Shirts

Bleach Pen T-Shirts

Bleach pen t-shirts are an easy and inexpensive way to create personalized t-shirts for all ages and occasions.    I tried my hand at designing my own t-shirts this weekend using a bleach pen. These are for the 4th of July,  It was such an easy project and relatively inexpensive, so I see more bleach pen projects

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?

Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?

I’ve been pondering this post for a while. I started blogging right after Christmas with the intent of doing something for myself and get some projects done. Since then I’ve gained 15 pounds. It got me wondering if there’s a “freshman 15” of blogging? I know there were times when I got wrapped up in