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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

Hometown Dining Room Wall Gallery

Hometown Dining Room Wall Gallery

We made this hometown dining room gallery wall to showcase the love for our home city. This would be perfect for a favorite or special travel city too! We’re getting closer and closer to getting our kitchen and dining room “done”. I say that in quotes because I’m not sure we’re ever really done, but most of

Mint Chocolate Oreo Layer Cake

Mint Chocolate Oreo Layer Cake

I hope everyone who was celebrating Father’s Day had an enjoyable weekend! We had our families over on  Saturday for a BBQ. While it sprinkled on and off, at least the rain held off and we were able to spend part of the day outside. My husband loved the I Love Daddy shadow photo gift

DIY Subway Art – Des Moines

DIY Subway Art – Des Moines

This DIY subway art project featuring our home city – Des Moines – is one I’ve been pondering for several months. It’s easy to find ready made subway art for major cities, but for a smaller city, you’re pretty much on your own or ordering from Etsy. I was pretty close to ordering one, but

I Love Daddy Shadow Photo

I Love Daddy Shadow Photo

This I Love Daddy Shadow photo makes a great gift idea for Father’s Day or a birthday. Also makes a perfect quick and easy photo gift for mom’s, grandparents and other loved ones.   Last week I showed you the Father’s Day photo gift I made my husband last year, plus some additional photo gift