Day 1 of #Giveit100 Project: aka Rhymes with Bee

March 22, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

There is no shortage or reading, singing or talking in our house with Baby Bee around but I came across the Give it 100 project and thought this would be a fun way to capture Bee McQT over the course of time and work our way through the tomes of books, especially fun poetry collections […]

Creme Brûlée in Jars : Perfect, simple, deceptively easy

February 28, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

creme brûlée in jars tutorial easy dessert

Previously, I was not a big creme brûlée fan. No good reason, just meh or I will have the seasonal sorbets please. I also had no idea how simple it is to make. Fancy French dessert? Must be complicated, require stilettos, twelve hours, culinary degree and secret ingredients grown in the shade of the Eiffel […]

Simple single ingredient dog treats – Happy Cow Heart Chews

February 21, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

dog treat anticipation dried beef heart organic homemade hypoallergenic

Happy Cow? Yes, I asked the rancher. Also grass fed and local. A friend and I purchased a quarter cow from a local farm near Seattle (Hallet Family) this summer. When picking up at the butcher they asked if I wanted an offal. Yes! Liver (made pate), kidney, tongue (can you say TACOS!) and heart. […]

Baby Prints : Crafts to do to your baby!

February 14, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

For our first arts and crafts time together, Bee and I made Valentine’s day cards and some fun baby prints. IMHO nothing is reeeeaaaalllly off limits (ok a few things) – hands, feet, fingers, buns, ears, bellybutton, nose – pretty sure at some point these will all be memorialized at our house. Whatever you choose […]

Recipe Trial: Potsticker Miso Soup

February 10, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

This week I gave the February 2015 Real Simple Miso Potsticker and Snap Pea Soup recipe a whirl. I do not have much experience with miso cooking and the recipe seemed ‘simple’ enough (and it was). I did find that it needed more salt, more ginger, less water (this time was I used about 1/2 […]

Simple DIY Glider Slipcover Tutorial – Refashion Your Rocker

February 2, 2015.Reading time 8 minutes.

I was gifted this wonderful wooden glider from my Buy Nothing Project group. (check them out). As we move around the baby swag to the most convenient location for the ‘phase,’ the glider ended up down in our family room. With a few stains (yes a quilt could cover and did), I decided to have it […]