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    Lego Botanical Sets and Why I Don’t Own One (But Still Like Looking at Them)

    Last month, I found a display at Walmart for the Valentine’s Day themed Lego botanical sets. I took photos of the sets, as well as other sets I found for sale that day to remind myself of what my local…

    By essieofwho February 27, 2025
  • Blog,  Heath/Safety,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    An Update on Eczema and Allergies- February 2025

    It has been many months since I wrote a post about how my eczema and allergies are. Even though I haven’t mentioned or updated about how I’m doing, they are getting better.

    By essieofwho February 25, 2025
  • Beauty,  Blog,  Shopping,  Skin Care

    Native x Dunkin Body Care Collection

    Over a month ago, I heard Native was releasing a collaboration with Dunkin’. I didn’t think I would see the collection in a store near me, but I was wrong. Near late January, I found the collection for sale on…

    By essieofwho February 24, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Making Potato Rolls- How They Turned Out and Opinions of the Recipe

    In a previous post, I talked about how my mixer had died and that I purchased a replacement for it. The mixer problems forced me to reconsider posting about my baking progress for a while. Now that I have a…

    By essieofwho February 18, 2025
  • Beauty,  Blog,  Fragrance

    Some of the Fragrances in My Collection Feature (And a Few Opinions About Them)

    A few years ago, after some serious health problems, I began to declutter my things. Years later, I am still slowly making my way through my things, declutting them and deciding what I ultimately want to do with them. One…

    By essieofwho February 17, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Holidays,  Lifestyle,  Valentines Day

    5 Favorite Things I Cook from Scratch to Give as Gifts for Valentine’s Day

    Valentine’s Day is the time of the year to give someone a gift to show how much you love them. Making something to give is a great way to show how much you love someone. One of my favorite things…

    By essieofwho February 14, 2025
  • Blog,  Holidays,  Lifestyle,  Movies & TV,  Valentines Day

    6 Chick Flick Movies I Loved as a Teenager in the 2000’s

    When I was a teenager in the 2000’s, it seemed like there were plenty of new and new-to-me chick flick movies to watch. In the years since then, it feels like the movies created for women have changed. This is…

    By essieofwho February 13, 2025
  • Blog,  Books,  Lifestyle

    Lucy Score’s Kockemout Series Collector’s Edition Book Feature

    For as long as I can remember, I enjoyed collecting books. Sometimes I collected books because I loved reading the books and enjoyed owning them with different covers. Other times I collected books due to their rarity. Still, I enjoyed…

    By essieofwho February 12, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Home,  Kitchen,  Lifestyle

    My New Mixer Problems and Buying Another New Mixer

    Last year, I talked about purchasing a new mixer. I did and, after almost a year of use, it broke. What happened is that I used it to make too many heavy doughs for bread, going over the mixer’s capabilities.…

    By essieofwho February 7, 2025
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    6 Things I Learned About Creating and Writing Blog Posts

    When I created this blog in 2017, I had experienced many ups and downs of blogging. I’ve had writer’s block, trouble keeping pace with my weekly blogging schedule, and even had problems with people I knew offline and their opinions…

    By essieofwho February 6, 2025
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Hello! My name is Jessica Anderson, formerly known as Mary Ruth Anderson online, and I am a woman who lives in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. I started this blog in order to encourage myself to fulfill my dreams as well as talk openly about anything I am interested in.

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