Cooking
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…
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.…
Home Goods Haul- October 2024
After many months, I went shopping at Home Goods in October. I went for the sole reason to buy seasonal kitchen towels. My old fall and Christmas themed towels had finally worn out so I needed new ones. I really…
A Life Update: Eczema, Refrigerator Problems, and Wrapping My Head Around Fixing My House
Well, life has been… interesting. I’m still struggling to maintain a constant post schedule this year. I thought everything had returned to normal last week… until something really serious happened to my refrigerator. Since there are so many things happened…
Book Review: From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern
Earlier this year, I decide to read the book From Harvest to Home by Alicia Tenise Chew and Tom McGovern. Alicia wrote the book while Tom took the photographs inside the book. It is a book about “seasonal activities, inspired…
Making Homemade Bread Progress Report: One-ish Year Later
In October 2023, I announced I will begin learning to make my own bread from scratch. Since then, I struggled to learn how to make bread. Part of the problem was new baker mistakes while the other problem was my…
Update on My Baking Process: Mixer Problems, Bread Baking, and Deserts I Now Love
It’s been a few months since I talked about baking bread in a post. I wanted to give a monthly update about how well I’m doing with my bread baking skills, but I ended up not. In the mean time,…
Rocket Herb Sweet Basil- What is It and How Does it Work
During a recent shopping trip to a local Dollar Tree, I found a section of the store dedicated to gardening. Normally this section would have a lot of gardening inspired home decor, but this time they had a lot of…
Things I Recently Purchased for My House and Why- January 2024
For many years, I have wanted to make improvements in my house. Despite the fact most of the improvements are not something I can do myself (I don’t have the time, energy, know how, I need more people than just…
Ordering More Groceries Online and Why I’m Doing It More Frequently
Ever since 2022, I began to order more groceries online. Whenever I say this, people sometimes believe I am placing a pickup order at a local grocery store. Instead, I am purchasing more groceries online and having them shipped to…
