Walmart Bedding Honest Review (and a Couple Other Finds)

A warm, wintery look in my bedroom is always on tap after our long Arizona summers.  But since we don’t have that long of a winter season, I really don’t want to make a huge dollar investment and then feel saddled to expensive bedding for the next ten years. Bedding that will look nice all […]

Sephora Haul and My First Impressions

I probably should have shared this information before the Sephora 30% sale ended, but this is the first time I’ve tried their brand and I was a little late to the party.  So this is part of my Sephora Haul (meaning I actually bought more than I’m blogging about) and my first impressions. Here’s a […]

A Little November Shopping

I’m not much of a shopper anymore.  If you don’t count the damage I do online, of course.  But I just don’t get out to the shops.  This week I took a couple of hours and visited the shops in the Norterra area and thought I’d share a little November shopping since it’s not something […]

Visit to Ikea and Quinoa Beet Salad

Why are all Ikea stores so far away?  It’s like a visit to Ikea is a day-long trek.  But it’s so worth it! And even though the weather has perhaps cooled off a bit where you are, are you still craving a main dish salad?  I made a quinoa beet salad you might like and […]

October Weekend Wrap Up

Here are a few things that have been going on around town and an October weekend wrap up. Carefree Spirits Distillery Earlier this year, DFs Jeff and Sue visited from California with their dear friends and we enjoyed an evening at Carefree Distillery. They visited again this week and wanted to return to this cozy […]

Puzzle Table

An exciting new addition in our house means our kitchen is no longer the site for jigsaw puzzle assembly.  We got a puzzle table.  And it’s in our bedroom.  It’s so pretty. And then.  Guess what?  It’s too dark in there.  So I had to order a new floor lamp. But I was going to […]

Breakfast Bar Beadboard

The polar bear paint was not even dry on the walls and I came up with a new project.  One to do with a saw and a nail gun and measuring and paint.  And a visit to Home Depot.  So of course, the project wasn’t for me.  The beautifully white breakfast bar was doomed to […]

Baked Gluten Free Pumpkin Donuts

Since canned pumpkin seems difficult to procure and since I opened a can for my homemade pumpkin latte, I didn’t want to waste an ounce of what I had left over. So I made gluten-free pumpkin donuts in my adorable champagne colored mini donut pan. Sally’s Baking Addiction has never given me a bad recipe, […]

September TJ Maxx Finds

No full-fledge fall decorating around here yet.  I like to dip my toe into seasonal decorating, and it’s way too early for pumpkins and leaves.  But I took a little gander around TJ Maxx this weekend and here are a couple of September finds I thought I’d share. Some I purchased, some I did not.  […]

Electric Bike

Remember the recent post about my bicycle?  I really love toodling around on my bike with no agenda.  And as I mentioned, I don’t bike for exercise, just for pleasure. Except for the part where my buns are in misery on Day 2, and then Day 3 never happens. Somehow the pleasure gets lost along […]