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This review has spoilers - DO NOT READ any further if you do not want the ending spoiled. I started reading It on September 26th 2019 and finished on December 17th 2019. It took me 3 months to read 1156 pages. I would read about 200 pages and then stop for about 2 weeks. [...]
I recently went to one of my favorite thrift stores, that is now downsizing and moving locations which you can read about here. But before they started downsizing my husband found this rad chair just hanging out with a bunch of other older furniture. He said to me, you said you wanted to DIY a [...]
The other day I sat down and shelled 2 cups of pecans. These pecans are local to me in Southeastern Oklahoma, if you remember I talked about buying these in my recent post about our first Fall in Oklahoma. I bought these pecans off of a woman on Facebook Marketplace. She wanted to meet me [...]
I was in my local Quality Consignment Shop, Treasure Trunk, here in McAlester, Oklahoma this week and I found the most wonderful thing. I found an old crock with it's matching lid. It is written on the bottom to be rare and to have been made by Eagle Pottery which originates in Benton, Arkansas. This [...]
This past week I knit socks for my 2 year old who wears a size 5/6 shoe using a pattern called Munchkin's Toddler Socks from Squigglidinks. Here is what you need to make these same socks: Pattern: Munchkin's Toddler Socks from Squigglidinks Worsted Weight Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash in color Semolina [...]
Today I sewed up this vintage Christmas pillow cover with a buffalo plaid back to sit in the chair that is in my front room. This is the same room where I have my Rustic Christmas Tree with Buffalo Plaid I shared with you earlier and similar to that post this project is definitely added [...]
The weekend after we let our chicks out of the coop for the first time we were forecasted to have about 3 days of lows at night ranging between 19 and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our mature chickens had been sleeping in an outside chicken coop day and night. The coop was closed in on 2 [...]
Yesterday I ironed fusible interfacing, glue side down, onto my ironing mat. And not just a little bit. I glued the entire 10" x 11" sucker down onto my mat. I did this dangerous thing called multitasking and I know better than to do that because I do things like glue things to ironing boards. [...]
We are rounding out our first complete Fall in Oklahoma and what a beautiful Fall it has been this year. There are so many understated things in Oklahoma, Fall is one of them. Before we get any further let me give you some helpful background information on my experience with Fall. I grew up in [...]
Ealier this week I made and posted a recipe for Chipotle Chicken Enchiladas. In this recipe I used 3 of the Chipotle peppers that were inside. I love Chipotle and I love this particular brand of Chipotle, which is Embasa. However, I always have leftovers and am not sure what to do with them because sometimes [...]