Family is huge to me! We have a sandwich family, with three kids, two at home and one Grandma Linda living with us due to dementia.
I write about all different family topics like dementia, adopting from foster care and other fun family "stuff".
Here are a few of my recent posts to get you started!
Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers
We are so fortunate to be able to care for my husband's Mom in our home. She fell last year and was hospitalized for two weeks, after which she moved in with us!
Here are my best tips and ideas for being a caregiver!
Hello, sunshine! Grab your favorite glass of sweet tea, bestie, because today's freebie is pure golden happiness on paper. This set of cute yellow stickers is packed with sunny vintage tags, tickets, and circle stickers in every shade of yellow you can dream up, from soft butter yellow to warm mustard and deep honey gold.…
My mom and Grandma Lilly Mae saved bacon grease like it was a competitive sport. Butter was for bread. EVERYTHING else got the bacon fat treatment! It lived in an old Maxwell House coffee can right by the stove, no lid, refilled every single time we cooked bacon. Turns out that old fashioned habit was…
Continue Reading Why Our Moms Saved Bacon Grease (and How To Use It Now)
Growing up in the '70s and '80s in northwestern Pennsylvania, "salad" at a church potluck was a beautiful lie. You'd walk down that folding table lined with casserole dishes and Tupperware, and nestled right between the deviled eggs and somebody's green bean casserole would be a bowl of something sweet, pink-ish, and fluffy - and…
Continue Reading Old Fashioned Millionaire Cranberry Salad - Creamy and Bright Flavor
I LOVE a fun and easy fudge recipe! Growing up, making fudge felt like a whole day event. Double boilers. Candy thermometers. Hovering over the stove like you were defusing a bomb. (One wrong move and it was grainy, and nobody wanted that!) So you can imagine how happy this Chocolate Caramel Fudge makes me.…
Continue Reading Chocolate Caramel Fudge Recipe (Easy Salted Caramel Swirl Fudge)
If you've ever wandered into a candlelit library at midnight in your dreams and thought "yep, this is my aesthetic," bestie, this one's for you. This free gothic bookish stickers printable set is a moody little love letter to every woman who reads with a raised eyebrow and a raven on her shoulder. Think Victorian…
Continue Reading Gothic Bookish Stickers Dark Academia Junk Journal Sheet - Free Printable
Halloween parties have gotten RIDICULOUS you guys. Pinterest boards full of $300 tablescapes and costumes that cost more than my first car payment. But here's the thing, some of the best Halloween parties I've ever been to (or thrown!) cost next to nothing. It's not about the spend, it's about the VIBE. Here are 13…
Continue Reading 13 Cheap Halloween Party Ideas That Feel Anything But Cheap
Read all my Caregiver Articles!
Natural Living
I am a tree hugging, pescatarian eating, allergy sufferer from way back! With that in mind, I am always looking for natural ways to keep my home clean and our family healthy!
Here are my top posts about natural living:
Read all my Natural Living articles!
Adopting From Foster Care
We adopted our kids from foster care! They are amazing and wonderful, and sometimes a handful to handle because of past trauma.
Here are my best posts about what we learned about adopting from foster care:
Hello, sunshine! Grab your favorite glass of sweet tea, bestie, because today's freebie is pure golden happiness on paper. This set of cute yellow stickers is packed with sunny vintage tags, tickets, and circle stickers in every shade of yellow you can dream up, from soft butter yellow to warm mustard and deep honey gold.…
My mom and Grandma Lilly Mae saved bacon grease like it was a competitive sport. Butter was for bread. EVERYTHING else got the bacon fat treatment! It lived in an old Maxwell House coffee can right by the stove, no lid, refilled every single time we cooked bacon. Turns out that old fashioned habit was…
Continue Reading Why Our Moms Saved Bacon Grease (and How To Use It Now)
Growing up in the '70s and '80s in northwestern Pennsylvania, "salad" at a church potluck was a beautiful lie. You'd walk down that folding table lined with casserole dishes and Tupperware, and nestled right between the deviled eggs and somebody's green bean casserole would be a bowl of something sweet, pink-ish, and fluffy - and…
Continue Reading Old Fashioned Millionaire Cranberry Salad - Creamy and Bright Flavor
I LOVE a fun and easy fudge recipe! Growing up, making fudge felt like a whole day event. Double boilers. Candy thermometers. Hovering over the stove like you were defusing a bomb. (One wrong move and it was grainy, and nobody wanted that!) So you can imagine how happy this Chocolate Caramel Fudge makes me.…
Continue Reading Chocolate Caramel Fudge Recipe (Easy Salted Caramel Swirl Fudge)
If you've ever wandered into a candlelit library at midnight in your dreams and thought "yep, this is my aesthetic," bestie, this one's for you. This free gothic bookish stickers printable set is a moody little love letter to every woman who reads with a raised eyebrow and a raven on her shoulder. Think Victorian…
Continue Reading Gothic Bookish Stickers Dark Academia Junk Journal Sheet - Free Printable
Halloween parties have gotten RIDICULOUS you guys. Pinterest boards full of $300 tablescapes and costumes that cost more than my first car payment. But here's the thing, some of the best Halloween parties I've ever been to (or thrown!) cost next to nothing. It's not about the spend, it's about the VIBE. Here are 13…
Continue Reading 13 Cheap Halloween Party Ideas That Feel Anything But Cheap