I love fall! I love the leaves changing, the cooler weather, and pumpkins! I love looking at pumpkin displays along the road and at the farmers market. Seeing the different ways they grow and the uniqueness of them all is so neat! I’m sitting here on a snowy day the week before Thanksgiving. While it is still indeed fall, it…
One of my favorite summer drinks is sun tea! We don’t have it every day, but once in a while, I’ll brew some in a mason jar on the sidewalk. The weather has been warming up, so I’ve been getting the itch to do summer things. I recently thought of this self-proclaimed genius idea: fruit infused sun tea! A while…
This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details. Shhhhh! I’m releasing a secret a little early! I always make something with my students for Mother’s Day, and this year I wanted to post about it beforehand to give others some ideas! So, moms of my students, you have two choices: don’t read this until after…
This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details. With Mother’s Day soon approaching, I thought it might be helpful to post some ideas for gifts! I know this gift may not apply to all moms, but with the growing popularity of essential oils, I think these may be a safe bet for a lot of…
Our garden planning is beginning to be underway! Each spring, since we’ve moved into our new house, we plant a rather substantial garden in our backyard. The previous owners already had a space prepared, so we just use that area for our garden as well. Even though it is in our backyard, it is visible from the road in front…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please see our Disclosure Policy for details.** Every winter, I coach our school’s archery middle and high school archery teams with my friend and assistant coach at my side. It is time-consuming, but I thoroughly enjoy helping the kids learn to shoot and finding success! Each year, I have given the 12th graders of the…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details.** For my birthday, a dear friend gave me a lava bead diffuser bracelet from Vitality Extracts. She had to explain it to me because I had never seen anything like that before! This bracelet had 7 colorful beads on it, along with the lava beads. My friend…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details.** A little over a year ago, I began using essential oil face cleanser and I haven’t looked back since! I began by using a face wash I purchased from a company, and I really liked it. I then decided to attempt to mix up my own. I used…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details.** I am not always faithful about running my essential oil diffuser. But when I do get it started, I love the way it makes our sunroom smell! (We call it a sunroom, but it’s really a sitting room in the back of the house that the former…
This post contains affiliate links. Please refer to our Disclosure Policy for details. Sometimes, our shoes stink. We may not want to admit it, but they do. No one likes to walk around in smelly shoes. And your family may not like it that much either! My husband’s dress shoes have recently developed an unpleasant odor. He has good Under…