Every summer, my family takes a trip up to Raymond B. Winter State Park, located in central Pennsylvania. This year was particularly special since my Pap celebrated his 90th birthday this July! He and my Nana always enjoy going up to R.B. Winter to spend the day in nature with their family. From little on up, we have referred to…
Lately, I’ve been doing a variety YouTube workouts each morning. There are more than a plethora of videos available so sorting through to find something you enjoy can be time-consuming and tedious. A while back, I wrote a post about finding workout videos on YouTube. Since then, I have discovered some new channels and I wanted to share them with…
When we moved into our current house, I took one look at the living room and knew that it could be a beautifully decorated Americana room! I’ve wanted an Americana room for years! So I slowly accumulated some rustic decorations and began transforming this room into what I’ve always dreamed of. We started discussing painting some rooms upstairs, and that…
This post may be slightly more comical than it is helpful! At the beginning of the last school year, a friend and colleague of mine found this pattern for an adorable computer bag on Pinterest. She sewed her own, and it turned out so cute! I pinned the post, bought this super cute quilted material at JoAnn Fabric, and then…
A few weekends ago, while we were visiting family in Virginia, we stopped at Wendy’s for lunch. One of their featured drinks in the summer is lemonade. This gave me an idea. I wanted to make my own homemade, freshly squeezed lemonade. And while I’m at it, I’d like to make berry lemonade too! (Since I’ve been experimenting with fruit-infused…
Last weekend, we went to visit my husband’s brother and family in Virginia. Before we came down, we did a little research about what we wanted to do and see when we were in their area. I really had no idea what was around them, so Google I did! The thing that really caught my eye was the Manassas Civil…
Every few years, we take our Kindergarten through 2nd grade students to Lake Tobias Wildlife Park outside of Halifax, Pennsylvania. Last week, we loaded up our kids on a bus and went on an adventure! I’ve been to Lake Tobias a few times as a child, and twice as a teacher, and as we were walking around and exploring, I…
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…
One year ago today, I started this little blog! I am amazed that I made it this long, actually! But I am so proud of myself for sticking it out! As a celebration, I would like to share some of the things I’ve learned in a year of blogging. I have to make my life interesting so I have interesting…
A little while ago, as I was driving up a road I don’t travel frequently, I saw a wreath made of flip flops hanging on the side of someone’s house. Initially, I had mixed feelings about the concept. But, for some reason, I couldn’t get that wreath out of my mind! So, I went cruising Pinterest to see if I…