Harder than it sounds when you have to carry your own soap…. PEG is in almost every hand soap on the market. I first tried a version of foaming soap that included additional oils for moisture (I used sweet almond oil or fractionated coconut oil), but I found it required the soap to be shaken… Continue reading Wash your hands
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Old Dog, New Tricks
By now, most of the people in our circles know our goofy pitsky mix, Karma. She'll be 9 years old in about a week and while she has slowed down with age, the goofiness she has exhibited since we rescued her hasn't ever really left her. Sometimes this goofiness has been sleeping in every weird… Continue reading Old Dog, New Tricks
Guinea Pig Sleeping Bags
I love my wee piggie. She's funny and adorable when she eats and makes me laugh when she squeaks for food. But she has this one little habit that I'm not so fond of: She pees on me.Sadly, for all their wonderful qualities, guinea pigs aren't really potty-trainable. (Some claim that their pigs are potty… Continue reading Guinea Pig Sleeping Bags
Guinea Piggies are the Best Piggies! and No-sew cage liner instructions
This fall, we added a guinea pig to our family. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already noticed... Tia has been a wonderful addition and we love her!It was love at first nuzzle.Almost immediately, I began looking for a less dusty, more eco-friendly way to keep her cage clean. While, yes, she… Continue reading Guinea Piggies are the Best Piggies! and No-sew cage liner instructions
Another Bullet Journal Convert
In the past, I had tried to be a journaler, which I abandoned when I went through a dry spell, got too busy or bored myself with 'more of the same' entries when I made myself write every day. I had a foray into being a Highly Effective Person complete with the planner than weighed more… Continue reading Another Bullet Journal Convert
Donita2018 – Sustain
My word for 2018 is 'sustain'. If you're thinking that 'sustain' and 'maintain' are very similar words, you'd be right. I like the direction we've both been moving and the direction things have taken for us (it's not without setbacks or disappointments, but you'll have that...). When I was looking for verbs that I could… Continue reading Donita2018 – Sustain
Donita2017 Reflection
My theme for 2017 was to "Maintain My Groovy Self". Maintaining what we've been working towards the last few years proved more challenging than we anticipated when I chose this focus. But I'm so glad that we did. Because we didn't have crazy ambitious goals and timelines in our minds, we were better able to… Continue reading Donita2017 Reflection
Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late
Well, since it's halfway through August, it only makes sense that I finally give you an update on how spring went, right?Q2 kicked my butt - I'm not even gonna try to be nice about it. It was rough. I was so ready for it to be over, it's not even funny. There were a… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late
Chez Westy – Living Room
The living room was ugly. REALLY UGLY.I mean it. Look.View as you enter from the front doorThe main part of the living roomThe far end of the living roomLiving room view into kitchen/ dining roomSeriously ugly. The carpet was likely original (nearly 20 years old... cringe), the walls were that lovely flat beige Kroger bag… Continue reading Chez Westy – Living Room
Chez Westy – Fireplace Remodel
Remember how dated the fireplace was?Big block ceramic tile. a mantle that wasn't even as wide as the tile around the fireplace (that we discovered wasn't mounted properly and shouldn't have been weight-bearing at ALL),... I don't have a closer-up photo, because it was just so bad.This is after we took down the sketchy mantle… Continue reading Chez Westy – Fireplace Remodel
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