This last week in my journey to a healthier life presented a few challenges. Our town was devastated by a macroburst, we unexpectedly lost power for four days and relocated to my parents’ house, school has been cancelled since last Wednesday and at least for one more day tomorrow (making it a total of five […]
Lessons I've Learned
DIY Repurposed Window Picture Frame — Easy, Cute, and Inexpensive
A couple weeks ago I saw a bunch of old windows for sale on a Facebook tag sale site. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them, and I offered the guy selling them $3 a piece for the whole lot. He agreed, and I got a whole bunch of them. I knew […]
The 2018 Macroburst
As it turns out, the storm we got here on Tuesday was not a tornado. It was a macroburst. What the hell is a macroburst and how is it different from a tornado? Good question. I had never heard of a macroburst before. Here’s what it is according to the University of Google: So a […]
11 Manageable Meal Prepping Tips To Save You Time, Money And Brain Power
Meal prep is one of those things that can seem daunting at first, but in reality it will make your life easier in more than one way if you can manage to make it a part of your routine. While it’s a little bit of an investment on the front end, on the back end […]
Grammy And Papa’s House
We are on day two of no power and day two of no school since a tornado or macroburst or whatever the heck it was came through and completely destroyed our town. It will still be a while before power is restored to our town, so we are at my parents’ indefinitely. And that’s fine […]
We’re Definitely Not In Kansas Anymore
When you live in Connecticut, you are used to snowstorms and blizzards and the occasional hurricane. But when there is a warning about the potential for a tornado, it’s kind of like getting a blizzard warning when you live in Florida. Tornadoes don’t generally happen here. So yesterday morning when I checked the weather on […]
