Recipes, Wellness

Dark Chocolate Peppermint Brownies!

I've got a tasty recipe for you! This recipe was kind of an accident... I was making brownies and accidentally used special dark chocolate cocoa powder! I didn't even know dark chocolate cocoa powder was a thing! It was a happy accident because it is delicious! Ingredients:1/2 C Unsalted butter melted1Tbs Cooking Oil1 1/8C sugar… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Peppermint Brownies!

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Simple Bathroom Update

Our bathroom was not the prettiest space in our home. When we bought our house we mentioned wanting to redo the bathroom eventually. But, doing a total bathroom redo is expensive and I was trying to stay busy during quarantine so I decided to start slowly sprucing up the bathroom. Before I wanted to do… Continue reading Simple Bathroom Update

Backyard Chickens, DIY

Building the Coop (pt 2)

Let's see, where did part one leave off? The walls! As I said in part one, we went a little overboard on the structure of these walls. But hey, I wanted to make sure no predators could get in unless they had an axe. In our coop design we had about a quarter of the… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 2)

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DIY Hanging Planters

I got plants! I don't have the greenest thumb so I usually avoid getting house plants or potted plants. However, one day I was sitting on my couch looking across the room at one of my fake house plants and was overwhelmed with a wish that they were real... Seems like a weird thing to… Continue reading DIY Hanging Planters

DIY, Wellness

Nontoxic Bug Repellent

Have you checked the ingredients? That's the first thing I do now! The most popular active ingredients in bug repellant have been linked to neurotoxicity, memory loss, headaches and even seizures? I don't want to spray any of those chemicals onto my body, do you?