all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/afbfzptl/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Steps to Making the Curtains Piecing the Border I used a brick pattern for the border, piecing together from all shades of green. I put a magnetic seam marker on the bed of my sewing machine to ensure even 3/8″ seams. After piecing, I pressed the seams to one side, then topstitched 1/8″ away from …
Hey, a quick update. J. Traveler Pelton of Potpourri publishing interviewed me for her blog. The post should go up tomorrow. I talk about writing, my books (present and future), and words. I like words. The address is travelerpelton.com. Mrs. Pelton has written extensively; she’s published hundreds of articles and stories, and has nine books …
The next book in the Budget-Friendly Living series is well on its way. I used NaNoWriMo for incentive to get the first draft finished. It’s now going through editing, cover design, and formatting. I’ll be publishing it to Kindle and in paperback within a few weeks. Vegetarian Cooking on a Budget discusses all things related …
How to keep warm was something much on my mind this week. We’ve had frost and a couple light snows, and we’ve been battening down the hatches to help us keep warm well ahead of the coldest weather. We learned from last year. Last year winter spent weeks in bitter cold. The temperatures were often …
I’ve been spending November working on the next book in the Living Well on a Budget series – Vegetarian Cooking on a Budget. I’ll be posting some excerpts and related materials as I make progress toward finishing and publishing it. Basic Pancakes (with a lot of ideas for jazzing them up) There are a …
I have extensive experience living on a budget. My parents started teaching us budgeting early, using the envelope method to help us learn to budget our allowances. Mom had me work through an independent living workbook when I hit teenagerhood, and I learned more about real life budgeting. When we got older, we’d have …
The Apron Okay, while I was having a hard time deciding on the piecing for the curtains, I started an apron. And a new project to let my over-thinking it rest helped out, as did showing my husband my three favorites and getting his input. (He does, after all, have to live with the curtains …
My bedroom has plain, dark brown, dull curtains. They are blackout curtains, and were the only ones we were able to find that didn’t clash completely with the rest of the bedroom; we got them when my husband was working nights. I’ve wanted different ones for ages. He’s on dayshift now, so I’ve …
It can be hard to balance the requirements of your job and the other aspects of your life (family, children, spouse, sleep, household management, health, hobbies, friends, and so on). Sometimes Work Is the Tipping Point Sometimes the challenge comes from the difficulty of leaving work at work and keeping firm boundaries around family and …