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    2025 is the year of music

    January 14, 2025

    If 2024 was the year of reading, 2025 is officially the year of music. In 2024, reading was my entire personality. It was my sole source of comfort and a means for escaping with a heaping side of enjoyment thrown in for good measure. I officially read 242 books according to The StoryGraph (with GoodReads clocking me at 258, not sure what the discrepancy was there) and blew my own damn mind. I didn’t know it was even possible to read that many books. Towards the end of December, I started to get bored with reading. I found myself doing…

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    The best yoga channels on YouTube

    January 9, 2025

    With 2025 in full swing and the plethora of new year’s resolutions around exercising (or simply moving your body) more, I thought it would be the perfect time to share a few of my favorites yoga channels and videos. Whenever I’m looking to get back into movement and exercise, yoga is the very first thing I turn to. Probably because there are so many variations and ways to practice. I love how it can be relaxing and restful one day or challenging and holy buckets of sweat inducing the next. Having said that, I find going to yoga class and…

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    If you like Rice Krispie Treats, you’ll love these other cereal bars

    January 6, 2025

    Rice Krispie Treats are the OG cereal bars, no doubt about it. They are simple and delicious and always hit the spot. But they aren’t the only cereal bars in town. A fact I only discovered because wasting food hurts my soul and my kids never at what they say they will eat. The first time that happened, we had a massive box of Rice Chex left over from making Homemade Chex Mix. I legit had no idea what to do with it so I took to Pinterest to see what my options were. I’m not a huge fan of…

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    My newest obsession: sewing with fused plastic bags

    January 2, 2025

    Did you know that fused plastic bags make for wonderful sewing material? I didn’t until recently and I’ve been having so much fun playing around with it. One of my goals for 2025 is to waste less and use more of what I already have on hand. And as much as it pains me to admit, plastic bags are something we always have on hand. As hard as I try to bring reusable grocery bags into the store with me, I can’t (or don’t) always do that. Like, when I do grocery pick-up (or simply forget to put the bags…

  • The cookie scoop is my new favorite kitchen tool

    December 31, 2024

    I never thought having a cookie scoop was a necessary thing. That was, until I got a set and started using them for everything but making cookies. I mean, I have used them for making cookies, it’s just not my preferred use for them. What really drove home the favorite status of the cookie scoop was when I made potato latkes this year for Hanukkah. It was the perfect tool for the job and helped to make the latkes uniform in size, making them cook more evenly. HUZZAH! So this post is an ode to the cookie scoop and all…