For the past 12 years I’ve taken the last two weeks of December off. It’s been a time of self-reflection, mood regulation, stress relief, and away to ensure I enter the new year with a fresh mindset.
Therapy Cardigan
My Therapy Cardigan, right front completed, left front started.
Learning to Sew: First Piece of Clothing – Pajama Pants
I recently started learning how to sew. I started with hemming fleece blankets, moved onto sewing together fleece to create blankets, and now pajama pants. My first attempt. Not bad! Now I have cozy pants to lounge about in. 🙂
Fall in New England, 2022 Edition
How do I describe the past few weeks and the ones coming up? Whirlwind. The weekends have been perfect fall weather; I’ve spent time with good friends and besties, and I’ve reminded myself why I’m a crafter and a damn decent human being. This weekend was the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. I got […]
Backyard Project, Phase 1
Having moved into my house in 2021, I knew that there were going to be updates to the property that I wanted to make. This year I decided to tackle the backyard. I had hired a landscaper to mulch and weed the front yard, and after seeing the great job that was done, I asked […]
My Natural Hair Journey: The Beginning
Back in January I decided it was time to start my natural hair journey. I had been thinking about it for awhile, especially since I had started to see the damage being done by having chemically processed it for so long. See, I had been processing my hair with chemicals since I was 12. The […]
BEYA STEM Conference
Visiting Washington D.C. for a STEM conference, I found a local place called ‘Gin Joint’. Open for Happy Hour from 4:30 pm to 7 pm (open for normal business until 10 on weekdays, and 11 on weekends), their extensive list of gin is impressive. They have 100 gins to choose from; dry, citrus, floral, etc, with 8 types of […]
Ireland 2018, Day 3, Part 1: Slea Head Drive
Woke up early to go for a run, which isn’t unusual for me back home, but I didn’t know how I would do here in Dingle. It was amazing. I got out of the house just as the sun had crested over the mountains, and it lit everything in a golden hue, making the fields […]
Ireland 2018, Day 2: A Day in Dingle Town
The rain cleared out overnight, and I awoke to a beautiful partly cloudy day. I slept in, mostly because my body couldn’t figure out that we needed to awake. Feeling lazy, I dragged myself out of bed, admonishing myself that I couldn’t sleep the day away because there were things to see and do. First […]