KEEPING SANE AFTER A HURRICANE

We interrupt my already lacking blog posts of experiences to report live from Tampa Bay. Hurricane Irma passed six days ago and life has mostly returned to normal. In fact, once more the Indian mound blessings have prevented Tampa Bay from natural disaster. Hurricane? We got this. Sewage problems or over-controlled Republican conferences? The Indian…

150 MORE DAYS: DIY SAVE-THE-DATES

New experiences and eczema aren’t the only things dominating my cranium these days. I’m getting married and planning for this affair has become another full-time job (except it’s the opposite of making money) I want to share my ‘homemade’ Save-The-Date postcard. With so many wedding expenses, we wanted to cut wherever possible. Thankfully, we did…

HOMEMADE, CHEAP ECZEMA REMEDIES… AND R.I.P. GLUTEN

ARGGHH the itchiness. It feels soooo good to scratch but Make it stop! Make it stop! I’m currently one week into my two-week, no-steroid-cream period and my skin has already declared a mutiny. With every brush I can see tiny deserters flaking off in dry waves. I’m uncomfortable and gloomy. To sadden matters the first…

TRANSFORM THAT REUSABLE GROCERY BAG

The big, beige ALDI grocery bag stared back at me; a lifeless piece of cloth. Another day had passed with it hauling vegetables and sauces to my door. It was begging to be renewed. Why can’t I look like some fashionable-wannabe diva while reaching for the tomato sauce? I got inspired from this awesome Guacamole-recipe-toting…