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    What I Made

    Making Rope Coasters with the Husband and College-Age Kids–A Successful Family Project

    October 8, 2023 /

    I was so pleased that my family (myself, husband, and college age kids) enjoyed spending time together creating citrus rope coasters.

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    Dragon Fruit

    Dragon Fruit–Trying a New (to us) Fruit

    February 6, 2019

    Reverse Tie-Dye–Family Fun Creating Coordinated Sweats!

    January 3, 2021
    Here are the long Japanese eggplant which I found at my local farmers' market.

    Japanese Eggplant

    September 28, 2019
  • What I Did,  What I Made

    Reverse Tie-Dye–Family Fun Creating Coordinated Sweats!

    January 3, 2021 /

    Each year for Hanukkah, I try to plan family activities on some of the eight nights.  When the activity involves making something, you get an added bonus at the end!  This year, I decided that my family would do a reverse tie-dye project.  Instead of having Christmas jammies, we would create Hanukkah sweats!  Between winter in Chicagoland and the fact that we are all spending more time at home, sweats seemed like a perfect option.  After looking at multiple posts, I honestly just decided to pick the parts that seemed easiest and most doable and went from there.  I could watch videos and find posts about using bleach for reverse…

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    Inner trim panel of the door removed to allow access to the broken car handle assembly

    Trapped! (aka Broken Car Door Handle)

    August 15, 2019
    The chips, dips, and popcorn bar in all of their delicious glory!

    Graduation Party DIY Style!

    June 7, 2023
    The show we came to see was on the marquee, too.

    “Whose Live Anyway?” at the Genesee Theatre

    October 16, 2019

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