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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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    I sprinkled a little bit of cocoa powder on top prior to serving. This was as good as if not better than any tiramisu I have had in a restaurant!

    Tiramisu–I Can Hardly Believe That I Now Know How to Make Tiramisu!

    October 23, 2019
    I am very pleased with how this turned out!

    Mosaic Birdhouse

    September 2, 2019
    Before and after a flip

    Steak 101

    June 9, 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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    The show we came to see was on the marquee, too.

    “Whose Live Anyway?” at the Genesee Theatre

    October 16, 2019
    I am ready to bring some music into your lives!

    My First DJ Lesson!

    February 18, 2020
    Some of the paint blending magic. Oooohhh!

    Walk, Sweat, and Paint

    July 20, 2019

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