Go Pack Go! (*a bookmark buster)

*Bookmark buster is a series in which I will try to tackle all the patterns, recipes, crafts and decorations in my book marks!

We are going camping this weekend! Finally....now that summer is over oh well.  We are headed to John Day, OR for my family's annual hunting trip.  This is a trip I made with my family from infant to preteen.  At the age 13 or so I decided I was too cool to miss school.  Now I am trying to show my daughter what is is like to go.  The biggest thing I missed was all the family that gathers there just to hang out.  My dad's aunts and uncles and their offspring, many of which that have their own little ones now.  I am hoping to get some great pictures of camp life and will share them with you next week when I get back.

But for now I want to share with you the great fleece pants I am making for her so she will be toasty warm when the sun goes down.
I used the pattern and tutorial from Make it and Love it. Super tute!  So easy to follow and just look at the results!

Good and Tasty Tuesday: Vegetarian and Gluten Free!

I love making new dishes from leftovers!

Onion, cauliflower, black beans and left over brown rice.

Guest Post: Ask5for5

Guest Blogger: Sarah Lenssen from #Ask5for5
Family photos by Mike Fiechtner Photography

Thank you, Just So Parenting and nearly 150 other bloggers from around the world for allowing me to share a story with you today, during Social Media Week.

{this moment}

This moment is inspired by Soule Mama

oh no not more pictures!

Good and Tasty Tuesday: Tomatoes & Tuna

Yay! Yummy food!  Most times it is a pain throwing together something for lunch since it is just me eating it most of the time.  But you do get bored of the same old thing so it is nice to have fresh(er) ingredients in the house to do something new!

I took a couple of tomatoes (that I am suppose to be canning) and a jar of my newly canned tuna and magic happened.  Just a quick concoction to satisfy those taste buds!

Here I am

I really am alive!  I promise.  I have been away and back and away and just plain out of it.  No real good excuses just blah.  So after gentle prodding from a friend I promise I will be back tomorrow with a new Good and Tasty Tuesday.  And I will also be posting later this week what has been keeping me busy (when I am actually doing anything).  Thank you all for reading and commenting. Here is a cute picture of my daughter to make you forget my absence.

Christmas time at the coast we spotted the rare Pacific Sea Monster!

Yarn (or my other addiction)

While running around to every single store in town that has yarn (there are 4) I discovered a few things about myself and my stash and my yarn stores. BTW I was looking for enough yarn to make this for a friend.

1. The local yarn shop is not fully stocked in the middle of summer and only has dark and light but no medium grays.
2. You get what you pay for also applies to circular needles, I chose the >$6 pair and they are already catching on one side. 
3. Even annoying catching circular needles are faster than double pointed needles.
4. Just when you think their can't be anything new in yarn you find this on  the shelf.
   
   
   
   
   http://www.sugarncream.com/product.php?LGC=sugarncreamscents  That is right scented yarn!! It comes in 7 scents.  I actually carried the lavender one around with me while I looked at everything else.  But I couldn't bring myself to buy it when I could just put lavender in with my yarn at home.
5. Yarns I bought several years ago might not be made out of wool like I remembered them being....
6. Sometimes good things come to those who wait...I found the medium gray I was looking for at the last store on sale for $2 less than all the other stores.
7. I can get myself into trouble just looking at yarn.  Oh the ideas in my head.

So do you have a great yarn shop in you home town?  And would you buy vanilla or lavender scented yarn?