Author Archives: cathyboettner

When we moved to this house, we still had the farm, and still had to keep up both yards and landscaping. We knew that eventually, we would lose the storage at the farm and would need somewhere to store the mowers, leaf blower, weed eater, spreaders, sprayers, and all the other garden implements. I knewContinue reading “The Shed”

This is not the healthiest breakfast, but if you’re in a hurry, it is a good substitute for a granola bar, or especially a Pop Tart. These cookies pack a protein punch with loads of peanut butter and eggs, and also lots of fiber since they don’t contain any flour, only oatmeal. They are sturdyContinue reading “Breakfast on the Go–Two!”

I’m going to do a series of breakfasts that are easy to take with you to your designated work location. These are some of our family favorites. Breakfast Number One: Mike has been eating High Protein Nutella Granola with Vanilla Greek Yogurt for months. Because the majority of the granola is nuts and/or seeds, itContinue reading “Breakfast on the Go!”

2020 has been a tough year for us. We lost our dear neighbor, despite Mike and Chris’ valiant efforts at CPR. We also said goodbye to our two dogs, Delilah in the summer, and just a few weeks ago, our sweet Charlotte. Chris didn’t get to enjoy a proper graduation ceremony after finishing a BSMEContinue reading “Goodbye and Good Riddance 2020!”

2020 has been a tough year for a lot of people. Even if your employment or your health (or that of your loved ones) haven’t been affected, it’s been a stressful year. We’ve missed sharing time with friends and family and celebrating life’s big events with one another. At times, we’ve had way too muchContinue reading “Merry Christmas!”

It’s been such a weird year, and the holidays are definitely no exception. We wanted to put together some holiday arrangements for family, friends and neighbors since we can’t have our normal gatherings. I started with flower arranging foam–that will hold water to keep them fresh, and then added greenery that I clipped from aroundContinue reading “Making Christmas presents….”

I had a lot more ideas for tables, so today is a bonus content day with 8 more tables. It was really fun coming up with all these ideas and sharing them with you. I have one of the tables from this series of holiday tables that I am planning to use for our ChristmasContinue reading “The 12 Days of Holiday Tables–Day Twelve (Bonus Content)”

I collect handblown glass ornaments when we travel, and we have ended up with a lot of blue ones which inspired this Blue Christmas table. I started with a medium blue runner and added a low ceramic tray (that I usually have on the coffee table to corral remote controls) with flameless candles, artificial greeneryContinue reading “The 12 Days of Holiday Tables–Day Eleven”

I started this table with a rustic table runner with green, reds, and blue stripes on an off white/beige background. I added my large Woof N Poof Santas, a handmade Santa, a little Swedish gnome, and a German incense burning Santa. I surrounded them with artificial greenery topped with the wooden bead garland, and theContinue reading “The 12 Days of Holiday Tables–Day Ten”

I noticed that I had a lot of large bear ornaments which inspired this Beary Merry Christmas table. I started with the navy and embroidered snowflake runner, and began with Chris’s and my childhood teddy bears, and then added some handmade felted black bear ornaments, two Stieff polar bears, and a couple of overstuffed whiteContinue reading “The 12 Days of Holiday Tables–Day Nine”