Hello! Allow me to introduce myself… I’m Sarah, a 30-something newlywed, loving life in South Minneapolis. My husband, Lee, and I live in a cute little 1926 bungalow and love living in our urban neighborhood! Follow along on our adventures in Minneapolis as we constantly renovate and re-decorate our home, discover new spots in and around the Twin Cities and settle into married life. It’s sure to be a crazy ride!
1200+ thumbtacks. 200+ sewing pins. 3 push-ins. 1 long blog post. Seems only fitting that my Pinterest Challenge projects involve tons upon tons of actual pins! Last week I posted my first blog post in awhile (you can catch up here), spurred on by The Pinterest Challenge issued by the crazy ladies from Young House Love, Bower Power, […]
Hello Blog readers (all 4 of you)! I apologize for my lengthly absence around these parts… lots of things got in the way of blogging: my day job (which sometimes turns into a night job, too), visiting family & friends, house organizing, cleaning, laundry, gardening and, well, I guess just Life. And, I can admit, there […]
It might seem like this is a post about making homemade strawberry rhubarb jam. And, while this IS a post about making strawberry rhubarb jam, it’s also a post about how I channeled my dearly-departed Grandma Mary. See, Grandma Mary was the maker-of-all-things-sweet in my family. She made an ok hotdish (yes, we’re from Minnesota – […]
I’m finding that the older I get, the more I crave the simple things from my childhood. A garden full of veggies, home-grilled meals, homemade jam… I grew up in a small town, on a large lot at the edge of town with a corn field behind the yard. We had a huge garden for […]
It all began at Costco. This spring, L convinced me to give up my Costco virginity and life hasn’t been the same since. I’ve discovered Popchips! and Duggar-family sized pork chop packages… and, I fell in love with and had to have this fabulous, gigantic terra-cotta planter for the front steps: As you’ll see in a […]
