just living my best life in the midwest.
Hello, friends! Happy Sunday! I decided to try something new today -- visible mending. My much-loved pajama pants (7-8 ish years old) finally got a hole in them. In situations such as this, it's like in the old cartoons where the character has an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. The [...]
Hello, friends! Welcome back to my little corner of the internet. Today's post is a simple one, but I wanted to highlight something positive in the world -- free libraries. It's so easy to focus on the negative, and I am certainly guilty of this, so I want to focus on something positive. I live [...]
Hello, friends! I am a voracious reader, so it might be surprising to hear that prior to Joyland, the only Stephen King book that I had ever read was Thinner. So, when I went to the library thinking that I wanted to try a King book, it truly was a completely random selection. I chose [...]
Hi, friends! In my last post, I believe I mentioned that I've been shopping at Aldi, as of late. I love that they are so affordable and have many organic options that are even cheaper than some non-organic options at other stores. When we switched from Meijer to Aldi, we began saving SO much money. [...]
Hi, friends! How are you, today? I've been in a little bit of a rut when it comes to cooking lately. It's been so dang hot that I don't want to cook absolutely anything, so for the past few weeks, pre-shredded rotisserie chicken from Aldi has been my lifeline. (It's so tasty! Definitely worth a [...]
Midwest Mattie 