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Making a Dye-Free Strawberry Jello Mold

December 19, 2025by MidwestMattieLeave a Comment on Making a Dye-Free Strawberry Jello Mold
Making a Dye-Free Strawberry Jello Mold

Hello, friends! I'm really wanting to be more active on here. It's a creative outlet that I really enjoy and with me not really using social media any longer, it makes me still feel social. With all that being said, I tried my hand at making a Jello mold last night. As a child, I [...]

food, homemaking

I Found the Yummiest Chicken Parm Recipe

October 17, 2025by MidwestMattieLeave a Comment on I Found the Yummiest Chicken Parm Recipe
I Found the Yummiest Chicken Parm Recipe

Hi, friends! I just finished eating dinner and it was so darn tasty, I wanted to share the recipe! I paired it with a chickpea Caesar salad (just a salad mix from Meijer!) and a biscuit (the kind that come in the tube — they’re so tasty to me!). I didn’t have any fresh basil, [...]

DIY PROJECTS, SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Attempting Visible Mending

September 7, 2025by MidwestMattieLeave a Comment on Attempting Visible Mending
Attempting Visible Mending

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 [...]

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Tending to Our Treasures.

May 10, 2025by MidwestMattieLeave a Comment on Tending to Our Treasures.
Tending to Our Treasures.

Hello, friends! Another old draft revisited. This one is from 2019! Hard to believe that it's been six years since then. Boy, does time fly! This draft was pretty sparse, but I love the idea of it, so I thought I'd expound on it. There are treasures that we find, that did not begin their [...]

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What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Book Review

May 4, 2025by MidwestMattieLeave a Comment on What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Book Review
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty Book Review

Hello, friends! Back with another book review. Let me start by saying this book was SO good. What Alice Forgot follows Alice Love, a 29 year old woman pregnant for the first time, but wait… is she? After a fall at the gym, Alice is told that she is not pregnant, nor is she 29 [...]

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