The Earth Day Compost Heap

The Earth Day Compost Heap

I have other plans for tomorrow's Earth Day post (with a giveaway) if I can finish it up in time. So I'm doing an earth day round up today. A little bit of this, a little bit of that - kind of like my compost pile. Garbage Day We cleaned ...

FIMBY's new look

FIMBY's new look

I'm not exactly sure how many people read my blog via a reader (does anyone know how to figure that number out?) so I wanted to make an announcement so everyone would know that FIMBY has a logo. I'd be so happy if you decided to check it out (unless ...

Future unknown

Future unknown

At heart she's a homemaker. All she ever really wanted was a husband, a home and babies to call her own. Deep down he's a visionary and adventurer. But he's also a provider, protector and steadier than steady. Her heart and dreams are wrapped up in this man. He is ...

Garden pretty

Garden pretty

This time of the year is all about gardening. Yesterday was spent in the kitchen garden (when I wasn't helping kiddos with sewing projects, babysitting slugs named Peanut Butter and preparing meals). Unfortunately the garden as whole doesn't photograph very well right now; there's not much growing. But if you ...

A softer & greener "time of the month"

A softer & greener "time of the month"

Menstrual Cups For about one year now I've been using a menstrual cup during my period. It took me the longest time to figure out these things even existed, which is why I'm writing about it. The more women who know about this, the better. I'm not sure what originally ...

Pond study

Pond study

These photos are almost 2 weeks old now, hence the snow in the background. At the time I wanted to write a little "pond study" post to go along with them but then thought how fun it would be to collaborate with Mariah at Playful Learning. Her educational blog posts ...

My husband saves the day

My husband saves the day

I knew I didn't marry this man just for his beautiful (full of optimism & mirth) blue eyes. Well maybe I did, but he's come in handy for more than just his positive outlook on life. And this afternoon he came through for me again. After my post earlier today ...