Hi! I’m Charlene!
Welcome to A Pinch of Joy! 
Just as a shake of salt or a bit of herb enhances the flavor of our food, joy enhances all the flavors of our life. It brings me joy to find new ideas and inspiration for body, mind and soul and to share what I find. And then to get things done! I love gardens, color, organization and whimsy. I have a big stack of recipes to try and favorites to share. Garage sales and coupons, hammer and screwdriver, paint chips and scaffolding, spatula and freezer, computer and camera are my tools.
I started this blog one cold winter day way because I wanted to learn something new. Blogging and all the computer techie stuff and behind the scenes support it takes was certainly new! And did I ever learn a lot before I hit publish the following August, way back in 2011! Since then I learned way, way more than I ever expected! How to install crown molding. How to cook without a kitchen. How to prepare a house for sale and move long distance. How to garden in the shade (old house) and in the sun (new house — still working on it.) I figure it out so you don’t have to. If I can do it, so can you!
When this website started our household included two big guys who also brought me joy. Wheels loved BIG wheels and BIG engines on BIG toys and BIG fleets of them. He had with a rare progressive brain disease and lost the ability to walk or talk. Bytes, our son, and I became family caregivers for his last five years. Our sister website is forfamilycaregivers.org – all the information we needed and didn’t have! Bytes is a computer guru with his own enterprise(s) – who takes care of the really techie stuff for A Pinch of Joy and forfamilycaregivers.
This blog celebrates good eats and shares ideas about home and family and living life to the fullest! If you are a go-getter or an inspiration gatherer, a beginner or a willing to learn one more thing expert — come along as I learn, do and share. We are going to see where this wagon goes! Grab hold and come along for the ride!
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Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!