A yummy and super easy cheesecake! A cheesecake in the slow cooker, in fact. I like using the slow cooker for an “oven” because it is environmentally friendly. The crockpot is much smaller than the oven, so uses less energy, and does not heat up the kitchen. It takes a bit of trial and error […]
Crockpot Chicken N Dressing
Eating healthy is not difficult. Small changes make the biggest difference. Limiting carbs has gone a long way toward our goal of eating more healthy meals. If I had cooked a meal like this before it would have included the meat with potatoes or rice plus dressing and a starchy vegetable like corn. Now we […]
Solving the wrong problem
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago . . . . Whenever I wanted to hang some pictures or fasten down a piece of renegade trim it took forever! Rummaging around in the garage for nails, tape measure, hammer. Shoving stuff around on a crowded shelf, unseen little boxes of little nails would […]
How to ride a Segway
What better birthday gift for Wheels than more wheels?! This time they were only rented, but what an awesome morning! We drove the fifteen miles to Downtown Columbus and met our tour guide, Dave. He outfitted us with helmets wired with speakers and marched us outside He unleashed his Segway from the outlet where it […]
Green onions and Pinterest
I recently signed up for a Pinterest account and am in love! What a fantastic concept: Allow people to save ideas discovered as they surfed the web, by pinning pictures of them to a virtual bulletin board. And make it possible to sort those ideas by having multiple bulletin boards for different topics. Then […]
Blushing Peach Pie
“Peach pie is my favorite.” Wheels didn’t tell me that until we had been married for at least eight years. Apparently, Wheels believes new information keeps marriage fresh because he springs this kind of stuff on me every once in a while. Come to find out his mom and sisters made wonderful peach pie that […]
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!