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Hi friend! Happy Friday!  I’m so looking forward to this weekend!  It feels like the first weekend that we’re truly starting to get settled into our new home.  Brian and I are working on getting things hung and installed and that feels great to get those little things done. I’d been having Internet issues and had the provider out twice to get it working properly.  They  recommended that I use the Google Wifi Mesh to help boost the router so fingers crossed that helps! Today is a brand new Amazon fashion haul and I have Amazon home decor faves at...

by Aimee A simple recipe for Paska, a traditional Ukrainian bread that is baked in a tin and served during the Easter season. As some of you may know, my family has a rich Ukrainian heritage. My maternal grandparents were born in Ukraine, but grew up on the Canadian Prairies. My Baba indelibly influenced my homesteading practices, including home canning, batch cooking, gardening and more. As this horrible war on our motherland unfolds, my family and I are advocating, praying, donating and believing for a peaceful end soon. Each day I continue to bear witness to the war on Ukraine...

Take your summer pasta salads up a notch with gluten free gnocchi and blistered veggies! Quick and easy to make, this Gluten Free Gnocchi Pasta Salad is full of flavor and can be served hot, at room temp, or cold for every occasion. Make it ahead of time for weeknight dinners, picnics, and more!  Pin this recipe for later! Sponsored by our friends at DeLallo and their gluten free gnocchi and part of our Minimal Ingredient March series, this Gluten Free Gnocchi Pasta Salad is made with fresh produce and hearty gluten free gnocchi for a tasty pesto pasta salad...

Learn how to make a puff pastry apple tart with this easy recipe and step-by-step photos. You can use frozen pre-rolled puff pastry sheets from your local bakery or grocery store. This is a slab tart that is cut into squares to serve. Puff pastry apple tarts are my favourite. They are so easy to make, especially if you can get sheets of frozen puff pastry that are already conveniently rolled out. A French apple tart made with puff pastry is also called "tarte fine aux pommes" because it is a slab tart, fairly thin, made with thin slices of...

Your home is your castle. So if you want to install a huge window in your street-facing toilet, by all means, go for it. Just keep in mind that not only your neighbors, but the entire internet might shame your decision. Plus, selling a property with, let's call them, extravagant features can be tricky. To learn more about people's architectural whims, Reddit user OuterSpacewaysInc made a post on the platform, asking construction workers to share stories about all the secret rooms and other strange compartments they had to build for the owners. Turns out, plenty of folks have secrets they...