My Bucket List

• Give birth at home 11.21.16
• Become a doula
• Visit Sri Lanka
• Own and wear a Sari
• Yarn bomb
• Run in a 5K
• Publish a book
• Make a vlog and post it
• Go on a romantic getaway
• Ride an elephant
• Convert a school bus into a skoolie
• Cross country road trip
• Visit my birth place of Moldova
• Build a house
• Walk in Central Park
• Visit the 9/11 Memorial
• Times Square at night
• Liberty Island
• Ellis Island
• Shower under a waterfall
• Take a photography class
• Parasail
• Go backpacking
• Surprise someone
• Volunteer 06.29.18
• Learn self defense 04.15.18
• Stand up to a bully 2021
• Go on a random trip with no destination
• Have a picnic somewhere unexpected 
• Visit a castle
• Go on vacation alone
• Design and sew a wedding dress
• Sew a piece of clothing completely by hand
• Build a piece of furniture
• Take an underwater selfie
• Be proposed to 09.17.2023

Fathers Day 2016

     This year for fathers day I decided for another diy project and made Mr. Chickadee this fun sign and he loved it!

How we keep our home clean....

     You may remember me trying the Fly Lady Method, here, here, and here, to clean my home, but you may also remember that it didn't work .. So I have been following (more or less) a new method of keeping up with the plethora of chores. I went to pinterest for help of course and found many different ways. The one method I liked the most is where all the chores are broken down into daily chores, different chores for each day, and alternate chores done on different weeks. This way I am not overwhelmed with trying to figure out what needs to be done and when.. not to mention I don't have to do it all in one day!

There are several different schedules out there,
but I wrote my own to fit our own needs

 

Banner Update

You may have noticed the new blog banner; it has been refreshed and updated!

     Only this time, I created it all by myself!! I used my Photoshop Elements 12 and I have to say, I am quite proud of myself! Now, it's not that I didn't like the ones that were designed for me, but no one could design exactly how I wanted it to a tee... not to mention how much fun I had playing around with it all! Or that now I can add chickadees as needed ♥

When the baby is born, the egg will hatch and a baby chickadee will be added..

Love that I can update it as needed ♥

Chocolate Sausage

What? You've never heard of or had chocolate sausage?

You're missing out!!!

      I'm going to tell you right now that this is not a healthy-good-for-you dessert, but it is oh so good for your taste buds!! So I make it maybe once or twice a year.. balance haha!