The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for pajarigirls! Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,500 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that... Continue Reading →
Fire Starters
Usually, our projects are like what we eat: fast, cheap, and easy. This is not one of those. The good news is that it's way simpler than it sounds. It's fast if you have the supplies already and don't have to gather the pine cones now and wait two days for them to thaw, warm,... Continue Reading →
Fast, Cheap, and Easy Ice Candle Ring
Ok, so all my ice-cream buckets are toast. The ice pushed through the bottoms instead of the tops. 😦 And I have yet to master the five gallon bucket or garbage can methods. However, I did have one experiment that turned out great...an ice candle ring. You will need: A bundt pan about three quarts... Continue Reading →
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
It's easier than you might think to forget that snow is delicate. We of the northern climes spend months cursing it, shoveling it, salting, plowing, and bragging/worrying about driving through it. Last night, though, I lay in the snow for a moment, trying to improve my attitude about winter. It only took a few seconds,... Continue Reading →
Purple Statistics
Statistics and Quantitative Analysis are two of the classes that keep me from having a Bachelor's degree. However, the Stats page of my WordPress site is AWESOME. For example, it tells me that the blog has been viewed 3,209 times since I started it in August, 21 so far today and the busiest day had... Continue Reading →
Ice Candle Tutorial
This is northern Minnesota. Bitching Bragging about extreme winterness is in our Nordic DNA. When hell freezes over, Minnesota schools will start 2 hours late. There are four seasons in Minnesota: Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter, and Road Construction. The majority of cars and trucks have block heaters, standard. And on and on... I used... Continue Reading →
Ice Gems/Marbles; How-To-Not-To
Personal Note from The Baby: As the Employee of the Year at Cook Dollar Barn, I feel it is my duty to share not only my successes but also my epic failures. Mistakes are where I learn the most, anyway. And I make plenty of them. You're welcome. Last night's mistake Valuable Learning Experience (VLE)... Continue Reading →
I Hate Pants.
Don't get me wrong. Not all the time. Not every day. Well, usually at SOME point every day, I hate them... Okay, maybe I should clarify that a little. Maybe you fell behind and are raising your hand. By "pants", I mean jeans or slacks. Pajama pants, yoga pants, leggings and long johns don't fall... Continue Reading →
A Foofy Bow Tutorial That’s Fast, Cheap, and Easy
I remember wishing as a child- and later as an adult- that I had half the crafting ability of our Great Aunt Martha. She made Martha Stewart look like an unimaginative slacker. And I LIKE Martha Stewart. (I also wish Aunt Martha had lived to see Pinterest--she would have LOVED it!) In my twenties, I... Continue Reading →
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