Hi, I’m Marjorie!

This blog is a new endeavor for me but not the first time I’ve started a website. One reason I keep trying is that I like to write. Another is that I’ve always thought knowledge and experience should be shared. I have some unique experiences and ideas to share with you.

I’ve lived in TX, finished my Bachelor’s degree while parenting a young child, struggled with depression for ⅔ of my life, and I’ve been married for 12 ½ years. It feels funny to compact that much life experience in one sentence but those are all true facts!

I’m 33 years old and I live in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NY with my husband, our 2 sons, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 2 rats and a betta fish. We have a full but fun house! The rats are the newest addition- my youngest son has been thinking about small pets for a very long time. He has put a lot of effort in keeping his room picked up and has made effort to learn about the care and handling of this type of pet. I’m really proud of him!

I feel like each of these experiences have shaped me into who I am today and they might be valuable to someone else.

I love crafting – you’ll probably see a link to my crafting portfolio on facebook and an Etsy store in the near future. I like upcycling, jewelry making, fairy gardening, and paper crafting. One of my favorite materials is old books – especially dictionaries and encyclopedias. I use them to decoupage and to cover paper mache projects. 

I’ve also enjoyed writing how-tos for craft projects – and making sure to give ideas about how to customize and expand upon them so they will truly be your creations! 

 As a family – we love books, podcasts, and games and I’m excited about posting reviews of things we have enjoyed over the years! My husband and I are both committed to spending quality time with our children and we have many hobbies and interests together.

I think that a family who plays together stays together. We’ve been learning Settlers of Catan and Dungeons and Dragons most recently. We also play Magic the Gathering – although I’m a little rusty (my eldest son’s preferred partner is Dad). For those of you who are like Magic…what? Maybe I will get my oldest to explain it to you. 🤣

I’ve been considering homeschooling because of the situation with COVID-19 and as I learn more about it – I plan on sharing it with you! I was also homeschooled for a few years and I have some takeaways from that experience. When I think about what education might look like in our family – I picture project based learning. Loosely my plan is to develop a list of things my kids would like to learn about and make sure to work that into their regular schoolwork. 

For example, my 6th grade might say that he would like to learn about whales – we’ll do a research paper on whales for ELA and Science and perhaps Art will be an illustration. I do plan on having workbooks available and I feel that they will be handy to gauge whether they are on track. I’m also looking into IXL but I don’t plan to place a huge emphasis on it. I’m going to be developing this more as I go along.

In true summary fashion – expect to see highlights of my crazy home life, craft projects and tutorials, reviews of fun stuff, and homeschooling ideas! That’s all for now! If you’d like to know more about me, feel free to either email me or comment below with a question!

Marj 💜