I know, I know...

I've been gone a long time. December was a  busy and hectic month: school ended and the bf, the pup and I traveled home for two weeks.

And what about January?

Well I made two new years resolutions:
1) Be a better homemaker

I'm pretty sure this ought to be my personal motto

Growing up, my mom worked part time, but still managed to keep the house clean. Not to mention a dog, two kids and a husband who, let's just say, aren't necessarily the cleanest of people. I have been notoriously messy my whole life and hate cleaning/housework with a passion. The bf, well he doesn't mind cleaning, but isn't neat either and only has time to clean on the weekends. And we do have a dog, who loves to make messes. But I don't work, so I really don't have an excuse for why our house is never clean.
So, knowing my mom was coming to visit in mid-February forced me to literally get my crap together and clean it up. It took me a long time.... Longer than I'd ever be willing to admit. But now that it is clean, I'm keeping it this way.

So resolution #1 is well on its way.

2) Be a better blogger
I'm pretty sure my two month (yeah, exactly two months) hiatus speaks to this one. I do a lot of knitting/sewing/cooking/baking and I just never document it. Maybe partially due to the constant state of the house and the fact that living in a basement means not so great pictures... But I'm promising at least a post a week. Hopefully more, but we'll see.

So, I DO have all of my housework done for today, except for ironing the bf's dress shirts. Now I have time to make some oatmeal brownies out of my favorite cookbook and finish up/start a few sewing projects that I'll post later this week.



Although, I do have a quick question:
Does anyone know how to rehydrate brown sugar that looks like this:

My bf wasn't aware that the "store in an air tight container" thing was important. Whoops.

Until next time....