WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #16 (sorta)

Shout out and BIG thanks to Debbie from IT'S ALL ABOUT PURPLE for snail mailing me these cute as ever, teeniest of teeny LEGO-like bricks. 

How stinkin' cute are these?  

Four kinds! I LOVE IT. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #15 (now with more jars + new banner day)

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #14 (only it's really hard to have no words two weeks in a row, so there's that. Also I started a new hobby ... again)

Is that a long blog title or what? I'm making up for lost words. 

In other news, over our 11-day Christmas Staycation I got taller legs for my bench and now my dough station is in constant use. I'm a noodle-making mad scientist with dried noodles everywhere, just like I learned from my Mamam (pronounced, Mum Mum). 

Here's a photo of some of my noodles. I never use eggs in my dough. I use things like parsley, yams, potatoes, sprouted spelt, beets, 00 flour, semolina, bean flours, lentil flour, sorghum, millet, quinoa and more.

Crazy fun.

For those interested, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is an excellent show. Clicking the words Pasta Grannies goes to the channel where Nonna's are filmed kneading, rolling, filling and shaping all kinds of pasta. 

I LOVE this channel. 

In other, other news, shown in the last photo, I started a new hobby ...

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #13

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #12 (+ new banner day)

To do a Mouthy Monday as the last post of the year, or a Wordless Wednesday in which I ignore the wordless part and just adopt the Wednesday of it all?

Hmmm...?

Meanwhile guess what? We're on an 11-day Christmas Staycation and LOVIN' the freedom of it. Got new taller hair pin legs for my dough bench and put those on today. I love the new area. Made a kilo of hand-shaped cavatelli for me (and the freezer), and a BIG HONKIN' pizza for Smoochie Face. We'll live off this until it's gone. 

Delightful. 

In other news, on the 15th I finished the last of the lighting classes along with food in motion classes (video classes). That felt good. Excited to take the education into 2026, PLUS jump into a few new adventures. 

Pretty cool. 

And that my Boogerbutts is all that's fit to print for 2025. This is Ivy, reporting live from an 11-day Christmas Staycation. See you next year ❤️

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #11 (now with la la las and maybe some words, plus more words)

Tim asked me how many Christmas movies I watched this year and I'm not even sure but the answer is a lot. Many. So many. 

Here's the best line I heard yesterday in a Christmas movie.  

"Is the Easter Bunny here?"

"No."

"Okay, good. I need to focus."

That interaction cracked me up. 

27 broken candy canes awarded to anyone who knows what movie that was from. Along with 3 stinky stockings and a handful of elf approved gummy bears. 

In other news, I failed to make it through this Wordless Wednesday. I might have to start Mouthy Monday. I'd be good at that one.

And that my Boogerbutts, is all that's fit to print. Wishing you all a yummy rest of the holiday season with lots of fa, la, la, las, along with a kickbutt 2026.

I dunno about you ... but I'm excited to make a few BIG changes in 2026.

Bring it on.

Huggs & Bugs, Me.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #10 (now with no actual words)

 

WORDLESS (wordy) WEDNESDAY #9

Welcome to another not so Wordless Wednesday. Brought to by me, someone who can't stop using words.

True story.

Also, today is not Monday. 

Also a true story. 

In other news, I wanna turn the bedroom into a winter reading wonderland. So far my idea is to include snowflake lights and books. That's as far as I've gotten.

Suggestions and ideas welcome.

In other, other news, I tried saying wordless wordy Wednesday ten times fast and I couldn't do it. But I did a little better saying, wordy wordless Wednesday. 

And that my Boogerbutts, is all that's fit to print. 

ALMOST WORDLESS WENDESDAY #8 (because I can't help it, some days I gotta have words)

What do I get when I mix one snow day, with a bucket of mud, wood from HD and pot of Annie Sloan original chalk paint? Athenian Black to be exact.

Happiness.

I get happiness.

Plus another new banner using the DIY black photography board and inverse square law (the rate at which light falls off), for the back. 

Happiness. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #7 (now with more Wednesdays + new banner day)

Name this monster and win three rotten pickles, two dead mice and eight broken candy canes. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #6 (now with extra words)

First up, a BIG shout out to Mari for posting Wordless Wednesdays. Check out Mari's Blog - she's always got something fun cooking and/or baking going on along with everyday life adventures and photographs.

Thank you, Mari.

In other news, the Bamix is getting a workout, ALDI's buck a bag for cranberries is back and I'm soon to use the stick blender to mash the berries before tossing them into the dehydrator. Some batches with local-down-the-road maple syrup and other batches without. 

In other, other news, I just hung my second pegboard in the studio space and I like it because it keeps stuff off the floor and with gear on pegs, easy to grab, use and put away.

Hot dog.

And that my Boogerbutts is all that's fit to print. Thanks again to Mari for inspiring me with this fun weekly post. 

We now return to our regularly scheduled Wordless Wednesday .... with extra words and maybe one skully. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #5 (+ new banner day)