Jars, Jars, and more Jars!

I am starting a series called "I Love Freecycle!".  I'll post from time to time about things I've given or items I've been gifted on Freecycle.  It will be dedicated to all things Freecycle.


I've mentioned before how much I LOVE Freecycle.  I've given away lots of items after decluttering various parts of my house (especially when we cleaned out the garage!).  I've also picked up some amazing things along the way (like our entertainment unit and our TV stand).


If you're not familiar with how Freecycle works, it's kind of like Kijiji or Craigslist except that everything is free.  People post things they are giving away and other people respond to receive those items.  You can also list things you would like to receive and people reply who would like to give away those items.

Here are 3 reasons why I love Freecycle:

August Review (AKA "I'm back!")

{This post was nearly ready to go 5 days ago, but somehow I lost most of what I wrote because my computer crashed, and for some (still unknown) reason, Blogger didn't autosave.  Since then it's been a whirlwind of last-weekend-of-summer and back-to-school activities.  But finally today I went back to salvage what I had written and made up tried to remember the rest!  So, here's my August review post!}

Wow... it's September!  Where did summer go?  I must say I have loved this summer and fully plan to continue enjoying every last bit of it that I can!  Fall doesn't officially start for a few more weeks, despite all the fall crafting and decorating posts I've seen lately :)

Well, you may have noticed that I didn't blog much in August so there won't be a lot to review here in terms of blog posts.  I wasn't planning to take a "blog break" but a lot of things about this summer were different than I had expected.

Google+ for the blog!

I've done it!  I started a Google+ profile for myself and a Google+ page for this blog!  I don't know why I waited so long because it really wasn't that difficult. 

I followed the steps outlined in the What Can Google+ Do For You? series by Shasta from In The Old Road.   Thanks for this great series Shasta and for your passion for Google+!

After I set up both pages, I added a Google+ gadget to my blog.  I already had a +1 button and hopefully as I start using Google+ more I'll see more +1's on my posts. 

July Review

I can't believe it's the end of July already!  Summer is half over and flying by!  But what a summer it's been so far.  Overall this month we've had incredibly warm and dry weather here (although we had quite a storm today).  I LOVE summer so I'm really enjoying it (although we've been indoors a lot more than I would have liked because it's been so humid). 

It's been another exciting month for the blog.  I'm still learning new things but I have been so excited to get to know so many great people this month. 

Here's a quick recap of the month.

Our New Craft and Activity Area!

As part of trying to have a balanced summer, one of my goals is to create an area for our craft supplies so my kids can let their creativity flow while they're at home for two months.   I've seen some BEAUTIFUL craft rooms and wonderfully organized craft supplies on other blogs.  I've never really been a huge crafter and we do not have the space in our house for too many craft supplies, so I'll tell you up front, this post will NOT be one of those dreamy craft room posts.  But, I'm pretty excited about what I managed to put together and I think it will work well for our level of craftiness and our limited space.