Nothing to it!

Can you believe it? I just caught myself looking at the font styles and thinking I might choose a different one. Oh, Mary the whole idea of this blog is to KEEP IT SIMPLE! So here it goes..............

I took care of my Mom for her last year and I often think of how we would laugh, when after some strenuous activity such as transferring her from wheelchair to car or back, she would smile and say, "Nothing to it!". Of course, it was difficult for both of us.

Sometimes things have to take a lot of effort so you bear down and tough it out, but for me, I really want to simplify and make life a little less complicated.

I have been a wife, at home mom and homemaker for the last 37 years, spending some time running my own seamstress business, doing childcare and being a caregiver for the elderly. My dear husband and I have raised five wonderful children and countless animals. I have trained one of our rescued dogs to be a therapy dog and I recently became certified as a nurse aide. My passion for dabbling in every kind of domestic thing you can think of has led me to knit, crochet, sew, mend, quilt, bake, cook, garden and do anything grandma used to do.

In doing all these things, I find myself trying to make it simpler. I re-write knitting, sewing and cooking instructions to make them more understandable and logical. How can you follow a recipe that is a whole page long?

In this blog, I will share my little shortcuts for everything from cooking to camping and realizations I have made over the years so that sometimes we all will REALLY be able to say, "Nothing to it!".