Fresh Fruit Salad for Memorial Day (with Watermelon, Blueberries, and Feta)

This salad is so simple and refreshing. The red and blue fruits with white feta cheese make it perfect for Memorial Day or Fourth of July celebrations. Make it the night before if you like, just don't add the dressing until the last minute!

Clumpy Chunky Basic Granola Recipe

I don't know about you but I like my granola on the chunky side. Not that I don't savor all those little loose pieces but I love the clumps of crunchy oats, nuts, and fruit.

Fresh Strawberry Mojito Cocktail

This years strawberry crop seems to be especially sweet and tasty. Customers at local farms can pick their own or buy them all ready picked. What a treat to get fresh from the field strawberries!

DIY Clothespin Command™ Hook (Problem Solved aka Hack)

A problem solved mini-post.

I guess I could call this a clothespin hack but I've begun to dislike the term "hack" and so I've decided to just call this a "problem solved" post. You see I had this problem, I had a calendar that I hung over an ugly fuse box, but the top corners of the calendar kept curling and falling forward. I wanted to keep the calendar there, it was a convenient spot and it helped hid the fuse box.

DIY Bird Feeder from Plastic Container

We purchased some Stauffer's Animal Crackers from Walmart that came in this plastic container. It looks like a cute bear and I just couldn't bring myself to put it in the recycle bin. Surely I could make this into something useful.

DIY Painted Styrofoam Buoy Wreath

Coastal and nautical decor are so popular right now. This simple to make wreath would look nice in coastal colors like turquoise, blues, and tans. Or, get a nautical look with red, navy, and white. Really any color would be great and you would still get that coastal look because it's well...buoys. I chose pastels for this wreath because it was getting close to Easter. I love the way it turned out.

Make Your Own Washable Dog Pee Pads (or puppy training pads)

As our pets age they may begin to have less bladder control or even become incontinent. Our 14 year old beagle, Barclay, started giving us very little notice when he needed to go outside. All too often he would not be able to hold it long enough. We began putting down training pads and he would use them. Unfortunately the pads, even the X-Large ones, were not big enough for him to get "centered" on and he usually ended up going on the edge of the pad. Yuck.  Eventually Barclay even began having trouble getting up and down the three steps to our backyard. I had to come up with a solution.