I can't believe it's been six years that I have been blogging!  I'm really amazed at how fast the time has gone by.

Blogging has become now a daily part of my everyday routine.

I enjoy visiting your blogs each week to catch up and see what is going on with all of you.  I love the blog friendships I have made through this amazing blogging community.

I am so inspired by all of your talents and helpful hints.   I love seeing all of your recipes, crafts, fashion, and beautiful homes.  I was so happy when I even had the opportunity of meeting a few of you in person.

Some days I hate blogging due to some of the changes with blogger and some days I just want to quit it all together.

I just seem to keep on blogging each week as I'm enjoying it right now and I will continue to blog.  :)

I've noticed that some bloggers have stopped blogging altogether or they have moved over to Instagram instead.  I like Instagram and I enjoy how easy it is to post and share photos.  If you would like to follow me on Instagram I am at @brklynhousewife and I'd love to connect with you there.

Thanks for your support and the blogging friendships I've made with all of you!  You are the best!

Hello everyone.  One of the reasons I enjoy blogging is meeting new friends and forming friendships with them.  It's what keeps me going and makes blogging fun for me.  :)

Through blogging I met a new friend Rhonda who blogs at Ramblings of a Southern Girl.  Rhonda recently did a fun post on how to style a shelf (shelfie) as she put it and she also had a fun giveaway.  She featured this cow cup and I was chosen as the winner and she also included caramel candies.  It was such a shock and pleasant surprise to me and so sweet and thoughtful of Rhonda.  Please stop by and visit Rhonda's blog where she shares about recipes, interior decorating, and much more.



When I showed the cute cow cup to my husband and teen, they both said that it was so adorable, and I totally agree!  I have the cow cup sitting on my kitchen counter and I'm using it to hold our sugar packets.

Look how darn cute the cow cup is!

Thanks again Rhonda for selecting me as the winner of your giveaway and for our new blogging friendship!


I also have another blog friend who enjoys cooking vegan dishes for her family.  Heather who blogs at Our Life in a Click uses an ingredient called Nutritional Yeast Flakes in many of her recipes.  Please take a minute to stop by Heather's blog where she shares posts about her recipes, travel, and family.

I have a teen who is very interested in vegan and vegetarian recipes.  I was so inspired to buy this ingredient from Heather's recommendation.  Thanks Heather we use it now to sprinkle it in our soup and on our pasta.

Below is a photo of the nutritional yeast flakes that I bought in our health department of our grocery store.

If you have never heard of nutritional yeast flakes before it has a nutty and cheese like flavor to it. 

Hi blog friends!  I was the lucky winner of a giveaway that Gina from The Gentle Art of Homemaking had.  I won this lovely cookbook called Mother Nature's Candy Cookbook by Alison Candlin and to see the blog post you can click HERE .  

Thank you Gina for your thoughtfulness and your lovely giveaway.  I'm so excited to try out some of these lovely recipes.  Please take some time to visit Gina's lovely blog called The Gentle Art of Homemaking as she is new to blogging.

Here is a neck warmer or cowl I crocheted along with hand warmers too.  I only had a small skein of yarn to use so this was the perfect project to make.





While I was busy cleaning and decorating my house for Fall and Halloween I could not find the little pumpkins that I crocheted last year.  I was so upset so I decided to crochet new ones.  I made 6 new pumpkins.  In this picture is only 5 but I did make another white pumpkin.  

Hello friends!  I enjoyed my blogging break so much and I'm looking forward to getting back into to blogging again.

I really enjoyed spending time with my family and we even took a vacation to California.  I will be sharing about the trip with you soon.

This is me just enjoying the California beach!

Hi everyone!  I hope you are all having a great weekend.  I have news to share with you.  It's my six month Blogiversary!  On May 8, 2013 I have been blogging for half a year.  It was also my daughter's 13th birthday.

My daughter encouraged me to make a blog.  She helped me start my blog and I really appreciate all her help!

I also want to thank Chel from Sweetbriar Dreams for all your help and suggestions!

Thank you to all my new members.  I hope you all enjoy my blog and thanks for all your nice comments.  I have met so many interesting and talented people from all over the world.   I am enjoying this and having a lot of fun.

My daughter has a fashion blog that she co runs with two of her friends and it's called Pinkpandafashionistas and she just started her own fashion blog called This Fashion Girl.  If you like fashion and beauty then check them out!