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(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down and reflect on the whirlwind weekend that is the San Francisco Pen Show, aka “The Fun Pen Show”. And it is a whirlwind in the best possible way.Let me start off by saying that the 2017 SF Pen Show was my very first pen show and it will always be where everything got started for me. I am also a member...

If there’s one thing I love more than a delicious recipe, it’s a delicious recipe that my friends made! These Paleo Beef Bulgogi Meatballs are from my friend Ciarra Colacino and are absolutely fabulous! If there’s one food I can’t get enough of, it’s meatballs. Add a sweet or savory sauce, and I’m yours for life. My friend Ciarra is relaunching her book, The Frugal Paleo Cookbook, and I got to get a sneak peak of just how incredible it all is.  Back in the early days of paleo blogs, Ciarra hosted hers, then called Popular Paleo. She stepped away...

Those who enjoy using vintage lenses will often acquire them in fine working order, but without lens caps. There are some creators who have made instructions to 3D print new ones, but they all have fatal flaw. The benefit of using 3D printing to make lens caps is customization. Any size can be made and each can be custom engraved with either a photography company brand or to make it easier to distinguish the focal length and aperture of a lens without removing it from a bag. Generally speaking, 3D printing caps is also going to be cheaper than trying...

There’s been WAY too much going on this week so somehow I came home with comfort foods for everyone! I may share the brownies and ice cream, but the chips, potatoes, grits and breakfast kits are all personal faves of each of the kids. Today at Publix I bought $98.17 worth of groceries for $43.70, or 56% off after coupons. Here are the deals: Ore-Ida Just Crack an Egg Scramble, 3 oz, BOGO $2.50–$0.50/1 Just Crack An Egg Scrambles limit 5 (Ibotta Deposit) (I used five of these)Final Price: 83¢ each Breyers Ice Cream or Frozen Dairy Dessert, 1.5 qt,...

 Will you, or anyone you know, be having a hysterectomy soon?  If so, be sure to check out this list of my must have items after hysterectomy. I am currently just over four months out from my hysterectomy and feeling really good.  This past March, I had a radical abdominal hysterectomy following a cervical cancer diagnosis.  Having never had any major surgery (or minor surgery, for that matter) prior to this, I wasn’t entirely sure how to prepare.   Now that I am well on the other side of it, though, I can say that there were a number of...