This Christmas Present Blindsided Us This Christmas Present Blindsided Us By Megan Cutler | October 12, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment Way back on Christmas day, a curious thing happened. My in-laws have always had this tradition of hiding things inside the Christmas tree. Usually they’re cards or DVDs. Small things that are easy to overlook until you go digging for them. (One year we even lost something until my mother-in-law found it 3 days later.) … Read More Read More
Picking Up the Pieces After an Injury Picking Up the Pieces After an Injury By Megan Cutler | September 14, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment When I was growing up, going to the doctor was a serious affair. It never happened unless my parents were fairly certain we needed something. I didn’t realize at the time, but the reason was almost certainly related to costs. I grew up in the US, and while children are covered under their parents’ insurance … Read More Read More
What Happens When You Hit the Breaking Point What Happens When You Hit the Breaking Point By Megan Cutler | August 17, 2026 | Comments 1 comment A few years ago, I wrote about how I doubled down on getting healthy. It was a great feeling to have pulled myself out of a rut and started feeling good again. I’ve often struggled with my body and finally unwinding a few of the things that made it feel bad went a long way … Read More Read More
Hades 2 Has a Tone Problem Hades 2 Has a Tone Problem By Megan Cutler | June 8, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment I don’t pour hundreds of hours into many games anymore. The reality is, I just don’t have the time. I usually play games either in short, 1-3 hour sessions or just a few days a week. I certainly can’t log into any game that requires daily quests in order to keep up. So when I … Read More Read More
A Taste of the Crickle Creek Advent Calendar A Taste of the Crickle Creek Advent Calendar By Megan Cutler | April 13, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment My husband and I have tried a number of advent calendars throughout the years. My first was a series of David’s Tea advent calendars, each of which featured 24 different loose leaf teas. When I started to find a lot of repeats in those, I switched to their matcha advent calendar. Though I did learn … Read More Read More
How I Spent My Christmas Vacation – Part 2 How I Spent My Christmas Vacation – Part 2 By Megan Cutler | March 30, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment Way back in April of 2025, I found my dream puzzle. It was called “The Night House Maze.” It was 4,000 pieces and appeared to be based on spooky horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies. And it was twice the size of any other puzzle I’ve done to date, but I fell in love with the … Read More Read More
How I Spent My Christmas Vacation – Part 1 How I Spent My Christmas Vacation – Part 1 By Megan Cutler | March 9, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment My husband and I don’t usually put up Christmas decorations. And while I’m sure that makes us sound crotchety, the truth is that we’re not usually around during the holidays. We spend the time between Christmas Eve and New Years Day either visiting with or traveling with my husband’s family. So the amount of time … Read More Read More
A Fresh Craft Project Update – Part 2 A Fresh Craft Project Update – Part 2 By Megan Cutler | February 9, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment As I mentioned during my last blog post, there has been a flurry of new crafting activity in our hose hold of late. For me, this has involved a lot of new skills in relation to framing. But I haven’t let that detract from my cross stitching. As you can probably tell from my last … Read More Read More
A Fresh Craft Update for the New Year A Fresh Craft Update for the New Year By Megan Cutler | January 26, 2026 | Comments 1 comment There has been a massive revival of the craft spirit in our household in recent months. Like my renewal of interest in cross stitching, he has resumed his model building hobby. This has resulted in several Saturday trips to craft stores, and I’ve even resumed my efforts to frame many of the pictures we’ve had … Read More Read More
2026 Is Here! 2026 Is Here! By Megan Cutler | January 12, 2026 | Comments 0 Comment I had an unstated goal for 2025. It was to get through an entire year without having to entirely rebuild my production environment. (Which I had to do twice in 2024!) I will say, that my new computer worked almost flawlessly out of the box for 1 year after its initial purchase. (Which brought me … Read More Read More