Jessica Schneidereit

This has been a busy week for Team E and J. Getting ready for my trip back East has us running, or rather driving, all over hin and yon. E went to hin and I went to yon, and together we covered some of our funky car dealership inspection jobs.That's wh...

According to the people who make lots of money on Etsy, now is the time to get busy for the fall and winter buying season. Especially for what I sell, rag quilts, it's a good idea to build up the inventory so that when the cooler weather hits, there wi...

You would think being a Camp Fire Girl when I was a kid would mean I camped a lot. Not so. I think my whole stint with CFGs involved only two camping trips, one which left me with a big tick in the back of my head. On the other trip, my CFG buddy...

A very good sign.Now that we bring our dog camping, the packing list has grown to include:tarpslots of old towelsbowls that don't tipleashdoggie beddoggie bed for the trailer chainharnessGentle Leader chew toysfooddog brushplastic bags for picking up D...

It's that time of year again. Time for the Naked Ladies in our yard. For four years they have popped up dutifully in the heat of the summer, naked as jay birds in our back bed. Flower bed, that is. This year they had a surprise for us. They are now str...

The ZipperGoing on thirty years ago, this ride - The Zipper - could very well have changed my life. I was young and head-over-heels with a certain young guy. A group of us went to the California State Fair. It was "arranged" that I would ride The Zippe...

There was a knock on the door. We have one of those clunky old safety screen doors that allows me to see who is there without the person seeing in (or coming in) so I opened it up right away. There at the door was a crazy man, dressed in a red costume,...

Quick! Think of a four letter word that starts with an S.If you thought of shed you are so good and so correct.We have needed a shed for a long time coming. The garden equipment SLASH junk area of our yard was getting super gross and out-of-hand. We we...

What to do when your Pupsicle needs to be outside in the heat? In a wave of heat inspired brilliancy it came to me. RICE CUBES! I put some veggie broth and rice in a Tupperware-like container. It is freezing into an icy block of savory dog delight righ...

My impression of what a one-room schoolhouse was like is from Little House on the Prairie. You have the teacher at the blackboard with the cute little kids up front who are her favorites. The students get progressively older and less appealing as yo...