Susie’s Corner – Page 44 – Pollywog's Place Blog

Shared Bedroom Makeovers… Two become three

Published on January 25, 2024February 22, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog9 Comments

As many of you already know, we bought this house and it has already been well-loved. It was definitely in need of some TLC… a bit more than we had realized at the time but we’ve been making improvements as time and budget have allowed.

We had a lot of hopes and dreams for this house when we first moved in but there were so many issues that happened and had to be dealt with that we just had to focus on those. Plus the pandemic had just started, we were dealing with an unexpected high-risk pregnancy and then a stressful premature birth with a NICU stay and other complications, and then when we thought things were getting better we were sidelined by an unexpected leukemia diagnosis.

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Easy Pulled Pork

Published on January 23, 2024February 21, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

This recipe is so easy to put together and it is one of my oldest daughter’s favorites.

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Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

Published on January 22, 2024January 16, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog4 Comments

I love that WordPress offers some writing prompts for those days when you just can’t think of where to start. Today’s prompt was one that I can actually think of a million ways to answer but the truth is that you can probably reduce clutter all around you.

We love this quote as we recently read it in our Laying Down the Rails handbook:

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

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Victory Garden Planning – January 2024

Published on January 16, 2024May 12, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog6 Comments

No catchy title line here… no time for that today as the kids and the dog have been WILD! I’m exhausted and it isn’t even lunchtime yet!

We are almost halfway through the first month of the year and I’m already behind on my garden duties! Granted, we have had some CRAZY weather here and the house remodel has taken first priority but things still have to get planned so we can try to have an even more abundant garden this coming year!

Click HERE to see our Garden Progress on YOUTUBE!

I’ve been working on some Planning Notebook pages soon but for now, I’ll just list some of the things I’ve been working on for the garden. I have been playing around with a new planning program called SEEDTIME. It really does seem like it will be quite the time saver as I’ve been keeping up with my gardening task on notecards in a small file system… quite cumbersome at times.

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Special Holiday Meals: Leap Day Menu

Published on January 13, 2024October 5, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

This day only comes around every four years, so it’s ok to make it a little extra special… maybe even have four meals instead of your usual three? I don’t think my kiddos would object to that.