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Librarian by day, blogger and small biz owner by night. I am a lover of plant based baking and cooking, all different kinds of crafts, reading, and self care. Check out my newsletter and sign up below!

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Best Healthy Snacks You Won't Feel Guilty Eating!

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 42 (4/2/24) Best Healthy Snacks You Won't Feel Guilty Eating! Hello, my lovely! I hope you had a splendid Easter day! My husband and I got to spend the holiday with my extended family in Florida. It was a gorgeous day outside, we spent our time playing cornhole, lounging in hammocks, and eating! What could be better? We are now preparing our RV to leave soon! Spring is in full force, so that means our time wintering in Florida is coming to an end. I am...

27 days ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 41 (3/19/24) Spring Recipes You Didn't Know You Needed Hello, my lovely! This newsletter just happens to land on the Spring Equinox, so happy first day of Spring! My husband and I have had a blast of a time down here in Florida these past couple weeks. We spent the beginning of March wandering around bike week and getting front row spots at the Daytona 200. Immediately following that, we went on a vacation for a week with family and kayaked til the...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 40 (3/5/24) Need to Take a Break from Screen Time? Hello, my lovely! The days keep blending together as my time here in Florida steadily shrinks...Soon my husband and I will start making our way back up to New York to spend the summer with our families. I am so torn because I don't want to leave here, but I also want to go home! I wish I could be in two places at once. As the days go on, we are spending as much time as we can with my extended family...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 39 (2/20/24) How Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Hello, my lovely! Looking back on the past two weeks since my last newsletter, I've had a packed schedule! More birthday celebrations with my cousin becoming a teenager -- I baked him the best chocolate cake ever (of course, I was in charge of cake!). Plus my aunt invited me to this super fun dress-up gathering she has with some friends every year. I unintentionally turned myself into basically an elf, I...

2 months ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 38 (2/6/24) Where Do We Go Next? Hello, my lovely! This month somehow just flew by, am I right? We're getting all set up for the new year over here: making new habits, planning our future, staying active and healthy! Are you keeping track with your New Year's Resolutions? I had a little technical issue with my blog that had to get resolved hence the lack of posting this past month, but I am back up and running with a new RV Life Diaries post for you....

3 months ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 37 (1/9/24) My New Year's Resolution Is... Hello, my lovely! With all the holiday craziness I haven't been active online, but we all need a break during the holidays don't we? December was full of gift shopping, wrapping, and family time here in sunny Florida. I hope you had a lovely holiday! Now as we enter the new year, I'm sure you're thinking about goals and resolutions. I've got you covered with my new post below. Maybe you want to take care of...

4 months ago • 1 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 36 (12/13/23) Need To Do Any Last Minute Holiday Prep? Hello, my lovely! Late newsletter this week because we have been doing some serious road tripping across the country. We drove over 2,700 miles from California to Florida. Needless to say, we are exhausted, but now my husband and I will be wintering in Florida. No snow for us this Christmas! Smooth transition...it's less than two weeks until Christmas! That means it's time to start doing any last...

5 months ago • 1 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 35 (11/28/23) What Do You Want for Christmas? Hello, my lovely! Thanksgiving week has been a literal whirlwind. I spent three solid days cooking with my friend for our Friendsgiving feast! We were exhausted after all was said and done, but it was a blast and the food was amazing. I hope you had a splendid Thanksgiving <3 Black Friday weekend has already passed, but there will be surprise flash sales every couple of weeks until Christmas in all my Etsy...

5 months ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 34 (11/14/23) Let's Get Ready for the Holidays! Hello, my lovely! This week my husband and I had a biscotti bake off where we both made orange almond biscotti and then judged whose was best. I think mine was best and he thinks his was, so there's no clear winner here 😅 but we had an awful lot of fun doing it. Do you watch the Great British Bake Off? We've been watching the new episodes every Friday! So I may have already started watching Christmas...

6 months ago • 2 min read

With Love, Melissa Blog Newsletter, Vol. 33 (10/31/23) Do You Need Thanksgiving Recipes? Hello, my lovely! I'm over here soaking up the Cali sun and enjoying time with my husband and friends, honestly just living the dream. I hope you are enjoying the brisk fall air and all the Halloween fun! We are gearing up for Thanksgiving as it's steadily approaching. This year it will be spent with our friends who live here in Cali and I am so excited to be cooking all day with her. I will be sharing my...

6 months ago • 1 min read
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