allow me, to introduce myself...

the facts... because who has time for a novel:

• my name is christine. 

me (looking super tired) & the jelly bean (looking cute as ever)

• i live in york county, pennsylvania. (i was not born and raised there)
• my husband prefers to remain anonymous.  let's call him HE (husband extraordinare).
• our daughter is too smart for her pants size, aka JELLY BEAN.
• we strive to eat real food. organic and GMO free whenever possible
• gluten free for me (i have celiac).
• soy and food coloring free for the jelly bean.
• well, except for HE. HE will eat anything. soda, fast food, and Little Debbie Devil Squares are not exempt from his list. ugh.

• we are not perfect. we try to do our best with the above.

• i like to cook, garden and do things (i know, very open-ended)
• i am an artist, graphic designer, and fitness instructor.

skull: horse | 19x25 inch | charcoal on mounted paper

• we live in the woods, which sucks for gardening, but i do my best.

• i love wildlife. except for spiders. our yard is full of both.

this is a Black Swallowtail butterfly we hatched last year.

life is full of lots and lots of layers upon layers, so i will post about a lot of things:

• cooking
• eating
• gardening
• canning & preserving
• fitness
• random things
• local stuff
• art