Introductions!

Hello! Welcome to the very first post of Pinwheels and Pancakes. I’d love for this to be mostly about quilts and food, but really consider it to be a lifestyle blog. 

What is a lifestyle blog? The idea started a couple of years ago, really, when a new friend asked "how do you do things?" It was such a funny question, I first thought she was joking. But she'd heard a little about how I cleaned with natural products, cooked my own food mostly from scratch, fixed and upcycled old items, and created beautiful new items for fun, and she wanted to know more. We chatted for awhile and she finally said "you should teach this stuff!" I should have listened then because blogs like this one have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Oh well, better late than never. 

Honestly, I have felt a little guilty thinking about teaching it, because I've fallen off the bandwagon a little. I haven't yet replaced paper napkins with cloth like I meant to, I went back to buying a little bit more processed foods, I moved to an apartment that has a porch with less sunlight for homegrown tomatoes... but as much as I try to use these excuses to wimp out, I realize there are things I've figured out over the years that I can share with others. And really, isn't conversation so much better when we honestly discuss the things we struggle with? I am a little bit of a germophobe, and can't quite muster the courage to use cloth rags to clean the bathroom. It doesn't mean I never will, it just means there are other steps to a healthy lifestyle that I have focused on first. 

So here's to conversations about sustainable healthy food, homemade quilts, personal choices in all areas of life, and the successes and triumphs that come with all these beautiful pieces of what it means to be human. 

-Nicole