Erika Moen

Matt and I were unsatisfied with our makeshift shelving in the... actually, I don't know what to call this part of the house? It's an extension that was added on to the back, sometime around World War II (At least, that's what our realtor told us, I never looked into it). I guess it's kind of part o

Earlier this summer I befriended a fellow sewing volunteer at RepairPDX who wound up teaching me how to tighten my bike breaks! They walked me through the steps while we drank our novelty drinks outside in this kind of cul-de-sac(?) by my fav boba shop. Even though I have been a regular bike commute

Our windshield sun shade-thing is broken. We've been using these two window covers for, like, a decade? Um, do I need to explain this design? Here, I don't think this is the same brand or model that we have, but this is basically the same thing as ours. It's these two panels that each fill up half t

Actually, maybe this isn't washi tape? I think "washi tape" specifically means those strips of decorative paper with really, really weak glue, so you can reposition it on your paper without damaging either surface. This stuff that I made, it's kinda a "Stick it down perfectly the first time, 'cos th

In my ongoing quest to make myself into the Hot Middle Age Bisexual I aspire to be, I signed up for a tool sharpening class at my local queer skill-sharing community center, MakeWith! While I did have my own gardening tools that needed sharpening, I set them aside in favor of the supremely rusted sh

Ok, so I know nothing about cars. I don't even like driving cars. I am terrified of driving and am a legit terrible driver as a result. There's a lot of things in my life that I am both terrified of and terrible at doing and those two facts feed each other which results in me being a 41-year-old wom

Listen, I made a whole tiny (1 minute long) video about this which Patreon won't let me embed here but you can go watch it on my Instagram: Matt and I inherited this wagon from our neighbors. Obviously, it is past its prime, but it still technically rolled so I got some use out of it. Now, though, t

Sometime around 2010ish, Matt and I bought our most expensive piece of furniture- a brand new couch from Ikea. This noble steed has served us well. In addition to normal couch duties, she's also served as a guest bed to many a visitor over the years, as well as an impenetrable fortress when cats nee

My excitement at successfully registering for one of Repair PDX's very popular and very difficult-to-get-a-spot-in Kintsugi repair classes was short-lived when the directions instructed me to bring in a broken ceramic to work on and I realized that, for once, I don't actually have any at the moment.

"You're the only person I know who would bring an entire CURTAIN to a hot springs." -Matt, after asking me what entertainment I was going to bring on our weekend retreat two hours away in the woods. When we moved in to our house ten years ago, the previous tenants left two long brown curtains up in

Sometime after I moved to Portland, I bought my first sleeping bag. Considering that that was 17 years ago, this guy has held up really well! But time comes for us all and the case-thing that keeps it wrapped up tight has developed two spectacular tears with frayed edges that are large enough that t