I love the simplicity of overnight oats – I can prep them on Sunday night and have them ready for every morning of the week. The biggest win is my kids will eat them too!

Blackberries are one of my favorite fruits. Growing up in Oregon we would walk through the forests picking these little berries, finding the biggest and sweetest ones we could find. How perfect to combine them with Tillamook Sour Cream which is made right here in Oregon.

How to Clean and Freeze Blackberries

Here is how to clean them and freeze them so you have them all year long. (Now I think I want to add blackberry picking to my Summer Adventure List.)

The Texture Trick (this matters)

If your oats usually turn out:

• Too thick ? add a splash of milk in the morning
• Too runny ? add more chia seeds next time
• Too bland ? you forgot salt (everyone forgets salt)

Sour Cream Blackberry Overnight Oats

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Rolled Oats
• 3 Tillamook Light Yogurt Cups Marionberry
• 12 tablespoons Light Tillamook Sour Cream
• 1 1/2 cups blackberries
• 6 packets sweetner
• 6 disposable cups
• press and seal plastic wrap

Directions

1. Place a 1/4 cup oats, 1/2 yogurt, 2 tablespoon sour cream, 1 sweetner and1/4 fruit in each cup
2. Mix and make sure all the oats are covered in yogurt
3. Cover with press and seal plastic wrap
4. Label if you wish with a sharpy
5. Place in fridge at least overnight
6. Can stay in fridge for 2-3 days

Servings: 6 | Calories: 193 | Fat: 4 | Carbohydrate: 33 | Fiber: 4 | Protein: 9

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Optional Upgrades

If you want to level this up depending on your mood:

Protein boost: Add Greek yogurt instead of part of the sour cream or toss in a scoop of vanilla protein powder.

Dessert vibes: Add white chocolate chips or crushed graham crackers.

Cozy version: Warm it slightly (trust me) and add a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg.

Final Thoughts

This is one of those recipes that quietly becomes a regular. Not because it’s trendy. Because it actually works because this recipe is:

• easy (especially if you do them in disposable cups for the weeks you can’t worry about dishes)
• delicious and not boring (there are so many ways to make these)

And honestly, anything that makes mornings easier without tasting like cardboard deserves a permanent spot.

As I’ve been digging through my site, I have been really excited by some of the treasures I’ve found. Like these adorable planner stickers! They are great for you

Let’s be honest. We all love the idea of being organized, prepared, and maybe even a little extra when it comes to holidays, but real life tends to be more like – “wait when was Father’s Day again?”

That’s why I made these Holiday, Wedding & Birthday printable stickers. These are simple, clean and actually usable.

No clutter, no over-the-top designs to overwhelm your planner or calendar. Just clear little icons that help you see your life at a glance. They will work with any theme or design your planner may have.

What’s Included:

• Major holidays (Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.)
• Important days (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day, etc.)
• Wedding icons (because life happens fast)
• Birthday icons (lots of them because somehow everyone has a birthday)

How to Use Printable Stickers

Just print these on full sheet sticker paper from your own printer or get them printed at your local printer. You can precut them or cut them as you go with scissors, a hole punch or a paper cutter.

Want to learn more about how to use printable stickers? Check out my post on How to Use Printable Stickers.

But Here’s the Real Secret Weapon

If you love using simple icon stickers for your planner or calendar, I have secret weapon to battle the real chaos that lives in the everyday stuff.

Laundry. Dishes. Groceries. The things that somehow reset every 24 hours like a cruel game.

That’s where these come in

Household Chore Stickers

The Printable Household Chores Planner Stickers are designed to work with your brain, not against it. They come in 3 different formats, because not everyone plans the same way. These printable stickers come in 1″ squares or circles and mini 1/2″ squares and circles so they work for planners, calendars and/or chore charts.

How These Work Together

This is where things click. Use your Holiday and Event Stickers to mark important dates and then use your chore stickers to anchor your daily life. This way if there is a birthday you can make sure you don’t plan your chores that day but still get them in for the week.

Grab Your Printables

If you are ready to make your planner or calendar actually work for you grab your printables here:

(Print them once or a hundred times. I won’t tell.)

Real Talk

You don’t need a perfect system. You just need something that helps you remember things, reduce the overwhelm, and maybe feel a tiny bit more put together.

Even if the laundry is still in the dryer from Yesterday.

Some days, your brain just taps out. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a crisis way. Just quietly refuses to cooperate. You open your phone, forget why. Walk into a room, no idea what you needed. Try to start something simple and immediately feel overwhelmed.

The worst part? You know you should probably “do something to feel better” but you don’t have the energy to figure out what that is.

That’s where perimenopause tends to live. I shared more about my experience in my post about going from Mom Life to Perimenopause.

When Your Capacity Is Basically Gone

There’s this assumption that if something is “good for you,” you’ll just do it. But perimenopause doesn’t work like that. When you’re dealing with brain fog, a fatigue that doesn’t match your sleep, and a body that feels unpredictable even low-effort things can feel like too much.

Instead of asking, “What’s the best self-care routine?” a better question is: “What can I do when I have almost no capacity?”

This Is Where Coloring Came In

I didn’t want a complicated routine, a long journaling practice, or anything that required consistency. I needed something I could pick up mid-exhaustion and not overthink. Something that I could do just for me and that I could finish in one sitting.

I shared the about Perimenopause Coloring & Reflection Book when I released the print version.

[You can grab the physical book on Amazon here]

That version matters. It’s something you can hold, flip through, and step away from screens with. But after putting it out into the world, I knew I had to get it out for digital coloring as well. Because some days you need to just print one page, so you don’t feel overwhelmed. Some days you need to just pull out your iPad and take some time to breath and think.

Why I Made a Printable/iPad Version

Perimenopause doesn’t just make you tired it changes how much effort everything takes. Some days getting up feels like a lot and focusing feels like a stretch. Even simple “relaxing” activities feel complicated.

I realized that even coloring, something that’s supposed to be easy, can still require too much setup on low-capacity days. You have to find your supplies, clear a space, sit upright somewhere, commit to the activity, and sometimes that’s just not happening.

I Made Coloring Even Easier

I created a printable (digital) version of the book so you can use it in the lowest-effort way possible by printing one page or by using your iPad.

Now you can open the Perimenopause with a Side of Snark Coloring Book on your iPad (even when you are waiting for a doctor’s appointment), color from the couch, stop whenever you want, come back without any mess or setup. No pressure. No prep. No “I should be doing this better.” You also get to remove the burden of your marker being permanent – just erase or undo what you did and start again.

The iPad Version is Amazing

I didn’t expect this part. But using it digitally? It’s easier on your brain. Which makes it way more usable on the exact days you need it most.

So if you’ve never colored on your iPad before, I’ll walk you through exactly how to do it.

How to Color This Book on Your iPad (Using Procreate)

If you’ve never done this before, don’t overthink it. This is very beginner friendly. Procreate is my favorite app for digital coloring and creation. You can choose your brush (maybe you like painting, maybe color pencil or just want a marker style experience – brushes have it all!), you can use a color palette to make sure you don’t get overwhelmed with your color options, you can use the blend tool to blend smoother, and/or you can use layers to do your shading quick and easy.

What You Need

• iPad
• Apple Pencil (or stylus)
• Procreate

Step 1: Import Your Page

• Download your PDF
• Open Procreate
• Tap +
• Tap Insert File ? choose the PDF
• Find the page you want
• You can copy the canvas to put it in its own page or you can color it right there.

Step 2: Set the Line Art to Multiply

• Tap your coloring page layer
• Change it to Multiply
• This lets you color underneath the lines

Step 3: Add a Layer Underneath

• Tap +
• Drag the new layer below your line art
• Now you’re ready to color

Step 4: It’s Time To Color

• Pick your favorite brush
• Pick your favorite color palette (Follow me on Instagram for palette ideas)
• Color slowly and slowly build your shading, texture and bring your imagination to life

Faster Coloring: Use Color Drop

• Pick a color
• Drag it into a section
• If it floods everything:
• undo
• adjust the threshold by sliding your pencil

Hint: Remove All Pressure if You Need

You don’t need shading, blending, or a “finished” look. Flat color is enough. Messy is enough.

Sometimes coloring is about giving your brain something gentle to focus on.

Why This Works When Nothing Else Sounds Good

When your system is overwhelmed, your brain isn’t looking for productivity. It’s looking for something predictable, something contained and something that doesn’t demand decisions.

Digital coloring checks all of those boxes because you can just sit down and open your iPad to just color for five minutes without any cleanup or guilt. That’s the level of effort that actually works on hard days.

Another Option for Simplifying Coloring: Print One Page at a Time

You can import any PDF coloring page into your favorite iPad coloring app, but you can also use this digital coloring book to simplify by just printing one page at a time. Sometimes a full coloring book can be intimidating, especially if you feel like you have to finish the whole book. The digital version can help you remember just one page being done is enough.

If You Need Something That Doesn’t Ask Too Much

You don’t need to push harder right now. You don’t need a better system. You need something that meets you where you are.

Use it on your iPad. Print it if you want. Print just one page. Ignore it until you need it.

It’ll be there when your brain says, “this is all I can handle today.”

Want to Practice Digital Coloring? (Try it out with this FREE Printable)

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Sometimes you just want something cute and simple – something to drop into your planner for those creative pauses. That’s why I made these. These Printable Doodle Love Coloring Planner Stickers are designed to be easy to print, fun to color (or leave in black and white) and simple enough to actually use in real life.

Just fun cozy doodles to add a little creative break to your planning.

What’s Included

This printable sticker sheet includes a mix of love themed doodles, speech bubbles, cute animals, flowers and decorative elements. You can use them for:

• Planners
• Bullet Journals
• Scrapbooking
• Junk Journalling
• Daily Journalling
• Or anything else you want to add a little art

How to use them

Just print these on full sheet sticker paper from your own printer or get them printed at your local printer. You can precut them or cut them as you go with scissors or a paper cutter.

Want to learn more about how to use printable stickers? Check out my post on How to Use Printable Stickers.

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I’m sharing this as a part of my PS Pocket Mail freebies.

You will get access to this sheet and more freebies like it, plus updates when I drop new coloring page or other fun printables.

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Real Life Note

I’ve been rebuilding things slowly between chronic pain, work, and just life being life.

These kinds of printables are the stuff I actually use when I don’t have the energy for anything too complicated. When I just want a moment to do something small and just finish it. So, if you are in the same place this one’s for you.

If you were reading my blog when my kids were little there’s a good chance you might be in perimenopause now too. Back then it was snacks, survival mode, trying to keep tiny humans alive and maybe drink your coffee before it went cold.

And honestly? I thought that was the hard part.

Why Don’t We Talk About Perimenopause More?

For almost 6 years things have felt different. Not just “I’m tired because life is busy” different. More like something is off and I can’t push through it the same way anymore.

The brain fog. The exhaustion. The feeling like my body just wasn’t keeping up with me anymore. And I kept being told everything was “normal.”

About 2023, I finally started getting some help. My physical therapist (and boss and friend) was the same age, and she recommended I get into the gynecologist. My primary kept telling me, “We don’t test hormones – they aren’t reliable” or “your periods are regular – you aren’t in perimenopause.” My physical therapist told me you need someone who will listen to you.

My Perimenopause Symptoms

I gave the gynecologist my list of symptoms:

• Joint pain (hips, shoulders, all the things)
• Not sleeping
• Fatigue that made it so I could only do work, go home, sleep, repeat
• Brain fog (Like where did the words go?)
• Anxiety

She put me on the Dotti estrogen patch right away – 10 min conversation and she confirmed you are in the midst of it. Literally the next day I remember thinking “oh. this is what it feels like to think clearly again!” It didn’t fix everything, but it was the first time I realized maybe this wasn’t just “being a tired mom.”

There were other pieces too. There was heavy bleeding that needed to be addressed, an ultrasound (those aren’t as fun when you don’t get to see a bouncing baby by the way), a polyp removal, and a Mirena to help protect things and stabilize what my body clearly wasn’t handling well on its own.

I was lucky I have friends who visited their gynecologist and still were not listened to. If you need get a second opinion – find someone who will listen.

Not exactly the phase of life I imagined but here we are.

How to Advocate for your Health

After the first boost of feeling good the low iron fatigue hit again. With the bleeding my iron had absolutely tanked. I have spent the last year still feeling exhausted. I was still pushing. Seeing specialist after specialist, eliminating autoimmune diseases (guess perimenopause bring those on as well).

My allergist diagnosed me with MCAS (Mast cell activation syndrome) and we started working on getting my inflammation under control. My naturopath put me on LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) which helped with the overall pain.

With all those things the fatigue and exhaustion were back. I was still being told things were fine – for the last year. I knew they weren’t. It took way longer than it should have, but I finally pushed hard enough to get my low iron treated.

Now, almost two weeks after my iron infusion I didn’t expect this kind of shift. I’m feeling so much better I’m asking myself if there is something wrong because I feel good. I know that sounds like silly, but when you have been fighting fatigue and exhaustion for almost 5 years feeling good feels weird.

My energy isn’t perfect. I still have to pace myself (very intentionally ?). But for the first time in a long time it feels like my energy is actually there again.

What’s hard to sit with is that I waited a year for this.

A year of feeling off.

A year of second-guessing myself.

A year of being told it was “normal.”

If you’re in this phase too. If your body feels different, and you can’t quite explain it – please don’t ignore that.

You know your body.

Advocate for yourself.

Ask more questions.

Push a little harder if something doesn’t feel right.

If you’ve been here since the early days of my blog just know you’re not alone in this next chapter either. We’re just navigating a very different kind of chaos now.

The Blessings from All of This

Honestly, this whole experience is what pushed me to start creating my Perimenopause with a Side of Snark Coloring Book (which includes self-reflection prompts). I needed somewhere to put all of this the frustration, the humor, the “are you kidding me right now” moments. Something that felt like a small exhale in the middle of it.

Perimenopause with a Side of Snark Coloring Book

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Here is a Little Something for This Season

If you want to try out coloring and journaling about your own Perimenopause experience, here is my free printable zine you can grab:

If you’re in this stage too, I see you.

I’m right here with you,

Let’s start here: No one is actually keeping up with everything. Right? Please tell me it’s not just me.

Not the Laundry, not the dishes, and not that doomsday pile that somehow multiplies overnight. Most days, it feels like your house resets itself every 24 hours and not in the magic night elf way. But the worst part is keeping it all in your head.

The Problem Is Not You (I Promise)

It’s the mental load. The constant loop of:

• “Did I switch the laundry?”
• “When was the last clean bathroom?”
• “Why does it already look like this again?”

You don’t need a more complicated system. You need something that makes things visible. Something quick, something simple and something that doesn’t require a full transformation to use.

What I Started Doing Instead

I stopped trying to remember everything. I made a point to having certain chores that I focused on. Not just all of them at once so the overwhelm stopped me before I even started. What helped me was these Printable Household Chores Stickers.

The 3 Formats (Because One Size Does Not Fit All)

I made three versions of these stickers so I could use them in my planner, on a calendar (I’m trying to delegate), or assign them on a chore board. Yes, even though my kids are teenagers, we still use chore boards. If I need one, they need one too. Let’s face it being neurodivergent means visible is for the win.

1-Inch Squares or 1-Inch Circles Best for:

• Full size calendars
• Blocking a larger section on your planner
• Seeing your chore for the day clearly
• Tip: Print on magnet paper to use on magnetic white board calendars

Mini 1/2-Inch Circles & Squares Best for:

• Planners
• Busy week
• Stacking multiple chores on one day on your calendar

How to Use the Household Chores Stickers

You don’t need a perfect system. Try this:

Pick 3-5 recurring chores and add the stickers to your week (not the whole month). Let it be flexible until you get into a rhythm. You might start building a habit of every Wednesday you empty the trashes and then you can add that sticker to the whole month because that work for you. But if you find that Wednesdays you are just too exhausted the next week, try it on Thursdays. That’s it.

How to Use Digital Stickers

Just print these on full sheet sticker paper from your own printer or get them printed at your local printer. You can precut them or cut them as you go with scissors or a paper cutter.

Want to learn more about how to use printable stickers? Check out my post on How to Use Printable Stickers.

3-2-Win Strategy

Maybe I will share my 3-2-Win strategy next! It’s the one thing that has kept me on track even on the days I’m fighting the fatigue and know I need to rest but that life just keeps going. Subscribers to PS Pocket Mail get the first scoops and special bonuses so make sure you are on that list.

Grab Your Household Chore Stickers

Make sure and grab your pdf file below and be able to print as many stickers as you want for only $5.00!

I hope you enjoy these and they help you as much as they help me.

Some days are harder than others. Some days you need a reminder that you are loved. I made these a few years ago and they were originally made for my planners, but they are perfect for journalling or junk journaling as well.

FYI This post contains affiliate links that help support me and Pepper Scraps.

On this sheet of verses, you will find some blank squares as well to use for journaling or writing your favorite verse.

Need a Gift for a Friend?

Another idea I had for these stickers is to create a handmade journal for a friend. Buy a simple plain journal or create your own journal. Then use these stickers on the pages to personalize the journal. You can place the stickers every other page in the bottom or top corners to help make a simple journal feel more personal and inspiring.

How to Use Printable Stickers

Just print these on full sheet sticker paper from your own printer or get them printed at your local printer. You can precut them or cut them as you go with scissors or a paper cutter. I think they could be really fun for Bible journalling as well.

Want to learn more about how to use printable stickers? Check out my post on How to Use Printable Stickers.

This is my husband’s absolute favorite dinner right now. We are big fans of Mexican cuisine in our family and I have been known to schedule the whole week with Mexican recipes.

This is such a simple recipe but filled with flavor. You can make it in the crock pot or in the oven. I love using the crock pot as I can throw everything in the pot in the morning and it only takes a couple seconds to put it all together for dinner.

Click the images for step by step instructions.

Instead of topping your meatloaf with ketchup or barbecue sauce you top it with a can of tomatoes with chilies. You could also use a can of salsa if you wanted. Just make sure you drain as much as you can out of the can because you will get enough liquid from the cooking process. I think this is one of the reasons TJ likes this recipe better than traditional meatloaf as he is not a fan of ketchup or barbecue sauce.

Mexican Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 1 pound extra lean ground beef I use 97% fat free
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1 can tomatoes w/chilies drained
• 1/2 cup low fat mexican cheese

Directions

1. Mix the meat, taco seasoning, bread crumbs, and egg.
2. Spray crock pot well with cooking spray
3. Shape meat into a log and place in crock pot
4. Pour drained tomatoes with chilies over meat
5. Cook on high for 3.5 hours, or on low for 6-7. The meat is done when it is cooked thoroughly and has browned on top and darkened on the edges.
6. Sprinkle cheese on loaf while meat rests for a few minutes. If the cheese doesn’t fully melt you can place under broiler for a few minutes on an oven safe dish.
7. Cut loaf into 6 slices and serve

Oven Directions: Bake for 1 hour at 350°F, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the center of the meatloaf reads 155°F.

Servings: 6 | Calories: 149 | Fat: 6 | Carbohydrate: 6 | Fiber: 1 | Protein: 21

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Sometimes you don’t need a full project. You don’t need a plan, a system, or a perfectly organized craft drawer.

Sometimes you just need something small. Something you can print, sit down with, and enjoy a few minutes of just you time.

So, I made you something.

A Free Snarky Unicorn Coloring Page

This is a full-page printable you can use as:

• a coloring page
• wall art
• desk decoration
• or a creative reset when your brain is done for the day

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No Pressure. No expectations. Just something simple and a little magical.

Why I Made This

I’ve been rebuilding my creative routine while dealing with chronic pain and low energy days. Round 3 of specialist is on its way. Boo.

While fighting through the everyday fog I realized something: I don’t always have the capacity for big projects. But I do still want to create.

So, lately I’ve been leaning into:

• small, low-effort creative moments
• cozy, slightly chaotic art (I am loving junk journaling right now)
• and honestly, I’ve found a little snark helps me laugh and smile through the hard moments

If You Like This, You’ll Probably Like This Too

I’ve also been creating full coloring books with the same kind of energy – cute, a little chaotic, and very relatable.

If you are into dragons with attitude, magical chaos, and quotes that feel a little too accurate you can check them out here: Pepper Scraps Coloring Books.

A Tiny Reminder

You don’t need a whole plan to be creative. You are allowed to:

• print one page
• color for 10 minutes (that’s what I have to do)
• just call one colored item on the page a win

That still counts