Energy Use Update:Are We Average?

This site says that the average US household uses 25kwh per day. Since we began recording our daily usage on February 12th, our average daily usage is ~18kw/day, with a range from 9 kwh to 28 kwh. We are now able to tell when our usage is going to be high by what [...]

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My Bliss: Little Girl Crafting

Really, I love to make things for little ones in general. But I happen to have a beautiful little girl in my life for whom I can make things that are met with smiles. I am hoping this turns out to be the same:

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Signs of the Season: On the Porch

Spring in upstate NY is such a fickle thing, and often quite ugly, to be honest. Lots of brown and not much color. But when the sun is shining, even when it is barely into the 40s, it’s blissful. L4 wanted to be out in the world with this beautiful weather (and [...]

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Apple Days

Blue skies, crisp apples, nubby bark under my finger tips: those are all images in my head when I look at these pants. This pair is the prototype that I made for L4, but will be putting them up in my shop, too. If only I could get her to put them on [...]

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Let the Bursting Season Begin!

Welcome, mud!

Welcome leaves hidden under snows! You were a warm blanket for many during the winter cold.

Welcome garden beginnings!

Welcome warm sunlight and books for the season!

Welcome, Hope!

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My Bliss: My Boy’s Mind

Tuesday was a rough afternoon and evening for L3 and I. The weather was not-so-pleasant and so he couldn’t be outside to run off some of his mega-watt energy. Daddy was only home for a short time before heading back to work for the Science Fair, which created more trouble. L3 desperately [...]

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Welcome to Knitting Country

For those of you avidly watching my Homemade week last week you probably noticed that I didn’t post a Day 5. I did end up sewing the neckline of the lemon shirt and a button on the dress, but that’s it. As I said before, I was ready for some knitting. Here [...]

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Being Crunchy = Self-Love

Photo taken by L1.
What do you think of this quote from Affluenza (p 205), made by ecopsychologist Terrance O’Connor?:
If this is not my planet, whose is it? I am the cause and I am the cure. When I act out of this realization, I act not out of guilt but out of [...]

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Handmade: Day 4

This is called stalling out. I was out of the house during the day and evening yesterday, so the shirt isn’t finished. It’s so close, just the neckline to go, but I’m having a hard time with it. I think I’m going to be friendly with my seam ripper this morning. [...]

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Handmade, Day 3

Here’s dress I from Handmade for Girls.

I can’t decide if I’m going to put the blanket-stitch on the sleeves or not. Leave a comment and let me know what you think I should do! In the meantime, I still need to put a button on the back.
I also made Olive, L4’s Wee Wonderful [...]

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