There’s a Goose in Our Yard!

Well, not quite L4. She shouted this out the window to me today. L1 spotted it first–a wild turkey! We followed it around the surrounding neighbors’ yards and L1 got some shots of it. Hmm, if we weren’t vegetarian we would have had some local, free-range meat handy if I would have [...]

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A Night Out, Take Two

We slept out again last night.  It rained.  The good news?  Our tent didn’t leak!  We bought it at the end of last summer because our back-packing tent, the one we used before children when we did hard core camping, just isn’t big enough for more than two adults and a baby (we took L3 [...]

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Signs of the Season: A Night Out

Last night we spent our first camp out (in the backyard) of the summer. I didn’t get home from work until at least 10:30pm last night, but the kiddos were sound asleep by the time I arrived. It sounds like L3 spent some time getting them both a little scared about hearing “noises” [...]

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Everything Lost is Found Again

I just had an email from an OIT specialist saying he found my jump drive and dropped it off to me at the OIT office.  I am so thankful and will be backing that little piece of electronic wonder when I bring it home tomorrow night.    All that work is saved, those grades are saved, [...]

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Laundry in the Rain

We’ve had quite a bit of rain lately. While it’s been fantastic for our garden, our laundry has been piling up very high because we’ve been trying to avoid using the dryer. In fact, it was getting so bad that I was looking at the unders that I wore back in the days [...]

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Smiling and Groaning

Things that have made me smile the past few of days:

Watching the people at the public bus stop by my house talk with each other
My boy’s face light up when he saw me come into his school yesterday
Listening to my students chat with one another
Watching L1 and L4 play together
Jasper pulling himself up short to [...]

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Special Order Inspiration

A recent special order for my shop inspired me to finally make a project I’ve had my list for awhile, a drawstring bag for my knitted sock projects. I used a vintage fabric I found at the local craft thrift shop and made the drawstring from leftover fabric from these shirts that I made [...]

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Home Stretch for Me!

I had reason to squeal fr joy this this morning when I had an email from Amanda Blake Soule telling me that I had won a copy of Sew U Home Stretch by Wendy Mullin in the book giveaway she announced yesterday.  Woo-hoo!  I’m looking forward to learning more about sewing with knits and increasing [...]

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My Bliss: Babe in the Sling

Soon she’ll outgrow it completely (she’s only a couple of pounds away from the weight limit on it). But holding her in it now is still sweet. L4 will ask for the sling when she’s upset and wants to calm down, particularly if it is bedtime. Tonight I walked her around [...]

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Signs of the Season: Salad and More

This evening’s menu courtesy of our gardens. Let’s take a look, shall we?

Green salad with alpine strawberries and sunflower seeds

There were four kinds of lettuce plus sorrel from the garden in there and the strawberries were from our garden, too. Both kids can’t get enough of the alpines and have fun hunting [...]

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