Another day of canning like crazy. This morning we did apple butter (6 pints) and applesauce (18 qts). I am going to run out of jars soon, and we haven’t even done grape juice yet . We have now gotten about 7 bushels of apples off our trees. They are half empty, we estimate. It is...
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Today we canned like maniacs (39 quarts of tomatoes and 15 quarts of apples). I ran out of canning lids again, and so hubby went to the store to buy them. It seems my hubby is a little less –um– invested in the whole ’30 Days of Nothing’ thing than I am. He came back...
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If you love birth stories, don’t miss this one: Lifenut » Her story
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AS always, looking at the ways that people find my blog is amusing. I am a little troubled by some trends, however. Nearly every day people find me by searching for two bits of information: how to clean puke out of carpet, and how much Benadryl to give their baby so they will sleep. Due...
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I have a new post up at Larger Families: Her Voice In My Head Go comment, OK?
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I’m finding myself becoming more aware of scarcity. For example, this evening while cooking dinner, I used a few less potatoes than I first intended to, because I also wanted a few potatoes left for home fries another day. I chose to supplement with extra zucchini, which, of course, I have in abundance. I used...
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How fun! It’s been awhile since I’ve been tagged for a meme, and Heidi at Butterfly Mama gave me a fun one. Here are the instructions: -Grab the book closest to you -Open to page 123 -Scroll down to the 5th sentence -Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog -Name of the...
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So today I declared a day of rice. Rice for breakfast with brown sugar and butter. And apples. Rice for lunch stir-fried with vegetables. And apples. Rice for dinner with spicy chicken veggie stirfry and kimchee. No apples. There was muttering at breakfast, mostly good humored. There was scurrying and bolting of food at...
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“Dess!” she says imperiously, standing in her diaper this morning and pointing at the closet. “Boo,” she shouts delightedly, eyes twinkling as her head emerges from the folds of the little dress I am putting on her. I laugh. “Oh, you look soooo pretty!” I exclaim, straightening the dress as she runs off. “Ta-da!” she...
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Playing WFMW with Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer. Got kids who get carsick? Try Red Earth Motion-Stop , an herbal concoction with ginger, mint, cloves and other good things. A few drops under the tongue ward off nausea like you wouldn’t believe. My kids hardly ever throw up in the car anymore, thanks to this...
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