Healthy Living

New babies at the Owlhaven!

Aren’t they cute????? You can click on the links to enlarge each picture– and if you’d like to see my 4yo’s whole face! Technorati Tags: chickens
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Confetti Pepperoni Soup

Confetti Pepperoni Soup

Yesterday lunch time kind of snuck up on me, and at 1 pm I was scrambling to think of something that could be pulled together quickly. The soup that I came up with surprised me with its goodness and brilliant color. For added fun, both the beets and the carrots came from...
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5 ways to avoid mom burnout

With all the stress flying around here lately, I’ve begun to feel a bit worn down. Time to think of some things that restore my energy instead of taking more. Here are some of the things that help me. I’d love to hear in comments what you do when you’re feeling beat by...
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Our garden in June

Our garden in June

I thought you might like a look at our garden this year. It is about 50 feet wide and 120 feet long. Things are growing pretty well. Here you can see the whole garden with a couple of the kids hard at work. We have a 30-minute weeding ‘party’ every morning Monday...
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The start of this year’s garden

The start of this year’s garden

120 tomato plants, being transplanted by my hubby from seed packs into yogurt containers. Technorati Tags: gardening, tomatoes
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Do you know? The facts about HIV

I have a friend named Erin whose family looks a lot like mine: a mix of adopted African and Asian kids along with several kids born to her. One difference, however, is that two of her precious Ethiopian children, Belane and Solomon, are HIV+. She asked readers of her blog to share...
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…awash….

…awash….

I’m awash in produce this week- tomatoes and apples and peppers of every size and color and heat. SO far I’ve canned 92 quarts of tomatoes and 11 pints of salsa and enough pickles that there will probably leftovers a year from now. There’s a heap of tomatoes on the...
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No lumps, no cancer?

Don’t miss this post over at Toddler Planet. And tell your friends about it too.
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My Grocery Spending

  • Aug-$860
  • Sept-$350
  • Oct-$845
  • Nov-$728
  • Dec-$747
  • Jan-$770
  • Feb-$847
  • Mar-$112

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