I know it’s Wednesday, but my mind is still back at the weekend. It was lovely and fairly slow-paced and has me looking forward to this coming weekend as well. We did a little Halloween decorating- always fun when you have helpers. Boy 2 spend…

Some fun things happening in the kitchen this week. First off the Husband and I finally got around to canning some jalepenos. We grew these in the garden- a strange variety- they are quite large and red! We used this recipe, which we have used…

I’ve been a bit of an organization trip lately. I think that success in one area leads to another. So pleased with my one-thing-leads-to-another success of last weekend, I decided to tackle something that has been nagging at me for months (years?): recipes. I don’t…

I guess it’s official, fall is here. Leaves are falling and we had our first rain of the season (it was lovely). Our CSA produce is reflecting the change in season as well. We are still getting some tomatoes (thankfully), but the summer squash is…

Have you ever had one of those organizational projects that spirals out of control? Where you think that you are going to tackle a nagging project, but that leads to another, which leads to another, which leads to another… Well that is what happened around…

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The Girl is thirteen and a half today. Strange that I would notice this, you think? Not around this house; we celebrate half birthdays around here. Usually Six Minute Chocolate Cake and a “Happy Half-Birthday To You” song at dinner. The cake is simple, moist,…

A relaxed Sunday this weekend. Boy 2 asked if he could make waffles on Sunday morning- a first. He is lactose-intolerant, so we adapted our familiar Betty Crocker recipe to use almond milk and I always swap out some of the white flour for whole…

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Boy 1 brought home a new instrument from school this weekend- a double bass. It’s huge! And this one is only 3/4 size! It’s quite and adventure getting it in and out of the car. The living room is officially dripping in musical intruments: guitars (both acoustic…