I’ve written before about the minor work we’ve been doing in the kitchen the last several months (here, here, and here) and the Fourth Of July weekend finally brought a major phase of the project to a close. It may be a record – and not one I’m proud of – for the slowest update […]

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No, it’s not Christmas – it’s wild black raspberry season. Wild black raspberries on vanilla ice cream is easily my favorite treat. Luckily for me, there’s a small patch I have access to nearby with just enough berries for a couple nights worth of snacking for me and the kiddos. With the drought last year, […]

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I was asked the other day “what ever happened to the Tasty Tuesday entries?” The simple answer: I decided they weren’t worth it. The longer answer: Even though I’ve been told I can whip up a scrumptious meal, there are thousands of places on the internet to find cooking information much better than I can […]

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Peanut is no longer content to just sit and watch her siblings have all the fun being “mobile”. Over the past two weeks, her large motor skill development has exploded! She is crawling (and she’s a quick one), she is pushing herself up from her belly to sitting, and she is pulling herself up to […]

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After getting Peanut back to sleep after her green bean shake this morning I went out to the garden to pick the last of the strawberries – almost a gallon of berries about the size of my thumb. Nothing impressive to look at, but they’ll taste great this winter. (I guess it’s a sign of […]

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Here’s something we haven’t done in a while – actually, it’s been over six months if you’re keeping track. For those of you who weren’t around back then (or those of you like me that simply can’t remember back that far), Flashback Friday highlighted some of the initial improvements we made to the house shortly […]

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Have I mentioned we’ve been picking strawberries? It started out slow a couple weeks ago – a berry here or there. Then on the 15th we picked about a gallon of ripe berries and continued to pick at least a gallon every other day… until last Saturday. The little extra heat with the rain we […]

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I keep a little list in the back of my mind of things that would be nice to have but I really don’t need enough to go out and get. Yes, obviously boys will always be boys and the list includes some far-fetched things like a small bulldozer for shaping up the waterways that drain […]

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With all the rain, finding time to work in the garden has been challenging. At this point, we’re to the point that almost everything is planted – at least for the first round. I still have room for eight or twelve more rows of something. Here’s a quick list of what’s growing this year: Beets […]

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At the tail end of a post last week I included this picture… The glass on the right is a glass of water… so is the glass on the left… straight from the tap. To make a very long story somewhat shorter, early last week our well water became noticeably cloudy (the picture was taken […]

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