We're book people and we need lots of shelf space for all our books. We have only just now begun to use our third bedroom. When we moved in it became apparent that the resident of this bedroom had been a smoker and the room just reeked of cigarettes. We painted and cleaned but the smell was still overwhelming. My dad looked into the matter and painted everything with a special paint that … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
The Burrow
My dream house looks something like this low impact woodland home. Or The Burrow from Harry Potter shown here: … [Read more...]
Potty Training?
Can some other mamas help me out with the next step of potty training? If potty training doesn't interest you, don't bother reading this. So we've started potty training Little Bear, or rather, he's decided he wants to start potty training. I was going to wait til he turned two, but he just really wants to use the potty. A couple weeks ago he started wanting to sit on the potty before … [Read more...]
Farm Tour
Benjamin's Uncle Garrett and I took him to the Farm Tour this weekend to see Orchard Pond Organics where we have our CSA share. Look at how beautiful these chickens are! We eat their eggs so I'm glad to know that they're such good looking creatures. They have a pretty awesome chicken tractor, too. There were some good lookin' cows in this field (behind Garrett and Little Bear) … [Read more...]
Eating by Season: Why I Like Having a CSA Share
I've had a few people ask about the CSA we have a share in, so I thought I'd post about it with some background on eating seasonal foods. In the past couple of years I've gained great appreciation for the rhythms of the Christian Year and the way that by observing it, the story of the Gospel unfolds. One way to participate in the Christian Year is to feast and fast according to the traditions of … [Read more...]
My Sweet Little Bear and Autumnal Fun
We took a trip to the Pumpkin Patch with my mom and her goddaughter, Maddy. Benjamin was quite thrilled to be carted around by Maddy. He picked out this knobbliest of pumpkins. I don't know why it looks like he has dirt on his nose. A few new things: Bear has started sleeping later. (Praise the Lord!) For the first year he wouldn't sleep later than 5:30 and for the past six months he's … [Read more...]
My Sweet Little Bear and Autumnal Fun
We took a trip to the Pumpkin Patch with my mom and her goddaughter, Maddy. Benjamin was quite thrilled to be carted around by Maddy. He picked out this knobbliest of pumpkins. I don't know why it looks like he has dirt on his nose. A few new things: Bear has started sleeping later. (Praise the Lord!) For the first year he wouldn't sleep later than 5:30 and for the past six months he's … [Read more...]
A Trip to the Country
Due partly to the beautiful weather that begs for fun excursions and partly to an undeniable craving for Bradley's Sausage we took a trip up Centerville Road to Bradley's Country Store on Saturday with Thomas and Kellie. For those of you so unfortunate to have never experienced Bradley's Country Store, please remedy this at once. It's an old-timey general store about 20 minutes outside of … [Read more...]
October: The Rosary
Each month of the year has a special emphasis in the Church Calendar and October is dedicated to the Rosary. Growing up Protestant, I was taught to be concerned by ‘rote’ prayers which lead to spiritual dryness and to instead use my own words in order to be more ‘authentic’ and ‘genuine.’ Yet, as I have been exposed to ancient prayers, I have found them not rote, but rhythmic, and not dry, but … [Read more...]
