Monthly Archives: August 2012

KIOS: Eating, Part 10: Dairy and Eggs (the details)

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading

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Nursing For Two

my totally late post to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week in a municipal park in Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2012 Ellie was still nursing when we found out that I was pregnant with Baby B2.  And by nursing, I mean NURSING.  At … Continue reading

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Happy Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Auntie Meggan! I’ll eat some watermelon for you to celebrate! (And Laura apologizes to Meggan for never managing to take any pictures of her whenever we’re together – too much talking that isn’t photo-worthy I guess!) 🙂

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Our Tomatoes May Be a Big FAIL This Year…

…but thankfully our neighbors planted way too many cherry tomatoes and we’re allowed to pick them whenever we want! So thanks Tim and Brenda for rescuing our tomato-less summer!

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August Sewing: These Shades Will Never Get Done

OK, they will eventually.  I have one entirely (well, almost entirely) done!  The dowel sleeves are sewn on and the cord rings are hand-sewn on.  Now, I just have to motivate myself to hand-sew on about 50 more rings to … Continue reading

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KIOS: A Short Interlude

This post is part of my series, “Kickin’ It Old Skool: Why and How We Are Old-Fashioned” or KIOS for short.  If you’re new to the series, please read my disclaimer before continuing on.  I’m keeping a table of contents … Continue reading

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When Nik takes the camera outside…

We get lots of pictures of Ellie! See the hair? It’s over her ears! That’s the, “Show me your teeth,” smile!

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Our Chickens ARE Happy, Even Though We Eat Their Eggs

A couple weeks ago, I was listening to the Diane Rehm Show while sewing shades.  Her guest was Jenny Brown, and the topic of the show was, “The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals.” While I had much … Continue reading

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Shopping is WAY More Fun…

…when you have an Ellie-sized cart to push around! I wish you could have heard the giggles of sheer delight echoing all through the store!

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My Sabbath Quandary

Nik and I try to honor the Sabbath by resting as best we can.  We take the day off from using the Internet (and our computer).  We also try to get all our necessary work done on Saturday so that … Continue reading

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