Category Archives: KIOS

A Baby Who Can Feed Herself (and some old-fashioned musings too)

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Laura

Ellie is becoming increasingly proficient in feeding herself.  In just the last week, she has started scooping food from a bowl with ease, particularly yogurt, applesauce, and thick soup.  It’s so exciting to see her becoming more independent in this … Continue reading →

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Now, Looking Forward

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Laura

I have lots of thoughts in my head about what I want to write about.  I don’t know how many blog posts I’ve composed in my head while Ellie was nursing, only to have them stay there because I ran … Continue reading →

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Really and Truly, Honestly, I’m Done With Preserving (At Least Until June)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Laura

On Thursday, I made 15 pint jars of marmalade. Here are the 8 jars of grapefruit marmalade and the seven jars of tangerine marmalade. The verdict? Both varieties are delicious!  I like the grapefruit the best – I love bitterness … Continue reading →

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That’s a lot of pumpkin!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Laura

That’s 37 1/2 cups of pumpkin puree, to be exact.  Most of our winter’s supply of pumpkin, it’s now living in the freezer, waiting to be made into pumpkin pasta, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, and maybe even a pumpkin pie … Continue reading →

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How to have soft, silky smooth skin without paying a fortune for spa treatments

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Laura

Another post in my series, “How to ________ without _________“ Caution, there’s a slightly weird, possibly disturbing picture in the post.  You may not want to continue if you think you’ll be grossed out.  (But it’s really not that bad … Continue reading →

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Stocking up for Winter

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Laura

We had a busy weekend!  I made 20 portions of pesto (enough for 20 meals worth of pesto pasta).   I freeze them in cookie-shaped portions on cookie sheets so another way of saying this is that I made 20 … Continue reading →

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“My Crunchy Granola Girl Experiment”, Part 2B – The End

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Laura

I started this series, “My Crunchy Granola Girl Experiment” back in October. Here’s part one introducing the topic. Here’s Part 2A about why I stopped using commercial shampoo. And finally, the part that you all have actually been wanting to … Continue reading →

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“My Crunchy Granola Girl Experiment”, Part 2A

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Laura

I started this series, “My Crunchy Granola Girl Experiment” back in October. Here’s part one introducing the topic. This is Part 2A about why I stopped using commercial shampoo Part 2B will be the recipe for my homemade shampoo and … Continue reading →

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My Crunchy Granola Girl experiment – Part 1

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Laura

Here’s Part 2A and Part 2B. When we went on our first date (not that I knew it was a date), Nik came away with the impression that I was a bit of a “crunchy, granola girl.”  And rightly so … Continue reading →

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Trying

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Laura

Living here in suburban Baltimore, it sometimes feels like there’s not much we can do to help the environment, be connected to our neighbors, or much else that Wendell Berry and others seem to promote – and which Nik and … Continue reading →

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