Eat the Frog

I decided to split up my post about biscuits and gravy into two posts because gravy has earned its very own place in my kitchen. Gravy i...

Every meal that we say grace Lil'Bug says, when it is her turn, "I AM THANKFUL FOR OUR FOOD!" I am too. The last couple weeks...

Some thoughts I am distracting myself with while Hobbit is undergoing x-rays and the vet is discussing surgery. Last week I had the opportun...

I mentioned in my last post that I plan to keep home in a different way. Here's my plan. I plan to choose things to fill my home that ar...

In the next of our using all the beef series, I am making a Shank Boil . Wish me much luck.

My first from scratch, apples I picked, dough rolled by hand pie. Good flavour. Things to note: I love hot right out of the oven pie BUT thi...

I have a confession to make. We stopped wearing sunscreen this year. I was worried and nervous as we are all fairly fair skinned BUT I had a...

Every year there is a Not Back to School gathering on the first day that the public schools are in session. We celebrate that the parks and ...

For the first time since planting the peach tree four years ago, we have peaches. There is nothing like a fresh picked, still warm from the ...

It rained. Usually this is no big deal. Actually, it set up to make our first Friday field trip to the local marsh even marshier. Lil'Bu...

Broccoli! These are doing awesome. The strange absence of bugs this year also includes cabbage moths and such so maybe we won't have a ...

I got my pocket diapers this week and a Moby Wrap on clearance. I have two ring slings, but I wanted another style to play with. But first, ...

I just finished ALL the laundry. Washed, dried, and put away. It had been looming as a giant pile of clean clothes in baskets on my bed for ...

Princess Lil'Bug in the Garden...... Pulling weeds...... Raking the compost smooth...... Finished bed, planted with spinach, spicy gree...

4 years ago I was planning and registering for Lil'Bugs baby shower. I registered for furniture, swings, portables, pack and plays, bedd...

Lil'Bug and I decided to make salad smoothies last week. It caught on. This week I let her pick and add all the goodies. Carrots Spinach...

We don't have a microwave. A conversation earlier today reminded me of that. I miss microwave popcorn, burnt or no. But that's about...

Today served as a reminder for me as to how far I've come. 10 years ago I thought breastfeeding a 1 year old+ was yucky, co-sleeping was...

I did the whole entire yoga routine, all 60 minutes of it. There was only one pose I couldn't do because my crappy folding chair is the ...

Making progress : I am experiencing quite a bit of anxiety over the Wii purchase. Sure, we made the decision for all the right reasons.....B...