Just writing a quick hello.
Hobbit's vet now wants to test him for Lepro? I don't have time to research it before the appointment, but I know he's been vax'd for it. Gah.
Why I don't have time today? Because a Realtor almost walked in my home with no notice, despite the note on my listing that I require 24 hours. Fine whatever. I was nice about it and he's coming back with enthusiastic shoppers at 4:30. ENTHUSIASTIC SHOPPERS! Still, my goodness, I haven't folded the diapers, made beds, or done the dishes and my kitchen smells funny. I have 3 hours to ameliorate the situation (I get wordy in panic mode) and dog still has to get to vet at 4, across town, 20 minute drive. For now, babe is sleeping and Lil'Bug has been bribed/occupied with some princess dolls that I found on top of the armoir all covered in dust, never been opened. Mystery. But still, occupied.
I am crossing my fingers. It would be a huge blessing if these are the ones that buy our house. Now. Because the timing would be perfect.
Ok, I am turning on the time bending powers and making a clean sweep of the haunted mansion. See you in 15 minutes, or 3 hours your time. ;)
Friday, 21 November 2008
Friday Chaotic Friday
Mother, wife, sister, friend. This is our second year on the farm, a dream we've had since we were first married. We unschool, AP parent, and grow our own food (or try to).
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Good Things
Just a quick update.
Good things:
Good things:
- Hobbit is slowly recovering. We had (have) to change our routine a bit and baby him a bit more and the medication schedule is rigid (I am so not used to anything being scheduled and inflexible), but we are adapting.
- Propane tank is not as expensive as we planned for AND the place we found has excellent customer service. (Thank you Blue Gate!)
- Insurance policy in progress. That was harder than it had to be. Seriously. Why does State Farm have excellent agent service and crappy claims service? Anyway....State Farm it is.
- My Aunt Deedle is coming from Texas for Thanksgiving! Yay! (Also, preparing for family drama that everyone says will not happen. Is everyone is apparently ignoring reality and living in a fantasy world of flowers and peaches? Seriously.) Keeping my humor about.
- Found a Kung Fu class Lil'Bug can take! (Thank you Julia!)
- Shepards Pie with lamb for dinner tonight.
- Playdates.
- Called insurance company. Good thing I did. Hospital submitted the forms wrong. Bills owed 800$ less than we were actually billed. This is not the first time this has happened. I now call and verify every single one of my bills, first insurance then origin. Sometimes it is one or the other, but it has only been right once (Anesthesiologist). I will be sad to change insurance companies in January though, because even though there have been so many mistakes, they have always worked to correct them and have been really REALLY nice about it.
- MidAmerican gave us another 4 digit refund! (Which in turn paid for the boiler repairs, ironic that the way I saved so much money is what broke the pipes.)
Mother, wife, sister, friend. This is our second year on the farm, a dream we've had since we were first married. We unschool, AP parent, and grow our own food (or try to).
Friday, 14 November 2008
Snacking Thoughts
We don't eat a lot of junk food. Now and then we'll eat chips and I suppose we (Dearest more than the rest of us) also drink soda (pop, Coke, whatever its called) and coffee (which I do not consider junk.....) but we just don't eat a lot of the processed convenience or snack food that are staples in most America's pantries.
We don't eat it because we don't buy it. If we did, we would. I know this because I am drawn to the bag of Ruffles and stash of Reece's peanut butter cups leftover from the party last week. If I bring home a box of Truffles or Twinkies Dearest mows through them in one sitting. But these things are EXPENSIVE and just look at the ingredients. Yuck (and yet oh so delicious.....).
We all need snacking food though. I don't deny us snacks. Here's what we keep on hand:
Tortilla Chips and Salsa.
Fruit, a variety every week. Right now our bottom fridge bin is full of apples from our picking outing back in September.
Nuts (cashews and almonds right now).
Dried cranberries and raisins.
Popsicles, the all fruit kind.
Yogurt.
Cheese and meat (Lil'Bug calls this a "naked" sandwich....)
Lil'Bug helps herself to any of the above whenever she is hungry. She knows that if she plows through it all then it is gone for the week so she typically doesn't. One week last summer she ate a whole box worth of Popsicles in one afternoon, but I suspect she was just thirsty. Also, some of those were homemade smoothie pops and actually had spinach and carrot in them too. So ha. She never binged like that again though and she never sneaks food.
We don't eat it because we don't buy it. If we did, we would. I know this because I am drawn to the bag of Ruffles and stash of Reece's peanut butter cups leftover from the party last week. If I bring home a box of Truffles or Twinkies Dearest mows through them in one sitting. But these things are EXPENSIVE and just look at the ingredients. Yuck (and yet oh so delicious.....).
We all need snacking food though. I don't deny us snacks. Here's what we keep on hand:
Tortilla Chips and Salsa.
Fruit, a variety every week. Right now our bottom fridge bin is full of apples from our picking outing back in September.
Nuts (cashews and almonds right now).
Dried cranberries and raisins.
Popsicles, the all fruit kind.
Yogurt.
Cheese and meat (Lil'Bug calls this a "naked" sandwich....)
Lil'Bug helps herself to any of the above whenever she is hungry. She knows that if she plows through it all then it is gone for the week so she typically doesn't. One week last summer she ate a whole box worth of Popsicles in one afternoon, but I suspect she was just thirsty. Also, some of those were homemade smoothie pops and actually had spinach and carrot in them too. So ha. She never binged like that again though and she never sneaks food.
Mother, wife, sister, friend. This is our second year on the farm, a dream we've had since we were first married. We unschool, AP parent, and grow our own food (or try to).
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Things I Have Recently Learned About My Food Processor....
And through experience I might add....
The food processor is an amazing tool. I use it to chop onion, mince garlic, and dice ginger. It does a better job for these if not overloaded. If overloaded, the items turn to mush.
Bread is hard. But not as hard as some people make it out to be. It is way easier with a food processor.
Food processor makes pie crust easy as pie. If the butter is properly chilled and not left out too long, the blades do the work of cutting up and in the butter. Then since it is really fast, you don't even have to re-chill the dough to work it. Time saver!
Something you should know about the food processor is this: DO NOT try and use it to mash potatoes unless you like potato glue. Not fluffy mashed taters but instead super runny, potato glue. Yuck. Also, sorry about that. Some things are worth doing by hand.
The food processor is an amazing tool. I use it to chop onion, mince garlic, and dice ginger. It does a better job for these if not overloaded. If overloaded, the items turn to mush.
Bread is hard. But not as hard as some people make it out to be. It is way easier with a food processor.
Food processor makes pie crust easy as pie. If the butter is properly chilled and not left out too long, the blades do the work of cutting up and in the butter. Then since it is really fast, you don't even have to re-chill the dough to work it. Time saver!
Something you should know about the food processor is this: DO NOT try and use it to mash potatoes unless you like potato glue. Not fluffy mashed taters but instead super runny, potato glue. Yuck. Also, sorry about that. Some things are worth doing by hand.
Mother, wife, sister, friend. This is our second year on the farm, a dream we've had since we were first married. We unschool, AP parent, and grow our own food (or try to).
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