Monthly Archives Apr 2009
Thoughts on hiking, knitting and healthy feet
April 29, 2009
~My feet after this weekend's hike.~ Sometimes hiking is mostly hard work and the best part is reaching the end, propping up your tired feet and knitting. As was the case with last weekend's hike but you can read more about that over at our family adventure blog. Speaking of ...
Learning to Ride a Bike (And Other Scary Life Situations) Self-Talk
April 28, 2009
We've been bike riding lately in this beautiful spring weather. The kiddos that is; I can't ride with them yet because Brienne still needs my steady hand while she's learning to ride a two-wheeler (plus, if I was riding who would take the photos?) She's almost got it but her ...
Sweet Stuff early spring
April 27, 2009
Posts I find inspiring, informative, encouraging or just plain pretty. Mama Speak Tips for moody mama days (we all have them). I like to lower my expectations and go to bed early. An afternoon bike ride helps too. Family Rituals at Simple Mom. One of my favorites in our Saturday ...
The stitch that wrecked my sewing machine
April 25, 2009
Well it may not have completely wrecked my machine but since Celine hemmed her pants using this fancy stitch my machine only goes backwards! My mother taught me to sew (supplemented by home-ec lessons) on this machine and passed it along to me years ago when she bought a newer ...
~ Woman Who Speaks Tree ~ Book Review & Giveaway
April 23, 2009
I love trees. They are one of nature's constants; beautiful in all seasons. Their beauty, regardless of the month, is what gets me through the vegetatively colorless season of winter. It's no coincidence that my outdoor photos from the last 4 months were mostly... trees. There's nothing else growing! Next ...
Hanging laundry is fun
April 22, 2009
I'm tired of my blogging voice. I've written a lot of wordy posts this past week. Time for a break. Happy Earth Day everyone. Who's says being "green" is no fun? Get outside, hang some laundry and have some fun! Amazingly, my white linens were still clean after these "laundry ...
The Earth Day Compost Heap
April 21, 2009
I have other plans for tomorrow's Earth Day post (with a giveaway) if I can finish it up in time. So I'm doing an earth day round up today. A little bit of this, a little bit of that - kind of like my compost pile. Garbage Day We cleaned ...
FIMBY's new look
April 20, 2009
I'm not exactly sure how many people read my blog via a reader (does anyone know how to figure that number out?) so I wanted to make an announcement so everyone would know that FIMBY has a logo. I'd be so happy if you decided to check it out (unless ...
Future unknown
April 19, 2009
At heart she's a homemaker. All she ever really wanted was a husband, a home and babies to call her own. Deep down he's a visionary and adventurer. But he's also a provider, protector and steadier than steady. Her heart and dreams are wrapped up in this man. He is ...
Garden pretty
April 17, 2009
This time of the year is all about gardening. Yesterday was spent in the kitchen garden (when I wasn't helping kiddos with sewing projects, babysitting slugs named Peanut Butter and preparing meals). Unfortunately the garden as whole doesn't photograph very well right now; there's not much growing. But if you ...
A softer & greener "time of the month"
April 16, 2009
Menstrual Cups For about one year now I've been using a menstrual cup during my period. It took me the longest time to figure out these things even existed, which is why I'm writing about it. The more women who know about this, the better. I'm not sure what originally ...
Pond study
April 14, 2009
These photos are almost 2 weeks old now, hence the snow in the background. At the time I wanted to write a little "pond study" post to go along with them but then thought how fun it would be to collaborate with Mariah at Playful Learning. Her educational blog posts ...
My husband saves the day
April 14, 2009
I knew I didn't marry this man just for his beautiful (full of optimism & mirth) blue eyes. Well maybe I did, but he's come in handy for more than just his positive outlook on life. And this afternoon he came through for me again. After my post earlier today ...
I want to throw my monitor out the window
April 13, 2009
There ain't anything pretty about this post folks. I'm so frustrated I could cry, in fact I almost am. Since getting my new computer & monitor a couple months ago I've had nothing but challenges in getting the photos to look right. Turns out there's more to digital photography than ...
Almost ten
April 10, 2009
My oldest will be 10 next month. She has been a joy to parent right from the beginning - really. (This can't be said of all my children!) Everything has been very smooth sailing until... now. Are there any other parents of ten year old girls, or almost ten year ...
Soap giveaway
April 10, 2009
I know everything is about spring right now so please forgive the wintery forest photo. But we're giving away a couple bars of homemade Winter Woods soap over at ADVENTUREinPROGRESS. You all might want to hop on over and leave a comment to win a bar of soap. While you're ...
A Spring Learning List
April 8, 2009
We live by the "make hay while the sun shines" adage but since we don't actually live on a farm it's more of a "living by the seasons" philosophy.
urban spring morning beauty
April 7, 2009
Maybe I was inspired by my new list or perhaps I had a really good sleep last night or maybe it was just the cat meowing at my head to be fed... but I got up at 6:15 this morning. Unheard of for me. After getting up to feed the ...
Spring Planting the Raised Bed
April 5, 2009
It started as an idea 3 years ago, a necessity really if we ever wanted to eat greens from our own garden. Urban soil in older neighborhoods is notoriously known for pollutants, our little lot being no different. May 2008: The bed is built, quite fittingly on Mother's Day - ...
A Blogging Mama Does the Numbers
April 4, 2009
Although Damien is doing our taxes today and I'm working out our summer budget (it ain't pretty), those aren't the numbers I'm referring to. This blogging/photography hobby of mine can take control of my time very easily if I don't guard myself. I'm fairly certain I'm not the only mama ...
mud season
April 3, 2009
If you're from Maine you know all about mud season. Oh boy, do you ever! This is the "grass" in my backyard. Or what was the grass in my backyard.
Pruning raspberries and cleaning up my heart
April 1, 2009
I considered writing this in two separate posts so it would be more readable for the "masses" (all 16 of you) and more (are you ready for this honesty) Google searchable. Oops, did I actually say that? But forget Google, forget the masses! This is my blog I'll write it ...
