summer sacrifices ~ thoughts on owning a rental
August 24, 2009
In these parts our home is called, a 2 family house. Where we are from originally this type of house is called a "house with a suite or mother-in-law apartment". Regardless of what it's called the idea is the same; part of our house is an apartment/suite/flat that we rent ...
Calendula, Salves and an Easy Soap Recipe
August 22, 2009
A bit of everything: why I love calendula, salve making and a soap recipe.
Handmade Home book release party
August 21, 2009
Last Friday night before our anniversary supper date Damien and I attended SouleMama's book release party for Handmade Home. Silly but true: I was nervous about meeting thee SouleMama in person. She's one of the most well known bloggers in the crafty mama world which makes her kind of... famous. ...
love, marriage and a dinner out
August 19, 2009
We celebrated our 13th anniversary last Friday night. We went to Portland, our favorite Maine city hang-out and ate supper at a divine "real food" restaurant. An innovative local place with vegan, veggie and even gluten and corn free options. It was so wonderful. I get wistful even now, in ...
Slushies and Tabouleh salad for a hot summer day
August 18, 2009
There's a couple recipes in this post, just scroll past my whining to find them. I'm taking a blogging "break" (that's a joke since blogging is a break for me and everything else I'm dealing with right now is plain old work) but that doesn't mean I can't send out ...
Hitting the wall
August 16, 2009
I'm so beyond exhausted right now with the work of marriage, mothering and home making.
Time I spend feeding my family
August 12, 2009
Meals are cornerstone daily rituals we plan for, anticipate, cook, sit down and eat and of course clean up after three times each day. This makes me think it would be nice to live in a place where they only eat 2 meals a day - does such a place exist?
