Monthly Archives Jan 2010
pizza and beer night ~ the morning after
January 30, 2010
Last night we had a few of Damien's co-workers/friends over to our house for a pizza, beer and card playing night. Apparently some of Damien's co-workers like to hang out on Friday night after the work week. They invited him along but my husband, great guy that he is, wants ...
sledding at the farm
January 30, 2010
Did you know the farm is a great place for sledding? As originally posted at FIMBY
January sweet stuff
January 29, 2010
It's been 2 months since I've done a sweet stuff post because Christmas threw me off my usual once a month routine. But I've been setting aside a bunch of links that I plan to share this month and next. Because I'm in a homeschool frame of mind these days ...
Steady Days Review & Giveaway
January 26, 2010
If you read any of the blogs I read regularly, most of you are probably already in the know about the release of Jamie Martin's new book Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood. Since the official launch two weeks ago reviews of Jamie's book have been featured at ...
with apologies to Spring
January 25, 2010
If you subscribe to my blog's RSS feed you might know what I'm talking about. If you don't, I'll explain. You see when I do a photo shoot for someone I have them download the photos from our server, via a page here on my blog. The general public does ...
winter magic & adventure
January 24, 2010
Contentment does not describe my feelings after yesterday's family time sledding at a local state park. Combine physical activity, lots of belly laughter, winter's beauty and spending time with my favorite people and you start to get a sense for how I felt about the day. Contentment scratches the surface ...
A week of winter
January 23, 2010
Yesterday afternoon I was out walking with my kids as the sun was setting; smoky mauves in an indigo blue sky. It was breathtaking. No camera. It didn't really occur to me to bring it along when we left the house earlier in the afternoon because I'm not so much ...
Vegan Cuisine DVD giveaway
January 21, 2010
No word of a lie, last month my 7 year opened the door to the fridge, found a bowl of unidentified veggie slaw and asked me (in all seriousness), "why is there compost in fridge?" I had a good laugh about that one since that "compost" was our lunch. Today's ...
Our mostly plant based diet
January 20, 2010
Yes, I still love the taste of cheese and why I choose plants instead. Our family's plant-based diet food guidelines and vegan kitchen.
So, you wanna' homeschool...
January 18, 2010
It must be that time of year. Homeschooling is in the air. I notice this especially during our weekly library visit. I can't manage to visit the library these days without fielding requests from complete strangers. The conversations go something like this. Mom - with a couple kids in tow: ...
Pottery ~ take two
January 14, 2010
Last spring the kids and I took a pottery workshop/lesson at a local studio. The photos I took that day resulted in a request from the potter herself for a photo shoot of her pieces, to be featured on her own website. Taking pictures of beautiful pottery is a creatively ...
Getting rid of the TV once and for all ~ Creating a pretty bedroom
January 13, 2010
We've had an on again, off again relationship with TV throughout our family life. For the first 5 years or so (Celine was born 2.5 years after our wedding) we didn't have a TV. Somehow (I honestly don't remember the details) we came in possession of one when the kids ...
Grandma's quilt
January 11, 2010
Four years ago today my maternal grandmother died. Memories of her sneak up on me all the time. In summer I think of her when I'm in my garden; recalling her own green thumb, her fondness for flowers and all the food she grew and prepared for her family over ...
Technology - who needs it? I'd rather be in the woods
January 11, 2010
I'm choosing to end this day on a good note, remembering our afternoon in the winter woods. Technology can sure be frustrating some days. I'm spoiled because I'm married to a technical wizard so my standards are kind of high, but sometimes even he can't fix my problem. Tonight's problem ...
Our Winter Schedule
January 8, 2010
I lied. I do have a couple New Year's goals, it just took me a few days of being home from our travels to process them. Apologies to everyone who commented, e-mailed and even posted about identifying with my lack of resolve. I assure you, I'm still mostly resolution-less. I ...
sweet innocence
January 7, 2010
Childhood should look like this. But for many children it doesn't. Thanks Jamie for the reminder to stay focused on the "things" that matter.
simple pretty in my kitchen
January 5, 2010
Since coming home from our trip I've tackled a few household projects. Putting away Christmas decorations (now that we're down to one bin of decorations that process is almost painless), setting up a new winter wear system in the front porch with repurposed toy storage bins, and cleaning the fridge. ...
a traveler's tally
January 4, 2010
Friday night around 8pm we pulled into our snowy driveway, home at last after 2 weeks away. The first week and a bit of our trip was to Nova Scotia to celebrate Christmas with my family. The second part of our trip was to visit the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec ...
New Year Insecurities
January 2, 2010
I promise to post, soon very soon, more about our trip. It's actually written and ready to go but I wanted to share this first. I did spend some time writing while we were traveling, and this is it (below this introduction). Even though we were staying here, there and ...
