Kitchen & Cooking
Monday morning kitchen counter
November 17, 2009
Early morning as I start the laundry and make my coffee I watch the sun rise over my neighbors' roofs and tree tops through my kitchen window. Much later I can watch it set from the other half of the house, through our learning room window, near my desk. But ...
Vanilla Extract ~ An easy handmade gift
November 13, 2009
Vanilla extract is a very easy homemade gift to make someone (or someones) for the holidays. It's just as easy to make a large quantity to be given to many recipients as it is to make a small batch.
True Health Care Reform
November 9, 2009
Update: After writing this post I was asked to submit it to the weekly blog carnival Prevention Not Prescriptions at The Kathleen Show. Speaking of Kathleen, she is the writer & director behind the movie Side Effects, a great flick that we watched a couple years ago. Having had no ...
A failed batch of peppermint mocha cheesecake ~ and other soapy fun
November 8, 2009
I made my Christmas gift soap this week. Problem is I won't be giving it for gifts. What I had planned to be such a luscious soap - peppermint scented, coffee and cocoa for color with chunks of real chocolate turned out crumbly and is now getting all white and ...
While the men are away...
October 4, 2009
the women will play. Well not play so much as putter around. Our men went hiking today without us women. They hiked the highest mountain in Maine, Mount Katahdin, a good 4 hours from our home and the day involved leaving the house at the ungodly hour of 4:00am. I ...
My mother makes Salsa Verde ~ Cooking and Preserving the Harvest
October 1, 2009
My parents are back in Nova Scotia and so we're ditching morning school for the rest of the week to adjust to life without Nana & Papa. Our days are filled instead with lots of sewing and lego play; in case you're wondering where that next homeschool post is... it's ...
September in my kitchen
September 10, 2009
I'm up to my eyeballs these days in school planning and organization. It's that time of year when we bring the learning indoors a bit more. The kids are definitely ready for the change. It's time. I gave up my writing time this afternoon to spend an extra hour at ...
