Week in Review

Meals for the week Chicken burritos Braised chicken with carrots and rice Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, potatoes au gratin, corn on the cob Apple pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled cheese eggs, fresh fruit Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, broccoli Chicken sausage and mushroom calzones Thanksgiving sandwiches, fresh fruit Eye Towards Rhythm Circle time was re-established! [...]

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Nesting

It seems to happen in bursts for me.  I go into a frenzy of cleaning, de-cluttering, and organizing and well, I’m having another burst!  My recent and current projects: Boys’ Room – I painted it RED!  James helped move the furniture and disassemble the bunk-beds and together we came up with a new layout for [...]

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Seeing Red

I’ve wanted to paint the boys’ room for some time.  It was on the “to-do” list that kept growing instead of shrinking. The boys were rooting for blue, but in order to match what we already have, it would have been navy blue or a light blue.  Light blue would have needed a primer coat [...]

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Headboard!!!!

I got the door that I wanted to convert into a headboard back in February for Valentine’s Day.  Well, shortly thereafter, we discovered that we were expecting and other things took priority, like sleep. James’ friend came over yesterday morning and brought his hand dandy circular saw.  They were able to do the necessary cuts [...]

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Simplicity

I’m back on track with my de-cluttering the house.  No less than 6 cardboard boxes are stacked and waiting to be recycled.  A pile of things to be donated to Goodwill is being accumulated.  I discovered that I do indeed have a countertop in the kitchen and hope to find that I have lots of [...]

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13 Weeks

Ahh, the end of my first trimester and the beginning of the second.  I’m a happy pregnant lady most of the time, only suffering from a single day of  of migraine misery and insomnia around 3 AM.  Belly is steadily growing, which I can only assume means that I’m growing a great placenta and a [...]

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Pantry Organization

It’s been on my to-do list for weeks and I finally got around to it!  I’ve been getting containers through Frontier ($2.10 for the gallon size) for the past couple of months to have some sort of affordable storage system and I’m quite happy with the results. Storage on the top shelf for serving baskets [...]

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Duvet Cover!

I finally finished it last week and I’m ever so pleased with the result.  I spent a total of $13 to create it, $10 at Target on the clearance shower curtain and $3 at Hobby Lobby for the 3 yards of brown fabric.  I used an old favorite sheet for the back and created a [...]

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Grain Storage

I love that we get can get organic wheat berries, oats, other grains, beans, and rice through our co-op at a super great price, but then we had trouble finding an affordable storage solution.  Sure, they sell these great containers at the specialty cooking stores or flour storage buckets at King Arthur Flour, but at [...]

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Craft Room (and Office)

This has been the catch-all room since the move… but not anymore!  I started working on it yesterday and finished up this morning with the organizing and cleaning and I’m ready to get some heavy duty sewing, knitting, and crafting done for the holidays now!

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