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Gardening--end of July update

We’re still waiting on the majority of our produce to come in. We are SOOOO close, I can almost taste it!! But the winters are long and late out here, so the planting starts late, and thus, the harvesting comes late. We’ve got tons of green tomatos just waiting to ripen. I haven’t dug out [...]

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Like a Child

I knew that being a parent would teach me a ton about my relationship with God. I had always heard that becoming a parent would give you new insight into how passionately and fervently God loves us. But I never realized how much becoming a parent would teach me about me.

You see, I can [...]

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Parker & His Kisses

Following on the heels of yesterday’s news about my new video-on-the-go iPhone 4, I can now show you some of the sweeter moments with our little man.  So for today, I’ve got a little jem of Parker’s propensity towards affection.  Parker loves “giving kisses to mommy”.  Want to see one?  You don’t have to twist my [...]

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Video Fun

I recently upgraded to the new iPhone version 4, so I now have video capabilities on-the-go. The best part is, it is super easy to upload the videos directly to YouTube. So, I’ve created an account and will occasionally be posting video over there. Just in case you want to check it out, I thought [...]

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A Change in Plans

It’s amazing how quickly life can completely change. Friday night  seems like such a long time ago. I spent the evening enjoying a date night with the hubster–talking about life, our goals, and our home renovations aspirations. Saturday morning, well that’s another issue entirely. I was woken up early by the little man; for once, [...]

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Porch Curtains

Well, it’s about time isn’t it? The porch curtains are finally in process! I bought the fabric ages ago and then got stuck. I have had several different ideas of how to do them, but wasn’t 100% sold on any of them. Then I was reading my friend’s blog the other day and inspiration struck [...]

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The Problem of Plastic

For the most part my beloved husband is super supportive of my desire to make our household more holistic. He partnered with me in natural childbirth, shares the load of cloth diapering (well, some what), loves fresh and natural cooking, and doesn’t mind the cleaning products I use. But, everyonce in awhile he will balk [...]

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Breastfeeding

It’s difficult to put my thoughts about breastfeeding into a concise and helpful post. So difficult it’s taken me several days to work on this post. OK, more like weeks. I guess I’m a little schizophrenic when it comes to my opinion on the whole experience. It’s hard, wonderful, painful, tiring, bonding, convenient, and inconvenient–all at [...]

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Basement Project

I think my husband and I might be a little crazy. (Well, actually, I know we are pretty much certifiably crazy in some ways.) But really. After being homeowners for just one year we’ve redone our porch, living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom 1, bedroom 2, hall, office, all our lighting and electrical, garden, and [...]

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Christmas in July

It really is fabulous having a birthday half-way through the calendar year. It always feels like Christmas in July when my birthday comes around! I’ve had some really wonderful birthday presents over the years:

When I turned  16 my dad took me on my first date and gave me my purity ring (oh, and a [...]

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