Things are moving all around here. We’re keeping things cleaner, I’m moving much of my vintage goods into a warehouse space, Drew is working steadily, the girls are changing and growing rapidly–particularly the babe, if I stop...
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Nothing specific to say… no matter how romantic it may seem–there is some amount of–ahem, poop that goes along with chicken keeping…but, at least they’re laying! from Martha Stewart, lemon-cornmeal sheet cookie a...
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Tonight starts Shevat 15 according to the Hebrew Calendar, thereby making it Tu B’shevat. “Legally, the “New Year for Trees” relates to the various tithes that are separated from produce grown in the Holy Land. These tithes differ...
Read moreSeveral months ago I stumbled across a math curriculum called ‘Math by Hand’–I honestly don’t remember where. However, I was intrigued. What caught my eye were the handmade manipulatives in the pictures–but then...
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I recently got an email offering potentially free products should I blog about ‘What’s Essential‘. Well, I love the products already (Nordic Naturals), and I really liked that theme. So, I’ll take inspiration...
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There are 2 types of gardeners, perhaps even more. In the two I know there’s the folks that look at a piece of land, want to tear it up, get their fingers as dirty as possible and plant again, and again. Some plants not doing exactly what...
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Thanks to one of Drew’s customers we had to make a relatively impromptu trip to the coast. As of last Thursday there was no plan, but we threw something together and had a really great ‘journey’–as Naomi and Leviah kept...
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So, there’s always potential that the fresh, clean, new year is full of promise. It is, as was last year. I don’t want to forget or think that it’s time to start over–last year was great. We had a baby, who is amazing. We...
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Naomi loves to make gingerbread houses, and this year it occurred to me that we could really make it part of our Hanukkah celebration by modifying a kit to make a Temple with some Macabbean soldiers. It was pretty fun to play with candy, and a...
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I saw these via pinterest and actually used the idea! this is my plate of favorites, but we made all kinds. It was a great way to decorate shortbread cookies, especially for little hands. The end result is a bit like old-timey shortbread molds...
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We took one morning last week to work as a candle factory. (we used this kit) We are ready to burn-em-up! on the to-do list (among other daily necessities): make some cookies like these. (we should be so talented) tell the story. keep reciting...
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