I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 22nd, 2009
Potatoes Spanish onion Heirloom acorn squash Carnival squash Turnips Red cabbage Collards (blech!) Bekana cabbage Apples The good thing is that we have a week off before fall CSA starts in two weeks, so I’m going to have time to use up all these interesting veggies. We’ll be having pasties at some point, I have […]
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 20th, 2009
We just received this handsewn rattle for Lizzie. I’m inspired to work on some other homemade toys for the kids. Thanks, Bethany!
Posted in Friends, Homemaking, Movies on Oct 18th, 2009
This weekend we had another houseguest–my dear former student Amanda, now a thriving Hillsdale freshman, caught a ride with current students Alaina and Meghan from Hillsdale to Wheaton (college visits) so that she could spend fall break with us! Much fun was had…we visited the Museum of Science and Industry (more on that tomorrow), watched […]
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 14th, 2009
Red onion Butternut Squash Pie Pumpkin Bok choi Kale (oh joy!) Carrots Red leaf lettuce Apples – these are an apple pear cross called Golden Russets Pears Since I didn’t worry about using up our weird veggies last week, I have even more to use up this week! We’ll be doing a lot of hearty […]
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 8th, 2009
Apples Delicata squash onions Sweet potatoes potatoes Green bell peppers Italian Roasting peppers Eggplant a little pumpkin and more mystery (probably Collard) greens I’m looking at a curried eggplant recipe for tonight. But I love eggplant parmesan, so maybe I won’t bother. Thoughts?
Posted in Homemaking on Oct 3rd, 2009
Heavy this week…just wish we liked it all! Celery, huge green peppers, mystery green (see below) that I think is collard greens, spinach, radishes, cabbage, beets, a spaghetti squash, and apples. With the kids sick and potty training in full swing, it’s been hard to think of a menu. I spend the days wishing I […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Sep 29th, 2009
Sigh. So potty training is exhausting (so exhausting that I didn’t have the energy to post an update yesterday), and there’s nothing really big to report. He’s still having accidents, including on two of our couches yesterday, but he’s also holding it for good stretches, too. So instead of focusing on Tommy, here’s the low-down […]
Posted in Homemaking on Sep 24th, 2009
Acorn Squash Romaine speckled lettuce Red onion Eggplant Pears Apples Peppers and Cayenne peppers–yep, it’s certainly been the summer of the peppers! Per Kelly’s suggestion, I’m going to slice and freeze them this week because they really are great veggies, just not continuously for weeks!
Posted in Homemaking, Tommy on Sep 23rd, 2009
For my dad, who wants photographic evidence of his grandson’s misbehavior. (I think Tommy was trying to clean up with the baking soda and swiffer after sticking his fingers into the melon…?)
Posted in Friends, Homemaking on Sep 22nd, 2009
While Mariel and her Derek were here, we checked out the Lincoln Square Apple Festival and picked up a half bushel of apples! The Dereks dueled to see who could peel apples the fastest while Mariel and I made up three apple pies and a huge vat of applesauce. We’re thinking of going into pie […]