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 Jul 23rd, 2009
We got fruit this week! Apples and apricots mean I really won’t have to buy any produce. I’ll be using the new potatoes with last week’s cauliflower in a spring soup tonight, served with fresh green beans. We’ll use the broccoli in a stir-fry, and the cucumber will make a great snack for my cuke-loving […]
Posted in Homemaking, Tommy on Jul 18th, 2009
Actually, he’s in the same space, but we redecorated and switched out the bed with one that will bunk eventually. Derek dreamed up the robots and spaceships theme, and we’ve been picking things up for it over the past three years! Special thanks to Christina for helping me find some of the accessories!
Posted in Homemaking on Jul 17th, 2009
A great variety this week…swiss chard, cherries, cauliflower, purple basil, zucchini, cucumbers, and onion. Since we’re going to be travelling this weekend, I’m going to try to throw a lot of this into a big pasta salad for the car. Yum!
Posted in Homemaking, Recipes on Jul 8th, 2009
Today’s farm share was all green! I’m excited because I love summer veggies, and these will all be easy to incorporate into my menu planning. Tonight we’re going to have a salad with the lettuce and one of the cucumbers to go along with a meat pie I pulled out of the freezer. Tomorrow we’ll […]
Posted in Homemaking, Tommy on Jun 29th, 2009
Okay, we’ve had this for over a month, but I just managed to get it up to his room last week when Laura and Stephen were here… Tommy’s new dresser! Elizabeth is inheriting our vintage red one that belonged to her Grandpa Muller, so Tommy needed a big boy one. I got this one for […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jun 26th, 2009
This week’s farm share had lettuce, cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, and swiss chard (finally!). Although I did have a meltdown yesterday where I destroyed dinner and had to dump the whole thing in the trash (Tommy ended up having a slice of storebought bread and an egg; Derek and I had dinner during our date night instead of […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking on Jun 19th, 2009
This past week I had one of those “Oh my goodness!” moments where I realized the enormity of what I’ve taken on to raise a daughter. With Tommy I remember the overwhelming sense of responsibility in training him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and of course I want to direct Elizabeth’s […]
Posted in Homemaking on Jun 17th, 2009
This week is more like it! Our farm share box was nice and full, and we should be able to use everything. With green and red leaf lettuce and a big bag of baby spinach, we’re set for salads for the week! Another pint of fresh strawberries…yum! The big head of kale and the bunch […]
Posted in Children's Books, Elizabeth, Homemaking on Jun 12th, 2009
Elizabeth has been read to a lot so far, mostly because Tommy wants me to read to him whenever his sister is on my lap. Sometimes she just wants to look at pictures during her tummy time, too. I decided that we could start our homemaking lessons early, using Blueberries For Sal. Can’t you tell […]
Posted in Homemaking, Recipes on Jun 11th, 2009
One interesting thing about having a farm share is that we’ve become very aware of how late the growing season is this year (due to the unusually cool weather). That means that our farmer’s crops are still scanty, and this week’s box was the smallest yet. But that’s okay–I haven’t exactly had time for trying […]