On Forcing Children to Share {and Socialism} ~ BINGO! (But I still forget sometimes, namely when the whining reaches new heights.) Well I Didn’t Expect to Meet Her in Tanzania ~ Ouch. This one pokes at me. How to Miss a Childhood ~ Most important read of the week! I don’t have a smart phone… [...]
Good Thing We Have a Big Bed {Finer Things Friday}
May 4, 2012
My husband and I share an antique double bed. When I’m not too busy whining and complaining about how small it is and how “maybe we could get a queen” (because the king we moved here with is simply way too big for our bedroom), it’s big enough for the two of us. When his [...]
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Garden Time! {Finer Things Friday}
April 27, 2012
This was not on my agenda yesterday, but when we saw our neighbor out in our shared garden area, planting away, our agenda changed. We invested in a CSA this year and expect plenty of produce from that, but there’s nothing quite like growing your own food. It’s good for the body and good for [...]
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Life is Full {Finer Things Friday}
April 20, 2012
Finer Things sprinkled throughout the week… :: It dawned on me a couple days ago that I have less than 4 months to get my act together before this baby arrives! I’ve been formulating a plan for productivity to be implemented starting Monday. Want to know about it? Want to ride along with me, baby [...]
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The Cellar {Finer Things Friday}
April 12, 2012
My mom remembers huddling in it with her 9 siblings during crazy Kansas storms. I remember hesitantly descending the cement steps into the musky damp to retrieve one of hundreds (it seemed) of jars of canned pears. And then there’s this. Just like the generation before him, all 34 of us, running up and down [...]
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