My grandmother called me yesterday afternoon while the boys and I were making some chocolate oatmeal cookies (we omitted 1/2 cup of flour and added cocoa instead!). We were just scooping the last spoonfuls of dough onto the cookie sheet when the phone rang…I love it when she calls, we chat about this and that, and [...]
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A Phone Call From Grandmother
Posted in Cooking and Baking, Keeping Things Tidy, Skills and crafts for kids on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Urban Farming Attempt…
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Keeping Things Tidy, Urban Farming on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a quick update and news from our Bungalow. Mama’s too tired to write much tonight, though…my three little boys continue to be wiggly, warm-hearts that provide me lots of wonderful work, and so at the end of the day sometimes I’m just plain weak. Thought I would show a few pictures, though, of our continued urban farming attempt. What [...]
An Apron Wardrobe
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Cooking and Baking, Keeping Things Tidy on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dishes are my personal battleground these days, dishes along with laundry. Nothing makes my home feel more restful then when my dishes and laundry are in order. Is it just me, or is anyone else out there fighting the same battle too? It’s funny, nowadays women don’t talk much about everyday things such as dishes or [...]
A Backyard Afternoon
Posted in Around the Bungalow, Keeping Things Tidy, Urban Farming on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been having good days and bad days over here as we’ve continued to struggle with illness. Lately, I’ve felt like a little gopher that just peeks its head up to look around when it can – then after taking a quick peek, it must hide again to work hard on a task. However, all of our heads were “peeking” out today, [...]
Cleaning
Posted in Keeping Things Tidy, Skills and crafts for kids on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here at the bungalow we are in the process of learning that few things are as comforting as a home that smells good and feels fresh – especially on these beautiful days when sunshine streaks in and gives everything a cheery glow. This has definitely been a process for me – if anyone knows me, they know that [...]
Practicality
Posted in Keeping Things Tidy on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Why is the changing table in your laundry room?” People have inquired this as if I’m a little strange (even though I know that I am – trust me). My answer is this: “Because it’s so, so practical!” Three cheers to giving yourself permission to go against the “norm” in some area of your home that is driving you crazy! [...]
Laundry Past
Posted in Keeping Things Tidy on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Once a week we do a thorough (all right, somewhat thorough) cleaning of the house, and get caught up on the never-ending laundry battle. It’s usually on Thursdays, but this week it was on Tuesday because that’s the day that my 17-year-old travelling angel could come help us. Daddy was away on a short business [...]
