We went to the yurt for the long weekend, and I brought along a wood shelf that sits next to the wood stove. Its been annoying me for a while that wood just gets set on the floor and little wood...
I dont know, but I may have found my new addiction. I promised my kids Id make them bookshelves they could sit on. Ive made two so far and have one more to go, but I dont think Ill be able to stop at...
Happy spring! Its been a while since Ive popped by here, but I have good reasons. In the past four months, weve undergone four tonsillectomies in this family (one of them mine). ...
I havent blogged for awhile, but I havent fallen off the Deliberate Self Care bandwagon. Three weeks ago, I decided to try to get to bed at a decent hour. Im a night owl. Most ...
Theres a new bag in the shop today.
I used to give my kiddos omega-3 gummy-style vitamins and figured Id done my motherly duty. Truly, those things are loaded with sugar and dont really have much omega-3 in them. Ever since I was intro...
Back in September I brought one of my kiddos to a holistic chiropractor who did the arm-thingy and concluded that my son has gluten sensitivities. The "arm-thingy" refers to applied kinesiolo...
Youd think Id have jumped on the organic bandwagon a long time ago. I did. Sort of. I bought mostly (70%) organic fruits and veggies. I joined a CSA for two years in a row. I didnt used to do the ban...
I cant imagine adding any wisdom to whats already out there on the interwebs re. the importance of drinking clean water. About three months ago we got ourselves a Berkey. I love it. The water tastes ...
No flu shots for us this year. Weve had two scary-bad reactions two years in a row. The first time I thought it was a fluke. But the second time I realized it was a pattern. Fool me once, fool me twi...
Ive been eating (actually drinking) chia seeds for a few months now and am in love. A nutritionist friend of mine recommended this to our family when I was worried that one of my sons (a picky eater)...
I bought this a little late last doldrum season. It was one of those things that I kept talking myself out of, because unlike a cute pair of shoes or a new outfit, this is just not one of those fun, ...
Last week I spent a beautiful long weekend visiting my sister in TX, doffing the sweaters and jeans and wearing summer clothes again. When I got home--dont get me wrong, Seattle is a pretty place--I ...
Before:After:
You may be halfway through a bag of cheetos, or lounging around the house in your bare feet trying to figure out what xbox game you want to play, but when your little brother decides its time to lose...
We spent a rainy weekend at the yurt. The loft now has a railing.
This week Ive been working on cabinets that will be going in the yurt kitchen. Theyre standard unfinished oak from the big box store that I primed, painted, distressed, and waxed. If theres one thing...
Its been a while since Ive posted about progress on the yurt. Since I last left off, there have been a few more improvements.For starters, the awning was installed. Yay for keeping dry while finding ...
Done, mostly...the outside, anyway. Hubbys back to his real job now, so our contribution to its progress is going to be slowing down a bit.
This past weekend we had the chance to take a peek ourselves and see in person whats been going on. The kids didnt want to see pictures beforehand because they wanted to be surprised. They closed the...
Raising the roof. From what I hear, this was the hardest day of all. Lots of work involving arms above heads and a cable that tightened more and more as each increasingly-difficult-to-fit beam was se...
Yurt building continues... Hubbys been taking time off work to work on it--hes the one who took all these pictures. Im feeling a little left out of the process b/c the DIYer in me wants to be there s...
Yesterday was a big deal for us. We ordered our yurt about 8 weeks ago (which left us time to build the deck/platform), and yesterday was pick up day. Dave and our builder went to get it, since it wa...
I finished my project last night and couldnt be happier. This little armoire was built using two wall cabinets that we had to remove from our laundry room when the stackable washer and dryer were ins...
on a new project....
Ive been a bit delinquent around these parts. Ah well. The summer is zooming by, and we are busy people. I promised pictures of our yurt progress so far. Theres not a lot to show yet, but here are pi...
If youve been reading my blog for a while now, you know that we are planning to build a yurt as a weekend getaway. Construction has already started (YAY!!!--Ill post pictures when I get the chance), ...
Ill explain more later, but for now, this is a humanure toilet in progress. Hubby cut the pieces. Im assembling it, and will do my best to paint it up pretty and make it a pleasure to sit on.What are...
On Memorial day we told the kids to get a ziploc bag and pack up their Lego Ninjagos--wed be taking them to the Ninjago spinjitzu dojo. They were skeptical, but went along with it. (Afterall, two day...
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