Thank you so much for all of your participation in this past weeks conversation on Simplicity Parenting. I learned so much from all of the co-hosts, comments and emails I have received. One of the th...
Today is our last chapter, Filtering out the Adult World and Jora from Domestic Reflections is my co-host. Jora actually suggested this book when I posted about Choice a few months ago. So thank you ...
Here we are, day five, Schedules, and my cohost is Erin of Such Small Steps. Growing up, my sister and I had very few planned activities that we participated in...no sports teams until high school, n...
Day four, Rhythm. Today I feel so lucky to have Haydee of Happenstance share her thoughts. She has nailed it with her personal stories and excerpts from the book. Sit back, absorb and comment away......
Today we are going to be talking about our childs environment with Jennifer of The Humble Buttery. Jen and I actually met at Del Mar Heights Elementary and met again through our blogs many years late...
I hope I havent lost any of you... there was a pretty good discussion yesterday on "stuff" and although this is a huge part of simplifying {and we will talk more about it tomorrow} it is only...
Welcome to my little virtual book club. Thank you so much for playing along. Everyday we will focus on a chapter, please comment away {I will be responding to all comments and would encourage you all...
I just wanted to post a little reminder that Monday is the first day of our virtual book club. I decided that each chapter has so much in it that next week I am going to dedicate 6 days to discussing...
Ingredients:2 bunches of Italian Parsley, de-stemmed leaves only1/2 cup pine nuts1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese {Ross and I havent been eating dairy so this ingredient has been eliminated as ...
h to the eather. H to the Eather please send me your mailing address and I will get the garland in the mail for you. Thank you all for playing.
June 2nd I will be teaching my second class at Summerland Mercantile, making Market Totes. Check out my first class here & here. I so hope some of you can join me. It is such a special venue and Im h...
House Keeping: Thanks to the absolutely, amazingly fabulous Ana of Blog Milk I am 100% up and running on my new blog. All of my links work perfectly now {it only took me a month to get my act togethe...
Last week was Henrys second trip to Disneyland. It was such a magical day. It really was the Happiest Place on Earth last Tuesday. There is something so amazingly awesome about riding a roller coaste...
This weekend Julia and I hosted a resource party. So the idea is that everyone brings a goal that they want to share. At the beginning of the party everyone tells the group what their goal is and the...
My current obsession is roasted everything. I have been roasting brussel sprouts, zucchini, sweat potatoes, butternut squash, cabbage, eggplant, carrots, parsnips, asparagus {you get the picture}. Th...
This Easter was such a blessing for me. It was the first holiday - in my life - that I told my family what I was going to do and invited them to come, rather then driving all over town, being stresse...
This book was suggested by Jora after my post on choice. After reading the title Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids, I couldnt w...
If I had to make a list of all the reason that I love spring one of those reasons would be artichokes. Here is how I like to do them...Ingredients for cooking the artichokes {this is for one artichok...
500 posts with my old look and today marks my new look at post 501. If you knew me you would know that I have a weird thing with the number 5 and that this must mean I am on the right path {not plann...
supplies:* one styrofoam egg* straight pins* fabric scraps from a friend
Just a thought on choice.I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Are lots of choices good? Well after a little research {mostly observing my 3 and a half year old son} I would say no. I hate to...
I am reading this book right now called Make the Bread, Buy the Butter. It has inspired me to make things from scratch; peanut butter, granola and bread {so far}. A bucket list goal of mine has been ...
Conrad is 8 months and just now loving to eat. Which is so much fun for me because I really enjoyed making Henrys food. Of course I use store bought all the time; if we are on the go it is much easie...
Today is my Nanos 80th birthday and since he is on my mind and since he is such a huge force in my life I cant resist but to tell you a story. When I graduated from college I was a bit of a mess. I s...
This weekend Julie and I had a little gathering for Cara to celebrate her second baby girl. She is working so hard on her dissertation - GO CARA GO - so it was such a blessing to pause and celebrate ...
Just a few {creative} things...1- Tonight Jennie and I are hosting a craft night! Theme - stamp making... we are super excited.2- Follow me over to Cresendoh this week while I am a guest curator on J...
After 3 days of fevers it is hard for me to even believe that this happened this weekend. Poor little Conrad has had a super high fever since Sunday morning and finally after two trips to see a docto...
This was the most spontaneous adventure in years and it felt so good. We met a bunch of families in the middle of the desert for some dune buggy, pinata, carne asada, juice box drinking fun {we calle...
Since my sweet friend is on my mind today. I thought I would post a photo of her Ankle Biters, Henry and Conrad both have a pair... they are my favorite pants. Although they are good for everyday I t...
After many years of dreaming, we did it. This weekend we bought a VW van. Ross and I have been analyzing this decision for many years. A couple weeks ago we had a talk about how fast life is passing ...
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