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I ran out of wheat berries this morning.  My husband has been hounding me to make bread so I am in the process of making 18 loaves ( I know, I'm a very all or nothing kind of gal).  We have been bread-less for the past couple of weeks at least if not longer.  So 6 loaves are in the freezer in dough form so I can just whip a loaf into the oven whenever I need to.  The other 12 are in a five gallon

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I can remember being little.  I remember pretending.  I remember forts and trees and roots that made up little rooms of the fairy houses.  Acorns were bowls, leaves were little mats and furniture was made from little twigs and yarn I took from my mom.  It was a magical land.  I couldn't wait to get out there and play. Along with the fairy homes in the nooks and cranny's of the trees I had pet

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I keep hearing the strangest things come out of my mouth to these crazy children. I just thought it would be fun to keep a running list.1. Journey get off the table and put the vacuum down.2. Me to Daniel, "Is that a June bug you just put in your pocket?" His answer was, "NO, oh um yeah I mean"TBC

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When I look out in the back yard I can see 8 or so garden beds filled with wonderful soil - 4 x 8 feet plus one for the daughter which is a 4 x 4.  We spent the early morning hours out there today already, just myself and the 4 kids.. It was so peaceful and relaxing.  We were all still in our pajamas.  Mornings like these I feel so thankful they are home schooled.  This was a far cry from the

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Okay, this is very disapointing!  These tomatoes just wont grow and it's been almost 6 weeks!  After a consult with Gina I went to Marilyns green house in Lakewood with a specimen.  She thought they could be saved with some quality potting soil and soame fertilizer.  I wish I would have done this a couple of weeks ago.  Anyway Piper, Journey and myself have been replanting all of them this

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I finally finished it! My very own solarpathfinder.

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The kids have so much fun making their own pizzas on Friday nights. We usually have dough in the fridge for the week and use the last of it on Friday for our pizza dough. We make our own (still in need of a good recipe) sauce from the Romas we canned from last years CSA adventure. Then an hour or so before dinner we make the fresh mozzerella cheese. It's so much fun to see the whole

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Well Monday Piper and I planted 69 tomato seeds:RutgersGina'sand Brandywine for sauceRose de Berne, mystery seed and sweet cherry toms that started in our garden in Lyons, WI back around 2001. It is really fun to keep seeds going, we have been eating the same cherry tomatoes ever since.It's cool to think the kids will eat the same fruits for the rest of their lives (unless we find better) and

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Okay it took me a few days to log it because this is Tuesday and if memory serves me he took those first tentative steps on Thursday the 12th. A few times in the morning he had taken one step both toward Piper and to me. Finally by the afternoon he must have found his bravery because he took a full two steps to get to me. It was so cute. He looked at his feet almost in disbelief, "There they

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We found composted horse manure with clay right here in Lakewood. What a relief I was really starting to stress about what all these poor little seeds were gonna go into. I am waiting for a call from the guy that is supposed to drop it off so I can come take a look first. He will need to drop it off soon before the road restrictions go on. I never would have thought about that. I am so glad

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Well, I've scoured the seed catalogs and been to every website I can find that has to do with gardening. I have spent countless hours filling my cart at one seed company and then another. I've compared prices, quality of seed, heirloom or not and organic. And when it was all said and done I bought a bucketful of seed packs from Fleet Farm today when I went for chicken food. I still missed a

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Yes, it's true we saw a group of robins flitting about yesterday on our trip to get milk.

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Well I made a new batch of soap on the 1st and have the next in the works already. I made my Dads favorite - Cinnamon Oatmeal. I used the same basic recipe but made an oat milk before I mixed in the lye. So far it smells incredible, kinda like almonds but creamy. I wrote down the recipe this time so I could actually replicate it if I wanted to.Mike surprised me with tickets to see Circ du

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JanuaryWe painted Daniels bedroom, celebrated our 9th anniversary and waited for spring.FebruaryWe all stayed at The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club. Mike had a Pharmacy class he was taking so the rest of us tagged along and hung out in Madison for a couple of days. After we got home we called them to order pillows for all of us. They were the nicest we'd used in years.This month

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Yeah! We had pancakes this morning on our new griddle. Sure beats the frying pan! (Thanks Sara!) We were able to get them all done before the bacon was even done. Usually Mike is crabby by the time they're done cause it took so long to make 'em all that he and everyone else is starving. Now I guess we're off to Seymour then Green Bay to get milk and chicken food. Pipers at the table

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This is insane. I really want to blog or journal whatever you want to call it. But as I sit here Kheon is crying on my leg because I set him down (9 months). I guess I'll go clean the kitchen for a while with him on my hip. Piper wants to sit down and weave potholders together so I might do that too. Today was a seriously lazy day. I don't know if it's cause we've all been sick or just the

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