Meal plan for November 5th – 11th
Good morning, and happy daylight savings day (?). I know that we don’t lose any sleep in the fall, but man oh man I feel like a grouchy Gus this morning. I snapped at...
Good morning, and happy daylight savings day (?). I know that we don’t lose any sleep in the fall, but man oh man I feel like a grouchy Gus this morning. I snapped at...
The other day I was thinking to myself “Sarah (we’re on a first name basis), this election cycle doesn’t seem like it’s so bad”. I’ve heard on NPR about how much money has been...
So, here is a truth about my sister and I. We hate “stuff”. We don’t do knick knacks, or cutesy things in our house(s). Clutter needs to die. Crap underfoot drives us crazy. My...
Phew, another busy, but fun weekend almost wrapped up! I’m counting down the days until canning is over (I think I’ll be all done in about 2ish weekends) so that I can have more...
There are some photos of the various items here and here. Unless otherwise noted, all plants are grown from seeds I bought from Territorial Seeds. And I think most are organic. I don’t earn...
I’m sitting here late late late on a Saturday waiting for my pressure canner to finish up the approximately 1 billion pints of pumpkin I’m canning. Did you know it takes freaking 55 minutes...
Some time last year my friend Anne sent me a link to The Birthday Project. It was such a cool idea – you spend your birthday doing good deeds for others; one deed per...
Hey guys, did you have a nice weekend? I got some time to myself on Saturday (so very rare) and cleaned up the garden a bit and got my garlic planted for the winter. ...
Oy vey, it’s been an exhausting weekend! I almost feel like I need to go to work tomorrow just to get a break. Almost. I’ve been a slacker this week and didn’t track our...
I’m waiting for my last batch of pears to process in the canner (20 total quarts). I’m beat, my back is sore, and I’m excited to go to sleep! I did watch quite a...
Good morning! The sunrise is gorgeous here in Seattle this morning. The haze from the wildfires in Wenatchee (over the mountains) has turned the sun in to a ball of fire. We’ve had a...
Remember the sad garden tour I did in July? Well, right afterwards, we had a few days of 90 degree temps, and then consistent nice sunny weather. Then more 90 degree weather, and then...