Meal plan for August 6th – 12th
The PNW finally got some heat this weekend. In the process of 48 hours, my pumpkin plant grew 6 inches. SIX!!!!! I finally had to water the plants, and I harvested my first cucumber. ...
Garden tour
I took these photos about two weeks ago, so some things are a bit bigger now. Sadly, not a lot bigger thanks to our craptastic summer. Shall we? Kale (that has been growing since...
Meal plan for July 30th – August 5th
Our non-existent summer continues here in Seattle. It’s been gray and gloomy this weekend until late afternoon hits, and then the sun decides to come out. The garden is not loving this routine. Last...
I love you Jordyn. Love Sarah
When I was a little girl first learning how to write/spell, I left my parents and sister about 1,000 notes per day that said something along the lines of “I love you mom (dad,...
Meal plan for July 23rd – 29th
I was off of work all week for the past week, and boy howdy, it was heaven! We went to Ocean Shores and stayed for a few nights at my in-laws beach house, we...
Meal plan for July 9th – 15th
We finally had a bit of heat this week, and I swear my garden has grown a foot in the last few days. The sad thing is, that means everything is just 1 foot...
What to do With Garlic Scapes – eSCAPE from New York
I had a 5 minute texting conversation with my mother-in-law about garlic scapes. Me: Yo, do you want any garlic scapes? Her: What are garlic scrapes? Me: Garlic scapes are curly parts of garlic...
Meal plan for July 2nd-8th
Good morning, and Happy Fourth of July weekend! If you’re the kind of person who buys their fireworks early, and shoots them off for the next week as soon as the sun goes down,...
The queen of king quilts
I’m not the queen of king quilts, but I couldn’t pass up that title. Remember the small quilt that I made for Jack a while back? With a small toddler sized quilt done, I...
Recovering dining room chairs
I need to start by saying I recovered these chairs like seven months ago, but forgot I took photos of it until I was rummaging around in iphoto. So that is why there are...
Meal plan for June 25th – July 1st
Dudes, this weekend was crazy busy and the weather was insane. The first two days of summer were the coolest on the record, and my neighbors were using their fireplace yesterday! “Juneuary” is not...
Starting a campaign to remove a term from parenting nomenclature
(warning, photo ahead that includes some new baby goo) There is a term that makes me cringe whenever I see or hear it. “Fulltime Mommy” :shudders: I see and hear it often, and while...
