This summer Johann has had a lot of time for pretend play. About a week ago, I made tortillas. Johann put on his cowboy hat and then got his squirt gun and stick horse. He was Johann the Kid, the orneriest tortilla rustler this side of the Mississippi. He rides his horse into the kitchen, [...]
The weekend before Eric went to sea we went to the 29th annual Sea Music Festival at the Mystic Seaport. Thankfully we heard singing across the estuary coming from the Seaport while we were out for our Friday evening walk. We checked the website and found the event was all weekend. Up until now, we [...]
The residuals of English classism can be seen everywhere. Quite often I feel like we are re-enacting something out of Pride and Prejudice. People are supposed to stay within the sphere in which they’ve been bought up. The haves are the masters and the have-nots are the servants and tenants.
A few years ago, I went [...]
Money does make some things easier, I won’t deny it. But the truth is, Eric and I both have learned even more how to creatively solve problems because of our shortage of cash. Things we might have thrown away and replaced before we are now repairing and reusing. Eric has gotten very good with glue. [...]
Monday I baked bread and made manicotti for dinner. Since I wanted to use the Swiss chard before it went bad, I made that our side dish. I have a great recipe with garlic, lemon juice, capers, and tomatoes. Johann requested more garlic and less lemon juice, so I changed the recipe and thought he [...]
Bleeding Heart
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I love languages and learning about the origins of words and phrases. I collect quotes. I also love gardens. It shouldn’t have been surprising at all, but it just dawned on me that the majority of my quote collection is linked to gardening in some way. One of my particular [...]
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Eric and Johann keep life full of surprises. Besides our normal insanity, three funny things happened this week that I had to write about. A few days ago Johann made up another joke. What do you get when you cut a $100.00 bill in half? My answer was scrap paper. He said you get two [...]
I discovered that Johann loves solving code puzzles as much as I do, so I’ve been using that to make repeating the multiplication tables and studying spelling words more interesting. I did several puzzles using addition problems to provide the numbers in the legend, which, when used, could translate the spelling words. When he expressed [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Johann needed a new sweater. Eric needed a new hat. I needed to reduce my stash. At Eric’s request, I made him a jester hat like Johann’s. As I was doing the finishing work on that, I threw in the left over yarn with extra yarn from 8 other completed projects for Johann’s sweater. I [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Here’s a new favorite quote (author unknown) that gives some insight:
Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life.
