I feel icky.

Hello, Internet. I have mastitis. It really, really stinks. I’ve never had it before (thankfully!), and I’m totally okay with never having it again. I’m home from church with Asher, trying to get some rest. But now I hear little baby chirpings in the monitor, so this’ll have to be quick…
It all started when [...]

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Persuasion Discussion, Part 2 – It’s On!

Liz has posted the Persuasion discussion, part deux. Hop over and post your thoughts.

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Persuasion Discussion Part 2 – Tomorrow!

Hop on over to visit Liz at Smithical tomorrow for our second (out of three) book discussion about Persuasion by Jane Austen.  (I hear the pound cake with lemon sauce is to die for.) We’ll be talking about chapters 9 – 16, specifically. If you weren’t able to make the first discussion over here, please [...]

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Look at the bib my Aunt Sonya made!

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foreign knitting, etc.

We’ll, I’ve made it through another week. However, I didn’t so so well with my internet fast this past week. It started with legitimate excuses (needing to check email for important messages), moved on to legitimate blogging (Persuasion book discussion, wasn’t it fun?), and then spread out into quickly checking this or that, printing a [...]

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crunchy breakfast love

I love Grape Nuts. Soaked in a milk for just a few minutes, so they’re crunchy-tender. Mmmmmmmm.
That is all.

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Persuasion by Jane Austen – Book Discussion, Part 1

Today, we’ll discuss chapters 1 – 8. First, some links:

The full text of Persuasion online
Persuasion study guide
Another Persuasion study guide
Yet another Persuasion study guide
Persuasion FAQ page at Pemberley.com
Canceled chapters of Persuasion

Jane Austen Centre
Austen.com
Pemberley.com

I love this book. I have to admit, I’m not quite done with it, and I keep sneaking in pages here and [...]

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AHHHHHHH!

I just lost my entire Persuasion post! It’s not anywhere! I’m going to work on re-writing it now. Sorry for the delay!

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Tomorrow – Persuasion!

Don’t forget to stop in for our Persuasion online book discussion tomorrow! I’ll set the post to publish in the morning, so hopefully anyone who wants to participate can find time throughout the day to leave a comment or two. See ya then!

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Pee. The containment of it.

Now, I’m an experienced cloth diaperer. I’ve been cloth diapering straight for over five years, with only a two month break when Ellery up and potty trained herself before Asher was born. Asher is my third kid in cloth diapers, and let me tell you, I thought I’d conquered every challenge related to diapering. Climbed [...]

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