Diaper Bag Choices

I have used the same navy mini Eddie Bauer bag for the past seven years, and it’s been a great workhorse for me. It’s small, easily wipeable, durable, and holds what it needs to. (I don’t have a pic of it, but imagine your basic boxy little diaper bag with nylon strap, and you have [...]

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32 Weeks, 6 Days; Also, Misc.

It’s gray and wet outside. Also, cold. And still hunting season. I need a nice, refreshing walk to lift my mood, but looks like it won’t happen today…

Related to hunting season: I start hearing guns go off (mostly target practice) in early- to mid-October. It gets more frequent until 11/15, opening day. Then I count [...]

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Baby Listy

A working list, mostly for my own benefit, but also for those who asked.
Need for Baby

Car Seat (probably a new Radian 65 or 80, which rear faces to 40 lbs. – great for my heavy babies! – or a high back booster for Maya, shifting the other car seats down to Ellery, Asher, and Baby)

Ergo [...]

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No ‘Poo Update

I haven’t updated on my shampoo-free experimentation. But I got a question via email recently, so thought I’d do a quick update.
I’m back to using an organic shampoo and natural-ish conditioner. I only use a teaspoon or so of the shampoo, and just on my roots, every other day . I had to take a [...]

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Shepherd’s Dream

This company, which sells all natural wool mattresses and other wool and organic cotton bedding products, has all their mattresses on sale for 25% off, and other wool products on sale for 20% off. This is a fantastic deal, as these things can be very pricey. I’m hoping to save enough to get one of [...]

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Betz White

I am in love with Betz White’s blog. She’s got a whole list of tutorials for recycled wool, which is my fabric of choice for crafting this season. Check it out.
(She also has a book on the same topic that I have on hold at the library.)

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Fireplace Insert Update

After my last fireplace insert post, I was feeling pretty lousy. The dealer guy came out (the same young dude who installed it!) and said his installation was perfect (ummmm) and the leak was due to the masonry on our chimney, which is original to the 1975 house. We ran some technical tests (Jason squirted [...]

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