tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87479653849269862312024-03-05T16:41:20.909-07:00The Teeter TimesThe ramblings of a SAHM, trying her best to stay sane in the crazy, amazing world in which she lives.Tristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309529717245447372noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747965384926986231.post-61492231646710586852014-03-12T15:06:00.002-06:002014-03-12T15:11:31.324-06:00Hellooooo March!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay, time to finish up last week's post.<br />
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I don't know about you, but we are SO excited March is here!!<br />
Yes, the winds to get crazy and it's still deciding whether it wants to be warm or cold, </div>
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but hey, AT LEAST IT'S DECIDING!</div>
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So we are all loving the warmer weather.</div>
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Lots of in and out of the house.<br />
Which is good.<br />
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Sam loves to dig, and this time, it paid off...he found "treasure"...</div>
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I love their expressions here.<br />
Brook found a piece of wood that had some awesome designs from bugs, </div>
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and Sam found...OUR FIRST WORM!!</div>
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Haha, this looks like a memorial or something, but they were putting the worm in the garden.</div>
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We got a 1/2" of rain!!<br />
Unfortunately, we only had 1 of our 7 rain barrels set up, but it still filled it up to the tippy top.<br />
I really wanted to drink a glass of rain water, so we got the water filter out and started pumping away.<br />
We each got a cup, filled it up, clanked glasses and took a big gulp.<br />
YUCK!!!!<br />
It tasted like the bottom of a barbeque.<br />
I guess it has been awhile since our roof received any precipitation, and we have had many fires in the fireplace since then...alas.</div>
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Walking to the mailbox means collecting LOTS of rocks.</div>
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Brooklyn created this rock polishing "tycoon" to clean up her new rocks.<br />
(she and Sam play this game online called Roblox, and occasionally Russ and I will play if they find a tycoon world where you earn money, then make your machine or whatever better, make more money, etc. So this is her real world tycoon.)<br />
I had taken a video explaining it all, but it is refusing to upload.<br />
She had a wash bucket (one for small/medium rocks, one for large) with soap, and then a rinse bucket (for both sizes), and then a perfume bucket (with peppermint oil), then a drying towel and then a shining tissue.<br />
And then she laid them all out in nice rows. They were very pretty!<br />
And peppermint-y.</div>
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Sam loves kicking this box.<br />
Especially when I put my seedling cups in it...they explode when you kick it.<br />
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Mulch pile playing.<br />
Usually, Brin will follow her back and forth across the "chasm," trying to get that darned stick.</div>
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Not what I had in mind when I mentioned doing some yard work.<br />
You have to admit though, it's much cuter than a load of mulch.</div>
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"Mom! I have something for you!"<br />
ACK! SAM!! THAT'S A CACTUS!!<br />
"I know, I dug it up for you!"<br />
So freaking sweet. And smart, carrying it by it's roots.<br />
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Somebody had a birthday!!</div>
Happy 8th, Brooklyn!!!<br />
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Cream cheese and bagels for breakfast, with a side of strawberries.</div>
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The one thing she wanted to do was go swimming.<br />
Unfortunately, it takes us about 45 minutes to get to this pool, so we don't go often.<br />
But how could we not!?<br />
Sam went down this waterslide last year and it was scary...he can swim, but the turbulence knocked him around and the lifeguard had to hop in and get him.<br />
This time?? Easy peasy!!</div>
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"Happy Birthday to you!"</div>
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Most of her gifts came courtesy of the UPS man that day, so we opened them after we got home from swimming.<br />
Thank you for all of the awesome gifts, everyone!! <br />
We (yes we, hehe) have all been having lots of fun with all of the goodies.</div>
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It was an exciting weekend--one of our ewes went into labor!<br />
It was such a neat experience. We got chairs, water bottles, hats...it felt like a spectator event.<br />
There were even cheers and white knuckles, but she was a rock-star momma!</div>
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She had two--the white one is a boy, we aren't sure about the black one yet.</div>
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Awww....they are SO sweet.</div>
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In case you need another dose of cuteness...<br />
Chuck, Head of Defense is fitting in quite nicely.<br />
He's got this Great Pyrenees thing down.</div>
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After spending a day running, swinging, digging, jumping, and watching a ewe give birth...</div>
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it can tucker a boy out.<br />
He was so excited about a new game he got on the phone.<br />
I went to go snuggle with him while he played, and found this. Ha.<br />
Looks like a good way to end the weekend to me! </div>
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Until next time!</div>
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Hellooooo March! I have been waiting for you!!<br /></div>
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First things first, brew for the honey.</div>
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And then?<br />On to the Morning Kitchen Clean-Up.</div>
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Good morning, ducklings.<br />Ready to go out?<br />I can't wait for your real feathers to come in so you will stop stinking up my kitchen each night.</div>
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Morning meds.</div>
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Good morning, Miss Blondie! </div>
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Chat with Russ before he heads out. </div>
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Alright, time to suit up for the day.<br />Carhart? Check.<br />Mud boots? Check.<br />Work jeans? ...leggings will have to work until laundry is done.</div>
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Assemble the basket!<br />Water for seedlings.</div>
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Eggshells for the chickens and garden.</div>
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Food scraps for whoever gets them first.<br />Basket for much-needed laundry.</div>
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'morning everyone.<br />Ready to run amok?</div>
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Oh, not you. <br />I suppose you should finish up there.</div>
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How are you, kits?<br />Ooh, opening your eyes, I see!</div>
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The ladies are impatient for me to fill their water. </div>
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Brin checks on his girls.</div>
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No lambs yet!</div>
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Gah, dang ducks.<br />Sometimes they lay in their nests,</div>
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and sometimes they lay right in your walkway.</div>
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So far, no casualties, though!</div>
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Oy vey.<br />While the fowl have done a great job of aerating and composting all of this soil,<br />it is looking like a tornado went through here...</div>
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My herb spiral is finished though!<br />I even got my rosemary in there</div>
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(although it was living under a box while the chickens were out, for a few days...).</div>
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They have this sixth sense for when I have food on my person. </div>
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Animals are finished, let's check the greenhouse temp.<br />Perfect! Time to fetch the seedlings.</div>
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Unload 'em all, spritz 'em, water the rest of the soil <br />(I planted stuff there last week, but only radishes survived the cold).</div>
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Russ's cups were a great idea! <br />I ended up planting these (collards and kale) in the greenhouse to see if they would survive yet.<br />Nope.</div>
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More collards and kale!<br />They get taken into the house at night though.</div>
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While I very much enjoy having a rooster, having 2 is proving too much.<br />Roo is SO DAMN LOUD.<br />And not just at sunrise, or sunset, or when there is danger.<br />ALL OF THE TIME.</div>
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Including 2 am...<br />We think he and Mullet (behind him in the photo) are trying to one-up each other and they just get so dang loud.<br />So we will see if we can find him a new home. If not, sorry my friend...you have been given ample warnings.<br /> </div>
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Mmm...I love clothes drying in the sun.<br />I've been lucky enough this winter to only have to use the dryer for a few weeks when it got really cold.<br />I can usually find a day that's above freezing with sunshine and it works great!</div>
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Morning chores complete, time to get some work done while Brook and Sam are waking up.<br />With spring here, it's time to start planting.<br />When I planted my rosemary, there was a ring of chickens around me, hungrily watching.<br />It's time for a run!<br />That means I need to mulch it...the mulch pile is at the other end of the yard (down some stairs and outside of the gate, even). <br />It's a lot of work to get just one load over here!<br />But I finished.<br />And got one part of the run up.<br />...crossing my fingers that this wire will keep them in...<br />I know they can hop it in an instant if they want!</div>
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Sam's up and is hollering across the yard something about food. :)<br />In we go, then.<br />Wash up.<br />Whip up some crepe batter.<br />Start warming some berries.<br />Unload the clean dishes, load up the dirty.<br />All while half-watching The Bachelor, of course.</div>
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"Come and get it!"<br />I don't know what's up with the face...they had thirds and fourths,</div>
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For good reason, too! Yum.</div>
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Got the kid approval. </div>
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Finished up The Bachelor.<br />Kids internetted.<br />Let's move outside!<br />Chalk on the trampoline? Okay!<br />Sam left me a sweet message.<br />Well, I thought it was sweet...<br />Until he told me that the "smiley face" on the left was someone pooping.<br />Oh, Sam.</div>
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"Watch my flip!" </div>
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"Let's be fighting cats!" </div>
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Oh Travis.<br />Your tire stuck again?<br />That's the fourth time in 3 days!</div>
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Ooh, it's time to take a much-anticipated drive!</div>
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...to bring home this little bundle!<br />He's a 9 week old Great Pyrenees.<br />If you're unfamiliar with this breed, it's known for guarding livestock.<br />Of course he'll be growing into his role, but we wanted a pup so he'd grow up with all of our livestock and we can take lots of time to teach him where the property boundaries are <br />(they also have a tendency to wander...).</div>
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Meeting the mommas.</div>
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I wasn't worried in the least about bringing a new puppy home to Brin.<br />That dog NEEDED a puppy friend.<br />He's trying to show the pup how to toss this chicken and sprint after it.<br />It's pretty funny because Great Pyrs don't sprint. Far from it.<br />They are much more sedate, as their job is to observe.<br />Unless there is a threat...then they'll sprint.<br /> </div>
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Skype, gaming and YouTube time for the littles.</div>
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Hey look! I finally finished cleaning the kitchen! </div>
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Pre-birthday dinner request--cream cheese on a cheesy bagel! </div>
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Time for this momma to sit down with a double chocolate stout. </div>
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Daddy's home!!<br />Russ, meet Chuck, Head of Defense.<br />Russ wasn't a big fan of getting another dog, but I was pretty persistent...</div>
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I'm not a fan of the weekly coyote sprints out onto the back porch.</div>
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As you can see though, it didn't take much for him to come around!</div>
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Play time!</div>
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While everyone was playing, Russ went down to the garage to attempt to finish tanning our rabbit hides.<br />It's our first attempt and it shows, ha.<br />We're learning, though!</div>
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While the kiddos settled into a rousing conversation on Skype with friends,<br />Russ and I grabbed some dinner and took turns yelling at Shane (The Walking Dead, for those who are unfamiliar), "STOP BEING AN IDIOT!! YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED!!"<br />...Oh.</div>
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It's in the 30's outside, time to wrangle those ducklings so they can settle in for the evening. </div>
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I'm getting pooped.<br />Had better situate this pup in the mud room, so no one else has to be on Poop n' Chew Patrol.<br />(Seriously, this dog poops like 8 times a day! ...not surprising I suppose, given that he eats 3 times as much as Brin and has a stomach a fraction of the size...)<br />He wasn't very happy the first night, but he eventually quieted down and I found out why the following morning.<br />He'd grabbed my jacket there, that's hanging off of the freezer, and made a bed out of it.<br />Sweet pup.</div>
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Russ said he'd put the kids to bed, so I quickly kissed good-nights, </div>
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<br />and Brin and I turned in for the night.<br />Zzzz....</div>
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I don't know about you, but I am sooo happy to be through February and on to March!</div>
Not a big update from this past week--it was fairly low-key and I forgot to haul my camera around a lot of the time.<br />
Lots of manure and mulch being spread.<br />
One incident with a pack of coyotes (although my cacti perimeter seems to have helped).<br />
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We finally decided it was time to start using our chicken and duck eggs.<br />
It's just so magical when they start laying, you don't want to eat them!<br />
...until they start producing an average of 8+ eggs per day, that is!<br />
So this is a duck egg versus a chicken egg (on the right).<br />
For those of you who haven't eaten duck eggs, there is a lot less albumin (the white stuff) in the duck egg, so it cooks a bit faster.<br />
It's also obviously slightly larger.<br />
And the taste is like a chicken egg, but more flavorful.<br />
Duck eggs have more protein and fat, which make them excellent in baking...<br />
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but not bad for breakfast either. :)</div>
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Mondays are park days, and we were all excited it was back at the original park.<br />
The tire swing is a big hit, especially when Andy volunteers to push!</div>
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Some of our best buds, Emmett and Alistair were at park day too, and brought Nerf guns, yeah!<br />
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The adults started talking about geocaching and I said, "I'll bet there's one in this park!"<br />
Sure 'nuff.</div>
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I spent an entire day on this...<br />
I was originally planning on planting all of my seeds in the masses of egg cartons we've collected, but Russ had the idea to make cups out of all the paper we've been saving.<br />
(If you get Azure Standard deliveries, their big paper bags are FANTASTIC for this!)<br />
And all of those plastic containers (that I thought were over-running our house, but turns out I didn't have NEARLY enough of) came in extremely handy!<br />
All in all I made 125+ but only got a fraction of the things planted that I need to:<br />
Tomatoes<br />
Butterfly Weed<br />
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Asparagus<br />
Huckleberry<br />
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Bee Balm<br />
Peppers (hot and sweet)<br />
Catnip<br />
Feverfew<br />
Yarrow<br />
English Thyme<br />
Lemon Balm</div>
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I can't complain too much about February...it was pretty good to us.<br />
There were even "Popsicle days"!</div>
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Both kids (and Russ) go in and out of paper airplane interests.<br />
Luckily, Bubs got us an awesome paper airplane book with GREAT instructions (including fold lines, which helps this momma <i>greatly</i>) and lots of special paper with designs printed on them.<br />
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"Airplane, go up!"<br />
"Airplane, hit Mom!"<br />
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We took a weekend off from projects (our first in a LONG time), given that it was supposed to rain all weekend and we wanted to be inside, celebrating!<br />
So there was lots of video gaming and garden plotting and staying up verrrrrry late.<br />
I finally gave up at 1am and checked on the kiddos...<br />
Sam (who is usually dragging himself to bed at that point) was high on life,<br />
and Brooklyn (who is usually flitting about the room at that point) could barely keep her eyes open.<br />
He followed me in a bit later, she didn't.<br />
Glad that couch is comfy. :)</div>
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Other stuffs that didn't get documented photographically:<br />
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-Russ and I made sausage and bratwursts, Mmmm!!</div>
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-We cancelled our garbage and recycling pickup, given that it was only getting picked up once every other month and once every 3 months, respectively.</div>
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-I planted the greenhouse with cold hardy plants (now that the soil temp stays around 50*)--come on broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, spinach, lettuce, radishes and cabbage!</div>
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-Discovered that Brin likes finding duck eggs as much as we do...sigh.</div>
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-Another litter of bunnies was born, 13 more!!</div>
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-Finished my spiral herb garden!</div>
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-Visited the trampoline park with our homeschool group!<br />
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-I met with my endocrinologist who cleared me for the next YEAR! <br />
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We ran to Tractor Supply for more cattle panels.<br />While Russ got them all tied to the truck, Sam and I had some fun on the carts...</div>
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Then we ran over to Walgreens, knowing they would have a good selection of half-priced Valentine Day goodies.<br />Boy were we right!!<br />Not only did we walk out with a big ol' bag of candy, but we found this guy marked down half-off as well (the dog, not the boy).<br />A couple of months ago, Brook had found a giant stuffed dog (not this big) at a store and was BEGGING for it, but it cost so much!!! So when I saw this, we had to have it.<br />It gets dragged in and out of her room daily.</div>
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Getting our rain barrels set up!<br />These 3 are on the west side of the house (although I didn't secure them, like I knew I should have and they blew over and broke in a wind storm, sigh).<br />Walk back under the deck there to the other end of the house and...</div>
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You'll find these guys.<br />Still not sure what we're going to do with the overflow on these guys, because they're going to fill up fast when we finally get rain.<br />Then if you go through the gate to your right, walk along the front of your house you'll find...</div>
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<br />This one.<br />Yes, one. At least overflow isn't as big of an issue here.<br />Then travel along the sidewalk, to the end of the house...</div>
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And you'll find Russ's <a href="http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/many-benefits-hugelkultur" target="_blank">hugelbed</a>.<br />They aren't recommended for desert growing, but we're going to try anyway.<br />So all of the rainwater coming off of this corner of the house will drain down into that swale (ditch) there (which will be mulched...all of this will be mulched to retain any water we get) and keep the hugelbed watered.<br />That's the hope, anyway.</div>
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I've been working on my <a href="http://www.realfarmacy.com/15-reasons-to-build-an-herb-spiral-for-your-permaculture-garden/" target="_blank">herb spiral</a> (another no-no for the desert--too much evaporation and desiccating winds) as well.<br />I'll take a better photo when I've got it built up more...need to go dig more dirt and collect more rocks.</div>
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It has been sooo nice out lately and it's drawn us all outside.<br />In this case, to draw!<br />Brooklyn is pointing at all of the chalk spiders she drew all over the trampoline.<br />P.S. Notice the hair?? :) <br />She wanted pink, but loved her "golden" look better ("I look like Tangled!!").</div>
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Love those babes of mine.</div>
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A new litter of baby bunnies...THIRTEEN!!<br />I had looked in there, but didn't see any, so figured she hadn't had them yet.<br />Later, Russ said, "I think there were 10."<br />"10 what?"<br />"Babies."<br />"Huh?"</div>
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So I went and dug a little deeper...sure enough!<br />Babies!!!! <3 br=""></3></div>
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It was so nice out, and I was tired of sitting on the ground when I wanted to go out and meditate, I brought the swing back out.<br />It's been a big hit. :)<br />(Notice the trimmed-up tree?? It's the same one that Russ and Sam were hacking at in the last post. Now we have looots of room for planting! It's a perfect spot--right outside the door, gets sun, but has protection from the tree during the hottest part of the day, right by the water...very excited!<br /> </div>
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We got our second load of mulch delivered!!<br />The kids love watching the truck dump it and then, of course, playing on it!<br />I think mulch is going to be instrumental in helping us grow all of the plants we're wanting.<br />There is a video showing the benefits of it, called<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/28055108" target="_blank"> Back to Eden</a> (Note: There are a lot of religious undertones, as well as a lot of great info).</div>
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Mulch Masters!!</div>
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The Pokemon mod on Minecraft updated!<br />You know what that means...bust out our trusty Ultimate Guide to Pokemon book and see who they added to the game!</div>
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<br />Russ has been getting up really early, so I miss seeing him in the mornings.<br />I found this waiting for me one day.<br />Love him.</div>
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<br />We made a very exciting discovery this week--THE CHICKENS ARE LAYING!!<br />VERY exciting!<br />
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Now that it's warmer out, the kids love coming out and <br />helping me get all of the animals taken care of. <br />Sam loves feeding rabbits.<br />
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Brook loves collecting eggs.<br />I definitely don't blame her either, every day it's like an egg hunt...<br />some chickens lay in the nest boxes, but others lay in the duck shelter, and the ducks lay ANYWHERE.<br />
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Mmmm, my mouth is watering.<br />Stir-fry quinoa and veggies with fresh eggs.<br />I think I know what I'm having for breakfast...<br />
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<br />Our first duck egg!!!<br />Isn't it gorgeous?<br />There was some back and forth on whether to eat them or hatch them.<br />We reached a compromise--we'll eat them until the hens get broody, then we'll hatch.<br />Also, Brooklyn decided her bangs were in her eyes too much. :)<br />
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<br />This makes me so happy!!<br />No more store-bought eggs!!!!<br />
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<br />More mulching.<br />Brooklyn decided we should try and make a tunnel...I didn't think it would work.<br />I was proved wrong!<br />
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<br />Bubba sent a Valentine's package!<br />New undies, books, hats, and of course CANDY!!!<br />I know, Brooklyn looks soooo excited...it was taking me awhile to get my camera adjusted, lol.<br />
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<br />We had a crazy wind storm.<br />A it's-so-loud-I-can't-sleep crazy windstorm.<br />
I was nervous to go look around the next morning...<br />I was happy to find that everything was fine. Then I went to check on the greenhouse and stopped in my tracks and my jaw dropped.<br />Not only had the rain barrels fallen over and broke, but the trampoline (which is normally to the right of the fort) was <i>mangled</i>.<br />Luckily, we got things fixed and put back, and anchored a bit more securely...sigh.<br />
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<br />One morning, we had some of the rabbits on the ground.<br />I noticed Brin was very attentive to them and kept making sure no other animals were bothering him.<br />He loves his animals and tries so hard to herd them and keep them safe.<br />The problem is that I don't know how to communicate with him to tell him what <b><i>I</i></b> need him to do, which makes things rough sometimes.<br />Another skill to add to my To Learn list!<br />
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As part of The Great Duck Egg Compromise, we told the kids we'd go see if we could find some ducklings at the local poultry swap.<br />We were in luck--there were 2 female Rouens (the same kind that they coyotes got)!<br />
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<br />So sweet!<br />
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They were being turtles, hehe.<br />
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<br />I love that all of our animals live in (mostly) harmony.<br />The cats aren't big fans of each other, but stand each other.<br />Brin thinks that when S'mores tries to scratch his nose (she's declawed), she wants to play...<br />Brin also tries to herd a flock of 16 chickens, which can be overwhelming for a pup.<br />But for the most part, everyone gets along.<br />
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I love early mornings.<br />(Minus that frigid 30 second burst when you jump from your bed and throw as many warm clothes on as you can...)<br />
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Russ and I built a tower for the kids to find when they woke up.<br />They woke up, were surprised and happy and what's next?<br />Knock it down, of course!<br />Who wants to just knock it down though, why not use a catapult??<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw5pTtj5R3LcavpMVYIAq57VgIcRsf5WvLHPtiUiWWH04iFtorqur9XixkwEYYCDqly50XZzvyVn4oY_ONKUA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />Hello, sweet girl.<br />
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<br />A friend of ours inspired us to step up our coyote protection (she mentioned how her dogs were digging near her house, and they threw cacti in the holes. No more digging! ...and the cacti live! Thanks Jeanette!).<br />We have 3 acres with cacti!<br />
I have been digging it up and redistributing it along the outer perimeter of our backyard fence.<br />I <i>think</i> it's working...we no longer find dig marks on the places where the cacti are, but ARE finding them where they are not...<br />Must dig more cacti.<br />(Which isn't fun. Well, it's nice to put it somewhere that we want it, but I find little pokies all over my body by the time I'm done--fingers, neck, back, belly, legs...fun.)<br />
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<br />I'll finish up this post with one of my favorite videos I've taken in awhile.<br />Have I mentioned that I love this ram??<br />He is just so dang cool.<br />I love my life!<br />
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February has been pretty good! ...a bit windy, weather-wise, but our average highs have been in the upper 40s, woot!</div>
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Brook and I went out for a Mom-Brook day. <br />
She had some money and wanted to spend it at the aquarium.</div>
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A visit to the zoo!<br />
As we were walking out of the aviary, we noticed a couple of peahens. When we looked to our right, we saw Mr. Peacock in all his glory, trying desperately to get those girls to look his way.<br />
They were more interested in scratching in the dirt, but we loved his display!</div>
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Has anyone seen Sam???</div>
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"I'm under here, planking!"</div>
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I surprised the kids with some neat books I found on Amazon.<br />
There was a Minecraft chapter book, a My Little Pony (MLP) chapter book, a MLP comic book and a MLP drawing book.<br />
We all got right down to it--Brook with drawing and Sam and I curled up reading his Minecraft book.</div>
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Russ bought a new shovel, as a bonus, the box (which Sam claimed the moment I stepped into the house with it) was fantastic.<br />
Side note: We bought the "world's best shovel" that came with a lifetime warranty (Russ tends to go through them...). He went to dig a hole and the dang thing totally bent. He finished the hole with our rickety wooden shovel, but he was pretty bummed.<br />
Finally got our new one today! ...here's hoping the first was an abnormality.</div>
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Ducks!! This is their first day with us.<br />
Unfortunately, we lost 2 of them that night.<br />
Damn coyotes.<br />
No worries, we've laid booby-traps for the coyotes (cactus anyone?) along the outside perimeter of the fence and moved the ducks closer to the house.</div>
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Yay!! It's finally time to start working on seeds!<br />
These three (Rosemary, St. Johns Wort, Purple Coneflower) all need stratification for a couple of months.<br />
We've also gotten started on other sprouts as well--cilantro, basil, dill, lettuce (leaf), kale and collards. I am having to take them out to the greenhouse each morning and bring them in at night, but it's worth it seeing how fast they're sprouting!<br />
Tomorrow we are getting started on cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage!</div>
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We brought a ram home!<br />
We got him for meat, and figured he could just run around in the backyard until the following day, when we would do the deed. I figured there wasn't much for him to damage.<br />
Wrong.<br />
He found my fruit trees rather quickly. Oh well.</div>
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Brin, who very much would like another dog for a friend, thought this lamb was his BFF.<br />
After this video finished, Brin was focused on something else and the ram nailed him in the ribs.<br />
Brin wasn't so gung-ho on playing anymore after that...</div>
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The following night, we had the most delicious rosemary lamb chops!<br />
Thank you, little ram.</div>
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Jelly bean math!</div>
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Brook wanted to make cookies.<br />
Russ wanted to eat cookies.<br />
It was a good arrangement.<br />
...there may or may not have been 3 batches of them made that week...</div>
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We got our sheep!<br />
Originally, I was going to get just a few pregnant ewes, but I fell in love with them all, especially this big boy.<br />
This is Travis and is the sweetest boy...just don't turn your back without a fence in-between you both!<br />
He really has more personality than any of the other sheep, he is so much fun.</div>
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And so darned handsome.</div>
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He has yet to decline a head scratch.</div>
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The rest of the sheep! All but the one in the middle are pregnant, 3 of which are due any time now!</div>
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Brownie. <3 br="">She's more than happy to be my friend, as long as there is grain involved!<!--3--></3></div>
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Valentines Day!!<br />
We aren't big on the flowers and chocolate, but are big on fun stuff!<br />
A friend mentioned that she'd gotten her harmonica out for her kids and I thought, 'Ooh! We don't have a harmonica yet'<br />
Russ decided to try and learn how to play "for real"...it was harder than he thought!</div>
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Sam had found these neat straws online a week or so before and was begging for them.<br />
I knew I'd found his Valentines gift!</div>
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Oh! I forgot to put what Brooklyn got. Actually, I just forgot a photo.<br />We got her one of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S2T6PK/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">these kits</a>, recommended by a friend, which are AWESOME.<br />I want some for myself!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHcSWExCAMVF6NOSx3zslb9wsfxwgE6Fc1bXIMVHyCgcfrYrUg7lrvhDgWozThTDuDNgZM_iFeyog-WKXXVnBoKGu3ApbQo_8Bv1I6G1NI6QpHiG8cWQgyLbREBiCaDEW69L75mdKVXo/s1600/71n1B2c3yoL__SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHcSWExCAMVF6NOSx3zslb9wsfxwgE6Fc1bXIMVHyCgcfrYrUg7lrvhDgWozThTDuDNgZM_iFeyog-WKXXVnBoKGu3ApbQo_8Bv1I6G1NI6QpHiG8cWQgyLbREBiCaDEW69L75mdKVXo/s1600/71n1B2c3yoL__SL1500_.jpg" height="506" width="640" /></a><br />
Later, we decided to head out and dink around the yard.<br />
Sam said, "Can I trim some trees?"<br />
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Oh, S'mores. What am I going to do with you??<br />
She sits at the door or windows and yowls NON-stop while you walk about outside.<br />
One day we'd had it and I confined her to the deck, or so I thought...<br />
Made me super nervous...I've grown to quite like her and would be sad if she became coyote food.</div>
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Hello, friends!<br />
This is our view (albeit a bit limited as it's through a camera's lens...) when we walk out back.<br />
Travis is back over to the left, the big tree that Sam and Russ pruned for me is directly to the right. The garden is behind that big tree, and the chicken coop is to the back right.</div>
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"You got grain for me, lady?"<br />
That hanging tire thing is his toy, which I need to get a video of him using--he gets that thing flying!</div>
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I really, really like this sheep.</div>
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Russ has been throwing pruned branches in there for him to munch on and mess around with.<br />
Well, when he put this big one in, Travis rammed it.<br />
Russ ended up tying the top of it to the pen so he can keep ramming it and scratching against it.<br />
Well, the next night, Russ grabbed the end that sticks out of the pen and Travis ran and rammed it. Those boys had a lot of fun, competing with each other!</div>
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Hello, girls.<br />
Can you see how big Brownie (a Barbado) and Pep (a Black Hawaiian) are there on the left??<br />
Soooo big.</div>
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I was sitting with the sheep, watching Russ work on the tree, watching the chickens scratch for grain, watching the rabbits bounce about in the hutch, watching the ducks frolicking in the pool, listening to the kids giggling on the trampoline...<br />
This is my meditation. :)</div>
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This is Lola.<br />
She is a Texas Dall and is due sometime around June.</div>
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Lambchop, the runt of the bunch, who we are trying to fatten up. :)</div>
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Blondie, another Texas Dall.</div>
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This were our Valentines weekend projects...working on the birds and the bees.<br />
Hehe.</div>
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And finishing up the holiday weekend with a night out with friends--Trivia Night!<br />
We actually placed third!<br />
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Well, well, well, it's been awhile since a good ol' Day In The Life.<br />Nothing spectacularly extraordinary going on, just thought it was time.<br />Let's begin!<br /><br />Good morning freezing cold (what a difference a week makes--as I am typing this it is 60* out and the windows are wide open!).</div>
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I stumble around the kitchen, taking advantage of my morning stupor to do the dishes before I wake up and realize what I'm doing.<br />I like to see if I can beat my tea-prepping.<br />Sometimes I can actually do it.<br />Russ and I both ditched coffee (well, mostly. It sure is nice on a sunny weekend morning.) and found this tea we both love.<br />The only part we don't love are the little sayings.<br />Don't get me wrong, I like a good inspirational message first thing in the morning just as much as the next person, but it's like they only use 15 of them.<br />And about 2/3 make me want to put a hot poker in my eye.<br />Thankfully, this one isn't bad.</div>
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Dishes done? Check.<br />Tea consumed? Check.<br />Bid Russ goodbye? Check.<br />Warmed up and awake? ...eh.<br />Either way, there are animals waiting for their morning greetings.<br />Break duck pool ice.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTfpHd5oYqCzc5tbCIjxNVVPfTEs3v_i1Iq5LFzuONYhJXKAoMxnNkIDOHQnEZrPoGLD0CQh5BRbaI6vBQU19tFJ44yj_BtYyg4IFmaJd5WkFdTt-mJKmMTv9Kv3OFh_mM47liZ3zhyphenhyphenc/s1600/DSC_9986copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTfpHd5oYqCzc5tbCIjxNVVPfTEs3v_i1Iq5LFzuONYhJXKAoMxnNkIDOHQnEZrPoGLD0CQh5BRbaI6vBQU19tFJ44yj_BtYyg4IFmaJd5WkFdTt-mJKmMTv9Kv3OFh_mM47liZ3zhyphenhyphenc/s1600/DSC_9986copy.jpg" height="428" width="640" /></a></div>
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Good morning, scaredy-chickens.<br />They will stay in their coop for days when there is snow on the ground.<br />However, now that we have ducks (who prefer to sleep out in the snow versus in their cozy shelter), the chickens are out there rubbing elbows with them, despite the snow...it just takes them a bit to get going as well. ...I can relate.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVuDyQNkI0Nz18Cd6wdPt-2qo45gOjf2-4dL2VVHrQYMy5dlKkckNBRdSWdYGyuu89NJGQ9RRrVVTVvGYNLA_Np0Ggy2U_ah6iVZaGASt6Lujb5YU08-z6kgPcLCxg9LdCDZMEtlR67E/s1600/DSC_9987copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVuDyQNkI0Nz18Cd6wdPt-2qo45gOjf2-4dL2VVHrQYMy5dlKkckNBRdSWdYGyuu89NJGQ9RRrVVTVvGYNLA_Np0Ggy2U_ah6iVZaGASt6Lujb5YU08-z6kgPcLCxg9LdCDZMEtlR67E/s1600/DSC_9987copy.jpg" height="428" width="640" /></a></div>
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Good morning, quackers.</div>
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Hello Jenna and Debbie, let's get you some warm water, shall we?</div>
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<br />Animals are taken care of, children still sleeping, me looking for a project.<br />I thought I'd surprise Russ by oiling his beehive (ooh la la!), but found myself lacking much linseed oil. Alas.</div>
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I went upstairs and found this guy! I can usually hear him when we wakes up from the back yard, but he snuck out (instead of the normal thundering).<br />Fish crackers, you say? Sure, coming up!</div>
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I went for cuppa tea, part deux and Brooklyn joined the party!<br />Russ started a fun game with the kids a few weeks ago. We call it Candy Math.<br />It started with licorice and he'd use the candy to show them math and then they'd get however many licorice that the answer was.<br />Wellllll, we ended up going through licorice very quickly.<br />Jelly Bellies!<br />It's pretty fun. If I'm working on something else and Sam asks for some Jellies, I'll just give them to him, "But MOM. I want to do some math!"<br />Oh, well okay then.<br /></div>
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Kiddos hopped on YouTube and I hopped on local websites to see what adventures we could find for the month of February.<br />(And yes, I got those Jelly Bellies with problems the kids wrote for me.)</div>
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Brooklyn's been wanting to dye her hair off and on for a year now.<br />We decided to try food coloring mixed with conditioner.<br />Rainbow highlights!</div>
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This is Day 4 of non-stop Crock-Potting!<br />I discovered I was out of broth (the horror!), so got some chicken out.<br />Well, that night we were invited to our friends' house and they were carving two chickens and asked if I wanted the carcasses. Um, YES.<br />And then we had a bunch of lamb bones as well the following night!<br />I like to cook them 3 times each--the first is the Good Stuff for soups, etc.<br />The second pot is for boiling rice, potatoes, etc.<br />The third pot is for cats and dog food.<br />So, just for the record, I'm good on broth for awhile...</div>
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"Let's tumble!"</div>
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Brook asked if I wanted to play Animal Jam.<br />Sounds good!<br /></div>
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After awhile, we were all getting chilly, which reminded me I wanted to make some more "weasels" (rice bags).<br />Time to raid the stash of fabric I was given...anyone spot any 100% cotton?? Hmm.</div>
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<br />I honestly and truly don't know how we would function without Google.<br />It is consulted a minimum of 30 times a day here, I'll bet.<br />Anyway, in less than a minute I learned how to find out if a material was 100% cotton.<br />The burn test!<br />I'd burned the 100% one first and was unsure if I was doing it right, so tried this one.<br />It smoked and STUNK and shriveled.<br />Okay then, the first one it is.</div>
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Sam figured out how to send mail in Animal Jam.<br />He sent me about 10 of these.<br />I didn't know what he was up to though when he said, <br />"How do you spell 'I am gonna banana your face'??"<br />Ah, I see.</div>
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Warmed and taken for a trial run.<br />And deemed perfect.</div>
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Animal Jam with friends on Skype!<br />Another thing I don't know what we'd do without.<br /></div>
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Dinner time for us means dinner time for animals.<br />These babes are HUNGRY. They go through probably 5 of those cups of feed a day.<br />...we are currently trying to figure out how to grow fodder on a large scale...</div>
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Chicken Lentil Stew for the humans.</div>
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<br /><br />Daddy's home!!<br />...oh Brin. You poor thing.</div>
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"Take pictures of me jumping across the doorway!"</div>
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More Jelly Bean math!<br />You can see the beginnings of one of Brooklyn's problems for me at the top of the board.<br />Zeroes were dogs.<br />Ones were butterflies.<br />Twos were ???<br />She got worn out by the time she got to 5.</div>
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Kirby time!</div>
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"Alright guys, it's time!"<br />"But, I really wanted a soda! Now I won't have time!"<br />"Can I put one out for you for in the morning?"<br />"Okay!"</div>
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<br />Teeth brushing.<br />See the blue in her hair?? This was the best one.<br />We have since done something a bit more drastic, but she loves it.</div>
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<br />Can't forget to start the dishwasher so I can start all over in the morning.<br />Alas, I find water all over the floor when I go back in the kitchen.<br />Sigh.</div>
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<br />Sam has been sleeping in our room for the past few years. Occasionally, he'd come in and sleep with Brooklyn, but very rarely.<br />Over the past 3 weeks he's chosen to sleep in her room about 80% of the time.<br />It's kind of weird...<br /><br />And Brooklyn loves to read to us. She's pretty darned good at it, too.<br />Kids don't stop growing up for anything, do they?<br />Sigh.</div>
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"Will you braid my hair tonight?"</div>
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Let's start with November, shall we??<br />We had a Super Fun Day with Russ and one of our stops was the children's museum.<br />Love these Magna Tiles! ...so does Sam. </div>
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This was my favorite thing--a Brook and Sam kaleidoscope!</div>
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Brooklyn, shaking the DNA chain in freezing cold weather.</div>
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Russ got his Christmas present early. <br />Crossing our fingers for deer meat this year!</div>
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Homemade caramel...drool.</div>
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Homemade peanut butter cups...and there were homemade peppermint patties, but they didn't last long enough for a photo.</div>
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We had our second litter of bunnies!<br />This one is starting to get it's fur at 3 days old.<br />(These guys are now over 2 months old!)</div>
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Mmm...homemade beer smells sooo good!<br />This is his double chocolate stout, which is as delicious as it sounds.<br />He also started a lager and an orange cinnamon mead over his Christmas break.</div>
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I spent an entire morning after a particularly windy night gathering tree limbs we'd trimmed to use for a makeshift windbreak until we get something bigger growing in there.</div>
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Ah, Russ knows the way to my heart--a giant load of mulch awaiting me when I wake up on a lazy weekend morning.<br />We ended up going and getting probably 10 truckloads of this stuff ($5 a load!!) before Russ noticed that they delivered bulk loads. So we had 30 cubic yards (about 30 truck loads worth) delivered for LESS than it would have cost us to go and get it.<br />We're about halfway through spreading that 30 yards though and definitely need more, so need to get on that before we get more moisture.<br /> I want to keep every drop of rain/snow we get in our yard!</div>
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I got my Christmas present early as well!<br />It was super out of tune and Russ not only tuned it for me, but he moved it BY HIMSELF.<br />Insane.<br />I love having it, but haven't been playing it as much as I'd like, given that it's usually 45-50 degrees downstairs...can't wait for it to warm up!</div>
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Russ bought two baby New Zealand does with some of his Christmas money.<br />Meet Debbie and Jenna.</div>
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New Zealand's are known for not being the most friendly of breeds, so we decided that because they will be around for years, we oughtta love the heck out of 'em.<br />So they became our pocket bunnies.</div>
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And lap bunnies.<br />Oh, and it worked. <br />2 months later, and they are so friendly. <br />They no longer fit into our pockets, but they love to be held and will eat out of our hands now.</div>
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This is comparing a 2-month old (on the right) with a 3-week old.<br />The 3-day olds were in the garage at the time.<br />Bunnies coming out of our ears!</div>
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We figured that given the bunny explosion, we needed to seek out alternative sources of food for them, especially since organic bunny food is <em>expensive.</em><br />So we looked into sprouting barley. Voila! And the rabbits and chickens come running when they see us with it in hand.</div>
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Sigh, I've posted about this cat on Facebook before.<br />Apparently I'm a S'more magnet. </div>
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If I am sitting or laying down, she's right there, pawing me to let her up.<br />This is her bedtime preference.<br />Did I mention I'm not much of a cat person?<br />Alas, don't tell her, but S'mores *may* be turning me into one.</div>
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Brooklyn and Sam have been into My Little Pony for a good year or so, constantly playing it "in real life." Brook's alter ego is Twilight Sparkle and Sam's is Rainbow Dash.<br />So I've been wanting to get them their own ponies at Build-A-Bear (a first for all of us) for a looong time. On one of our Super Fun Days, I decided it was time and just started driving.<br />They'd ask where we're going and I'd give them little hints.<br />They had no clue.<br />When we got there, they both lit up with excitement and jumped and danced and giggled around the store for the entire hour we were there picking them out, stuffing them, picking sounds and smells and talking to the employees...</div>
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They have had their ponies for 2+ months now and play with them almost every day. They snuggle with them at night and take them in the car when we go anywhere, and often into stores and to the movies even.<br />Love MY little ponies!</div>
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<br />I should do a separate Christmas post, but all of my photos are already here, so...yeah.<br />"CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!" was what was being yelled from room to room when Brooklyn and I walked out and found this.<br />It reads:<br />"Brooklyn & Sam,<br />I heard you guys were interested in a present scavenger hunt!<br />You can thank my elves for all of their hard work (and your mom for the special codes!).<br />Have a very Merry Christmas!<br />Santa<br />P.S. I hope you don't mind, I had to sneak some eggnog and cookies.</div>
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"NO PRESENTS, MOM!"<br />Brooklyn had suggested MULTIPLE times that we do a scavenger hunt for the presents.<br />Talk about overkill...I did a separate hunt for each present. Sam's was good--I drew a picture of where the next clue (or present) was hid.<br />Brooklyn though...poor girl, lol...I knew she liked decoding codes, so I had 4 different codes and she had to figure out which it was, and THEN decode each of her clues.<br />Did I mention there were 5 clues PER present?<br />Yeah, TOTAL OVERKILL.</div>
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Stockings!!</div>
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Sam wasn't excited about getting up as early as Brooklyn did (7am or so).<br />It took a little big-sister persuading to get the job done.</div>
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Decoding.<br />As you can imagine, this got very frustrating very quickly, so we ended up switching to a different tactic, lol.</div>
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Sam's first present! Brooklyn got him a creeper!</div>
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Can you tell he likes his creeper?</div>
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I about died laughing when Russ opened his gift from his sister.<br />It's a screwdriver. </div>
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Another gift from Brooklyn--a swimming Hexbug shark!</div>
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Brin-dog was excited Christmas was here too.</div>
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"Take a picture of me with my shotgun!!"</div>
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Corinne, you got some great gifts!<br />Brooklyn opened her Goldie Blox and immediately got to work.<br />I was confused by all of the pieces and said, "Shall we read the instructions?"<br />"Nope, I've got this."</div>
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-never fire at someone<br />All of those important rules.<br />So we went out to shoot and Sam shot for about 10 minutes, max. <br />Russ on the other hand? He's shooting it towards the house, in the air, into his hand (covered with a towel)...oy vey.<br />At least Sam was in the house at that point!</div>
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I have completely failed to get any photos of Brooklyn and her bow and arrows!<br />We all went shooting a month or two ago and we all liked it, so thought I'd get a bow and arrows for both kids and they could share. Ha!<br />Sam doesn't really care, but Brook loves her bow.<br />And? She's an excellent shot. We have a carpet set up outside for target practice and it's a lot of fun to watch her because she gets more and more confident each time.<br /><br /></div>
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Sam has been talking about this catapult he saw in a catalog for months.<br />Bubs and Gpa Jerry got it for him and it was a lot of fun for Russ and Sam to work on.</div>
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Our last set of family clues led us on a hunt--first to the socks, then coats, then hats, then shoes, then instructed us to go for a walk...</div>
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And this is what we found! <br />The kids FLIPPED--they've really been missing their trampoline.<br />Thank you Grammie and Gpa Scott!</div>
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We have a nice little system set up here...rabbits get feed, alfalfa, fruit and veggies, sprouted greens...</div>
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Then it all falls through and the chickens clean up the rest.<br />Then under the hutch we get THE best compost--straw, two of the best manures you can get for gardening, and we're hoping once it gets warmer it'll be enough to sustain earthworms (which are unheard of in this desert-land).<br />Oh, and those little poo-balls are good dog snacks too.<br />Disgusting, I know.</div>
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My favorite chicken/rooster.<br />It's name is Mullet.<br />It's very curious to see what we humans are up to and follows us around.<br />I say "It" because it looks like a rooster, but has never once exhibited rooster tendencies...but look at that tail! We'll see...if It lays eggs, they'll be blue!</div>
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Have I mentioned how much I love my husband??<br />I told him the specifics of what I wanted in a compost tumbler and he knocked this out for me in an hour, tops.<br />Can't wait for it to get warmer so I can get some actual compost instead of just warming food stuffs.</div>
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<br />So, permaculture has become something of an obsession for me.<br />I am constantly trying to think of ways I can do things more efficiently and conserve more valuable resources.<br />I had been reading and reading and reading about greywater and finally decided to go straight to the source.<br />And this is how Russ found me when he came home.<br />It was fascinating!<br />And now, after it became apparent how frustrating trying to dump 22 gallons of water would be, Russ built me a greywater system. That tube now goes out the window, the water flows into a 55 gallon drum, then down a hose out to a mulched area that will be our rain garden.<br />SO cool.<br />Now in the process of trying to get our main shower hooked up as well.</div>
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Our big project over Christmas was a greenhouse!<br />This was Day 1.<br />We trimmed the trees back and mulched a path out there.</div>
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Day 2<br />Digging (okay, it was more like chipping, since Russ had to use his axe to break the frozen ground) everything level.</div>
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Day 3<br />Sides up!</div>
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Day 4<br />This was tricky...it was 9' tall in the center and we didn't have a good ladder to secure anything (hence the blue 55 gallon bucket in there...eek. The step ladder came later after watching Russ risk his neck to nail the supports in!). We got it though!<br />It was coming together!</div>
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Day 5<br />Done!! <br />It really took us 7 days because we had other stuff going on, but we're pretty happy with it.<br />It took us another day to lay down wet cardboard (to smother the weeds), 6" of composted horse manure, a smothering of straw and another 6" of horse manure.<br />We could totally be growing cold season veggies in there now if we'd planted them earlier.<br />But soon the ground will be warm enough to put them in again.</div>
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<br />The fodder we were feeding the rabbits and chickens was so successful we decided to try it on a bigger scale.<br />Currently, we have 8 tubs going.<br />Basically, you let grains soak for 12-24 hours, then transfer them to one of the trays on the left.</div>
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Here's the water flowing.<br />We've been experimenting with sprouting other things with the barley--sunflower seeds, bird seed, wheat berries...the animals love it all.<br />We're planning on making a much bigger setup in the garage so we can feed this to them as a staple instead of the bagged feed from the store.<br />Cheaper and better for them (and us!).</div>
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I had to take a photo for our friend Holly.<br />I ran into her one day and I commented on how much I loved her full-body snuggie-type thing and how much I've always wanted a Snuggie.<br />She said, "I have one for you!"<br />So I went and got it and before I even got the car (the windows were down), Brooklyn declared, "It must be mine! It has all of my favorite colors!"<br />Maybe she'll let me borrow it? :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvlnOTBnAFRpAudKLtsmjdTixm9gV65w_D50AutxZRSCh_StkL7-nidEkxYK07QyarJH7WnJqFRn3QORHGpHFAOmslwqqAPCBuRZmIUWVUFJFixKVmEZ41aO-TOMoZ7Np-NF_7YktkDk/s1600/DSC_9600copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvlnOTBnAFRpAudKLtsmjdTixm9gV65w_D50AutxZRSCh_StkL7-nidEkxYK07QyarJH7WnJqFRn3QORHGpHFAOmslwqqAPCBuRZmIUWVUFJFixKVmEZ41aO-TOMoZ7Np-NF_7YktkDk/s1600/DSC_9600copy.jpg" height="428" width="640" /></a></div>
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Cliff's Amusement Park had a Christmas special where they turned on some of the rides, had fires burning for people to warm up by, hot chocolate for sale, Christmas music...<br />I was dreading lots of people, so we ended up going the last night.<br />It was SO MUCH FUN.<br />We all rode rides until we were sick.<br />Brooklyn did the one that goes upside down in a ring until the park closed. She'd get off, run around and get in line again...funny kid.</div>
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Our pocket bunnies are getting big!<br />Sam had just woken up...what better way to start your day than with two sweet bunnies snuggling up on you??</div>
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Dene'!! We love Headbandz!!<br />Yes, even Russ and I will play by ourselves...</div>
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Corinne, did you get this for him?? Thank you! He was bummed he didn't get his own bow and this one doesn't disappoint!<br />He's been instructed not to shoot at the windows (even though it came with ones that stick to windows) because it shoots HARD!! Ha!</div>
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So we set up targets for him instead (cereal box on the banister).</div>
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Russ has a favorite local auction site that he frequents.<br />This is one of his latest finds--an $80 cotton candy maker he paid $20 for.<br />It is pretty interesting and fun to use!</div>
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The kids were wanting to do an experiment and we've never tried the soap, food coloring and milk one. So much fun!</div>
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The days have gotten so much colder, which definitely effects how much I want to get my camera out. Alas, here's the latest.</div>
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One big must on our Things We Want In A House list was "A view of the sunrise, sunset, or both."</div>
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These sunrises almost make it okay that it's dark when I wake up.</div>
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The kids went on a juicing kick for a few weeks. Luckily, it was apple season! Mmm...fresh apple juice!</div>
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Trying my hand at a simple homemade solar oven. Would love to try making a real one...perhaps in a couple of years, I'd like to build a solar dehydrator first.</div>
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Halloween package from Bubba! Candy for all!</div>
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Oh Sam, life would be so boring without you.</div>
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This is chair that he "sits at" while using the computer.</div>
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I say "sits at" because while he can easily focus on things he is interested in for hours on end, he is still a 5 1/2 year old boy who needs to move.</div>
This photo he is posing for me.<br />
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This photo he is not.<br />
Yes, the chair falls over many times every day because of the feats he does with it, but no, he's never gotten hurt.<br />
Once, I thought it might be easier with him if he just stood so he could dance around and stuff, but nope, he needs that chair. </div>
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Aaaaand this is Sam cleaning the table. He asked if he could help and I laughed when I saw his method.</div>
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Halloween!! Look at that giant power ranger in those tiny chairs! Arrr!</div>
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Russ told me less than 24 hours before trick-or-treating that he wanted to be <a href="http://theslenderman.wikia.com/wiki/Slender_Man" target="_blank">Slenderman</a>.<br />I tried. I thought this material would be thin enough for him to see through. It wasn't.<br />And his big ol' head ripped right through a pair of white tights. Alas.<br />It worked...we would go up to doors while Russ stood at the sidewalk, all creepy like. Most people would open their doors and seemed a bit offset by him. One group of kids actually yelled "IT'S SLENDERMAN!!!" from down the block...it was pretty funny.</div>
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The whole gang--I was a split-personality (only had half my costume here), Slenderman, Brook was a black for the third (fourth? fifth?) year running, Sam was a Power Ranger. Then our good friends the Eddy's--a witch and two Roman soldiers. And then the Starosta's--their daughter was the fisher-girl and they were her catch.<br />Even though we only went around one block, it was freezing and the kids said they had enough candy before we even finished the block. It was a good Halloween.</div>
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After processing a batch of meat chickens with a cheap food saver, we decided to spring for the big boy since it was on sale at Costco.<br />Isn't she shiny?? She did great and we're looking forward to many future rendezvous' with her. </div>
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Sam had to check out the new toy..."Hey, what if we put a hamburger bun in there?"<br />Now you know. :)</div>
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Despite the fact that Brin has turned into a bit of a miscreant as the weather has turned colder (and we spend a lot more time inside), and that Russ has said several times, "I just don't think I'm a dog person"....this still happens.</div>
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I have no idea what we were doing here...looks like food color experiments. Again.</div>
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Oh yes, I remember! Russ turned 31 and the kids were designing their frostings for his cake!<br />Happy birthday, Babe!</div>
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Gah, I cannot wait for spring!<br />I finished fencing my garden (even rabbit-proofed it by digging the fence down 6"...hopefully that works), Russ built me a gate, and after discovering permaculture, decided to completely change how I wanted my garden planned out.<br />We are now doing mini-<a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/" target="_blank">hugel beds</a>--usually you do them on top of the ground, but because we don't yet have much for a windbreak, I am in the process of digging them down.<br />So once you get them dug out, you basically throw anything you can get your hands on into them--compost, leaves, grass clippings, food scraps, paper products, branches...then throw the dirt back on top of it. Within a year or two, it should be pretty decent soil.</div>
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It's been getting chilly...chilly enough that when I look at the weather and the high is above 32* F, I do a little jig because this won't happen (but it is pretty neat) 3 or so times a day:</div>
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We were at Costco and the kids asked for this gingerbread house kit to do over the weekend.<br />It went really well, given that the entire house was already built! No walls falling down or anything. Just lots of fun with icing and candy.<br />It makes me laugh when the differences between the kids and Russ and I arise. Russ was all about sneaking bits of the gingerbread for his coffee and pieces of candy, and the kids would get so mad. "DAD! IT'S NOT DONE! DON'T TOUCH IT! IT'S NOT FOR EATING!!"<br />Who's kids are these!? I remember having a gingerbread house as a kid and being horrified that we weren't allowed to dismantle it and consume every possible speck of sugar immediately.<br />And my kids want to place it on the mantle.</div>
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Don't worry though, we fixed that. :)</div>
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In no time, Russ was filling in Sam's "grifter teeth" (he lost his bottom two teeth and Russ has been calling them grifter teeth since, which Sam thinks is pure awesome sauce).</div>
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Look Mom, I got new 110% sugar teeth! Awesome!</div>
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After many negotiations, Brooklyn gave the A-OK to stab our work of art.</div>
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Sam's turn!</div>
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And he caught a half of a roof!<br />And Russ was right, it was delicious soaked in a warm drink. My preference lately has been homebrewed chai tea mixed with eggnog. Steaming hot, of course. Mmmm...</div>
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And winter has officially begun!<br /></div>
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The first snowfall was exciting for all, including Brin...</div>
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I am one who likes to admire the snow from INSIDE. And if I do go outside, I need layers and layers (hell, I need layers and layers INside too!).<br />Brooklyn? Not so much.<br />She spent over 2 hours out and about in her fleece jacket and yoga pants, with a scarf and hat. No gloves. No coat. Oh, and cowgirl boots.<br />Whatever works, eh?<br />She was trying to make snowballs here, but it was just too cold for the snow to stick.</div>
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"Mom, do you have anything so that I can clear the pathways?"<br />Indeed I do! Shovel or rake?<br />"Rake please."</div>
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Here's the new rabbitry--much better than the cages hanging under the deck.<br />They now have lots of straw to burrow into and are spoiled rotten with hot water three times a day.<br />Oh, and the one on the far left (Thumper) is now in the garage as she now has 8 babies.<br />We'll be moving another one (Bumble) to the garage in a week or so as well, as she'll be due with a litter. Exciting times!<br /></div>
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I was on my way to bed one night and Brooklyn says, "I'd like to write a comic book, will you help me?" Uhhhh....sure.<br />We finally headed to bed around 2am, having accomplished the cover, the title page, 2 written pages and 2 pictures. Phew!<br />She talks about it daily and gives us little glimpses into her storyline.<br />Initially, she said she would sell it and decided on $10. Now that she's put so much into it, she decided she'll keep the original and sell copies. :)<br />She has also decided that she will be making 10 issues, so stay tuned!</div>
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Tristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309529717245447372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747965384926986231.post-70458858010564865592013-12-11T12:49:00.001-07:002013-12-11T12:49:14.517-07:00The Messy Kitchen.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me introduce you to my messy kitchen...<br />
Kitchen, Readers...Readers, Kitchen...<br />
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Now I know it's not super duper messy, but each morning while my tea is steeping, I do a "kitchen sweep" where everything gets tidied up for the day.<br />
This photo is the end of day. Not unusual for the kitchen to be turned topsy-turvy by day's end, but this particular day I walked in and instead of being overwhelmed, I smiled.</div>
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See that box of Rice Krispies? It's from a giant batch of rice krispy treats we'd made that day, and devoured for lunch. Yes, rice krispies for lunch.<br />
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The bag behinds it contains the remains of a delicious loaf of bread that Russ cooked for us.<br />
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The plastic containers behind that are part of our never-ending collection of plastic containers that Brooklyn plans to use for her plants in the spring.<br />
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The crockpot back in the corner? Some sort of delicious-ness, which was served in all of the dishes scattered about. Whatever it was, everyone must've liked it.<br />
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The cake pan? Russ and Sam decided to make a Minecraft cake...but only got as far as the cake itself (no frosting or anything Minecrafty about it). It was THE BEST chocolate cake any of us has ever had. I have tried to replicate it, but have been unable. Russ claims it was because Sam was in complete control of mixing. Guess I'll have to wait to try again when Sam's ready.<br />
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The knife and cutting board? "Mom, can we cut some stuff?" "Sure, what shall we cut first?"<br />
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The box of crackers in the front there? Leftovers from a cheese-making party at friends' house where far too much cheese was consumed.<br />
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The bread-maker bucket over by the sink? My half of the bread-making process--Russ does the making, I do the cleaning. It's better that way...people actually eat the bread.<br />
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The mugs? A nice sunny morning with my love, sipping our warm drinks and talking about what the day holds for us, while the kids still slept quietly in bed.<br />
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The frosting buckets? I've been collecting these to put our food storage in. Russ asks for them at the bakery when he runs to the store for me, even when he doesn't want to.<br />
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The wine bottle? A good end to a great day.<br />
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It's hard sometimes to not get overwhelmed at the amount of Mess that happens each day. But I've found that it helps so, so much not to look at it as Mess, but as Life. <br />
...now that's not to say I always walk into a room and smile at the "Life" exploded all over the wall and ceiling and let's not mention the floors that I can't see...but sometimes it really does help. <br />
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Tristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309529717245447372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747965384926986231.post-49196621143810513592013-12-11T11:36:00.002-07:002013-12-11T11:36:14.988-07:00Strike A Pose.<br />
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Several week ago, we ran into town for our homeschool park day. Right before then, I met up with a guy at Starbucks to sell him my spare camera.<br />We had awhile to dink around, so dink around we did.<br />The monkeys were being pretty silly, so I said, "Hey, strike a pose!"<br />"Okay, this is mad."<br /></div>
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"Wanna see sad?"</div>
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"Time for Happy!"</div>
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"Let's do Derpy!"</div>
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My turn.</div>
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"Alright guys, so what do you suppose Smart looks like?"</div>
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"Scared?"</div>
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"Friendly!"</div>
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"Now, I know you can do Crazy..."</div>
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"Ooh, what about Suspicious?"<br />(I was impressed with this one, as no direction was given nor clarification asked for.)</div>
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"Monstrous!"</div>
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"What about....The End Of The World?"</div>
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"Running!"</div>
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"Mom, can you tell what this one is?"</div>
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"Uhh...."</div>
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"Scootering!"</div>
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"Clothing model!"</div>
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"Diving!"</div>
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I have this one labeled Mad Sam on my Starbucks wrapper.</div>
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"Play dead!"</div>
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<br />And after a full afternoon of sprinting, giggling, scootering, playground-ing, this is their Dead To The World In Less Than 4 Minutes look.<br />It was a quiet ride home. :)</div>
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It's time...it's only been ohhhh, 3 years since the last ones. Half of Sam's lifetime ago...<br />
Bad Trista.<br />
Anyways, it was time. A friend was going to come snap them for us, but got held up, so we went with the auto-timer. Whatever, they're done. And we got some decent ones even!</div>
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Of course, at least half of them turned out something like this.</div>
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Tough stuff.</div>
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Hopefully I can manage to get more before another 3 years goes by!!</div>
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Ugh, this is the first of FIVE posts...why do I get behind and do this to myself?!</div>
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<br />This photo is from a year and a half ago!! But I just found it and thought it was so awesomely neat that I HAD to share.<br />I had seen a study done where they fed ants colored sugar water and their abdomens changed color, so we wanted to try it for ourselves...SURE 'NUFF!<br />It was so neat! You can click on these photos to view them bigger, too.</div>
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Mmm...homemade cheddar.</div>
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Brin and Ellie, BFFs Forever...well...not so much forever, as she now lives in the freezer.</div>
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Who wants popcorn?? Brin and Ellie do!</div>
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We checked out the New Mexico State Fair this year!<br />We were waiting for Russ to meet up with us, and Brooklyn and Sam were pretending that Sam was her cat that she had to feed and take care of.<br />All cats eat cotton candy, right?</div>
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We went into the NM Parks and Wildlife building and the craziest thing happened...a fish jumped OUT of the water and on to my feet! He was NOT a small fish, either! At least 18"!<br />I looked around, stunned, picked it up, put it back in and felt quite awkward when people started applauding, lol.<br />I went and asked the rangers working there how often that happens, they said, "Oh, he's done it a couple of times before...wait, did he do it again!? Did he bite you?!" Whaaaa?!<br /><br />So we go and wait for Russ, and the kids want to show him the fish. Sure, no problem.<br />We walk back in and CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE IT...</div>
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that fish jumped out onto my feet again.<br /><br />The kids said, "Let's go back and see if he does it again!" <br />I'm good, thanks.</div>
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And the kids wanted a photo of a miniature boat.</div>
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Time for rides!! I asked three times if the kids were Absolutely Sure that they wanted to try this gyro ride thing...YES YES YES!<br />He stopped the ride after a minute or so to see how they were doing, "We are done!!" lol</div>
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These were a big hit though!</div>
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Look at 'em go!</div>
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I haven't been on Fair rides since I was in college. Russ bought us the All-You-Can-Ride wristbands and I got sick after the first ride.<br />I was a bit nervous about doing it again, and this time with two kids in tow, but I survived.<br />Russ sat this one out and watched me pretend to have fun (and sometimes really have fun), instead.</div>
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The swings were by far all of our favorite!</div>
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This summer/fall I also got hooked on Doctor Who.<br />Now I'm wondering how I ever lived without him!</div>
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Bubba and Grampa Jerry came for a visit!<br />I was happy to relinquish my role as bottle-filler-upper to Bubs.</div>
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Bubs, getting schooled on all things Pokemon.</div>
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It was SUPER rainy one night and Ellie didn't really have anywhere to sleep, so we tossed her in here for the night and she was perfectly content, lol.</div>
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Russ had been reading about rabbits for quite awhile and after finding out about a local poultry-swap (that included all manner of things--chickens, ducks, turkeys, goats, puppies, kittens, rabbits...), he found himself 2 female Californians, 1 male Californian, and 1 female New Zealand.<br />They lived in the garage for about a week...even with leaving the garage doors open, it didn't seem like a very fun place to be.</div>
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Here's Thumper/Hopper/Bumble.<br />We got two sisters that Russ can never tell apart, except by which cage they are in.<br />Since then, one has had one litter of kits that didn't make it and we are expecting a litter from her sister this next week.</div>
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Russ and Sam playing Tic-Tac-Toe. It started with the standard game then quickly morphed into stars and circle Tic-Tac-Toes. It was pretty funny listen to the game rules being made up as they went along.</div>
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More chicks! These are the layers. They now live out in the geodesic coop, but spend most of their time sprinting around the backyard, which is absolutely hilarious.<br />Although now that there is snow on the ground, the refuse to come out of their coop. Stinkers.</div>
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With the grandparents' help, we nearly finished cutting down all of the dead, diseased pine trees lining our driveway. I am eager to find something to replace them, as I loved driving through them.</div>
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Know what makes stew taste better? A tutu.</div>
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Sam and I, trying to make a milk jug skeleton.</div>
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"Can I iron?"<br />Of course!</div>
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We also had the opportunity to stay in an <a href="http://earthship.com/" target="_blank">earthship</a> in Taos with friends.<br />It was a lot of fun! All 3 families decided that we totally should have built earthships instead of gotten mortgages, lol. Maybe down the line...<br />I think of it often as I'm sitting in my 51* F house right now...brrrr. (And earthship doesn't get much below 65* or so, even without a heater (other than the sun).)<br />I didn't get hardly any indoor photos, but <a href="http://earthship.com/Learn-More/euro-earthship-nightly-rental" target="_blank">HERE</a> is the exact one we stayed in.</div>
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Running out into the rain/hailstorm.</div>
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Lookie what we found!...</div>
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...a baby tarantula!!</div>
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Back home to the animals.<br />This is Derpy, our male Californian. He's running around in the Run-Around pen Russ made for them so they can dig a bit and hide and munch on greens.</div>
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So, we'd ordered 15 chickens and got 16 (they send extra, just in case). Turns out our "extra" isn't exactly what he ordered, based off of the garbled "Cock-a-roodle-roooo" that leaves us scratching our heads at.<br />That's okay though, we wanted one roo for our girls, given the packs of coyotes we've seen run across our property and the hawks circling.</div>
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Putting those dead pines to use!</div>
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We may or may not have clipped some spider plants and citronella from the giant plants in the earthship. After seeing all of the plants growing there, Brooklyn was determined to save any sort of container that could possibly hold a plant...you should see the collection that we have amassed. Excited to get started on seedlings in a month or two!</div>
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One of the Pumpkin Buddies. This is Brooklyn's buddy.</div>
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Wow...no idea why some of these photos are showing up SO large...sorry about that.<br />Here is Sam's buddy. He said it's his Best Friend and sleeps with him at night.<br />True story.</div>
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Out digging up dirt to see how much clay is in it (if there was a decent amount, Russ wanted to try making clay bricks or something, but we have very little clay).</div>
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After you dig up some dirt (we filled this guy about 1/2 way), fill it with water and wait.<br />The silt and clay will separate and the top of the water will be clear. We actually still have ours on top of the fridge because it's just cool to watch--we'll shake it up and watch it re-settle over the day.</div>
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Digging led to filling up buckets, hoisting them up the fort, dumping them into new buckets, and me dumping them back out, only to fill them up again.<br />Pretty fun!</div>
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The layers get a new home! And Brin is having a blast trying to herd them...sigh.</div>
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We also got fish! 3 little fish, a bala shark, and 2 crabs (and these petrified dinosaurs) live in a 100 gallon tank...it was meant to be for <a href="http://www.growingpower.org/aquaponics.htm" target="_blank">aquaponics</a>, but we've put that on the back burner for the moment.</div>
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After seeing these neat pieces of leaf artwork at the library, we collected some leaves and made our own art...here's Brooklyn's Leaf Man.</div>
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Leaf Man now hangs on our wall of art (behind the sweet, cute kid :D ).</div>
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<br />September has been pretty good. Lots of fun, friends, and projects!<br />We cut our Projects Budget back, so I had to figure out how to get storage for next to nothing.<br />This is one wall of the Toy Room/Sam's Room. I was dreaming of some awesome built-ins--cabinets at the bottom for hiding whatever we don't want to display, a long flat surface for drawing/computering/whatever, and then bookshelves to the ceiling.<br />And then I priced it out.<br />And laughed because there was no way that was happening anytime soon!<br /><br />So it got my wheels cranking as to the available materials we have and remembered Brooklyn's closet doors just sitting downstairs, taking up space.<br />And I started Googling and Pinteresting.<br />In no time we went from this...</div>
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...to this.<br />(Sorry, too lazy to swap out camera lenses.)<br />Six shelves for a whopping $5 or so. Yeah!<br />Well...that was the plan. Until I tried to put weight on our floating shelves, and immediately went out and bought L-brackets, which brought the grand total up to $25.<br />Can you guess what the shelves are?? Doors.<br />Yup, nasty beat up old interior doors that we got for $1 a piece at a thrift store.<br />Woot! Love my new library!</div>
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The kids were happy to get their dress-up box unpacked.</div>
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We added yet another member to our family!<br />Meet Shimmy.</div>
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"Please sir, can I have some more??"</div>
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I have never had a hamster, and while she's fun to watch in her cage, when she's in her ball I <i>cannot.stop.laughing.</i></div>
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"Look Mom, she went under my legs!!"</div>
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We also got another order of chickens--42 to be exact.<br />15 layers and 27 meaties.<br />When we got them, they were the exact same size (at about 3 days old).<br />This photo is taken at 1 week old, and you can already see the size difference!<br />They are now over three weeks old and are in the not-so-cute-anymore stage, but it is amazing how fast those meaties grow!!</div>
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You can't see it very well, but Brook wrote CHEEPS CHEPS on the wall of their pen (and yes, it too is made out of $1 doors, ha!).</div>
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After having to order organic peaches from Washington, and our squash plants stopped producing, we rotatilled them up and went and got some fruit trees. Sooo excited for these!<br />This is the dwarf nectarine, and further in the background we have a Bartlett pear, a freestone peach, and a Honeycrisp apple.<br />Grow babies, grow!!</div>
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Looks like I should have bought the bigger tomato cages...it's a forest of tomatoes!</div>
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And if you look closer, under those tomatoes, you'll find...</div>
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Ellie The Chicken, who has deemed the tomatoes her nesting ground.<br />She was from our last round of meat chickens, but she was so small we thought she might be a layer so kept her around. She's been pretty wary of us up until recently. Now, she will follow us around the yard, "help" me pull weeds, and will even sleep next to the back door...crazy chicken.</div>
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Another house project!<br />I really wanted to do something drastic to the kitchen--I like it alright, but I want to love it. I wanted to paint the walls, or the cabinets, or both.<br />But I have a husband who likes the cabinets. And the wall color. So, those are out the window.<br />I like the look of stone backsplashes, but tiling was not in the budget, nor was I excited about it. Tile is so permanent.<br />Thank you Pinterest, for the idea of painting one!<br />After a trip to Joann's Fabrics to pick out acrylic paints, some cheap foam brushes and a roll of 1/4" quilters tape (oh, and later I picked up some Polyurethane to protect the paint).<br />Beforehand, I tried out my idea behind the stove and was so excited, I started taping. And then painting.<br />3am comes along and I start excitedly ripping off the tape and was so bummed out that I just went straight to bed.<br />My grout lines were orange. DUH.<br />So the next morning, I started taping off each "tile" so I could get a nice line in-between...after hours of that and then pulling the tape off, I decided to just go for it and carefully freehand the damn lines.</div>
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So, all in a I really really like my "tiles," even against the orange (please excuse the bright blue tape, was prepping for Poly...which, in complete honesty, didn't happen for another 2-3 weeks, ha).<br />I like it so much that it made those SIXTEEN HOURS (not counting Poly) worth it.<br />Oy vey.</div>
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Alrighty...on to the next project.<br />Yup. You read those titles right.<br />Well, at least we're prepping. We're thinking maybe next spring we'll give some of these a go.</div>
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<br />I actually remembered the Homeschool Gymnastics Open Gym this month, which Brook and Sam LOVE because they are free to explore anything in the gym.</div>
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Sam was pretty stoked to find the rope!</div>
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On the way home, ice cream was requested.<br />I have never seen anyone enjoy their ice cream more than Sam...</div>
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Our weekend adventures usually involve the Eddy's at some point, and this month has involved lots of cheese. LOTS of cheese.<br />The first weekend was a cheddar weekend--Russ did 2 gallons made from regular ol' Costco milk, while Steph made hers from organic free-range Whole Foods milk.<br />It took NINE HOURS from start to finish (from warming the milk to pressing the cheese), which means we didn't leave until after midnight! Oy.<br />Oh, and there was definitely a difference in the cheeses--Steph's was much more yellow, creamier, the curds were far more squeaky, more flavorful...it also cost seven times as much.</div>
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<br />The following weekend, they ended up making FOUR different cheeses (cream cheese, cottage cheese, gouda, and ricotta), AND waxing the previous week's cheddar (well, most of it...we ate a good hunk because it was sooo good!).<br />Anyway, it's been a cheesy month.<br />And here is a photo of Russ with Robin's awesome cheese press.</div>
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We're so lucky to have friends who are just as insane as we are. :)</div>
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We don't just love Albuquerque for it's weather, the mountain, the availability of things to do, the cost of living, a great job...a BIG part of why we love it is because we quickly found so many good friends here. We play with our homeschool friends, but don't get nearly as much time to play with our work friends.<br />So we decided to take a long weekend and go camping!<br />Talk about fun...<br /><br />In total there were 7 adults, 6 kids and 4 dogs...all in one campsite.<br />One gorgeous, riverside campsite in the Carson National Forest.</div>
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There was a lot of hanging out fireside (thanks to Russ for keeping the fire going nearly-non-stop).</div>
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LOTS of good food (we ended with FAR more than we needed).</div>
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Plentiful firewood and lots of helping hands.</div>
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Baby snuggles.</div>
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Kid snuggles.</div>
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Adventuring.</div>
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Great camaraderie.</div>
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Hiking.</div>
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Dirt sliding.</div>
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Imagining.</div>
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Roasting.</div>
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Puppy-dog playing.</div>
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Rock skipping.</div>
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Stream crossing.</div>
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Sunshine soaking.</div>
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Swimming (intentionally or not).</div>
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Meandering.</div>
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Tickling.</div>
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Snoozing.</div>
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Burning.</div>
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Puppy mediating (some pups got along better than others).</div>
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Napping.</div>
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Exploring.</div>
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Fishing.</div>
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Puppy loving.</div>
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Giggling.</div>
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"Animal shelter" playing.</div>
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Swinging!</div>
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More snuggling.</div>
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Flower picking.</div>
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Flower eating.<br />("Okay, now take a picture of me pretending to eat it!")</div>
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Dinner prepping.<br />Joe (on the right) caught all 4 of these!</div>
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Puppy spoiling.</div>
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Midnight goofing.</div>
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Exhausted, ready for home.</div>
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We had so much fun, we are really looking forward to doing it all over again!</div>
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<br />Here's what August looked like:<br /><br />Having all of our toys back allowed us to mix them all--trains, marbles, blocks, Mario...</div>
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Lots of games, of course!</div>
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A cone-headed dog...he had to get staples in his front legs (scraped them up on barbed wire or something), and then the ONE night we leave him alone he gets his collar off AND eats his staples out! Oy vey.<br />I think we need a Frequent Visitors Card for our vet...</div>
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Electronics play.</div>
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Brooklyn had been asking about her microscope the entire time we were without it, so she was STOKED to get it back and immediately moved it into her room.</div>
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More gaming.</div>
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This is Brooklyn's closet. It's very deep and wasn't being used for anything (I refinished Russ's childhood dresser for the kids), so we took the doors off (which we planned on replacing at some point in the future anyway). Looking at these two big pieces of "wood" the wheels started cranking, and I started Googling and Pinteresting.<br />And a half hour later, Brooklyn had herself a desk (which was a New House requirement--room for her own desk).</div>
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This happened.<br />Cats. Yes, that is plural.<br />We were super sad when Tesla was adamant that she was an outside cat...we have a big population of coyotes around here (we've even seen them trying to dig under our fence!), and unfortunately she only lasted 3 weeks being an outside cat.<br />Eventually, Brooklyn started lamenting about having a cat that would snuggle with her at night and be <i>only her cat</i>.<br />I had no idea how we were going to accomplish that, but we decided to set out to the humane society in search of an older cat (who knew where to poop, knew where to sleep, knew not to claw, was familiar with dogs, etc.). <br />I can't tell you how (mostly) happy we've been with these cats!! They haven't once tried to get out, they don't claw anything, they taught Brin that cat butts are not to be sniffed, AND Brooklyn got her cat.<br />No joke--this cat practically lives in her room...except when she's lounging in the bathtub...<br />Her name is Whiskers.<strike></strike></div>
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And this is S'mores.<br />Can you tell who "rules the roost"??<br />Both cats have such distinct personalities--Whiskers is really low-key and loves water, and S'mores is freaking Bipolar.</div>
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We love having enough space that we're able to have all of our animals, and love even more that they get along...relatively well.</div>
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August also brought trampoline parks--we were waiting for it to be our turn and Brooklyn was being Sam's kitten, he was so sweet to her!<br />This was also the day that Brooklyn jumped off a big box onto the trampoline and sprained her ankle within the first 3 minutes. Sigh.</div>
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We've spent a lot of time with our friends, the Eddy's. We're there for many hours every week.<br />Sam and Noah are BFF's and share a love for everything fruit.</div>
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We also went camping with the Eddy's and a couple of other families. We all caravaned for the 3-hour trip. The drive was sooo beautiful at dusk!</div>
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On the caravan, we suggested that Noah ride with us and Brook ride with Steph and Robin. We knew Brook would be frustrated and cranky with us, but she <i>loves</i> to sit and talk with Steph and Robin. Boy, were we right! They were amazed at how much she talked.<br />Meanwhile, there was a lot of testosterone in our car...lots of poop talk and fighting talk and just plain boy stuff. It was pretty hilarious.</div>
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Brook has gotten more into rollerblading, so we went and found a basketball court where we could all skate around.</div>
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<br />One day I went downstairs and found Brooklyn watching Titanic (which she used to LOVE learning about), so I curled up and watched with her--I hadn't seen that since high school! Anyway, it reminded her how much she liked it, so she had been researching it more over the next few days and finally said, "Mom! There is this cool thing at some museums where you get assigned a passenger of Titanic and you get to see if you <i>lived or died!!!</i>" <br />Can you imagine how excited she was when I told her "Yes, <i>our</i> museum has that!"<br />The following day could not come soon enough, ha.<br />So we went to the Museum of Natural History the next morning, but had to swing through the volcano for an adventure expedition first...</div>
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Aaaand had to swing by the Rover. You can move the head around, which has a camera attached to it. It was interesting watching Brooklyn try to do it, who got extremely frustrated and could only seem to look at the ceiling, and then watching Sam hop up and seem to know exactly how to control it.</div>
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We finally made it to the Titanic exhibit and were given our tickets--I was a first-class married woman, Sam was an 18-year old 2nd class man, and Brooklyn was literally jumping up and down when she was assigned<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Hart" target="_blank"> Eva Miriam Hart</a>, who was 7 years old!<br />We looked at a few things--the cabins, the differences in dishes for each class, the clothing, and we got to touch an "iceberg" and talk about how it's colder than freezing...but mostly we nearly ran through the entire exhibit.<br />Brooklyn was SO excited to see if she lived or died! We spent the vast majority of our time there at the wall of names, listed by class and survivor versus dead.<br />Poor Sam...18-year old 2nd class passenger, he died. Sam was <i>distraught</i>.<br />But all was better in the world when we found the gift shop and an ice cream shop. :)</div>
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We finally made it out to Cochiti Lake!<br />We went with our homeschool group friends and had a blast.<br />The only downside to it all was that we took Brin (after researching whether dogs were allowed, which all I could find was that they needed to be on a leash and also comments from many others about how they love this beach for playing with their dogs).<br />Apparently dogs were NOT allowed and I <i>had the sheriff called on me!! </i>Not only that, but they weren't the most polite of people. I am still angry, but whatever, lesson learned.</div>
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And we'll finish up with experiments, because it's just what we do. Brooklyn used to be my big experimenter, but now Sam is it.<br />So. What happens when you leave a small screwdriver out?? Lots of things...and I'm grateful that he only came and asked if he could "punch holes" in fruit and veggies!! Hehe.</div>
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So it seems as though I have been doing photography stuffs for longer than I thought. ALL of my editing software and some of my hardware is incompatible with my computer. Fun.<br />What this means is that for me to download, edit and save my photos it is a complete 3-ring circus to get everything to work with each other.<br /><br />But I 3-ring-circused my way through July and August's photos because it was time.<br /><br />So here we go.<br /><br />In July, Russ drove to California and got all of the stuff out of our storage unit and drove it all back home. He and Corinne pulled in reeeally late the night before (late for us is after 1am!), so I got up the next morning and started unpacking. I knew the kids would be SO excited!!<br /><br />I was right!<br />Non-stop fun for days.</div>
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And loooooots of boxes.</div>
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I must admit though...even though this was all "non-essential" stuff, I was surprisingly overwhelmed with happiness that we had all of our stuff finally and how much having everything made our house feel like Home.</div>
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Along with all of our stuff, Russ also picked up a big order of goodies that we'd ordered from our old charter school.<br />Art supplies galore, LEGOs, and more Marbleworks.<br />I was unpacking boxes when I walked into the room and found this. He studied those plans for at least 5 minutes, which surprised me. He's typically a "dump it out and mash it together" kind of guy, but he happily did it "my" way and followed the instructions to a T.</div>
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While this set looks cooler than our other one (which are sadly incompatible with each other), it doesn't work nearly as well. Who uses plastic marbles?! ...apparently this company.</div>
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More treasures!!<br />I'm also very grateful for a big ol' attic to store some of these treasures for when we need to pull them out and put them on again. :)</div>
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The toy room had...gasp...TOYS!! <br />It was actually <i>overflowing</i> with toys and books.<br />This was the last photo I took because it got too horrific to even look at, eventually...</div>
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More charter goodies!</div>
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And more.</div>
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Brooklyn took some flowers from my birthday bouquet and put them in colored water. They were so pretty! What was most interesting was the who's stem we snipped in half, putting one half in red water and the other in blue. I was hoping we'd get purple, but nope! We had a half-red, half-blue flower!</div>
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Sam was into kitchen stuffs in July. There was a lot of lemon juicing and peeling...</div>
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And even candy making!<br />Although we didn't have a candy thermometer and I wasn't keeping a close enough eye on our concoction...so we got what resembled glass poop. Burnt glass poop.</div>
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Brook also joined in and made a couple of different cakes--some experimental and one from a recipe. I was impressed, she needed very very minimal help with following the recipe and it turned out really well!<br />Proud Momma moment!</div>
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The Cheeps were getting big! Full grown, in fact...<br />So they went from this...</div>
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Out of 16 culled chickens, we got 60+ pounds of chicken in the freezer!</div>
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Construction on the geodesic dome officially got started! I was surprised, they actually knocked this out in a few hours!</div>
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But it turned out really well! We actually built a 3' wall for the dome to sit on and built a door into it. So when you walk in, it's about 8' tall in the middle! It's going to be the coop for our layer chickens. Then the plan is to start on a much bigger version next year that will be an aquaponics greenhouse. We'll see! </div>
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After the dome was finished, we called our friends the Eddy's to see if they wanted to join us for a fire. Good food, good friends, good times.</div>
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In our hall upstairs, there are two closets. One really deep coat closet and one long, less deep one.<br />The latter had nothing in it but one shelf and a rod for hanging stuff. </div>
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NO STORAGE, WHATSOEVER.<br />Well, there was storage, it was just piling up on the floor of the closet...<br />So I schemed my plan of attack, which involved painting the inside chocolate brown and painting the shelves creamy white and sliding 6 shelves in for perfect, beautiful storage.</div>
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<br />Well...we got the brown paint on, sort of (just don't look at the huge scrapes and gashes that are now in it). Primer is creamy-ish, right? And sliding those shelves in? Ha. HAHAHA.<br />More like banging and shoving and hammering those suckers in.<br />But they are in.</div>
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I put everything (more than everything, actually!) back into the closet that was in there before and took photos. <br />This is the right side.</div>
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The kids have been decorating our walls with art.<br />I ADORE these works that Brooklyn did in Microsoft Paint.<br />It's Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino!</div>
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The sugar cookie fairy comes to visit occasionally.</div>
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And rainy season was treating us GOOD. Tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumbers, zucchini, acorn squash, lavender...that was all good and all...until the rain continued and all of those great plants were over-run by giant weeds! Alas.</div>
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Someone, somewhere was asking about what a typical unschooling day (is there such a thing?!) looks like, which reminded me of my Day In The Life's!</div>
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This DITL is actually a bit abnormal since we usually are homebodies, but Russ was leaving for 5+ days (and taking the van) and we needed to stock up on groceries, etc. before he left.</div>
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Okay, I'm up at 6:30, like normal. I would like to sleep in a bit more, but the sunshine absolutely assaults our room in the mornings, which I love.</div>
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Besides, the house is so quiet and calm. There's a breeze blowing through the house (we don't have air conditioning, so rely on the cool nights to cool our house down each night. Thus far, we've only had a 3-day hot spell that we had a tough time handling), the pines smell delicious, the sun is streaming through the windows...I love it.</div>
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Time to grab some tea, check the email, check the Quicken, make the To Do list...</div>
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...get my compadre up and at 'em... </div>
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...tuck all of the tomatoes into their cages and pinch off suckers... </div>
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Yay! Squash blossoms! </div>
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And lavender! We were happy to find that it does fantastic here! </div>
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...and...<i>a hole</i>. <br />
BRIN!!!!!<br />
THOSE WERE MY POTATOES!<br />
Sigh.</div>
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Do some priming on Brooklyn's climbing wall on the fort. </div>
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Clean up the wall in the laundry room in preparation for our new chest freezer!<br />
We will have almost 100 pounds of chicken to store in a few weeks...</div>
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Good morning, sweet boy! </div>
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First things first, "Mom? Can I have some gum?" </div>
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What's a mom to do? He's going to do it even if I say no. Even if I say, "That wall is turning black from your feet!" or "But I'm afraid you'll kill yourself!" <br />
Yes, a compromise is better.<br />
"Can we stay from here to halfway? Yes? Fantastic."<br />
I can deal with a black wall.</div>
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I never posted a photo of my first woodworking project!<br />
Here's my end table made from 2x4s. </div>
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We've been working on cleaning up the trees on our property, and are accumulating a nice little wood pile. Oddly enough, there is a creature of some sort that lives in here that sounds exactly like a slime sounds on Minecraft. It's quite hilarious. </div>
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Sam asks for some blueberries and to watch Kratt Brothers and for a warm blanket.<br />
I deliver and hang the laundry.</div>
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Then decide it is time to actually finish the table that we started refinishing almost 6 months ago. </div>
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A quick load of dishes. </div>
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We are headed into town and are stopping by Home Depot. This always gets my wheels cranking.<br />
I <i>really</i> want some very specific built-ins on this wall of the living room upstairs...</div>
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...buuuut in all reality, Russ will be bringing back boxes and boxes and boxes of toys and books from CA and THIS is the wall that needs the storage.<br />
Thinking I want to build some cabinets with shelves to the ceiling.<br />
Then I crunched the numbers.<br />
Ummm...it's going to have to wait.</div>
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Sam says, "Can I have something?"<br />
"Um, yes. What kind of something?"<br />
"Uh, Daddy's things."<br />
"What Daddy's things?"<br />
"...can we open all of the cabinets? I need to find them."<br />
"Sure."</div>
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Ah, Oreos!<br />
So an Oreo and bowl of applesauce for breakfast for the boy.</div>
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And my normal eggs, tomatoes, avocado and cheese (this was homemade by our friends the day before!). YUM. </div>
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"Mom, want to watch Kratts with me? Oh, nevermind, Maddie is calling me." </div>
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Good morning, Brooklyn! ...and Maddie! </div>
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While there is Minecrafting going on all around me, I listen to The Bachelorette while figuring out food storage. SO excited to actually have room to store it all!!! </div>
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And we head out.<br />
First stop? Xtreme Hang-Time.</div>
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This photo makes me so sad.<br />
Both were so tired and just wanted to be home.<br />
Truth be told, I did too. But we needed groceries and supplies and had to pick up auction winnings.</div>
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Poor babes.</div>
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Got project supplies for the long weekend. </div>
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"Mom, what does this say?"<br />
"SWEET TART"</div>
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This is Brooklyn's sarcastic "Oh yay, I love Sprouts..." look. </div>
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Brook took control of the camera in Sprouts.<br />
I forgot to put it on Auto for her. Whoops!</div>
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Shew!<br />
Xtreme Hang-Time.</div>
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Auction place.</div>
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Costco.</div>
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Home Depot.<br />
Sprouts.<br />
Can we go home now?!</div>
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Ahh...almost there. </div>
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Finally! Our safe haven. </div>
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A snacky dinner is requested. </div>
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Daddy's home!!<br />
With a giant freezer!! <br />
And even better, a <i>giant box!!!</i></div>
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Isn't she pretty?? And we got her from Sears for half off! Yeah!<br />
Cannot wait to fill her with delicious things!</div>
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We were all a bit grumpy from a long day, so we all ended up heading to bed shortly after.<br />
Zzzzz...</div>
Tristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309529717245447372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747965384926986231.post-77542507029438004442013-07-24T08:47:00.000-06:002013-07-24T08:47:11.532-06:00June, again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Okay, I lied, I'm not done with June. </div>
I thought I was, and then another 30 photos jumped me from out of nowhere.<br />
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We'll start off with a House Tour first.</div>
Although, I look at these (taken a month and a half ago) and am amazed at how much has changed just since then! I want to tell you all about everything, but I think I'll just take photos along the way. There is also so much I want to say about what our future plans are but...there are just too danged many.<br />
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No really, I made an Excel sheet because there were hundreds. It's divided up by rooms and ranked by importance, cost, has notes for when they need to be completed, and links to information on the projects.</div>
I love Excel.<br />
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We'll start off downstairs.<br />
This is my laundry room. I heart it. So much.<br />
It's bright and clean (usually...this is also Brin's room, so not always) and makes me happy.<br />
The stairs are right behind me, the garage to the left and the back door leads out onto the back patio where I hang my laundry and check my tomatoes and squash.<br />
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To the right is the guest room, which currently holds a lamp and a chair. And some boards that are primed, waiting to be painted.<br />
Hopefully soon we can get a real, actual bed in there so that we can have all of you over.<br />
Just not all at once. I don't have room for that.</div>
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The guest room. Okay, so this is pre-chair and post-moving table upstairs.</div>
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But I had the lamp right. </div>
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Guest bath and shower, leading into the family room (which goes out to the side deck). </div>
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Family room.<br />
Pre-much of anything.<br />
In fact, at this point it was known as the gymnastics room since there was enough room to do 3+ cartwheels.</div>
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View out the side deck, which looks west.<br />
You can see the Sandia Mountains back there, and this is actually the site of the new fort.</div>
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On the side deck, looking to the left (south).<br />
Going in the gate takes you back into the fenced-in backyard.</div>
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Alright, time to head upstairs.<br />
Laundry room behind us, family room to the left.</div>
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Standing in the entry, looking up into the living room. That door leads into the kitchen and dining room. And if you take a right at the top of the stairs it goes down the hall to the bedrooms. </div>
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The hall. Pretty boring currently.<br />
This past weekend I started working on that closet, which is a bit of a catch-all.<br />
Not good when there's only one shelf in there.</div>
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Door on the left is the hall bath, master bedroom straight ahead, Sam's room/playroom is the open door, and then Brook's (and Sam's sometimes, since she has the bunk bed and currently he is into playing Musical Beds each night, never quite sure where he will land, ha) is at the end to the right.</div>
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Alrighty, so I'm in the kitchen (which is at the top of the stairs), looking into the dining room.<br />
There is my Chair I Will Be Buried In and the table that we refinished (and looks so small in this room! I did, however, finish the leaf that goes in the middle, so it looks like it actually fits now).<br />
The sliding door goes out onto the deck that runs the length of the back of the house.</div>
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The kitchen.<br />
Which I am dying to dig into.</div>
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View of the living room from the top of the stairs.<br />
Soooo much to do here too. Including lots of built-ins. Which are expensive.<br />
So they can wait while I save my pennies.</div>
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The chicks came!! They were 2 days old and at that age, you'd never guess that they'd get to 5 pounds in less than 2 months!! </div>
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We were going to take chick photos each week so we could document how fast they grew, but they just got too big and cumbersome to hold, ha. </div>
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We could manage the two-day old photos though! </div>
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Sam found this Angry Birds garden thing and was SO excited to take it home and put it along the front walk.<br />
It's official, this is now Sam's Home.</div>
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We had some friends over for a beer-brewing get-together.</div>
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It was freaking hot, so we kept watering the deck (and the kids were using our redneck pools up there). Derek snapped this lovely photo for me.<br />
(Sidenote: That's South Mountain in the background there. I love looking at it each morning and evening when the sun rises behind it and then sets opposite it and makes the mountain turn purple and gorgeous. And then if there is a storm out there, it's just beautiful...)</div>
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More artwork for Momma's crafting table! </div>
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Brooklyn was so excited to help me with this project--we took a table that was previously being used for a tv console and cut the legs down to coffee table height.<br />
It's now in the playroom, covered in Legos and trains and art projects.<br />
Perfection!</div>
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Ha, the kids love hoping in this giant planter (another score at that garage sale).<br />
Someday I hope to put trellises going up and across the garage doors and have a viney plant growing out of here to grow up them.</div>
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Baby chicks, One Week old! </div>
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So, a weekend came and Russ and I were looking longingly at our projects list. The problem was that we didn't know where to start. After awhile Russ says, "You need a miter saw for the majority of these wood projects."<br />
Miter saw? Okay. Tell me more.<br />
The first thing I did at the store was go pick up that giant box and put it in my cart. Silly, since I had a billion other things to get. But I couldn't risk someone taking my saw!!<br />
And it made me laugh as an employee walking by said, "He's going to love that!" and I replied, "If I let him use it!"<br />
Seriously, I was excited.<br />
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So, here's my first project.<br />
The Before:</div>
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And then I moved onto the bathroom because I needed to make something else to hold all of my aluminum foil, etc. before I could organize that drawer. And I didn't want to organize the other kitchen drawers before organizing that one...oy vey.<br />
So, bathroom ones.</div>
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And now that I have a shower curtain in the master bathroom, I need to put some of these in our bathroom so I can stop running from one to the other! </div>
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This is a Before photo of our closet.<br />
I don't have an After shot yet, nor do I expect to have one anytime soon.<br />
Just sharing with you the frustration of this closet.<br />
You can't even walk in straight! You have to turn sideways and shuffle.<br />
So, there was a 30 second discussion before we ripped that shelf on the left down. And then I lived with my clothes on the floor for 2 weeks until Russ brought our dresser back from CA.</div>
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Another benefit to living in the mountains...rainy season ROCKS.</div>
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Our neighbors said that around July 4th then we would start getting rain every day.<br />
I didn't believe them.<br />
But guess what. The last day of June, and HELLOOOOOO monsoon season!</div>
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And we have had rain at least once every 24 hours for every day but 2 or 3.</div>
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(This is looking off the back deck.)</div>
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And we love it. It doesn't get old.<br />
Probably because the storms only last for 30 minutes or so.</div>
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But the humidity is lovely and the smell is absolutely intoxicating.</div>
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We keep talking about how perfect this place is for us. We have the warm (but not super hot) summer, we get snow in the winter, we have pine trees, we have an amazing homeschooling community, our best friends live just 10 minutes down the road, we have our land and a fantastic house that we love, Russ has a great job and was surprised to find out that he actually enjoyed his commute, we have monsoon season with storms that rival those in North Carolina (the thunder is deafening!), and after those monsoons everything greens up.<br />
It's good to find a place where you can 100% say "Yes, this is Home."</div>
Tristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309529717245447372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747965384926986231.post-50902920009407842542013-07-22T21:25:00.002-06:002013-07-30T19:03:48.130-06:00Finally! Up to date!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yay! I'm finally to July!</div>
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Here's what we've been up to this month:<br />
(Ahem, okay, in full disclosure, I'm now obviously not up to date, as July is over tomorrow...but am going to stop whining about it and just get blogging. Okay? Okay.)</div>
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Those chicks are getting big!</div>
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In an earlier post I talked about doing some agility stuff with Brin.<br />
(I also mentioned something about optional clothing, which my kids take very seriously!)</div>
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Brook was excited to teach him "Over!"</div>
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He's a smart dog, but only when treats are involved, ha.</div>
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My fruit boy. Pre-haircut.<br />
Unfortunately, I don't have a post-haircut photo yet, which I'm bummed about because I did a great job! We were literally walking out the door, a half hour late to visit our friends and Sam says, "I need a haircut."<br />
HOLD.THE.PHONE.<br />
We turned ourselves right around and head right to the bathroom.<br />
It's not every day (or month. or year.) that this boy <i>asks</i> for a haircut, ya'll!</div>
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I started on my First Real All-By-Myself woodworking project (the blue/stained stool I showed in a previous post).<br />
The kids needed an end table downstairs, and I wanted to make something out of 2x4s so it wouldn't be super expensive or anything if I messed it up.</div>
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Let me tell you, just looking at this photo, I am amazed at how much I've learned in just the past few weeks alone about woodworking. <br />
I was terrified I would screw something up on this dang end table (I did.)!!<br />
But after building it, I was so ready for my next thing, ready to spread my wings just a <i>tad</i> more.</div>
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Aaaaand I chose a freaking 2-story fort.<br />
I didn't just spread those wings, I strapped each wing to a child and then they ran in opposite directions.<br />
Those babies STRETCHED.<br />
But I now know how to level a structure, brace a structure, and use a framing nail gun.<br />
But I did not learn math. Because I forgot ten 2x6's...more stretching...</div>
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Thank heavens Russ was there to hold my hand (and re-nail my boards) every step of the way.</div>
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"I want some ice cream. You want some, Mom?"</div>
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This is how I KNOW my wings stretched.<br />
Because I made THIS!<br />
It was my second I'm Going To Do This By Myself With NO Help project.<br />
And I couldn't be happier (even though mistakes were made and cuss words were expressed)!<br />
I was really glad that I got enough wood for two...even if the dog does like to use them as chew toys... (more muttered cuss words).</div>
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P.S. I don't think I'll ever get tired of that view...have I mentioned that I love living here?? :D</div>
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Oh, this pup...one moment I want to smother him with love, and the next moment, a freaking pillow.<br />
If we had had him longer before naming him, I think he would be named something like Shadow, because he's always 1/8th of a step behind me...which isn't always the most convenient of places.<br />
Alas. He loves me. And I love him.</div>
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Our almost-daily dance in the rain. Seriously, every time it rains. We must dance.</div>
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I had my birthday! And Russ surprised me with these which smelled up the entire upstairs!</div>
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Two weekends ago, Russ made the trek to California to retrieve the rest of our belongings. I was so grateful when Corinne said she'd meet him in Oakland and help him load up and ride home with him. Along the way, they also got to stop and hike Mount Whitney, which I cannot find the photos of.<br />
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But while he was gone, I was determined to try and quench my thirst for projects.<br />
These are the lights that are in each of our bathrooms. And I'm sure that this is the "updated" fixture, given that it's a nearly-50 year old house!</div>
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Well, it took me FIVE times to get this sucker installed (mostly) correctly.<br />
SO much better! Especially since it's a new $60 fixture that I picked up at an auction for $14!<br />
WOOT! Plus, I was pretty proud of myself, learning how to re-wire a fixture and all that...especially in a pitch dark room...this bathroom has NO natural light, so I had to do it all with a flashlight.</div>
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Love this boy and his sleeping abilities.</div>
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I also got Brooklyn's magenta paint on the fort's wall that will have climbing wall holds on the other side. Now to get a roof on it so we can paint the underside Sam's sky blue color.</div>
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I also figured out how to install the zipline!<br />
Unfortunately, I didn't really think it through and put the dang thing too low and on the only pole of the fort that wasn't<i> </i>supported! Ugh. Need to redo it all again now.</div>
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Ack! Another chair bites the dust!!<br />
Thankfully, Russ got home the following day with our old, <i>much</i> sturdier chairs!</div>
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This was my birthday present to myself--a 10 pack of soft-close dampers!<br />
I was SO excited to install them...until I got my screwdriver aaaaand no hardware included. What?!<br />
So I waited until our next trip to Home Depot to pick some more up (which was this past weekend). Russ surprised me by installing all of these for me!...and also in telling me that the hardware WAS included, it was already in place on the dang dampers. Sigh.<br />
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I seriously underestimated how much I would love these little guys.<br />
The downside is that I only had 10 and we have 20 cabinets in our kitchen alone (I want these babies in the bathrooms too!). And I did not install them.<br />
This means that I can not for the life of me remember which cabinets Russ installed them on!<br />
Those suckers are LOUD when you aren't expecting them to slam!</div>
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We had these round segments of wood (and one 8' one) that I've been eyeing since we moved in, trying to figure out what to do with them. Then I was looking into play structures and BAM! it hit me, a lava pit!!</div>
So I put 10 logs and numerous rocks to create this "parkour course" as the kids call it.<br />
It's great because this is the area that our property drains to when it rains. Just yesterday it monsooned and only the top 6" of the closest poles were sticking out!<br />
Also, that balance beam goes across a nasty fire ant nest...<br />
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Ack! Now that I'm caught up, I need to take more photos!<br />
Off to do just that...</div>
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Welcome to the Teeter House where we jump on beds, always have a million projects going on and clothing is optional! </div>
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We finally have a bedroom big enough for all of us! So much fun and so many fantastic conversations are had in here. Everything from in-depth conversations on cancer and WWII to Brooklyn realizing she loves to give foot rubs (which I'm happy to volunteer for) and lots of stories being told--both childhood and written word. <br />Oh, and lots of jumping.</div>
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One of the kids' requirements for a new house was that there must be stairs.<br />To be slid down of course!!</div>
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Out on the side deck popping Snap Its. </div>
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Swingin' on the back deck. </div>
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We're in the east mountains of Albuquerque (Sandia Park, to be specific), and although it's about 10 degrees cooler than Albuquerque, it's still freaking hot! </div>
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So, at this point, at least half of our stuff was in California still. We had one nasty couch and a few chairs (which were dwindling as they kept breaking--we were down to 1 when Russ brought our stuff back from CA!), etc. Anyway, the weekend after we moved in, I saw a garage sale sign that said "decorator's liquidation". Um, okay, it's worth checking out...<br />Dude. I scored. It was an interior designer who had a giant garage FULL of stuff used for staging homes. Everything was in great condition and beautiful and from places like Pier One and World Market, where I would never shop and pay their prices, ha.<br />Anyway, I ended up with some amazing stuff--2 like-new couches (the one in the photo had been used once and was a $500+ couch!), my amazing sitting chair and ottoman (that I told the kids to be nice to because it's so comfy I want to be buried in it when I die), 2 gorgeous console tables, a big lamp, and lots of little odds and ends.<br />Oh, AND she lived right across the street! ...which is a 1/2 mile out here, but was awesome considering I had to make 6 trips to get all of the stuff!</div>
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Ah, this is a Before couches and stuff. Like our tv console? Ha. </div>
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The workshop area. There WERE cabinets and everything in here when we looked at the house. Apparently they TOOK them! What the heck?!<br />Oh well...time to start crafting!<br />First big purchase for the shop? Table saw! ...which I was very happy for. Woodworking has never been even remotely interesting to me, until I discovered Pinterest...and how much all of those beautiful things in all of the photos cost!! </div>
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Then I found <a href="http://www.ana-white.com/">www.ana-white.com</a> (who got into woodworking the same way I did--wanted the pretty things, but couldn't afford them) and I could not WAIT to get started!!<br />So a big requirement for the workshop is that Russ have his bench and I have mine (that way I don't have to stand on a stool to work at his bench!!).</div>
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Here's the After. <br />Russ's bench is on the left and mine is on the right (although is always covered in crap, and I mostly work in the middle of the floor anyway).<br /> This was all constructed while I was hauling things back from that garage sale!<br />And not only was it constructed, but the kids decorated it for me as well!! They got their paints and markers out and left some fantastic artwork on my "crafting table".</div>
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(Oh, and since we've actually moved in and got started on projects, this 2 1/2 car garage has become FULL!! I never thought we'd fill it up so fast...alas. What do you do when you're working on 10 different projects at once?!)</div>
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Our first woodworking project wasn't anything spectacular...mostly just necessary.<br />A chicken coop!</div>
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Not very pretty, I know. But we were eager to get going on our little homestead. And our first order of business animal-wise was meat chickens! They don't need roosts or anything, so we just needed to construct something to keep them safe for the whole 8 weeks it takes them to reach adult-size (isn't that insane?!).<br />Oh, and after we finished this, Russ went upstairs and ordered not 15 chickens (like we'd discussed), but TWENTY-FIVE!!<br />So the following weekend we had to go get more materials so we could double the size of this coop...</div>
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This happens a lot here...we call it the redneck pool. </div>
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Russ snapped this photo in Albuquerque...ah, typical Albuquerque (enlarge and look at the cars to see what I mean). </div>
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The garage isn't just for Russ and I...also for Brooklyn and Sam and Barbie and My Little Ponies.<br />Trying to make it a fun place for everyone to be.</div>
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So I LOVE this game on my Kindle. Pixel Perfect I think it's called? Anyway...it's a math-type puzzle and I can sit and play it over and over and over all.day.long. And here's the thing, because I can't find another version, I play the same 20 puzzles OVER and OVER. Insanity, I tell you.<br />So it's no surprise that Sam was quite curious about it. He's been interested in numbers lately, asking me to ask him math problems. And of course he's a technology dude, so it's no surprise he likes it, I suppose.</div>
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Oh Tesla...don't you know that's where the dirty laundry goes?? </div>
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Another New House Requirement from the kids was "A good house to have a dog." I think a 1/2 acre fenced backyard will do!<br />So, meet Brin (Short for Herobrine, for you Minecrafters)!<br />He's a 1-year-old Australian Red Heeler mix who was given to the pound by his owners, saying he was aggressive towards cats and was an escape artist and was house-trained...none of which were true. ...including the house-trained part (he was outside alone all day long and then slept in the garage at night, no wonder he wanted to escape! He was bored!).<br />We looked at several dogs, but he was the only one who paid any sort of attention to us. And actually, the thing that drew me to him at the shelter was at first his name, Russell! And he's a red-head! Plus, while all of the other dogs were barking their brains out, he just sat there staring at you with his soulful greenish eyes, begging to be pet.<br /><br />I won't say it's been a cake-walk, but he's a really great family dog. We started doing some agility training on him after he got loose once and I called him to come home. He was sprinting, turned on a dime, then sprinted full-speed back at a barbed wire fence...I yelled, "NO!" but that boy sailed right through the 1 foot wide gap...insane.</div>
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Another New House requirement: Good place for hammock.<br />Check!</div>
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So much fun! There were daily fights over it for awhile...and then another chair broke...hehe. </div>
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We decided to take a walk to the park one afternoon. Sam and Russ were well ahead of Brook and I when we got sidetracked by the ants.</div>
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She and I observed for a good 45 minutes...it was amazing! There were at least 4 different kinds of ants just on a section of our street and they all seemed to function a bit differently. What was amazing was watching each nest--there were some ants that seemed to be scavengers, bringing food back to the nest. Then there were others that were bringing garbage out. Then others that were seemingly milling around, but I'm sure they had a purpose...anyway, quite fascinating.<br />And no, we never did make it to the park to join the boys, ha!</div>
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Sam, my gamer. Could be cards, could be Nintendo, could be board games, could be the computer, could be social games...today he chose chess. And I was impressed that he already knew how to start playing and what some of the pieces did!</div>
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My Gamer Boy is also my Vacuum Boy. <br />He tore up little pieces of toilet paper so he could suck them all up.</div>
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Growth spurt!</div>
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Brook stayed up late one night and when I woke up the next morning, I found this.<br />Yes, I cried.</div>
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Typical Albuquerque sunsets.</div>
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More jump photos!</div>
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Aaaand we're done with jump photos.</div>
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Princess Peach photo bomb!</div>
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They love each other so much...most of the time...</div>
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And guess what! We bought a house!!...which I'm sure most of you are probably already aware.<br />But I'm finally posting about it!! Ha.<br />We didn't sign on the house until 4pm, which means we didn't get out of signing until 6:30pm, which means we weren't sure we would be able to stay in our new house for the first night.<br />But we made it!! We ran out to the house to get the key, ran back home (30 minute drive) to load up all of the essentials (mattresses, a change of clothes, some food, laptop...) and headed back out.<br /><br />We knew this house was huge, but seeing it empty...it was ENORMOUS! Especially since it's more than twice the size of any other house we've rented or owned! It took the kids days to figure out what rooms were where. It's true, they actually got lost...hehe.<br /><br />So we spent the first night playing Spot It on the living room floor.</div>
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I had to post this photo, it makes me laugh every time I see it.<br />I have wanted a mortar and pestle for so long and when I saw this one at Costco for a great price, I snatched that baby up! ...but I didn't realize it needed seasoned (grinding white rice in it until the ground rice stays white...make sense?). So Russ got to work on it for me...love him!</div>
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April was a busy month, with all of my house hunting. 30+ houses in 3 or so weeks, all in the East Mountains (about an average 20 minute drive from Albuquerque). I went and scouted out the houses that I thought might meet our criteria (which was very detailed--we came up with a ranking system and ranked each house that we were seriously considering on each of 40 or so different things. Everything from square footage to ability to have solar energy to whether the stove was gas or electric.), and got it down to the final 5. Then Russ went out with us and saw those 5 to give his opinion and we went from there...more on this later.<br /></div>
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One way you know you're in Albuquerque? You wake up to this out your front window (in town, this would happen at least once a month or so):</div>
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More Noah! These two crack me up. Oh the stories I have from their antics...I won't lie, I'm a bit nervous as to what stories I'll have in the future...</div>
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What does one do when it's 8pm and the sun is setting? <br />"Let's wash Dad's truck!"<br />Um, okay.<br />Not only did they wash the truck, but the van too! Love these guys.</div>
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Oh, and this occurred after they were scootering on the sidewalk (although ABQ sidewalks are HORRIBLE for scootering--lots of huge dips where the driveways are) and I saw Sam stop at that car that's behind him in the photo. I asked him what he was doing. "I'm looking in their windows" he said with his nose pressed on the glass. "Uh, Sam, most people don't really like that." So we talked about it and finally he said, "Well, I really like to see what's in their cars, is it okay if I look out my eyes sideways like this when I go by??" Haha, sure buddy.</div>
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My big, sweet 5 year old!</div>
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This boy is a Mario fanatic. He had been saving up to buy this collection of plush Mario characters, but instead bought his Wii and Mario game. So Bubs got him most of the characters and Grammie and Grampa Scott got him a Mario blanket. Can you guess what game he's playing on the phone??<br />It all goes well with all of his Mario t-shirts, which is all he will wear (unless it's Minecraft-themed).<br />Hehe, love him so much!<br />Oh, and it was icing on the top when we were at Goodwill and found a Yoshi <i>backpack</i>!! For $4! So little Yoshi gets to ride around in big Yoshi. Oh, and the backpack straps aren't ever used for actual backpacking...they are reigns. So Mario, erm, I mean Sam...can ride him.</div>
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Sigh, this swing has got more use and abuse than any other swing I know. We were all SO ready to have our own place so we could get these guys a real play structure...and I could have my swing back.</div>
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Brooklyn was into her Experiment Mode again in April. Here, she is making a cake. I mentioned that usually people follow a recipe so they KNOW it will come out right, but she just shrugged her shoulders and got 6 more eggs out. The consistency actually turned out really well! The taste...notsomuch.<br /><br />What I was really impressed with though, was the eggs! I sat watching her and she cracked it, then shuffled the yoke back and forth between the cracked halves, getting all of the white out like a pro! I said, "Where did you learn to do that?!" <br />"A game on the computer."<br />Crazy. So this launched into a discussion on meringue and an experiment on whether beaten yolks would fluff like beaten egg whites. </div>
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...and another dozen cracked eggs. :)</div>
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Shew! Got all of my photos to date edited yesterday, now to blog them all...eep!<br />Guess I'd better finish off March. Baby steps, right?<br /></div>
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For Christmas, Sam got Brooklyn some Nerf guns that are awesome. We would save up all of our cans just for the purpose of building towers to shoot down.</div>
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Brooklyn turned 7!! We spent the morning kicking balloons, drawing faces on each of them, and shooting them with Nerf guns.</div>
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She was so giddy, I couldn't get her to look at the camera, ha.</div>
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<br />My little birdies, in their nest. This is actually how Brooklyn likes to sleep, in a nest.</div>
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We finished March up with an Easter egg hunt at our friends', the Eddy's house.</div>
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Brook and Sam with Noah (Sam's best friend, in the blue shirt in back) and Noah's cousins.<br />They were impatient and ready to get started!!</div>
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There was like 20 eggs for each kid plus they each got to find a big egg, which had $1 or so in quarters, and then there was a big shiny red one with $5.<br />"Brooklyn, it's Right.THERE!"</div>
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Someone did not sleep so well the previous night and was super frustrated that she couldn't find them as fast as she would have liked. Plus, she ended up only finding 15 or so. The final egg to not be found (except for that pesky blue #7 egg, which was finally found a couple of weeks later) was the $5 one. So everyone looked for it (hehe, I did a good job hiding it!) and helped steer Brook in that direction.</div>
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Sam and Noah, on the hunt!</div>
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Russ decided to jump in too...</div>
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Coming in to tally up their loot.</div>
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LOTS of candy! Sam was so sweet--he knew the peanut butter cups were a hot commodity and he got like 15 of them, so he went around and gave ALL of his to everyone else.</div>
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Later that week we watched Noah, since he didn't have school. There is no separating these two--both have asked to live at each other's houses! So happy that they've been able to find each other (and it doesn't hurt that Russ and I really love hanging out with Noah's parents! They enjoy a lot of the same things we do and end up hanging out at least once a week usually, which is fun. Even Brooklyn enjoys it, which is nice.)</div>
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In March, I decided it was time to take a trip to Washington. I had a brand new niece, another niece that I hadn't even met yet, and a sister leaving for an LDS mission. It was time.<br /><br />I'll leave out all of the travel drama (UGH) and skip to the good stuff!<br /></div>
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We went over to visit Chris, Audrey, and Kali in Ephrata.<br />I was so excited to meet Kali! And she's everything I'd dreamed of. I would have packed her up and brought her home with me if she didn't love her Momma and Daddy so much...<br />I wasn't the only one who loved her...Sam loves babies. He kept saying, "Kali is going to love me!"</div>
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I laugh every time I see these photos. They way I am holding her, you'd think I'd never held a baby before! Why didn't I get a photo of me smothering her like I was every other moment?!</div>
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Mommy Love! </div>
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Sam was doing his thing, making that baby giggle. </div>
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Sigh, a big Thank You to Uncle Chris who taught Brooklyn how to snap a towel.<br /><i>I was purposefully avoiding that little trick, thankyouverymuch!!</i></div>
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Then she couldn't get it and got frustrated and resulted to flinging it every way she could. </div>
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Uncle West snuggles! </div>
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After we left Chris & Audrey's, West took the kids and I to Wal-Mart for a secret mission. We got weapons, ammo, snacks, etc.<br />(Everything we need for an all-night Minecrafting session!)</div>
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The kids were in heaven. </div>
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The next day, we had the now-traditional Birthday Party.<br />Pretty much anyone having a birthday anytime close to when we're there is celebrated. Plus Brook and Sam, regardless of when said Birthday Party is, ha.<br />And of course there always has to be a pinata. Brook helped stuff it.<br />I didn't get any photos of the breaking of the pinata because I couldn't stop taking videos of it! I was dying, it was SO funny! Unfortunately, I cannot find said videos ANYWHERE. <br />Sigh.</div>
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Happy birthday to All! </div>
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Presents time! This was a good one, Bubs found giant "diamonds" (they really look like diamonds). In Minecraft, diamonds are the cat's meow, so they were beyond thrilled to get their own diamonds. </div>
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More party guests!<br />Kali wants a fist bump, yo.</div>
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There was also a baby shower for Dene' and baby Jordyn.<br />Jackson wants to help Mimi wrap presents...</div>
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...and Kali just wants to steal the wrapping paper from Jackson. </div>
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Hello sweet Jordyn!!! Auntie Trista loves you!! </div>
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Two gorgeous girlies! </div>
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The shower was a lot of fun. Lots of games and even more giggles. </div>
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(Sidenote: Jackson did not take this hat off for the rest of the day. And yes, it is size Newborn.) </div>
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Daddy smiles! </div>
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Mmmm...cookies. </div>
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Seriously! How gorgeous is she?! </div>
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The following day was Shelan's mission farewell. So she spoke at church and my family had a big get-together afterwards. </div>
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I've titled this photo:<br />HELLO MY NAME IS HERMANA LYBBERT CAN I PLEASE BAPTIZE YOU?!</div>
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Lybbert Chicks. </div>
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I laughed at this photo when I looked at it closer. It's really quite funny if you click on it and make it bigger.<br />I documented it because Todd went to McDonalds and brought back EIGHT (right?!) large fries for everyone to munch on. Ha!</div>
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Cousin love.<br />(I also have a photo just like this of Sam and Jackson!)</div>
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We decided it was time for some family photos.<br />Cousins!</div>
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Jackson and Kali wrestling.<br />They are quite the funny pair.</div>
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Big brother Jackson with little sissy Jordyn! </div>
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The Lybbert Clan...getting bigger by the year!</div>
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(Minus Kenny and Russ) </div>
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Aaaand a more "normal" Lybbert photo. </div>
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And yet another. </div>
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Yup, another. </div>
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Mimi/Grammie and Papa/Grandpa Scott and grandbabies! </div>
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Siblings!<br />P.S. Sorry some of these aren't very sharp, this lens is failing me and I've since switched to a different, much sharper one.</div>
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Peeeeeewwwwwww! </div>
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To finish it all up, Grammie had stuff for the kids to make bunny racers.<br />It was late and Brook wouldn't even look at me, but the bunny has been documented!<br />And yes, that is a tattoo across her face. I love that they are even in the family photos.</div>
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Until next time, Washington!<br />Peace out!</div>
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During the winter, we went swimming every (or every other) Wednesday at an indoor water park. The kids had a blast with friends, waterslides, learning to swim, teaching others to swim, jumping off of the diving board (even the high dive!!), and taking photos...I love these!</div>
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No, this is not a scene from Dexter.<br />This is the inside of a highlighter put into a spray bottle with a cup of warm water and sprayed all over the shower with a black light turned on.<br />Fun times, I tell you.</div>
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What is one to do when a delivery truck shows up at your neighbors house with a new fridge?<br />Ask for the box, of course!<br />This thing sat in our house for weeks being used for various things, but this was the favorite.</div>
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Corinne came for a visit and went with Russ on a hike out to...who knows where.</div>
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Wherever it was, there was not only wild horses running across the landscape, but the biggest cow patties I've ever seen to go with them...</div>
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More jump pictures.</div>
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<br />Ground pound!</div>
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One of the unschooling families we met at the Unschooling Symposium last fall came and visited for a day. Such a fun family!! Bummed they are moving back to Washington--guess that just means it'll be our turn for a visit next time!<br />They all bonded over Minecraft initially, so of course they wanted to play together again.</div>
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<br />So, Russ and I were sitting around one Saturday morning, discussing the fact that Corinne would be in town that evening. And we didn't have a table to play cards on. Apparently this was a Make Or Break type thing for Russ because we spent the next hour scouring Craigslist for a table.<br />The problem was that we didn't want a crappy table. We've had crappy tables all of our married lives and wanted something nicer.</div>
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<br />I stumbled on this beauty, listed for $200, which I was absolutely NOT going to pay.<br />In fact, I went to look at it and it was in pieces in the back of the garage of this guy's house he was getting ready to rent out, and walked away.<br /><br />"Really? You don't think it's worth refinishing?" he asked. I shrugged. "Well, I don't have the time to refinish it, so I guess I'm just going to have to toss it." Well....if you're going to toss it, let me have another look.<br /><br />For $35, I brought her home.<br />She needed some new hardware, and also comes with a leaf so it'll seat 8 no problem (not that we have 8 chairs to use, ha!). We were excited to make this beat-up baby shine!</div>
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<br />Lots of stripping, sanding, more stripping, more sanding, and a little stain later, it was time for getting that unique look I wanted (after much trial and error on random pieces of wood and cardboard...).</div>
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And since I can't find my "finished" photos, this will have to do for now.<br />This is pre-poly. When we put the poly on, it gave the white paint a warm, worn look.<br />We learned a lot and this is when I realized I would really like to spend more time working in the garage (when we got one) on various projects--stay tuned for those, as I can't seem to get enough now that I DO have a garage, ha!<br />(Oh, and ignore those table legs...those took me WEEKS to finish because they haunted my dreams...but it all ended well, eventually...)</div>
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Farewell February, until next year!</div>
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