Prairie Garden

I haven't had much time to blog recently; Starbeans has been sick with a cold he caught from a birthday party we went to this weekend. S...

Although the picture is barely decipherable, I thought it would be fun to share one of my stunning feats: doodling on the water tower of a ...

As a mother, there is nothing that throws me off more than a missed nap or a delayed bedtime. I don't know why this is, exactly; but I h...

Within the last two years, I bumped into two books at the library that I enjoyed immensely. They are both autobiographical works by Ruth Rei...

We have a friend in town for the weekend; Starbeans has been enjoying playing with his cell phone: beeping numbers, bopping buttons, and fie...

I just looked at the clock. It was 11:11 pm.

Big news: I will be done with my job of 5 years within the next couple of weeks. 5 years is a long time to work at one place when you are on...

I made pizza this evening: my first time ever dealing with yeast.

Since our RSV catastrophe last winter, some of you may know that I have been gearing up for this cold and flu season; an arsenal of home re...

Squeeze and I both work part-time. He, from 3 am (yes - am ) to 7 am, Monday-Friday and me, 9-ish to 3-ish, Monday-Wednesday. Got that? He g...

My good friend Melissa encountered some friendly Klingons at a Star Trek convention this summer. I'm not sure if they were able to commu...

I'm still putting Starbeans on the toilet each morning: he goes pee 9 times out of 10. In fact (and this is a little gross) - the other ...

Gently plucking petals from the geranium: all in a good day's work.

The dreaded Night Diaper. As Starbeans is still nursing throughout the night, he wets very heavily. This may also be the case even for babi...

I'm keeping a food journal during the month of October, to see exactly what I'm eating. I have a few problems - bruxia (tooth-grindi...

Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the littl...

That's me! I love my Maya Wrap. A sling, but so much more. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: Sling: 6-8 positions Swaddling bla...

I found a most excellent blog this evening: Pinch My Salt . That mother went straight to my Favorites. My goodness! Speaking of blogging, em...

My heart is broken. I've been reading about Reactive Attachment Disorder , spurred on from reading this blog post last week and keeping...