Prairie Garden

I'm thinking about breaking my addiction to chapstick/lip gloss/lip balm/blahblahblah. Now. Today. I am so sick and tired of slavishly l...

Here's my boy with his new dump truck shirt, his cousin - " Yee -vi", and his favorite construction vehicle of all time - the ...

I am so pleased. I don't even care that Starbeans is skipping his 3rd nap in 4 days (although, I admit - I do feel a little mournful ov...

The babe is around 4 pounds Estimated due date: 10/28 Head-down position (we already knew that) NO PLACENTA PREVIA -- the placenta is in a ...

I swear that I've looked at the clock at 11:11 almost every day this week. Today and yesterday, for sure. Probably the day before that, ...

We just found the best book at our library: Flotsam by David Wiesner. It is amazing; really. Amazing! Starbeans asks to read it ["...

My most-used kitchen utensil? Without a doubt, the cheese grater. I use that sucker every single day.

I've been making a mental list of the things I don't like about living in SW Minnesota, rurally or not. But, for the record, I live ...

I am finally able to brush Starbeans' teeth. Finally! I've been trying for probably a year, but he keeps that snapper shut. I have...

My midwife and her apprentice came to our house today for our prenatal appointment: I have good news and unsettling news. First, the good ne...

Well! I over-cooked the plum butter; so much for my grand schemes and peacock-like vanity. It is so firm that it is more like candy than ja...

Feeling proud of my Plum Butter, just as I thought. [Strange name, Plum Butter.] It came out to precisely 2 cups, as I predicted. Atta girl,...

If you're looking for something to grapple with, please go to Carrien's recent post at She Laughs at the Days . I love this girl. M...

I bought my first cast-iron cookware this past week: a 12 inch skillet. [I can't believe I am so behind the culinary times, but it can...

I stayed up into the morning hours to finish HP and the DH -- I knew I would just stay awake thinking about it if I stopped, so I threw caut...

Can't post. Can't write in complete sentences. Can't think of anything but Harry Potter. Can only read during precious naptime. ...

The crickets seem to be working OT -- perhaps they chirp both day and night towards the middle-end of the summer? Today is cool, so I am mak...

We had an almost all-week-long birthday celebration for Starbeans last week. We somehow rigged it so he opened one present a day, for four ...

35W collapsed over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis last night - 64 feet above ground, 6:05 pm, rush hour, 50-60 cars on the bridge. I ...