Popcorn Pie

We tried out a new recipe tonight.  Actually Chris tried it out.  He had seen the recipe in an older copy of Mother Earth News and decided tonight was the night.  It was an article on discovering Cherokee Popcorn.  We topped it with whipped cream.  It was okay.  There are some things that Chris will [...]

Sickness, Sphnickness

Okay, I’ve been gone for a while.  But, you have to remember, I just got here too so . . .  I have some good excuses.  We had two sick cats, I’ve got tonsillitis as we speak, A’s got some sort of cold.  And rain.  Blame it on the rain.  We’ve had so much rain.  [...]

The Natural Epidural

Big A is a waterbaby.  She is on the short list of babies born under water.  Though, that list is getting longer all the time.  I had a super, duper wonderful birth experience at Carolina WaterBirth.  It was great.  I will never have a baby any other way.  That is a weird statement.

I chose to [...]

Cloth Diaper, Oh How I Love Thee

Yes, I am a cloth diaperer.  And I love it.  I tell my husband all the time, “Have I told you how much I love using cloth diapers?”  I really do.  It is sort of weird.  I love hanging them on the clothes line as well.  There’s just something about it.  I didn’t use cloth [...]

BackYard Chickens

Okay, my most recent hogger (is that a word?) of time on the computer has been a great little website called BackYard Chickens.  Not Facebook, not Craigslist, not plain ‘ole email.  BackYard Chickens is my new friend.  I have posted several questions on the forum lately and scrounged around and learned lots of information from [...]

Wow, This Is Hard

Okay, the real reason that I haven’t blogged lately is simple.  I don’t know what to blog about.  I haven’t gotten into the rhythm yet.  I have so many ideas of things to talk about, but I can’t choose which one to write about first!  What a great problem to have. So, I am going [...]