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Though I haven't been crafting much, I have been wanting to post! The baby legwarmer is only a few inches long and BB removed the needles and pulled out some rounds a couple days ago. I got the needles back in, but haven't been up to knitting since that night. Ben got cable a few days after the baby was born and my computer hasn't been able to go online when I've tried since. I'm sitting watching the signal strength come and go and wondering if I'll even be able to post this topic.
Baby C is 4 weeks old today. She's happily nursing away when BB lets her and was up to 9 pounds yesterday.
I've been a bit down from the fatigue and messy house. I was literally going crazy Tuesday or Wednesday -my husband is so patient- and Thursday my Mother-In-Law, Barb, arrived for the weekend and started cleaning! It's amazing what having pleasant company and a clean house will do for a person! I think that Barb just has a wonderful spirit, but she also helps motivate us toward getting things done.
All month, with my time and energy sapping away to grow the new being, I've been thinking about food and nutrition. Finally, Wednesday, I put things in the crock pot and ended with a wonderful beef stew. We're trying again today and I hope it'll half as good. Today, I took a cabbage that's been waiting on the counter since Sunday, when we'd gone to a local farmer's market, and shredded it, pounded with salt and smashed into a mason jar to try to make some sauerkraut. If it comes out half okay, then we'll try another recipe with added vegetables or some of the seasonings next time. And, a jug of the (natural, called 'raw') milk had soured, so I'd left it out to separate. I've noticed that when the milks been shaken a few times, then it takes longer to separate. But, if I leave it until it separates completely, then the top of the cream cheese is yellow. So, it's been out for 2 days, and I've just poured it through the cloth to take off the first bit of cream cheese. When the rest finishes separating, then I'll put the whey away for other recipes. I feel so much better to be working towards making healthy foods!
At the farmer's market, one of the booths was selling tomato plants and salsa. We picked up 2 plants and some salsa (good stuff!), and I put the plants into the garden. I hope we don't get another freeze.. I'm still not back to focus yet, so I don't think I'd remember to cover them until I found them dead. I pulled out all the old plants that had grown up from the seed last fall and took out the weeds, too. It's almost March and that's planting season here in California.
I'm sure posting will be sporadic as usual as we adjust to #4 in our midst. I'll leave you with this image from FIL's house. This is what happens when the wet ground freezes in clay soil:
Baby C is 4 weeks old today. She's happily nursing away when BB lets her and was up to 9 pounds yesterday.
I've been a bit down from the fatigue and messy house. I was literally going crazy Tuesday or Wednesday -my husband is so patient- and Thursday my Mother-In-Law, Barb, arrived for the weekend and started cleaning! It's amazing what having pleasant company and a clean house will do for a person! I think that Barb just has a wonderful spirit, but she also helps motivate us toward getting things done.
All month, with my time and energy sapping away to grow the new being, I've been thinking about food and nutrition. Finally, Wednesday, I put things in the crock pot and ended with a wonderful beef stew. We're trying again today and I hope it'll half as good. Today, I took a cabbage that's been waiting on the counter since Sunday, when we'd gone to a local farmer's market, and shredded it, pounded with salt and smashed into a mason jar to try to make some sauerkraut. If it comes out half okay, then we'll try another recipe with added vegetables or some of the seasonings next time. And, a jug of the (natural, called 'raw') milk had soured, so I'd left it out to separate. I've noticed that when the milks been shaken a few times, then it takes longer to separate. But, if I leave it until it separates completely, then the top of the cream cheese is yellow. So, it's been out for 2 days, and I've just poured it through the cloth to take off the first bit of cream cheese. When the rest finishes separating, then I'll put the whey away for other recipes. I feel so much better to be working towards making healthy foods!
At the farmer's market, one of the booths was selling tomato plants and salsa. We picked up 2 plants and some salsa (good stuff!), and I put the plants into the garden. I hope we don't get another freeze.. I'm still not back to focus yet, so I don't think I'd remember to cover them until I found them dead. I pulled out all the old plants that had grown up from the seed last fall and took out the weeds, too. It's almost March and that's planting season here in California.
I'm sure posting will be sporadic as usual as we adjust to #4 in our midst. I'll leave you with this image from FIL's house. This is what happens when the wet ground freezes in clay soil:
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