i should be ashamed of my self

i have so much yarn mostly of the acrylic variety. i should be ashamed of my shelf. i must have 6 banana boxes full. i'm going to use this on some projects but, i'm thinking of switching completely over to organic cotton for dish clothes and other natural animal fibers. i have a good supply of alpaca yarn and roving right now. some of the people on my Christmas list are getting homemade socks.

tubbie time

tyler at five months in the tub. what a great time, he loves the water and just discovered while in this bath that you can splash in the water. also discovered a new bath time game, i call it water fountain. where ty pretends he is a water fountain. by peeing in the water, it makes a splashing noise. which he really enjoyes.





i wish i had a camera. i love the look on his face when he discovers something new. like when he was rolling over for the first time, he looked terrified, and then laughed when he was done and it didn't hurt. but it is so alarming to him when he is doing something new.

busy with nothing

i have felt so busy these last days, that i haven't even had time to post my thoughts. but now that i look back on these days i can't really figure out what i was so busy with.

i mean besides digging a trench to the garage that is under construction.

getting new windows put in the new to us house. oh yeah and i never know when the builders/insallers will show up.

i'm thinking of using the old windows to hopefully build a greenhouse next year. for starting seedlings. the next growing season i'm going to be purchasing starter plants.

i have to get concrete block or lumber to build some raised planting beds.

i have to get the tulip bulbs and egyption walking onions in the ground befor too long.

possibly clean up the side property line shared with walt. it's an eye sore i'm sure at one time it was nice with trees all planted in a row. but now the under brush has taken over for sometime.

take pictures of the yard now and in the spring, to be used as before and after shots.

and take care of a 5 month old in the process no small task. as all you other wonder moms know.

roll over red rover

12:23 on sunday ty rolled from his stomach to his back. he was very happy with his accomplishment until auntie ica rolled him back over on his stomach so he could do it again. he never did. the first time rolling over for him was quite shocking and he wasn't up for a repeat performance. i think it is so funny to watch ty do something that he has never done before. ty always has such an allarmed look on his face. and when he has accomplished what ever he looks so releaved. i guess it would be terrifing to do something that you didn't even know you were doing, and i also guess that when you where finished that it would be quite a releaf that no one got hurt.

tabouli

tabouli i tried it and i love it. its a side dish i would say. a little goes a long way.

1 tbls olive oil
3 tbls fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup bulgur wheat
1 cup boiling water.
tomatoes
kalamata olives
cilantro
feta cheese
salt and pepper

put bulgur in a heat resistant bowl. boil water. pour water over bulgur. let stand 10 to 15 min. chop remaining ingredients. set aside. drain water off of bulgur. add chopped ingredients and oil and lemon juice. serve warm or cold.

talk about bang for your buck

i made a batch of this the other day a baked it today.. what a time saver when you only have 10 minutes, because that seems to be the longest that ty will sleep these days. what a blessing to have the little guy in our lives. everyday i try to eat better, be a more patient person and all because of him.


5 minute bread recipe

makes 4 small loaves

1 1/2 tbls yeast
1 1/2 tbls salt
6 1/2 cups flour
3 cups water

combine all dry ingredients in a bowl. add water mix until not dry spots remain in the flour. let rise 2 to 5 hours. at this point you can bake or refrigerate the mixture for up to 2 weeks.

baking day cut a grapefruit size dough ball off the main batch. shape into a round. put on a cornmeal coated cookie sheet. let rise for 40 minutes. or longer depending on you kitchen temp. my tends to be cool this time of year.

bake 30 minutes on 450 degrees. with a hot water pan on the bottom shelf.

sorry about my writing slump. i guess i have just been doing more living that writing. i went to visit my grandmother. for a week and then we bought our house. and moved in. and all that jazz.

roll over red rover

at 6:48 this morning. the most wonderful feet was managed. tyler rolled from his back to his stomach and then back again.