Nantucket
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Homemade (My First Giveaway!)
I love making homemade everything. I’m a little bit crazy about it in fact…I always have at four or five projects going at once. (Which really makes my husband crazy.) I dabble in sewingbaking
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Resolutions
It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…
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Pumpkin-Cranberry Pancakes
Pumpkin-Cranberry Pancakes RecipeRelated post: ResolutionsAdapted from Bon Appetit, December 1996See more recipes here Ingredients Directions Preheat oven to 250°F. Mix first 6 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Whisk buttermilk, pumpkin, eggs and oil in medium bowl until well blended. Add to dry ingredients and whisk until smooth. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large nonstick…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Abortion pills prescribed via Net targeted – Washington Post Iraq Study Links U.S. Weaponry to Birth Defects in Falluja, Guardian Says – Bloomberg Mom defies doctor, has baby her way – CNN Health Prudent Advice #212 Remember that most fairy tales were written by men. – This is short and sweet…from…
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Last Week
This last week of 2010 has flown by — and it’s really going out with a bang. I had thought that I would be back to regular blogging this week, but with preparing for Christmas, Christmas, my family visit, and late nights working on my New Year’s resolution (to be discussed Sunday)…I didn’t have much…
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Saturday Surfing
It’s Christmas, and the time of year when people think about what they’re going to tell their children about Santa. I shared recently about my struggles with what the holiday will mean to our family, and since then have been doing a lot of reading. So, today’s Saturday Surf will highlight some of the most…
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In Training
I’ve finally found a few minutes to write about last week and my experience taking The Center for Breastfeeding‘s class to become a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC).
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Saturday Surfing
Wondering what I’ve been doing in Vermont? I’ve been taking The Center for Breastfeeding‘s class to become a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC). I’ll spend more time when I get home talking about the AMAZING time I had this week, but in the meantime I want to share a few of my favorite discoveries of the…
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Another Feature!
Just a quick note that I was featured on another blog again! Today, Nora’s birth story was posted on Imogen’s Alternative Mama blog. I’m sure many of you have read Nora’s birth story already, but Imogen is doing a series right now on natural births, so if you’re a birth story junkie like me, head…
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Back to Work (A Little)
We’re in the land of mega-chains and drive-throughs! (A.K.A. the rest of the United States outside of Nantucket.) Saturday morning, we were on the first ferry off the island at 6:30 am. After an adrenaline filled morning of, “oh my gosh it’s 10 to six, we have to go!”, we had a leisurely 2 hour…
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Saturday Surfing
My favorite finds from the past week: Expecting the Baby, But Not the Pain – Wall Street Journal article about Hypnobirthing. Licia Ronzulli Brings Baby to EU Parliament – Article from Britian’s Daily Mail discussing an Italian representative who wears her baby to work (parliament!) in a wrap. Too bad all employers can’t follow the…