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whistling leaf blower: March 2013
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Baby's first climb (and other spring break highlights). We took a train from champaign to see chuck in chicago. after a scramble and a near miss, we're saved by a time-zone change! The train was so crowded, they bumped us to business class. we shared the car with 2 amish couples speaking their own version of german and reading racy fiction. Spending time with chuck is what it's all about. Lego studies were on the agenda, as was the lego store, just two blocks away. We took an unconventional route to mill...
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whistling leaf blower: April 2012
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I had some chinese five spice, so i used that, but i skipped the star anise (not a favorite of mine) and did not cook the eggs for as long as recommended. also, i had no chinese black tea, so i just used what i could round up from my tea stash. This dish is a feast for the eyes. the most dramatic pattern appears on the inside of the shell, which, of course, gets peeled off before serving, but the peeled eggs also look lovely. the taste on the egg is rather subtle, but nice. I arranged them in a.
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whistling leaf blower: baby's first climb (and other spring break highlights)
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Baby's first climb (and other spring break highlights). We took a train from champaign to see chuck in chicago. after a scramble and a near miss, we're saved by a time-zone change! The train was so crowded, they bumped us to business class. we shared the car with 2 amish couples speaking their own version of german and reading racy fiction. Spending time with chuck is what it's all about. Lego studies were on the agenda, as was the lego store, just two blocks away. We took an unconventional route to mill...
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whistling leaf blower: lessons from foster kittens
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Lessons from foster kittens. We aren't ready to have pets of our own yet, but we all love cats, so we decided to become a foster family. our first set were three boys, all orange tabbies. they were difficult to tell apart, but we found a few distinguishing characteristics, and gave them the names of the three youngest weasley brothers from the harry potter stories: fred, george. They could barely walk and seemed to be nearly blind. having the mama with them made it so much easier. she took care o...We ha...
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whistling leaf blower: baby's first gif
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As cosmo was building the x-wing fighter, he asked for photos to be taken along the way. then we made it into an animated .gif in photoshop. As i type this, the star wars sound track blares from a boom box and my 7 year old pours over a complete visual encyclopedia of lego star wars figures. Im so glad that its all working out well with the SW LEGO set. :). February 24, 2013 at 10:07:00 AM EST. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Growing a small family and a yard full of food. View my complete profile.
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whistling leaf blower: January 2012
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Peas in the new year. I've heard it's traditional to have peas on new year's day, for good luck and prosperity. black-eyed peas are what we have chosen in the past. but this year we went with chickpeas. the dish is called leblebi. Took me about a week to pronounce it without getting tongue-tied). Deborah Madison says it's common tunisian breakfast food. we thought leblebi. Is fun to eat, a pleasure to look at, distinctive and memorable in flavor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bloomington, IN, United States.
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whistling leaf blower: June 2012
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An inspiration to all of us at mother hubbard's cupboard. The drive is easy when you take it in two days, and bracket it with mini-golf outings in toledo. cosmo is a brilliant traveler, entertains himself in the back seat, and manages to keep up with fiddle practice on the road. Motel room practice session. Cosmo is most excited about the foreign money, but discovers there's much more to canada than loonies, toonies. And bills with halograms:. Food growing in tiny front gardens (everywhere). Growing a sm...
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whistling leaf blower: August 2012
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Lessons from foster kittens. We aren't ready to have pets of our own yet, but we all love cats, so we decided to become a foster family. our first set were three boys, all orange tabbies. they were difficult to tell apart, but we found a few distinguishing characteristics, and gave them the names of the three youngest weasley brothers from the harry potter stories: fred, george. They could barely walk and seemed to be nearly blind. having the mama with them made it so much easier. she took care o...We ha...
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whistling leaf blower: October 2011
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We are renters, but we tend to act like we own the place. give us a yard, and we will make gardens! Here are some shots of the latest:. We've enjoyed a great fall harvest from these bush beans, started in mid july. we've even had enough for pickling, and they are still coming. We've enjoyed fresh lettuce and arugula for a good month and a half now, the carrots are almost ready. they always taste sweetest after a frost. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Growing a small family and a yard full of food.
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