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Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Well, now that we’re living back in the city, there is no longer a farm down the road where we cut our tree.  So, instead we drove down the street to the grocery store parking lot, and picked up a little Oregon-grown table-top tree from L’Arche – a wonderful organization that provides community for the developmentally disabled. (Anyone else out [...]

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Spice Hunters

This is our spice cabinet (Yes, it’s a bit of a mess.  Yes, the jams and jellies are taking over a bit.  Yes, it looks like I’m single handedly keeping the Clackamas Penzeys store in business.)
This morning, I was feeding Tum Tum in the living room, when I heard some clunking, giggling, and whispering in [...]

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I make this every year at the holidays.  Firecracker and I made it yesterday for Thanksgiving.  She helped sautee the pears (local, organic, from Hood River) and make the reduction, measure the dry ingredients, and crack the eggs.  She is a super kitchen helper. 
If you make this, and have little kitchen helpers, I recommend cooking an extra pear for each helper [...]

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A really lovely Thanksgiving.  A delicious meal, everyone pitched-in for clean up, the family played board games all evening.  The girls tucked themselves in a corner and played and whispered and giggled with their favorite 4 year-old cousin.  The baby and I even got an after supper nap.

Playing with pilgrim dolls.
 
 
 

 
BLESSING to God, for ever [...]

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Lord, for these we thank you

 

Well said, Little Hen.
Back later with pictures of our thanksgiving!

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Thankfulness – Growing

My little Tum Tum…how can you be six months-old already?!!  We are so thankful for you, our smiley, happy boy!  You are a joy and a blessing every day.
God knew that we needed you, and we are so grateful to have you in our family.   Your daddy and I strive every day to be the parents you need and [...]

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I had intended to post something special every day this week on the topic of thankfulness.  We have, however, (save my husband) been hit was a bad chest cold.  So, instead of what I had planned, I would rather post about what we experienced in our home today.
Despite not feeling well, we focused on what [...]

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Some dear friends from college recently surprised the girls with Fairy-Opoly.  Could they have picked a more perfect gift for little girls who are a wee bit fairy-obsessed and love to play board games with their Daddy?  Super gift!!!

The girls played all morning, only pausing occaisonally to ask me to clarify the rules.  They nicely took [...]

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FO – Baby Sweater

Days of being able to sit and knit for hours on end while I watch Jane Austen movies and drink tea happen so rarely nowadays.  That it not the current season of my life, and I am glad for the busy-ness and responsibilities that come with having little ones, but it means that knitting projects are slow to [...]

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This is one of my favorite holiday cakes, mostly because I love cranberries and this cake highlights them so nicely.  It’s quick and easy to make.  It is also tart, not too sweet (which is a good thing, because the holidays can easily be a sweets-overload on the palate), and is perfect with whipped cream.
The inspiration [...]

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