I was just the victim of a random act of kindness! My kids and hubby are out for the evening, so I decide that I’ll have a nice chicken sandwich, get some good practice on the Beethoven Concerto I’m performing next month, then relax with a junk food snack while watching Netflix or something. So, I [...]
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Jan
21
Unplugging and Reconnecting
by heather
I’ve just been inspired by this post: What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months? Basically, she banned all computers, MP3 players, video game systems, cell phones, etc etc, for 6 months. And to kickstart the whole experiment, they went several weeks with no electricity at all. She figured that after weeks of old-fashioned [...]
Nov
20
Knitting in the Round Lessons
by heather
I’m learning to knit… I’ve got the basics and I’m trying some trickier stuff. My new project is a pair of socks (from the toe up!) with a set of double-pointed needles. Lessons learned so far: Knitting in the Round Lesson 1: Knit the outside, not the inside. Knitting in the Round Lesson 2A: When [...]
Tags: knitting, lessons, round, socks
Posted in Around the house, Eco-stuff, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Posted in Around the house, Eco-stuff, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Oct
25
The Big Bed Move is Complete
by heather
When last I posted about Pomme’s progression in sleeping arrangements, she was happily going to sleep in her own room, by her own choice, though since it was still a “new thing,” we had not yet moved her “real” bed from own room to hers. We wanted to make sure this was a “permanent thing” [...]
Tags: bedrooms, co-sleeping, cry-it-out, Ikea, independence, Kritter, toddlers
Posted in Around the house, Babies, Family, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Posted in Around the house, Babies, Family, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Oct
24
Another Overdue Update With Big News!
by heather
I’m such a naughty blogger! I just was given a warm thank you by a regular reader, while chatting on a thread at MDC, who called my blog ‘inspirational’. Then I realized I hadn’t posted in over two weeks, and there is so much to blog about! So I’m going to try to catch up [...]
Tags: blogging, choir director, director of music, Elantra, Gibson Memorial United Church, Hyundai, Kia Rio, MDC, new car, new job, organist, year-end sale
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Jul
29
Media Problem Solved and Strawberries
by heather
After googling about WordPress media upload problems, I browsed lots of irrelevant (about WP 2.5) or inapplicable (about blogs hosted at wordpress.com) or incomprehensible (change security settings to 777 — huh?), I did the simple(and overdue) task of upgrading my WP 2.7 installation to 2.8. And uploading works now. So here we have a picture [...]
Tags: gardening, media, problems, strawberries, upload, wordpress
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Posted in Around the house, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Jun
17
Mushroom Compost!!
by heather
I had an unbelievable find this morning. After having searched near and far for mushroom compost, finding that the local mushroom farm was now closed, finding that the only sources in the provinces were too far away… I had resigned myself to not having any for this garden season. I settled on just four composts [...]
Tags: Canada, Fredericton, Loblaw's, mushroom compost, New Brunswick, President's Choice, square foot gardening, Superstore
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Posted in Around the house | Comments (1)
Jun
16
Post All Gone…
by heather
Holy moley. I made a long post and published it, all about my garden update. Then I used “back” on my browser to get back to a blank ‘new post’ editing page, and made the post about Pomme’s developing counting skills. It seems that post REPLACED the garden one. Whoops. So many words, just gone… [...]
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