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A little bit I've learned about gardening this year...

2010-06-28T23:04:00.001-07:00

1. You can plant corn as starters. Might be something to consider, if we decide to plant corn again.2. Treat peas as if they are the drunkest sorority sister in the house. That is, support them, because they will undoubtedly fall over if they don't have something to hang on to and catch them. They need about five feet of vertical support.3. Speaking of drunken sorority sisters, beer in tuna cans

I Made Corn Chowder Last Night...

2010-06-17T12:09:00.001-07:00

...and now I feel like a cow in a feedlot. Corn Chowder is too corny.On an unrelated note, I am totally checking this book out from the library when it comes out: Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From A Consumer Culture. Methinks there will be a lot of vindication to be had on the day I read it.

Out on the edge of darkness, there lies a Peace Train

2010-06-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

Bad Day. Crying. Lots. Time-outs. Puddles of pee. FOUR TIMES. Crying. Exasperation. Swigs of wine. Dinner disappointment. More crying. Through the wringer and out the other side.Feeling a bit surreal as a result of our day. Listening to music, which is a bit abnormal for me. I normally only take an interest in music when feeling a heightened sense of dysphoria. Which I guess I did today, but I'm

Five Minutes on Bread

2010-06-02T13:32:00.000-07:00

I would love to start baking bread. I buy store-brand whole wheat bread. There's a ton of ingredients that I can't grow or buy from a farmer on it. Fail Bread.I've tried to bake loaves of bread before but I generally fail. Rolls and pizza crusts are easy, but for the life of me I haven't been able to make good sandwich bread. It's always too moist and crumbly. It doesn't hold up to slicing.Of

Brain Scrambler

2010-05-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

I know I seem extremely disjointed lately, and that's because I am. Or at least I feel that way. I have so much in my brain right now that I need to lay out there to get it cleared, but I can't seem to grab an hour or two to myself and just reboot. It's 99% good stuff. We are so freakin' blessed, it's not even funny! We're undergoing a kitchen remodel right now (which started out as an easy

Clearing my Mental Cache

2010-05-25T14:21:00.001-07:00

These are things that I have contemplated writing about here, but for various reasons have not. If anybody develops a way to add a few hours to my day, please contact me. ;)Slug huntingBaby talksGrowing a Miniature Orchard (Or, Why I love Permaculture Magazine)FarmvilleWhy Am I Playing So Much Freakin' Farmville?ThripsAphidsOutdoor PreschoolsRadical HomemakingHypomaniaRecipes, Including Vegetable

Check Out My New Wheels!

2010-05-06T22:36:00.000-07:00

I scored a sweet deal at the children's consignment sale I attended last week: a used double jogging stroller. Not that I'm using it. Oh, no, goodness. I break a sweat just thinking about it. The Husband is now using it to give me a half-hour of solitude every other day, which I use to cook in peace. Or peas, depending on what's for dinner.The first evening they all went out for a jog was a

Garden 2010!

2010-04-29T23:49:00.001-07:00

Last year we didn't do too much gardening. I was too nauseated and tired to keep up with it, and the potted herbs I had died a thirsty, hot death. I feel so guilty!This year we are settled in as the time to plant came, so we decided to build a raised bed and try our luck again. Like The Husband always says, I'm the brain and he's the braun of the operation, so I designed the raised bed (okay,

Catch You On The Flip Side

2010-04-24T23:03:00.000-07:00

The Husband and his sister (TL) were a little over an hour away from home when they received the phone call that their father had passed away. They were too late.They put The Statler Brothers in the stereo in the car and jammed out to it in his memory.As they turned off the interstate and onto the two-lane highway, they came upon a huge flock of pheasants. The Husband said he's never seen so many

Life and Death

2010-04-23T22:37:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted in a few months. Life lives. Oompa-Loompa was born on January 22. He came into the world here at our home; it was a beautiful waterbirth. A healing birth.He's three months old now. He's really figured out how to function earthside, and he is a mostly happy baby now.We celebrate.Munchkin turned three years old in March. She's had a few rough patches over the last few months, but she

New Starts

2010-04-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful." -Mark Victor Hansen"As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your

Snowman for my Pumpkin

2010-01-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

Munchkin is two years and nine-and-a-half months old. I can't believe it, because she still feels like my little baby. She still curls up in what's left of my lap and requests Mama Milk. When it's sleepy time she will fall asleep drinking Mama Milk and sometimes I just sit with her peacefully asleep in my lap, still latched on, just like she did when she was a newborn. And I remember that someday

New Year's Resolution

2010-01-01T23:01:00.000-08:00

Hello...hello? Is this thing on? *taptap*Hi, My name is HausFrau, and I'm a naughty blogger.Today is still January 1. It's a better time than ever to start up again, no? I humbly apologize for my gaping inadequacies. I promise I have no more morning sickness. Though, it's getting awfully hard to move. So much has happened and on the verge of happening that it's hard to know where to begin. We are

Couch Potato

2009-06-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hello, world. I have not forgotten my blog. I think about it often, actually, but since I have been doing the same thing every day since when I last posted, there hasn't been much point to updating. Plus summoning up the mental stamina to write a blog post is a bit daunting lately.So what have I been up to? Nothing. Laying on the couch, wishing I was unconscious. Forcing myself to eat whenever

Pregnancy is warping my sense of reality

2009-06-09T16:22:00.000-07:00

Please, oh please, tell my why this is making me so freaking hungry:Hospital Food from 11 Different CountriesBecause seriously, hospital food? Why does it look so delicious? It shouldn't. I remember from Munchkin's birth, wherein I was in the hospital for five days, that some of the food was unidentifiable, and most certainly inedible. I lived in college dorms for three years, where I was

Heave Ho

2009-06-08T19:55:00.001-07:00

Just a week ago I complained on a message board that I wished I had actually "felt pregnant", because just going off of a pee-stick made it feel unreal. I ate my words, and then my stomach contemplated throwing them back up.Actually, I don't feel quite that bad. I haven't actually thrown up (although I was threatening to while in the shower this morning, and I realized that the shower is a great

Damn You Perfect Brownie Pan

2009-06-07T19:30:00.000-07:00

For now a pregnant woman with a broken oven weeps...

One Helluva Week (Stay with me till the end)

2009-06-04T21:40:00.000-07:00

We've had an interesting week here at the Anderson Haushalt. Let's go in reverse order, just to confuse everybody...Tonight we had a wicked thunderstorm go through town. Actually, it wasn't that big of a deal, because we're from North Dakota and some summers are tenacious enough to produce these storms DAILY. But there were gusty winds, some rain, and a bit of lightning and thunder. Based on the

Not Buying It Challenge: Week...we'll call it 3

2009-06-01T22:34:00.000-07:00

Here's my update for the Not Buying It Challenge:Clothing: Well, I haven't *bought* anything, but I did ruin some clothes. :( I accidentally washed my jumbo black permanent marker that I used to mark boxes in with my whites. I think I mentioned this earlier...Food: I went to the Veggie Booty in the grocery store today but I overcame and didn't buy it! Bulk oats were on sale, so I stocked

Doing Not Thinking: Week...is it four or five?

2009-05-30T23:02:00.000-07:00

Here's an update for the Doing Not Thinking Challenge. I haven't updated in the last week or two because I've been too busy "doing". That's one ironic excuse.Goal #1: Preparing to Move, Moving, and Setting Up Home in our new house in a controlled and organized manner. Doing everything in my power to make our new house truly feel like "home". Done and done. Pretty much everything is unpacked in

Suburban Summer

2009-05-28T22:16:00.000-07:00

When I dreamt of owning a house, one of the big kickers was that I could do anything I wanted with the plants in the yard. I could remove plants, or, more importantly to me, I could plant plants.So when I bought some herbs at the garden center earlier this week, what did I do? I put them in pots instead. This way I can bring them inside for the winter. There is a perfect spot for them in the

A few more pictures

2009-05-26T22:27:00.000-07:00

I've taken a couple more photos of our new home. Only a couple because I've only gotten the kitchen/dining room completely settled, haha. Everything else is mostly good, but there are still a few boxes of decorations/art/pictures that I'd like to put up before taking pictures. All in due time. ;)Before I get the new pictures, I have something else: Pictures of our old home. You may not care, and

Miscellany Regarding Current Life

2009-05-25T22:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of my roses, as promised: Roses aren't something I would have chosen to plant, as I am super-practical and I'm not feeding my family roses, but darn those are pretty. Husband installed an over-the-range microwave today. It took him six hours. At one point I asked him alarmedly, "Did you just start a fire in the wall?!?" But in the end it turned out alright, and now I have a

We've Landed

2009-05-22T22:22:00.000-07:00

We've been "moved into" our house for two days now, and there are so many great things I don't know where to begin.Moving was extremely busy and exhausting, but we are mostly unpacked. There are a few home maintenance things that we've been doing, as I outlined in the last post. The list is not getting any shorter, no matter how hard we work on it. That's okay with me at this point, because it's

A Brief Update

2009-05-19T21:44:00.000-07:00

Tonight is our last night in the condo. Just about everything but the essentials and the furniture and all of Munchkin's stuff is at the new house. My kitchen is 90% organized and I hope to have it and the bathrooms done by tomorrow evening. I'm also taking Munchkin's bedroom stuff over tomorrow morning too, in one fell swoop (or van load). My intent was to make sure she felt comfortable while we

It's Go Time

2009-05-14T13:45:00.000-07:00

We get the keys this evening! Hurray! Our Realtor is dropping them off at 5:00. And the chaos will then commence. I honestly don't know what kind of free time I'll have to write for the next week or so. So I'm not going to make any promises until the end of next week, although I hope to pop on once or twice to update. I'm so happy!

No Pain, No Gain

2009-05-13T22:35:00.000-07:00

Well, we went and signed papers yesterday. Surprisingly, there wasn't that much to sign. We had to sign almost as much paperwork just to get pre-approved for our loan before we even went house hunting. Anyway, it was pretty anti-climatic, as we don't get the keys until tomorrow. We were supposed to close no later than today, but who-knows-what happened behind the scenes and we have to be extra

Not Buying It: Week 2

2009-05-11T23:14:00.000-07:00

Here's my update for the Not Buying It Challenge:Clothing: No update. Haven't bought anything, and haven't saved anything from certain destruction.Food: If I was limber enough to kick myself in the face, I would totally do it. I bought three pounds of ground beef on sale last week and forgot to re-package it to freeze it, so it went bad. There is nothing about being a HausFrau that infuriates me

My Mother's Day Gift

2009-05-10T14:50:00.001-07:00

I was busy packing up my linen closet, trying to figure out how to cram all of the miscellany that ends up in there into boxes so that I won't be too confused when I unpack them. I was concentrating hard, and I felt like I was in the middle of a mess.I looked up and Munchkin was standing there, still as a gravestone. Her face was beet red. Her eyes bulged. She didn't breathe. Her face told me she

Doing Not Thinking: Week 2

2009-05-10T00:12:00.000-07:00

Phew! I just spent several hours on Husband's computer geeking out to Diablo II. My wrist hurrrts. I think that was the first time I've played that kind of mind-sucking computer game in a LONG time. Oh wait, I remember playing WoW when I was like, eight months pregnant, so it's been a little over two years.Please excuse the previous paragraph. The move has made me a bit...cracked. I guess I'm

Jumping In

2009-05-07T23:21:00.001-07:00

Have you ever gone swimming with your friends on the first nice day of the year? The pool isn't quite warm yet but you have been waiting all winter for this day, and you don't want to get in because it's going to be almost unbearably cold. You dread it. But you remind yourself that it won't last too long, and after that you and your friends will have a lot of fun. That seems reassuring, but you

Seven Days

2009-05-06T21:45:00.000-07:00

Seven days from now we're going to be homeowners. I could type a book on it, but I think I've already said what I needed to say regarding how freaking awesome that's going to feel. But now I'm starting to understand the dread, the ball in the pit of my stomach, calling, "You can't go back nooooooooow!..." The huge responsibility. Of course, this sinking feeling comes right on the heels of every

Laryngitis For My Fingers

2009-05-04T21:52:00.001-07:00

Did you know that it's incredibly hard to type when two of your fingers are buddy taped together? Well, it is. So here's a picture!

Not Buying It: Week 1

2009-05-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

Stay with me here, I'm working with a bum finger. Husband and Munchkin and I were roughhousing earlier tonight and while I was trying to block a beach ball flying at my head at breakneck speed, I somehow jammed my finger into my own thigh. Oh wait. Uhh, that's not what happened. I was fighting off muggers mugging a helpless old lady, and during the melee, I jammed my finger. It didn't hurt. Not a

Doing Not Thinking: Week 1

2009-05-02T21:38:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week I found an awesome blog via The Organic Sister called Two Frog Home. She has a challenge going on right now called Doing Not Thinking. Basically I interpreted it as a challenge for me, a chronic procrastinator by way of overthinking things as a mental block to doing them, to STOP the superfluous thinking and just do it. I've got three goals for the Doing Not Thinking challenge.

Naked Time

2009-05-01T20:42:00.000-07:00

Munchkin: Pee floor.Me: Did you pee on the floor?Munchkin: Yes.Me: Show me.Munchkin leads me to a soaked section of carpet in her bedroom, smiling proudly.Me: *sigh*

Prepare for Launch

2009-04-30T22:44:00.001-07:00

We found out this week that our home loan was approved. Interestingly enough, I didn't jump for joy or throw a parade when I got the news. They could have told me that it was partly cloudy outside and I would have had the same reaction. Ho-hum. There really isn't much to do to mark the occasion, anyway; there's still a couple of weeks until we close.One thing we DID do was go to a large home

Warm Fuzzies Tuesday: My Awesome Neighbors

2009-04-28T15:03:00.001-07:00

Ever since we moved into our condo way back in July of 2006, we've had these awesome neighbors that live across our sidewalk and upstairs. They are a family of five: what I presume to be a mom, dad and three kids (teenage son, younger teenage daughter, and elementary-school-aged daughter). They work in the athletic industry; perhaps they own a gym? I'm not sure, but I know the mom is a personal

Weekly Menu and a First for Munchkin

2009-04-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

This Week's Menu:Monday: Leftover Spicy Chicken SoupTuesday: Calzones (Betty Crocker Cookbook recipe) and Salad (that TL and Randy brought over last Saturday...there's a lot left!)Wednesday: Braised Herb Chicken Thighs with PotatoesThursday: Husband's Burritos (which are more like enchiladas but I'm not gonna argue)Friday: Tortellini with marinara sauce and SaladSaturday: Chicken Soup (made from

Scullery Maid

2009-04-23T23:11:00.001-07:00

Well, I finally found my motivation and cleaned the daylights out of our home. Not that I'm aiming to knock my MIL's socks off, so to speak, with my awesomely sparkly home (okay, maybe a little), but it needed the cleaning anyway in preparation of us moving out next month. Just a little less to scrub, know what I mean? I gave it my all, and now I'm pooped.Now, after a long, hard day's work, it is

The Eight-Legged Monster of Terror

2009-04-22T15:13:00.000-07:00

I've been cleaning. Or, should I say, meaning to clean. Haha. I was just minding my own business when the biggest house spider I've ever seen practically galloped across my living room floor. I grabbed my ever-ready Dyson and sucked it up. (I was holding the hose with my hand and that sucker was so big it STUNG my hand as it hit the hose where I was holding it!) Now, I'd like to believe it's dead

Weekly Menu and a Panic Attack

2009-04-20T22:35:00.000-07:00

This Week's Menu:Monday: Scallops MascarponeTuesday: Southwest Chicken and Mexican Rice (since we didn't get to it last week)Wednesday: Roast Chicken with mashed potatoes, canned corn, and (commercially-prepared, prepackaged but oh-so-yummy) stuffingThursday: Meatball Sandwiches, plus Chicken Stock from yesterday's chicken carcassFriday, Saturday, and Sunday: One of these days we'll have Spicy

We Now Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming...

2009-04-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

Wow. Just wow. Kids Band Playing Journey @ Yahoo! Video

Action-Packed Friday!

2009-04-17T21:34:00.000-07:00

Munchkin and I had an action-packed day. I haven't had a day so busy in...*checking my calendar*...well, I can't even think of a day that's been so busy with just the two of us. I'm so tired I could fall asleep right now, and it's only 9:35.This morning we headed off to Newberg for a playdate with Nicole and her kids, Ciara and Oliver (who is Munchkin's age) at the playground. It was nice and

Letter to our Upstairs Neighbor

2009-04-16T14:38:00.000-07:00

Hello, Neighbor.I just thought I'd write you a letter telling you we will be moving in a month. You see, we are buying our very own house. It's a cute little house with a big backyard with a fence and a gate so your dog can't come over and poop in it. Which is great, because now I won't have to endure "Abby, go potty! Abby, go potty!" over and over, right outside my living room window.It's been a

She grows a little more every day

2009-04-15T14:23:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't you know it, only a few days after I wrote about how Munchkin doesn't seem to understand how to work the Tupperware Shape-O toy, she figured it out! She brought it to me while I was busy, so I just dumped out all the shapes and left her alone. She brought it back later with all but two pieces inside, and proceeded to demonstrate how she did it with the remaining pieces. My eyes

Learning Moment

2009-04-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

Don't chop up jalepeños and then pick your nose. Don't ask me how I know this.That is all.

Food for thought

2009-04-13T16:37:00.000-07:00

I'm not a perfect person. Nobody is. We all have our habits and hangups.Sure, I'd like to think everything is okay. Peachy keen. Hunky-dory. But then, I have days like this.It seems like a good idea at the time......but then the regret and remorse (not to mention the sugar headache) kick in.Tomorrow is a new day.

Weekly Menu, now with Bonus Photo!

2009-04-13T15:21:00.000-07:00

This Week's Menu:Monday: Baked Teriyaki Chicken with Rice and BroccoliTuesday: Chili and CornbreadWednesday: Homemade PizzaThursday: Greek Pasta with Tomatoes and White BeansFriday: Southwest Chicken and Mexican RiceSaturday: Lemon Ginger Shrimp with Grilled VeggiesSunday: leftovers or something quick to whip up"Life into Death"

Easter SHEEP! and Rainbow Barf

2009-04-12T18:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! When Munchkin woke up this morning and had her fill of breastmilk (a toddler's version of a steaming cup of joe), I reminded her that the Easter Bunny was supposed to come last night. "PRESENTS?!" was her reply. She ran out to the living room and discovered a small basket of goodies, eyes wide with awe. Her loot included sidewalk chalk, colored pencils, hair clips, and a little

What's old is new again

2009-04-11T13:16:00.000-07:00

I’d like to share the toys that Munchkin loves to love, because I enjoy seeing the toys behind the kids. Here’s an installment of playthings from my own childhood that are now part of hers. I’m not sure what these are called. I remember that my grandparents had them at their house. They were fun to make different play-things with. They can really be anything that’s rope-shaped, like snakes or

The Ambivalent Nature of Springtime in Oregon

2009-04-10T15:01:00.000-07:00

Someone please inform the weatherman that it is now spring in Oregon and all the clouds and rain should go away now. We had such a beautiful weekend last week, and now this cloudy, mopey mess is just driving me crazy and giving me spring fever. I'm tired of wearing sweaters and putting on jackets, tired of constantly monitoring the in-wall space heaters for blankets or bookbags or Munchkins in

The Library

2009-04-09T15:09:00.000-07:00

You know, there are good handful of reasons why the relationship between Husband and me should be strained. A least according to things like "studies" and "research" and strange door-to-door pastors. I've read countless times (and it is repeated countless times by conservative groups) that living together before marriage increases the likelihood of divorce. Husband and I lived together for a year

Terrible Twos

2009-04-08T23:03:00.000-07:00

This week's menu:Monday: BBQ Chicken, mashed potatoes, cornTuesday: Baked Salmon, brown rice, steamed asparagusWednesday: Japanese Chicken Wings, Baked Potato SkinsThursday: King Ranch Chicken CasseroleFriday: Italian Sausage Soup with TortelliniSaturday: (leftover day)Easter Sunday: Ham (that Husband got at Christmas from his work), Twice-Baked Potatoes, Corn, homemade rollsThings have been

Home

2009-04-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

Home. Where is home? I've always liked the cliché "Home is where the heart is," because it describes what home feels like well enough for me. I never had to question where this place called 'home' was until I went to college. Of course, during my freshman year, 'home' was still my parents' house. However happy I was to move out of it, it was still 'home' to me. Then, after my summer job on campus

What we have here is a failure to communicate

2009-04-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

Right now Munchkin is trying her darndest to tell me something. It involves cheese, the front door, an owl, the guinea pigs, and the phrase "Oh, no!" I haven't the slightest idea what she's trying to communicate, but she seems pretty upset about whatever it is. I wish I had an English <-> Toddler Dictionary.

Spring Cleaning

2009-04-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

This week's menu:Monday: California Rolls and Spicy Orange Shrimp (from PioneerWoman.com, but her site is down right now so I can't Linky)Tuesday: Chicken Salad Sandwiches (using leftovers from last week's roast chicken) and Sweet Potato FriesWednesday: Roast Beef with VegetablesThursday: Beef Curry with Vegetables and RiceFriday: Linguine with Chicken Thighs and garlic bread (also from PW)

Weekend Mash-up

2009-03-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

This week's menu:Monday: Tuna Fish Hot Dish (since we didn't have it last week)Tuesday: Roast Chicken and Vegetables (we didn't get to it last week either)Wednesday: Chicken Soup (broth is from last night's chicken carcass)Thursday: Tortellini and Marinara Sauce with Broccoli and Garlic BreadFriday: Taco PizzaSaturday: Firecracker Salmon with Brown Rice and a vegetableSunday: Leftovers or canned

Planet of the Monkeys

2009-03-20T21:43:00.000-07:00

Do you know that I have an entire monkey troupe in my home? An entire extended monkey family! Let me count them in my head...after the three we got this week, the count stands at ten. Ten monkeys. And they're all Munchkin's.When she was a littler munchkin, she bonded to a couple of similar-looking (of course) stuffed monkeys. One was a monkey that Husband got me for Valentine's Day when we were

My Baby is TWO!

2009-03-19T21:39:00.000-07:00

On this day two years ago, my belly was cut open, and out came a baby.While I could've done without the hack job, I can't complain about the baby. She has been the most angelic tot that ever lived in the history of the entire universe. Well, except for the sleeping part, but she's getting better. Now she only wakes up one or two times a night. I'll take that.I remember after her birth, when all

A Walk to Remember

2009-03-18T22:42:00.000-07:00

Today was brilliantly sunny, so Munchkin and I took a walk. Rather unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera. Bummer. She was so engrossed in her environment that it would have made some beautiful pictures. She was digging in the dirt with sticks and exploring all the micro-ecosystems on her level. She could have stayed out there all day long if I let her. She's just like me: when Husband and I

Diving in? do IT! do IT! do IT!

2009-03-17T21:59:00.000-07:00

This week's menu:Monday: Leftover General Tsao's Chicken and Rice that I made on SundayTuesday: Sloppy JoesWednesday: Spinach, Red Lentil and Bean Curry and RiceThursday: Roast Chicken and Veggies Friday: PizzaSaturday: Spicy Chicken Soup with Homemade Rolls and Chocolate Cake in honor of Munchkin's second birthday!Sunday: Tuna Fish Hot Dish, or leftovers if we have a lot leftWell, it looks like

Gargantuan Homebuying Diving Board of Doom

2009-02-13T22:31:00.000-08:00

We've been looking to buy a house for the last two and a half years. Actually, it was more like dreaming of buying a house. We knew it wasn't in the cards for us, but every few months or so one of us (usually me) would hop on a real estate listing website and peruse the local market. It was always a time filled with wishful thinking and re-committing to our household budget so that we could save

Wishful Thinking

2009-02-05T22:27:00.000-08:00

I want this house. Does anybody have an extra $100,000 so I can buy it tomorrow?Most Awesome-ist House Ever To ExistalsoMore of the Awesome-ist HouseWe here in the der Anderson Haushalt (that's the Anderson Household for those of you who care not to speak the coolest language on the planet, GERMAN) are lookin' to buy a home in the next few months. So I've been kind of obsessed with the local

Books that I've Read and Recommend

2009-01-23T14:48:00.000-08:00

The list is kind of sparse. I'm often too busy daydreaming to read.Regarding Pregnancy/Birth/Midwifery/Doula(ing? Is Doulaing a word?):"Spiritual Midwifery" by Ina May Gaskin"Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler"Breastfeeding Your Baby" by Sheila Kitzinger"The Birth Partner" by Penny SimkinRegarding Christianity:The Bible"The Organic God" by Margaret FeinbergRegarding Growing Food:"

About

2009-01-22T22:17:00.000-08:00

To view my Blogger profile page, click here.My name is HausFrau, and I am a stay-at-home mom and homemaker. This means I watch television and eat bon-bons all day long. Just kidding. I only do that on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I started this blog around my daughter’s second birthday and during our quest to buy a house. It’s been a great creative outlet and stress reliever. It’s much more effective