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Vermicomposting with Children

April 17, 2012 in DIY Life, Homeschooling, Indoor activities, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Natural Gardening. Sometimes Organic, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist

I won’t say it’s a boy thing– since it isn’t. But the Small People do love insects, arachnids (spiders), and annelids (worms). Now, because they are tech-age kids, they will dig for a few minutes, give up, then move over to stand 8.5 inches away from my leg, waiting for whatever worms I find. It makes my chest hurt that they don’t have enough patience to dig for their own worms. Which begins the choruses [...]

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Spider Pig is Your Friend

April 15, 2012 in Just Life, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

I often finding it refreshing (and–dare I say– fun?) to volunteer at Zach’s preschool. It’s extremely helpful to observe his interaction with Other Small People Unrelated to Him. My last volunteer day was also music day, and it was then that I was first introduced to Spider Pig. Apparently one of the other parents just loves the Spider Pig song. I saw a trying-to-be-cool-by-not-conforming-teenager wearing a Spider Pig t-shirt this afternoon, and when I mentioned [...]

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Flower Shaped Soap

April 11, 2012 in Just Life, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Upcycling, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Okay, so the newest viral facebook thing is a post (both well-written and topical) about the dark lure of perfection, as represented on pinterest. As a woman who regularly tries–and fails–at some brilliant thing I’ve found on the internet, I get–and agree– with the point she is making. No one should look at another person’s life– as they are representing it on the internet– and assume complete objectivity. Very few people showcase their failures, or [...]

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Gone Fishing

April 10, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Just Life, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

One of the many traditions of my childhood included these day-long fishing trips with my father. “Oh, how sweet”, you are thinking, father/daughter bonding. That would be a HELL NO it wasn’t sweet, folks. My mom used to make him take me to get a break (from moi?! I cannot imagine why!) My Dad would agree because he wanted to fish. Eventually these trips morphed into a form of on-location punishment for my (and likely [...]

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Dirtbag

April 7, 2012 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, DIY Life, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Natural Gardening. Sometimes Organic, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Upcycling

Dirt. Soil. Gardening. Add good plants to bad soil and you might as well just go ahead and throw them in the garbage. Usually. Bad soil equals plant stress, which is like hanging a neon welcome sign for disease, bugs, and looking crappy. I want to submit our yard as the master gardener final exam. Look- a representative sample of every turf weed in NC. As you embark on your manual weed control (aka, hand [...]

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Got Juice? Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

April 5, 2012 in Just Life, Raising these kids, Raising these Parents, Weight Loss, Women's Health

I went through a documentary phase and netflix made a (surprisingly) pertinent recommendation– Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. I am fascinated with the sheer amount of bad foot we all eat. My lifestyle– though better– still needs improvement. I do love my precious-es…internet, and books. I tried once to internet surf while running on the treadmill– not recommended. In order for the eventual adults I’m raising to make informed food choices, they need the knowledge [...]

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Spring Allergies

March 29, 2012 in Allergies- Food and Environment, Just Life, Raising these kids

In this house, three out of the four people, and one of the two dogs have seasonal allergies. It’s just me and Cruizer– the dog who knocked me off the treadmill during a thunderstorm– that are enjoying the smell of the flowers right now. Misty, the old bitch (shush- that’s a technical term!) scratching herself on everything, and doing the sneeze-in-my-face after farting-near-my-nose. I think the farting is just her getting old– but zOMG. The [...]

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DIY Master Bathroom upgrade

March 28, 2012 in DIY Life, Just Life, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects

We finished this particular DIY bathroom upgrade project a year ago, but I never got around to scratching out the details. And since I have lost my motivation to finish the kitchen remodel, I needed a boost. Especially now that Zach is wandering around and asking when we can throw a big party thus providing me with a deadline. So, here’s how we spent about $1500 dollars on a bathroom upgrade that has an estimated [...]

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The Lorax Project

March 27, 2012 in DIY Life, It's Easy Being Green, Just Life, Natural Gardening. Sometimes Organic, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Politics, Raising these kids

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not. Sigh. People I just… sigh. Perhaps Dr. Suess had a bit of the Nostradamus, or maybe the warning theme of corporate greed and environmental waste was appropriate in the Seventies, too (cough-COUGH). Not like there weren’t any gas/environment/recession problems back then, right? Zach missed a Nate the Great play last week that I – GASP- had the gall to [...]

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Dr. Suess Quotes

March 25, 2012 in Favorite Children's Books, Just Life, Life Lessons, Pinterest, Crafts, and Home Decor Projects, Politics, Raising these kids

Anyone that has spent more than an hour of time in a Small Person’s* life will agree: some books you will read a thousand–NOT hyperbole– times. From that sampling of literary repetitiveness, some– and this doesn’t even twinge my tree-hugging, hippie conscience– will be lost, left, and/or otherwise metaphorically (!) burned. A precious thing, sanity. But never a Suess book; not possibly that. How ever could you possibly hate The Cat in the Hat? —->Shiny [...]

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