cultivating me

Did you turn your lights out for Earth Hour yesterday? We did – only because my sweetie remembered at the last minute! The little guy was already in bed which left the older two kids wondering why their parents had suddenly gone crazy running around looking for candles and yelling “Lights out! TV off!” It [...]

Well maybe not quite yet but I am feeling proud of myself today. I made bread – wheat bread – from scratch! This is something that I have never done before. It came out okay. I will let it rise a bit longer next time because it came out a little… short (so technical I [...]

I have been battling with taking better care of myself for some time now. I often find myself in a rut or a funk and it takes some serious effort to pull myself out. The weather here has been especially nice lately and that seems to have inspired me to get moving. While I have [...]

Or, at the very least, food to think about. I was catching up on my reading through Google Reader (I heart google reader) and came across this post. Ann has apparently been reading this book which is about one family’s journey to consume only locally grown foods for one year. Her post really got me [...]

I need some of your thoughts and advice…. I live in a 5 person household and we do NOT have a dishwasher. Add to that the fact that we have a very small sink and that adds up to me doing the dishes at least three times a day. Now I have enlisted my 13 [...]