Wednesday, March 30, 2011

family, cupcakes and dirty laundry

we had chris' brother darrell and his wife jenny to the house for a little weekend vacay. i had to work all weekend, but somewhere in between i baked a few cupcakes.

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these are just a vanilla cupcake with my insanely sweet buttercream frosting. and there were hot cocoa ones with buttercream frosting. needless to say there were none left after the weekend.

i(we) also spent alot of time watching fosters home for imaginary friends, flipping through magazines, cuddling puppies and playing hangman. all in all a great weekend.

now that the week has commensed and were all the way to the end of wednesday, i thought it high time to add some words to the page. i spent monday and tuesday at work and today dealing with dental appointments and insurance woes. it seems to me if we pay monthly into our insurance policies, the least our companies could do would be take care of us without any extra fees and deductables. but alas...we do live in the united states of america. moving on. other than that i spent the rest of the day doing laundry and reading - the dirty life by kristin kimball.

copyright 2010 simon & schuster

sidenote: if you have a man in your life whom you love that has a passion for farming or you yourself have a passion for farming, go for it. im gonna and this book has done nothing but
confirm my incessant need for a life on a farm. pick it up at the library, it's great.
anyway, that's a topic for another discussion, very soon.

Friday, March 18, 2011

a beginning

in an effort to begin a more thoughtful, self sustaining and healthy lifestyle, i am creating this blog. here i will chronicle my adventures, to keep myself accountable; and also entertain with whatever tidbits of my life that i feel folks may enjoy or benefit from. in this bustling modern world we live in, i and mine try to keep things as simple as possible and in doing so have come across so many things i'm excited to share. you'll find everything here, from recipes and crafts to campfire stories and advice for a simpler life. i hope you enjoy!