Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
call me crazy
I'm the proud owner of these, as of today (actually, I still owe my brother-in-law $20 for them). He won them for me at a local auction. Still deciding how many to keep, what on earth I will do with them, and how many to sell. But I am in love with them. All they need is a little cleaning and a coat of paint to get rid of the rust colored metal legs.
They had orange, red, and green at the auction as well, all in lots of about 9-15 chairs. I would have loved some of each, but I was fortunate these two yellow chairs escaped to join my turquoise beauties. Apparently the scrap metal guys were snatching them up. Who knows, it might be a big waste of $20, but I think there is something charming about the little lab chairs. I see trendy retro decorating in my future.
AND, since the height is adjustable, if we use them at our dinner table we can all be the same height! A huge plus for this slightly less than 5 foot tall girl!
They had orange, red, and green at the auction as well, all in lots of about 9-15 chairs. I would have loved some of each, but I was fortunate these two yellow chairs escaped to join my turquoise beauties. Apparently the scrap metal guys were snatching them up. Who knows, it might be a big waste of $20, but I think there is something charming about the little lab chairs. I see trendy retro decorating in my future.
AND, since the height is adjustable, if we use them at our dinner table we can all be the same height! A huge plus for this slightly less than 5 foot tall girl!
Monday, December 3, 2012
December recap project
It's been so long since I wrote anything here that the Blogger interface has changed, and I was redirected to a new site. (!) I guess I should go look at my blog and make sure it hasn't grown up while I was away. Should I check for mature content?
Well, we are growing up in real life, too, and when I'm not here it means I'm watching it all happen. Some people are much better at multi-tasking, and I dream of being one those kind of moms... in fact, the other day I thought, I always thought I would be doing this mothering thing in a much grander way, like writing books, or who knows what. I'm not really sure what made me have those self-aggrandizing thoughts, but I was struck (again) with the humility of this mothering job, and how much I (apparently!) need more of that humility.
I'm already behind in the December photo project, although I do love it. The downside of that project for an unfaithful blogger like me is that once I actually make it here with a photo every day, I want to chat! So perhaps the December Photo Project is for regular bloggers who need a break from wordy posts during this busy month, a category in which I obviously do not fit. So I will word it up as long as I can in the month of December. Word it up. Hmmm. Surely there's a better way to say that. So maybe instead of pictures, I will try to make up for my lack of posting during 2012. Unless I disappear, which means someone needed a diaper change, spelling test, or dinner.
Let's start with a Thanksgiving recap, because...I brought my camera to our Thanksgiving celebration. We planned to host a meal here, and invited a few small families. My sister-in-law tried to invite several families, none of whom needed a place to spend the day. So we joined forces, and then a few days before Thanksgiving another good friend decided to join us (which added 9+ people!). So, in the end we had 19 children and 12 adults, making for a delightfully festive day.
These cute printables came from Amanda's Parties to Go...an Etsy shop that offered free Thanksgiving printables.The activity placemats were a hit with all the kids, and kept them busy while the adults were finishing up the last of the prep work.
Since I have to stay away from gluten and additives and preservatives, we had double of most foods and invited another family with similar allergies. We bought a pastured turkey from a local farm, and brined and cooked it using Pioneer Woman's recipes. Most of my the Pioneer Woman recipes adapted well to being gluten free. I made a pumpkin pie from Elana's Pantry, and felt just as stuffed as everyone else at the end of the day.
Well, we are growing up in real life, too, and when I'm not here it means I'm watching it all happen. Some people are much better at multi-tasking, and I dream of being one those kind of moms... in fact, the other day I thought, I always thought I would be doing this mothering thing in a much grander way, like writing books, or who knows what. I'm not really sure what made me have those self-aggrandizing thoughts, but I was struck (again) with the humility of this mothering job, and how much I (apparently!) need more of that humility.
I'm already behind in the December photo project, although I do love it. The downside of that project for an unfaithful blogger like me is that once I actually make it here with a photo every day, I want to chat! So perhaps the December Photo Project is for regular bloggers who need a break from wordy posts during this busy month, a category in which I obviously do not fit. So I will word it up as long as I can in the month of December. Word it up. Hmmm. Surely there's a better way to say that. So maybe instead of pictures, I will try to make up for my lack of posting during 2012. Unless I disappear, which means someone needed a diaper change, spelling test, or dinner.
Let's start with a Thanksgiving recap, because...I brought my camera to our Thanksgiving celebration. We planned to host a meal here, and invited a few small families. My sister-in-law tried to invite several families, none of whom needed a place to spend the day. So we joined forces, and then a few days before Thanksgiving another good friend decided to join us (which added 9+ people!). So, in the end we had 19 children and 12 adults, making for a delightfully festive day.
So much to be thankful for!
Friday, September 28, 2012
farewell rosemary
Our week-long vacation at Rosemary Beach made for a great time of rest, sun and warmth, and time with the kids. Good thing, because we heard our town had two frosts while we were gone! A week was just long enough; we are ready to get home, but a little part of us hates to leave all this behind.
Snapshots of our week:
Snapshots of our week:
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| Mom and the girls |
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| Winston and Shep playing Liebrary- a new game to add to our collection. Maybe for Christmas? |
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| Beach volleyball |
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| beach bum |
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| How can you resist a store called The Sugar Shak? |
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| Meals for 19 three times a day |
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| Building model ships...brought back some memories for Warren! |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sunny days
I know I left my last blog post with great expectations of getting right back to it the next day. That's my optimistic personality. Sure, I haven't blogged for months, but I will blog again tomorrow, friends!! No matter. As it turns out, getting ready for a week of relaxation is a lot of work! But so worth it. We are here, the kids are playing hard and going to bed exhausted, as are their parents. Not really- if we are tired it's just because we can't make ourselves get to bed at a decent time. But there's not much waiting for us in the morning except more play, so that's okay.
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| Cousins in their mostly sand-free place |
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Ten minute book review, part one
Well, I didn't realize how many people wanted to be happier and more productive. Who'd have thought? I've received threatening emails and everything!
I really do want to blog more often, but I need to learn to make it short (and probably to get up earlier). The time before 7:30am is so precious! It's 7am and my kids have been up for about 20 minutes doing what all kids love to do in the early hours of the morning: make clothes for their stuffed animals out of old socks. I need to ban these early rising habits.
I really do need to qualify and say that I put off reading this book for months, even though a friend gave it to me for Christmas. I read the section on preparing for babies, and then put it aside. I guess I had some preconceived ideas that this would be the run-of-the-mill organization book, and I've read so many of those (not that I'm practicing all those ideas...). My mom is the organizational queen. I read Organized Simplicity, and while I thought it was a beautiful book, and well laid out, it was a little disappointing in how little it offered me.
Even though I love charts, and schedules, and anything that makes life more peaceful, I think a teeny tiny part of me was worried this book would make me want to be an organizational robot, or that it would only "work" if I did everything exactly the way they recommended. And that didn't sound very appealing.
But this baby girl, as much as I love her, has rocked my world (and not necessarily in the slang way). After five months, I still did not have a regular laundry day, grocery time, etc. I just could NOT get into any kind of groove. It might not be her as much as adding number four. She hasn't taken well to much of a schedule (well, at least she doesn't want to follow one!) and while I'm okay with that, it made life tricky. Throw in homeschooling, starting a new business, raising animals, gardening...most days I just wanted to throw up my hands and say "it's too much!" I went to bed almost every night wishing I could race to sleep so I could wake up and start my never-ending to-do list before it ate me. Ministry and hospitality? That was sort of a dream because everything else was piling up and slowing down enough to enjoy company was hard to justify. Work first, then play, right?
And while my work load hasn't changed at all (in fact the opposite is true...love the fresh milk!) :) it all seems much more manageable. I was working so hard, but overlooking some obvious ways in which to bring order to our home. Most of the information could be gleaned from my Mom, or other friends in similar stages of life, but the great thing about this book is that it's all in one place. No need to call your mentor at 11pm wondering how to get the mending done when you can barely get your laundry folded.
So, my ten minutes are up, but I'll try to add more tomorrow:
I really do want to blog more often, but I need to learn to make it short (and probably to get up earlier). The time before 7:30am is so precious! It's 7am and my kids have been up for about 20 minutes doing what all kids love to do in the early hours of the morning: make clothes for their stuffed animals out of old socks. I need to ban these early rising habits.
I really do need to qualify and say that I put off reading this book for months, even though a friend gave it to me for Christmas. I read the section on preparing for babies, and then put it aside. I guess I had some preconceived ideas that this would be the run-of-the-mill organization book, and I've read so many of those (not that I'm practicing all those ideas...). My mom is the organizational queen. I read Organized Simplicity, and while I thought it was a beautiful book, and well laid out, it was a little disappointing in how little it offered me.
Even though I love charts, and schedules, and anything that makes life more peaceful, I think a teeny tiny part of me was worried this book would make me want to be an organizational robot, or that it would only "work" if I did everything exactly the way they recommended. And that didn't sound very appealing.
But this baby girl, as much as I love her, has rocked my world (and not necessarily in the slang way). After five months, I still did not have a regular laundry day, grocery time, etc. I just could NOT get into any kind of groove. It might not be her as much as adding number four. She hasn't taken well to much of a schedule (well, at least she doesn't want to follow one!) and while I'm okay with that, it made life tricky. Throw in homeschooling, starting a new business, raising animals, gardening...most days I just wanted to throw up my hands and say "it's too much!" I went to bed almost every night wishing I could race to sleep so I could wake up and start my never-ending to-do list before it ate me. Ministry and hospitality? That was sort of a dream because everything else was piling up and slowing down enough to enjoy company was hard to justify. Work first, then play, right?
And while my work load hasn't changed at all (in fact the opposite is true...love the fresh milk!) :) it all seems much more manageable. I was working so hard, but overlooking some obvious ways in which to bring order to our home. Most of the information could be gleaned from my Mom, or other friends in similar stages of life, but the great thing about this book is that it's all in one place. No need to call your mentor at 11pm wondering how to get the mending done when you can barely get your laundry folded.
So, my ten minutes are up, but I'll try to add more tomorrow:
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Long lost hello
Doesn't everyone take 4-month breaks from blogging? I think I come by it naturally. Except when my Mom posts she is hi-larious. I do not come by that naturally. Must have gotten my dad's serious genes.
I can't even begin to catch you up on life around here, but it is full and good, as usual. The baby has enormous thighs (she comes by that naturally), and is the joy of our house. She is a high-maintenance lady, but as my mother-in-law says, "All women are high maintenance." We still love her like crazy, and since we've done this four times over now, I find myself a little more willing to roll with the personalities God sends to our family. She's almost 7 months old (!!?!) and not quite crawling. That's fine with me, because we are heading to the beach in two weeks and I'd really like her to wait until we get back. I don't think she's going to acquiesce to my desires. Last month I cut about an 1 1/2 inches off her hair. It was in her eyes, and hanging below her ears in a few straggly places. I'm pretty sure I gave Thomas a major haircut around the same age, and they seem to have very similar hair.
We celebrated our 8th anniversary in June. Eleanor celebrated it with us, and was up all night with a fever and cried almost the entire time we were gone on our day trip. We got these pictures...but nothing together. Kids do change things! We are learning to appreciate the seasons.
The kids enjoyed Cousins Camp in July right after that crazy storm we had that knocked out our power for three days. There are twenty-three cousins (for now...one more girl coming in December!) 13 and under on Warren's side. Here's the woman who started this week-o-fun with just 5 cousins back in the day. This picture was taken at a 4th of July picnic we had during Cousins Camp week.
Tomorrow begins week five of school for us; we started early to get in a good groove before stopping for our beach trip. I think that has happened, although we are finding new challenges to school this year. Thomas wants to be with us all the time, but isn't interested in much of what we're doing when it comes to real school work. We started using Tapestry of Grace in a very very laid back way, and he does love that. I love that my three year old knows about Egypt and where the Red Sea is on a map. Although this is also the child that points out the "Eiffel Tower" every time we pass a cell phone tower. Anyway, school chat could be an entirely different post, but that's not looking good with my record. The older two are taking off with reading (hooray!) and last week I found Adeline curled up on the couch with The Boxcar Children.
First day of school pictures...well, actually third day of school pictures. But close-enough. Cooper got the fishing gear for his birthday so he wanted to include it. Adeline has taken to wearing a bonnet as often as I will let her, although I draw the line when it comes to wearing it in public. Thomas doesn't sit still much, so the picture was apropos.
In farm news, next weekend we will process and sell our last batch of birds. We are sold out, which is always a blessing, and it will be such a nice "finish" to our second season of raising pastured poultry. We are also sold out of pork, but the pigs will stick around a little longer. We need them to get bigger and we'd like to put them on our garden plot and let them tear it apart. Warren is outside now building a stanchion for....brace yourself....our cow. Yes, we have a miniature jersey as of yesterday. I've spent the last two weeks watching a gazillion Youtube videos on cheesemaking. I'm already making yogurt on a regular basis, and I've made some ricotta from the whey, but those things take no skill. I think I'll just work on mozzarella for a few weeks, and that will give us what we need for some great pizza and lasagna. Then, once I get back from the beach I will tackle some cheddar.
Other than that, we've gardened, canned, dehydrated, finished the summer reading program and enjoyed the prizes, including trips to two local water parks, helped Warren's parents make a monumental move from the home they built 30+ years ago (located over an hour away) to just a few minutes away from us. Our church is renovating a frat house and turning it into a brick sanctuary; Warren is on the building committee and I'm on the aesthetics committee. I've learned all kinds of building terms, none of which are very interesting. But the building is looking great!
My book-reading plan has been a total flop, but I really want to tell you about one book I did read that has made me a happier mom, given us more time, and brought a huge amount of order to our lives. That will have to come another time, too.
So, my last four months in a nutshell. I think about blogging all the time, but that requires sitting down for longer periods of time than life allows. Is there some sort of voice memo blog app where I can just speak and all my thoughts get typed out for me? Did I forget to mention Warren bought me an iPod touch for my birthday? I was extremely hesitant about it (don't laugh...I know this isn't exactly new technology) but it's been great. He jokes that he got it for me so I could listen to children's music all day. :) And I retort that we do not listen to children's music all day, although we spend an inordinate amount of time listening to Story of the World.
The advantage of blogging four times a year is that a lot of the hard stuff is forgotten and life really looks rosy. There's plenty of hard stuff I'm leaving out, and even more I've forgotten. But God is good, all the time. And we are happy. See you in 2013!
I can't even begin to catch you up on life around here, but it is full and good, as usual. The baby has enormous thighs (she comes by that naturally), and is the joy of our house. She is a high-maintenance lady, but as my mother-in-law says, "All women are high maintenance." We still love her like crazy, and since we've done this four times over now, I find myself a little more willing to roll with the personalities God sends to our family. She's almost 7 months old (!!?!) and not quite crawling. That's fine with me, because we are heading to the beach in two weeks and I'd really like her to wait until we get back. I don't think she's going to acquiesce to my desires. Last month I cut about an 1 1/2 inches off her hair. It was in her eyes, and hanging below her ears in a few straggly places. I'm pretty sure I gave Thomas a major haircut around the same age, and they seem to have very similar hair.
The kids enjoyed Cousins Camp in July right after that crazy storm we had that knocked out our power for three days. There are twenty-three cousins (for now...one more girl coming in December!) 13 and under on Warren's side. Here's the woman who started this week-o-fun with just 5 cousins back in the day. This picture was taken at a 4th of July picnic we had during Cousins Camp week.
Tomorrow begins week five of school for us; we started early to get in a good groove before stopping for our beach trip. I think that has happened, although we are finding new challenges to school this year. Thomas wants to be with us all the time, but isn't interested in much of what we're doing when it comes to real school work. We started using Tapestry of Grace in a very very laid back way, and he does love that. I love that my three year old knows about Egypt and where the Red Sea is on a map. Although this is also the child that points out the "Eiffel Tower" every time we pass a cell phone tower. Anyway, school chat could be an entirely different post, but that's not looking good with my record. The older two are taking off with reading (hooray!) and last week I found Adeline curled up on the couch with The Boxcar Children.
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| Warren is presenting the older kids with their first Bibles |
In farm news, next weekend we will process and sell our last batch of birds. We are sold out, which is always a blessing, and it will be such a nice "finish" to our second season of raising pastured poultry. We are also sold out of pork, but the pigs will stick around a little longer. We need them to get bigger and we'd like to put them on our garden plot and let them tear it apart. Warren is outside now building a stanchion for....brace yourself....our cow. Yes, we have a miniature jersey as of yesterday. I've spent the last two weeks watching a gazillion Youtube videos on cheesemaking. I'm already making yogurt on a regular basis, and I've made some ricotta from the whey, but those things take no skill. I think I'll just work on mozzarella for a few weeks, and that will give us what we need for some great pizza and lasagna. Then, once I get back from the beach I will tackle some cheddar.
Other than that, we've gardened, canned, dehydrated, finished the summer reading program and enjoyed the prizes, including trips to two local water parks, helped Warren's parents make a monumental move from the home they built 30+ years ago (located over an hour away) to just a few minutes away from us. Our church is renovating a frat house and turning it into a brick sanctuary; Warren is on the building committee and I'm on the aesthetics committee. I've learned all kinds of building terms, none of which are very interesting. But the building is looking great!
So, my last four months in a nutshell. I think about blogging all the time, but that requires sitting down for longer periods of time than life allows. Is there some sort of voice memo blog app where I can just speak and all my thoughts get typed out for me? Did I forget to mention Warren bought me an iPod touch for my birthday? I was extremely hesitant about it (don't laugh...I know this isn't exactly new technology) but it's been great. He jokes that he got it for me so I could listen to children's music all day. :) And I retort that we do not listen to children's music all day, although we spend an inordinate amount of time listening to Story of the World.
The advantage of blogging four times a year is that a lot of the hard stuff is forgotten and life really looks rosy. There's plenty of hard stuff I'm leaving out, and even more I've forgotten. But God is good, all the time. And we are happy. See you in 2013!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
may 23: talking babies
Hello again. So much for every day in May. But here's my adorable excuse:
You see, it used to be I could prop her up on a pillow on my lap while I nursed, and have both hands to type away at the computer. Nursing is the only way I could ever commit to blogging every day, because I actually have MORE computer time than ever before. I sit down all throughout the day now, not just to eat my own meals! But in the last week Eleanor decided she wants to be ::::::gasp::::::: held while she's nursing. How a three-month old can have such strong opinions, I'll never understand. The one time she doesn't seem to mind me not holding her is this 10pm feeding (because she's half asleep). Of all the times a day I nurse her, 10pm is not when my mind is at it's sharpest.
So, if I don't show up here, that's where I am: in a chair, holding this long-haired baby girl.
I love it when they try to mimic your face
So, if I don't show up here, that's where I am: in a chair, holding this long-haired baby girl.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
may 18: bedtime rituals
Can I confess something? I love that my husband puts the kids to bed 75% of the time. I think it's good for the kids, because he hasn't spent as much time with them and still has fresh energy to hear their stories, requests, questions, etc. I am spent by the time 8:30pm rolls around, and I try to get through the stories, the songs, the prayers as cheerfully, and efficiently as possible. I'm working on that. I do treasure the time with them, all snuggly in their pjs (even if one of them insists on wearing fleece snowman pajamas in warm weather). I am trying to slow down and put aside the unfinished tasks of the day. But it is not easy for me. I know that before long, bedtime stories will be a thing of the past. I hope they are replaced by talks and questions, and relationship building activities. Which is why I know these rituals are so important now. We are not just singing and praying and back-rubbing; we are building trust and security. Most things worth having are hard work!
Friday, May 18, 2012
may 17: breaks (aka, the less favorite things)
Today is becoming one of those days. A day where we just have to put the routine aside and tackle a few looming projects before they get out of hand. The paperwork that got out of the drawer and sorted but never filed, so I put it in stacks under the bed. The clothes all ironed in the closet, ready to list on eBay but I have to write up the listings. The thank you notes I want to send. Cloth diaper covers to order (we're still using disposable, and she's almost three months old).
Life is so full of activity. It's good to have a routine so that when you decide to veer from it, you know what you are missing. I've told myself I will not weed the garden or even go outside until late in the day. Today is housecleaning day. So if you visit my house over the weekend, the floors will be extra dirty (even though we swiffer and sweep every single day). Actually, everything will be extra dirty. But the paperwork will be filed!!
In honor of taking a break, I thought I would take a break from my regular Every Day in May theme (i.e., My Favorite Things), and tell you a few things that are NOT favorites. Not that I'm complaining; these are just things I have to work harder for to be thankful:
After I finish nursing this baby, it's back to the grind (but not the garden or cleaning) for me.
Life is so full of activity. It's good to have a routine so that when you decide to veer from it, you know what you are missing. I've told myself I will not weed the garden or even go outside until late in the day. Today is housecleaning day. So if you visit my house over the weekend, the floors will be extra dirty (even though we swiffer and sweep every single day). Actually, everything will be extra dirty. But the paperwork will be filed!!
In honor of taking a break, I thought I would take a break from my regular Every Day in May theme (i.e., My Favorite Things), and tell you a few things that are NOT favorites. Not that I'm complaining; these are just things I have to work harder for to be thankful:
- slugs in my strawberries
- slugs in every part of my garden
- dirty feet from dirty floors
- cold tea (when it started out hot)
- not enough sleep
- paperwork in disarray
- old bandaids stuck to the floor
- clothes that don't fit right
- mending piles (but I love having "new" clothes!)
- wasting things
- unmailed letters (do you ever write a letter but forget to send it?)
- scratched cds/dvds
- missing library books
After I finish nursing this baby, it's back to the grind (but not the garden or cleaning) for me.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
may 16: a good haircut
The hormones have settled down, and the curls and waves are back. It was time for a new do. I always take a few pictures with me. I told her this was the goal:
But that I was worried I would end up looking like this:
Self-portrait:
The verdict: I look like the second picture right now, pre-shower and post-bed. But it's an easy remedy, and I think I will enjoy short hair for a season. The best thing my girl, Ashley, did was to show me how to secure a bobby pin well. This seems vital for controlling my new waves.
ETA: I looked through a myriad of YouTube videos, and this one seems to be the best. Not the best quality, but similar to what Ashley told me. The jist: put the bobby pin towards the hair you want to pull up, not across. And, buy decent bobby pins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Happy Thursday!
ETA: I looked through a myriad of YouTube videos, and this one seems to be the best. Not the best quality, but similar to what Ashley told me. The jist: put the bobby pin towards the hair you want to pull up, not across. And, buy decent bobby pins.
Happy Thursday!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
may 15: immersion blender (aka Baptist Blender)
I received this lovely gift for Christmas, and I'm not sure how I lived without it.
I use it once or twice a week for soups and sauces. And yesterday a friend introduced me to the idea of using it for salad dressing. Genius! (I know, I bet the rest of the world already does this. I'm always the last to find out things...) I used about 3:1 olive oil to red wine vinegar, added a little salt and a splash of honey, and threw in a few strawberries for good measure (because we have them around every day now). This is what we ended up with:
I know, it sort of looks like a smoothie. It was this incredibly creamy, smooth dressing. The hand blender perfectly emulsified the dressing- no further mixing needed (even a day later). We had this over spinach and that was our entire salad. If we are going to manage a salad every day it can't always be fancy. But this dressing kicked it up a notch or two. I make most of our salad dressing anyway, but now I am excited to experiment with all sorts of creamy delights!
Monday, May 14, 2012
may 14: fresh flowers
This weekend we had our first chicken processing day of the season, so Saturday morning was filled with slaughtering (sorry...I could say "processing" but I already used that word) and the afternoon was busy with customers and tidying up. Processing day is more like processing week, as we gear up and then tear down, so Warren declared yesterday "Grandmother's Day" and next Sunday "Mother's Day." So we will have our festivities next week. I was too tired yesterday to really care all that much, so it was fine by me.
However, someone didn't get the memo. When we arrived home from church and lunch with my inlaws, these were laying on the table next to my side door. Peonies, I think. (I'm still learning my flowers.) The huge white blossoms made a gorgeous bouquet, and I'm guessing one of my neighbors brought them by after cutting the flowers from their yard. What a sweet surprise!
However, someone didn't get the memo. When we arrived home from church and lunch with my inlaws, these were laying on the table next to my side door. Peonies, I think. (I'm still learning my flowers.) The huge white blossoms made a gorgeous bouquet, and I'm guessing one of my neighbors brought them by after cutting the flowers from their yard. What a sweet surprise!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
may 13: comfortable shoes
I was just outbid on these shoes.
Now, I'm not pretending that comfortable shoes= trendy shoes. I spent a good amount of time and money this last pregnancy on physical therapy/message and chiropractor visits because of hip problems, so I'm also not interested in pretending like I can wear anything other than a really supportive shoe. However, a great many supportive shoes were made for women whose hips are giving out due to age (although Harrison Ford may have actually been thinking about my problem when he made the little quip about it not being about the age but the mileage...). I can only presume they expect these wiser, aging women to also have failing sight because even brands I often appreciate make hideous looking shoes. So, anyone out there have a perfectly wonderful, comfortable sandal that can be worn with Sunday dresses (which in my case is not super dressy) or casual skirts? Young and old, share your thoughts.
Now, I'm not pretending that comfortable shoes= trendy shoes. I spent a good amount of time and money this last pregnancy on physical therapy/message and chiropractor visits because of hip problems, so I'm also not interested in pretending like I can wear anything other than a really supportive shoe. However, a great many supportive shoes were made for women whose hips are giving out due to age (although Harrison Ford may have actually been thinking about my problem when he made the little quip about it not being about the age but the mileage...). I can only presume they expect these wiser, aging women to also have failing sight because even brands I often appreciate make hideous looking shoes. So, anyone out there have a perfectly wonderful, comfortable sandal that can be worn with Sunday dresses (which in my case is not super dressy) or casual skirts? Young and old, share your thoughts.
Friday, May 11, 2012
May 11: Amazon Prime
I think this article from earlier in the year, The Cult of Amazon Prime, sums things up fairly well. Amazon Prime is a way of life, and these smart business people are reeling us in, and it would be pretty hard to give it up at this point in my life. We share an account with other family members, so the cost is about $15/year. SO worth it for the free 2-day shipping on everything that qualifies for Amazon Prime. I use the Subscribe and Save feature for food items (especially specialty allergy-friendly foods), herbs, wipes, and coffee and tea. We usually do shop around before going with Amazon, but most of the time the prices are comparable, and the shipping is free. I went through our most recent purchases and copied them here so you can see the diversity of items offered. As the author says, Prime is a cult you will be joining. And for anyone with a busy lifestyle, who prefers not to tote around four kids only to find the store is out of what you need, why wouldn't you??
- Sold by: Noram International Partners, Inc. ( seller profile )
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Adams Sales Book, 3.34 x 7.19 Inches,White and Canary, 2-Parts (50 Sets) (DC3705)
Canon Office Products LS-82Z Business Calculator -
Capsule Connection 5000 Bulk Wholesale Empty Gelatin Capsules, "00" size, 5 1000 count bags Sold by: Capsule Connection ( seller profile )
2 of 2 Inch Long Steel Spring Clamps 12pc Metallic Finish 
Pampers SoftCare Unscented Wipes 10x Box with Tub 720 Count -
3 of Rubbermaid Blue Ice Brand Weekender Pack 7" x 1.63" x 6.75 Sold by: GEEKSHIVE, INC. ( seller profile )
SPORTMiX Variety Puppy Biscuit Treats, 4-Pound 
Merial Frontline Top Spot Flea and Tick Control for 89-to-132-Pound Dogs and Puppies, 3 Doses Sold by: ProbioticSmart ( seller profile )
Carhartt Men's C-Grip Knuckler High Dexterity Vibration Reducing Glove, Grey, Large/X-Large 
Coffee Bean Direct Costa Rican Tarrazu, Whole Bean Coffee, 5-Pound Bag Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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Pair of Pace Maker Trekking Poles with small disks and vulcanized rubber feet Sold by: Norman D Garcia ( seller profile )
Frigidaire 316442301 Element for Range Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
Delivery Estimate: Friday April 6, 2012
Jarrow Formulas Milk Thistle Jarrow Silymarin 150mg, 200 Capsules Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
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