a little inspiration

 You: :love to play your "dukar" guitar.  You have band practice every night you can with Papa. :love Papa the most.  When I walk in and you are already home with him you tell me to go away.  It makes me giggle. :always want to go see the bands on the weekend. :are really good at jumping and you love to do it.  Especially off the radiator cover in your room. You even "stick" the landing now and stay on your feet most times. :like to stay up late.  Sometimes we make you jump 100 or 200 times on your bed in an effort to wear you out.  It doesn't seem to work. :still love applesauce and yogurt. :are getting pickier about food.  Luckily your back up dinner is still peas. :Cannot pick up a stick without making it into a microphone. :are entertaining everyone. :really like stickers and markers.  This has been really wonderful, we even sometimes get a quiet dinner because you are peacefully stickering. :have just switched over to being ...

Here is a recipe I made up last week  and we have been enjoying.  It is perfect for rainy days and the dark fall evenings.  Enjoy! 2 smallish butternut squash, peeled and cubed 2 cans coconut milk 1 container of extra firm tofu, cubed 1/2 cup water 1/2 inch ginger, chopped  2 tablespoons coconut oil (or sesame oil) 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 teaspoon curry powder* salt and pepper to taste Add oil to large cooking pot.  Turn heat to medium.  Toss in garlic and ginger and heat till fragrant, about 1 minute.  Add curry and stir for 30 seconds.  Add squash, coconut milk and water.  Cover and turn heat up to medium high for 15 minutes. Uncover and turn heat down to simmer.  Add tofu.  Simmer until squash is tender (about 15 more minutes.) Add salt and pepper and serve like a stew or over your favorite whole grain.  This makes enough for two people to eat a few times and freeze a little too.  That way you cook...

I spent a while this morning trying to get a good picture of my new 'do. It was just me and the auto timer. Set in the normal place on the bedside table. But I was aiming for just the head really. And using the zoom, which I don't usually do. So it was a little tricky.  And the light was bad... Turns out the first one was the best. 

I have been on it over here.  New clients, good food, crocheting and sewing.  In addition to working in my favorite two boutiques in town.  How lucky am I?  Completely. There are a number of items from the store that have made there way into my closet and it is a constant source of inspiration.  After only getting out with out the child one day a week (at most!) for well over 2 years it feels great to be picking items which are both practical for my daily adventures and fashionable.  Imagine!  And while looking good isn't so important to me philosophically, feeling confident is.  And if looking good leads there- well, there are worse things!   When new things come into doubledutch and I unpack and steam them or help write up descriptions for the website (don't mind the type o's) I find myself falling in love with so many of the pieces that it would end up with me paying them to work there if I let it get out of control.  So I tak...

Today Desi got a sweater.  She is so cold she sleeps under the covers with us.  Happily.  Zo was so much harrier!  I can see Desi's pink skin right through her hair on most of her body. I was looking on ravelry to find something new to do with the yarn I had been knitting into a sweater.  Yeah- that whole knitting thing didn't really work out for me.  Maybe the next thing I try will be smaller.  I definitely can't count :)  Here is what my sweater looks like now: As I was looking I stumbled upon the pattern for a granny square dog sweater and figured- why not?  With crochet I can easily finish something like this in a couple of hours and whala!  Here you go. Isn't she sweet?  Her transition into the household is really going well.  I even bought her some balls to play with because she is finally getting playful.  And frisky.  And she isn't too afraid of the Bug as long as he doesn't have a drum stick in his h...