tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66619759828440964682024-03-13T11:27:38.816-08:00Taking Julia NorthWhat goes on during a long winter in a small village, and our life besides.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-3291374773844693952015-08-14T20:17:00.001-08:002015-08-14T20:17:47.496-08:00Midsummer wanesMidsummer:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the once-a-year flown in from Maine lobster sale at our local market. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">can anything be cooler to a toddler than grandpa's truck? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">belated birthday gifts! the best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road trip to Oregon! So close to arriving!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the oregon coast. so very different than the san juan islands. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to Neskowin to my Aunt and Uncle's house to celebrate my Granny Helen Coffey's 90th birthday with the 4th of july festivities. She is a lifelong amazingly accomplished quilter and we had a show of just a fraction of the hundreds of quilts she has made in her lifetime. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">truly an amazing woman. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then, in true Helen fashion, she gave them all away. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had a great time with family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bocce ball on the beach! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sponsored by Base Camp, my cousin's brewery. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then we drove back home to Lopez, accompanied by family to continue vacationing. My Aunt Jean joined us from Minnesota so we had to show her a good Lopez time! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hunting sea glass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kayaking (note my sleeping offspring)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">croquet. only play if you are prepared to have the snot beaten out of you. they are cutthroat from a childhood of constant croquet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">good times with Grandpoppa Jack.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of coffee and sunshine and chatting and walking and laundry and good food. over too soon!<br />the only reason I could bear to face the departure day was:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea and Sky came home! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet Sea Flower Mermaid In The Deep and <span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Sky Flower Mermaid In The Deep</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">houses to attract the fairies </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">settling in just fine </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nothing entertains a crowd like a lawnmower </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and some lazy afternoons at the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">contemplating cherries and life </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but not long after one crowd left, another arrived! Sky made a new friend, </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and volcanos...<br />We're gearing up for more dear friends coming to visit and making preparations to host my sister Caroline's wedding here in our yard on sept 19th! School work is ramping up for Dave and summer is winding down for us. Julia's first school supplies have been purchased. Life will soon change! </td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-68236055056684252552015-06-24T09:32:00.000-08:002015-06-24T09:32:16.766-08:00a garden update for Juneblog crazy! two posts in one week!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a look at what's blooming away here right now. We're trying to make a new flower bed around these rocks. They are up against some heavy abuse as both julia and theo now adore playing on this rock, some of them wearing stilettos. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A volunteer poppy. I've never seen such a fancy poppy. None like this grew last year. I don't know where it came from. its in with the strawberries that are starting to ripen. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">these peas are by far the best I've ever grown. they are about 12 feet tall and not stopping. The peas on the other half of the fence are about 3 feet tall. the potatoes in front grew huge then the vines laid over. i'm not too sure if they just do that or if i'm supposed to dig them already. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of herbs and roses are starting to bloom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dave's garden is shaping up nicely. greens, kale, beans, cucumbers, dill, flowers, garlic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so are his tomatoes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the raspberries are starting to fruit. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">calendula and poppies are blooming. I'm drying the calendula for use in soap and creams, and I'll collect the poppy seeds for baking. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our little cherry tree is producing right now. The apple and pear are setting fruit. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a new bed I dug this spring, full of beans, kale, onions, peas. in the very back are some honeyberry, currants, a gogi berry, and a thorneless blackberry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's fairy gardens are blooming away. she uses the blooms for flower "soup." Having her own flowers to pick anytime generally saves mine from constant picking, but she is pretty interested in claiming any new garden space being dug as "hers" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I planted artichokes and cardoons. not sure which is which. they should perennialize here. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still watching wyatt, the babies are buddies now, interacting all the time. mostly nicely. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and one last photo. mini chef on the beach. </td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-65666835098822955202015-06-21T16:00:00.002-08:002015-06-21T16:00:56.084-08:00Aaaand summer's here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A big spring project was building a chicken tractor to hold our meat birds this summer. I collected scrap wood from a home building site and my friend Jainie helped me with the construction. I'm still in the process of covering it with hardware mesh but i'll have to finish soon as our 30 birds currently residing in the garage will soon have to move into it! More photos on that soon. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lopez holiday is the Procession of the Species, a parade in which all are invited to dress as a species of choice. Julia dressed as a momma bird with her babies in the nest. Paradeing comes naturally to Julia. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this April, Theo had his first birthday! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had a small party and he had his cake! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">life for him then was all about climbing into things. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she also got a promise of a kitty! (an outdoor mouser-type kitty!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">everyone around here is in love with lawn mower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's kindergarten teacher took her out paddleboarding!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad graduated from a year long leadership program hosted by a neighboring island. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia had her last day of preschool! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've kicked off swimming lessons, and Julia is soooo thrilled to go to them. She realllllllly wants to learn to swim. <br />In other goings on, I lightened my schedule a lot by finishing my term on the preschool board and I gave my job baking at the Bay back to the friend who gave it to me. That may just be for the summer, but I'm enjoying the break! baking late at night was getting to be too much. I'm still doing some childcare and my EMT work but with running the house and garden and kids, that's plenty! Dave has been home lots the last few days, as he had a minor surgery to fix an umbilical hernia. It's been pretty great to have him ignore work for a few days, but he's not supposed to lift more than 10 lbs for a month! We've been spending lots of mornings working around the house and afternoons at the beach. Theo has taken to walking beautifully and is constantly up to some sort of schenanagans. Most often it is emptying the house one object at a time, throwing it off the porch, and heading back for more. Soon we will head to Oregon to celebrate my grandma's 90th birthday followed by my family's arrival here for a few days. Our kitty is almost ready to come live with us, we might get a few more layer hen chicks, maybe another duck or two... and after that it will be late summer already!!</td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-75942171957269358382015-04-16T20:33:00.001-08:002015-04-16T20:33:35.287-08:00spring spring sprung<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life on Lopez lately</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still taking care of extra babies. That got easier as the weather got nicer! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia still adores Theo. bathtime buddies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">why hello there momma dinosaur! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and hello there pretty butterfly (we went to the pacific science center) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing like the beach in February! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"well hey there, pretty lady!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"oh shoot, my chaperone showed up"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then the great aunties showed up! we met Kathy and Deena from Maryland. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theo's all "meh, i've seen sand once before"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"but the garden, that's awesome!" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more than awesome are the things i'm not supposed to climb on, like the old shower doors moonlighting as a greenhouse. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Richard made Julia a swing! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then we transitioned to an all afternoon bbq for Dave. Many pieces of meat larger than Theo were consumed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sooo much party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After that was family visits. auntie sandwich. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandmomma Dawn sewed Julia a twirly dress. The same pattern she used for my dress when i was 5!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris Vass, an exchange student from Hungary who is spending the year with my parents and Olaf came along.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia was so thrilled to have big boys to play with her. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all too soon it was tears at the ferry landing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and my life was back to babies and babies and big girls. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a great easter. I squirreled away all Julia's bunny and chicken toys awhile ago and hid them all with the easter eggs. Theres still a few easter eggs she hasn't found yet! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Theo found one too! That's all my photos for now. Theo is on the very verge of walking so hopefully I'll have a video of that to post soon! I'm savoring the sight of him crawling now since I know it won't last long. </td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-44630413385626961662015-01-10T08:47:00.003-09:002015-01-10T08:47:22.422-09:00Since September<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I turned 31! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia started her 2nd and final year of preschool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I have spent many hours nursing my little sumo wrestler of a baby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I got to meet Hazel, a baby who grew in partial thanks to my donated breast milk!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">lots of ferry commuting. at least it's pretty! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">two teeth came in, closely followed by 4 more. I am a new convert to the Amber Teething Necklace cult</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">one random day we met Sasquach. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">We picked pumpkins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo is adored by his godparents </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">and by pretty much everyone. i mean really. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo's a fan of Grandpa Dave<br /> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8rmvWpG1vVo/VKxVuaxnZAI/AAAAAAAAGBY/D4tBM04u48o/s1600/IMG_6778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8rmvWpG1vVo/VKxVuaxnZAI/AAAAAAAAGBY/D4tBM04u48o/s1600/IMG_6778.jpg" height="320" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">We pressed SOOOOO much cider!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Halloween came and went, and despite being under the weather, Julia rallied for trick-or-treating</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Thanksgiving feasting, on the turkey we raised!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">theo loves his daddy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I did the hot food concessions for the Bazaar, a fundraiser for Julia's preschool. It was an epic amount of work, but I'm so pleased to say that we made more money than ever before, in part thanks to the hot food doing very well. the photo is our hispanic moms making hundreds of tamales!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">after the bazaar, the holidays kicked off! Lefse making</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">lefse eating!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">learning to climb stairs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">julia and I got to go to one of the last performances of PNB's The Nutcracker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">she was very taken with it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo is contemplating eating all that bread. Debbie's bread is that good! Julia and Theo both adore Debbie and Richard and the adoration goes both ways.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Case in point, Debbie and Richard invited julia over to make a gingerbread house and this was the result. note the fish, smoking in the chimney. safe to say that Julia LOVES going to their house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">we cut our tree from our friend Nancy's property</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia had a dance recital </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">we made dinosaur christmas cookies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia was Santa Lucia. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">The Santa Ship came!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo was pretty amazed by the whole thing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia was very deliberate in telling santa what she wanted. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">parties with friends </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">attempts at a christmas photo for the still unwritten christmas letter </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Auntie Anna got to meet Theo for the first time </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">but Uncle Joe Joe was familiar </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo got his first shoulder ride from Grandpoppa Jack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">and we celebrated Grace's birthday </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">presents, ribbons, wrappers, so much fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Good times helping load the dishwasher! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Then goodbyes were made and we departed to friends in Mosier. Our first time back in over a year, so it was fun to see the changes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">we had playdates with old friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">renewing friendships </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">having fun </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">We made our way back to Grandpa Dave's </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">and then home again, presents all the way! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">more parties, more time with friends, a new year!<br /></td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-40024159931676598312014-09-15T18:54:00.002-08:002014-09-15T18:54:19.979-08:00summer ending<br />
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />We've had tons of things going on this summer. I'm falling behind on blogging, but here's a mega post to catch up! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">It was killin turkey time! Julia didn't want to watch the actual death, but she was totally fascinated by the process of butchering. She will inform anyone expressing the least interest in how it's done: "First you hang it upside down, then you get a knife and cut it and whens theres a hole the blood comes out. Bath it in hot water, i cant member why, pull the feathers out, then pull out the insides cause you can't eat them! BLEH!! "</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">It was a huge learning process for us all. We did one initially, as a practice, then we did the other 3 a few weeks later when a bunch of family was here. They finished about 20 lbs. It was a big learning curve, but we did it, and maybe come spring we'll want to do it again. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Uncle Joe Joe, doing story time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">one fat, happy baby!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">and outgrew his mini crib. now we've got a full size one, and are on new adventures in sleep. Julia slept with me until she was 2 1/2, but Theo is super restless now when he's sleeping next to me, and neither of us sleeps well. We experimented with having him sleep in the crib, and while he was fine with it, he woke often to nurse, leading me to spend half the night dozing in the chair nursing him. Just a few nights ago I decided to try stopping the night nursing in the hopes that he'd stop getting up 5 times a night. for a couple of nights I was running back and forth, supplying his pacifier just as often, but he didn't cry about not nursing, just needed a snuggle to get back to sleep. Well the other night, he slept from 9 30 pm till 4:10 am straight!!! Happy birthday to momma! (I'm 31!) Hopefully this wasn't a fluke and we are onto something good! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Summer has been busy in the garden. Dave's cucumbers were (are) prolific, and we've done tons of pickles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo and his Godfather, Henning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">alas, he's also outgrown his little bed in the kitchen. It was pretty great to have him nap there while I got a few things done. Now there's a blanket on the floor there and a pile of toys and he plays while I get a few things done. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">helping momma make pie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">cuddles with Julia. She's still thrilled to bits with Theo. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">She's also thrilled with her bike. We live on a road that's too busy for her to go alone on, but not so busy that she can't go on it with me beside her. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo and Grandma Gini</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo, making friends at the farmer's market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">We tried deep frying a turkey the day we butchered the other 3. Lots of family was here as it was also Theo's Baptism. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Momma Dawn and Theo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">some beach snippits. You sure wear out swimsuits when you live by the ocean. We started the summer with 4, and they are all worn out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">our mini family reunion finally had to end, Julia had to say goodbye to her "Ofo" Olaf. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">and to Grandmomma Dawn and Grandpoppa Jack </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo was a champ when it came to camping, charming the socks off the family we were with. I must say though, that setting up a tent by myself, with nothing but a hand held flashlight, at 1 am, with rain threatening to pour while the kids waited in the car (out of sight) almost undid me. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">but he had to wear one so I could take Julia out in a bumper boat. She picked the pink one. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">camping was wonderful and fun, but as always, it's pretty great to sleep in a bed again when you get home. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia's in a fashion mode where the outfit gets changed between 6 and 30 times a day. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">We loved having uncle Joe Joe around. an extra arm is soooo handy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">one night we tried a little oatmeal, but it didn't go over too well. We haven't tried again, mostly as life is too busy! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Julia adores her friend Gavin, and especially adores dancing to his incredible piano playing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I left Julia and Dave at one wedding and took off by air with Theo to Montana for another. My college girlfriends were all gathering and i would not stand for being left behind!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">there were two new babies besides theo and two more on the way, so lots of conversation revolved around babies! We all got to stay at a lovely B&B in Helena and it was wonderful to have the time to renew our friendships. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">The baby backpack got good use, and Theo was a champ the whole time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Kelly was our beautiful bride, and the reason for the occasion. Her wedding was lovely! Low key, intimate, rustic with beautiful touches and great food!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo was a great traveler, but I was completely exhausted upon my return</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">but no rest for the weary! 100 chickens had to get butchered. 20 of them went into our freezer, and while i didn't terribly mind gutting and dressing the plucked birds, i haven't really regained my appetite for chicken yet. When I do, though, I'm super pleased to have meat we raised in the freezer. My friend Terry had the birds in tractors in her field and she choreographed the renting of the equipment (and all the rest, really) so I am so grateful for her hand-holding!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Theo charms wherever he goes </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">I got a job! I'm the dessert baker for The Bay Cafe, a restaurant just a few minutes from my house. I make cheesecakes, flourless chocolate cakes, tarts, sorbets, ice cream, and whatever else suits the season and my fancy. I go in at night to work, from about 9pm to 1 am about 2 nights a week and then I pop in occasionally other days to see what's still around. I love the baking, but the hard part is getting enough sleep! This is why I'm so into the idea of getting Theo to sleep at night. If I'm up till 1 working, then up again at 3, 4, 5 and 6 am, and maybe once for Julia too, nobody's too happy in the morning. Of course, Dave is back at school and busy as can be getting the year off to a good start, so he needs sleep too and I hate to feel like I'm leaving him with an unhappy baby. The last few nights have been headed in the right direction for sleep, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will all work out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">cause this little pile of sunshine wakes me up by 7, if Theo hasn't already done that. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">she's still a delightful big sister. no resentment whatsoever toward the baby, and very concerned that we take good care of him. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">as she grows, I have funny dejavu moments. she was playing cheerleader and running under the bleachers at a football game a few days ago, and many of my early childhood memories are of doing similar things, as my dad was a coach when I was very young.<br /></td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-69161455508321539792014-07-23T19:53:00.000-08:002014-07-23T19:53:01.891-08:00i was going to call this The Present, but time has dictated that its now the past, again...Two weeks ago I embarked on a journey south, to Klamath Falls by train to visit my family with Theo and Julia. Grace and my Aunt Jean joined me on the train, and a good thing they did as I learned that traveling with two kids is 3 times as hard as traveling with one. Even when everything went according to plan. Despite the stress of travel, we had a lovely time, as evidenced below. It was so great to see Aunt Jean. I don't get out to Minnesota much these days, and so it was really wonderful to have her come visit us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all together on the train!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theo started saving up his poops, to be dispensed at inconvenient times, such as while on a train. Wish you were here, Daddy! (he had to stay behind to interview and hire the new elem principal)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theo meeting Grandpoppa Jack for the first time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Grandmomma Dawn, for the second time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and meeting Great Granny for the first time too. We had a lovely dessert of lemon cake, ice cream and raspberries from her garden. No photos to show for it, but we also had a great dinner with my Aunt Christine and Uncle Mark. Everyone else went for a sail on his boat while the kiddos and I swam in the pool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Granny is an amazing and prolific quilter, and while visiting her we got a show of recent works. Here's most of them, as I missed photographing the first couple ones. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia was thrilled to bits to be with "Owaf" again. They played and played and I'm always impressed with his tolerance of her energy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting ready for breakfast in the cool of the morning. It was hot hot hot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olaf's room is looking more grown up these days. Not just an enormous pile of legos. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we loaded up and took off for the Oregon/California coast and the Redwoods! This picture is at Lake of the Woods on the way. Julia was charming some ducks with bread. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma Dawn is convinced that someday a pit bull is going to eat Loki, so she scoops him up whenever she sees one. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after a long couple hours of driving, the temperature finally plummeted and we arrived at the beautiful coast. Here my pictures end as my camera/phone drained of all battery on the drive over and the campgrounds had nary an electric outlet to be found anywhere. We camped for two nights and had a fine time. Julia loved being in tents, and Theo did really well too, despite the chill nights and the bouncing of sleeping on an air mattress. We hiked a fairly challenging trail to the coast and had lunch at a beautiful isolated beach. We also revisited a favorite river, the Smith at Jedediah Smith State Park. The whole trip, Theo was a model of perfection. All smiles and charms and coos and long naps and sleeping at night. Well the changeling is here now, and he's all gas and fussy and put-me-down-for-one-minute-and -i'll-scream-so-loud-you'll-be-sorry. Not to mention how he saved his poops up for so many days that when he finally quietly let loose one day while sitting in my lap at lunch, I looked down and could have sworn that someone dumped a giant bowl of squash soup into my lap. unfortunately no picture of that to share, but i've since spend a good deal of time wondering what I would have done if we'd been out in public. No amount of baby wipes was going to clean up that mess. <br />Anyway, we traveled back by train, and again I was grateful for my sister and Aunt's help on the train. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ran lots of errands, and went home on the ferry. (Julia took this picture!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was good to be home! The garden was growing in leaps and bounds! Dave started fermenting pickles, I tried starting a little batch of sauerkraut. Kale, potatoes, chard, green beans, eggs and onions and herbs are in abundance in the garden, and flowers are blooming all over the place. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are back into our routine of sharing childcare playdates with friends, EMT call schedules, Dave busy with work, dinners with friends, visitors, and trying to catch up on the endless list of chores. The summer is rolling by and I'm trying to remember to look around and enjoy it every now and then!</td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-66878281902424213402014-07-20T11:54:00.001-08:002014-07-20T11:54:54.798-08:00the pastit's rather hard to get caught up enough with life to blog much these days, but I've got so many great photos that here we are, with a catch up post of the months since Theo was born.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">snuggled into the baby bed mom wove for Julia's baby dolls. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a first smile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the turkeys, moving up in life to a bigger coop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">auntie gracie and theo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a mother's day card, which made me cry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a early bath, in the sink. perhaps the first. who can remember...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fun at the beach. (they spent a good hour pulling up the newly planted dune restoration plants and re planting them in a "garden" below the tide line before anyone went to see what they were up to)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with daddy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with grandma gini </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vVlp764Kpto/U8rIPCD2NAI/AAAAAAAAFk0/QvCmOi3jRWw/s1600/IMG_5755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vVlp764Kpto/U8rIPCD2NAI/AAAAAAAAFk0/QvCmOi3jRWw/s1600/IMG_5755.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">julia n gma, mowing the lawn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">checking out grandpa dave</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Joe-Joe arrived! </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KnUGnX2jLSk/U8rIgdLQ3GI/AAAAAAAAFlM/pYjhhgtlmrc/s1600/IMG_5796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KnUGnX2jLSk/U8rIgdLQ3GI/AAAAAAAAFlM/pYjhhgtlmrc/s1600/IMG_5796.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">visiting Auntie Gracie</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8pxRO8Yoab8/U8rIqHVkDhI/AAAAAAAAFlU/JjzUyMsHdkg/s1600/IMG_5800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8pxRO8Yoab8/U8rIqHVkDhI/AAAAAAAAFlU/JjzUyMsHdkg/s1600/IMG_5800.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting for the ferry </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-LfSu0GZGo/U8rIsodR98I/AAAAAAAAFlc/fyktlxiMYjA/s1600/IMG_5803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-LfSu0GZGo/U8rIsodR98I/AAAAAAAAFlc/fyktlxiMYjA/s1600/IMG_5803.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">somehow i got a batch of strawberry rhubarb jam made </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our first egg!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">theo and I in the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">asleep</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">julia nursing her baby </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15k28_KA0jU/U8rJS5TkiUI/AAAAAAAAFmM/kalPs1wJQOw/s1600/IMG_5861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15k28_KA0jU/U8rJS5TkiUI/AAAAAAAAFmM/kalPs1wJQOw/s1600/IMG_5861.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my friend Andrea and one of her boys, westly came for a wonderful week. it was incredibly busy, the last week of school, but great timing as i didn't see dave much more than 10 minutes a day and having someone around to talk to and help share childcare was so great. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nLO864QJeEs/U8rJPGj-LnI/AAAAAAAAFmE/vi-g3phFRLw/s1600/IMG_5872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nLO864QJeEs/U8rJPGj-LnI/AAAAAAAAFmE/vi-g3phFRLw/s1600/IMG_5872.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">julia did 3 weeks of swim lessons</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CNCr6dolYEU/U8rJd_JcpZI/AAAAAAAAFmU/BPZDyaGNqo0/s1600/IMG_5884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CNCr6dolYEU/U8rJd_JcpZI/AAAAAAAAFmU/BPZDyaGNqo0/s1600/IMG_5884.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">party after party ensured that theo got lots of adoration</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yXQKTzR2IDE/U8rJmDUlCOI/AAAAAAAAFmk/mkLLuuq5Q3E/s1600/IMG_5888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yXQKTzR2IDE/U8rJmDUlCOI/AAAAAAAAFmk/mkLLuuq5Q3E/s1600/IMG_5888.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">last minute, we got a quick visit from friends Amanda, Tom, Aurora and Asher from hood river. that was so wonderful as well, but too quick! </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnK2-7tF_tc/U8rJlJtpiOI/AAAAAAAAFmc/GBo8CHR_5p4/s1600/IMG_5892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnK2-7tF_tc/U8rJlJtpiOI/AAAAAAAAFmc/GBo8CHR_5p4/s1600/IMG_5892.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">theo grew and grew</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GFdqiACorPY/U8rJxJ4v-tI/AAAAAAAAFms/qfQ3Yh1p8A4/s1600/IMG_5894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GFdqiACorPY/U8rJxJ4v-tI/AAAAAAAAFms/qfQ3Yh1p8A4/s1600/IMG_5894.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so did Julia (here we are, smelting)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iV44SXP2MUg/U8rJyebn7LI/AAAAAAAAFm0/IJ7Vui0tReY/s1600/IMG_5898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iV44SXP2MUg/U8rJyebn7LI/AAAAAAAAFm0/IJ7Vui0tReY/s1600/IMG_5898.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe is a huge help, holding theo so i can do stuff</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dGGb1qIeunw/U8rJ8s3giVI/AAAAAAAAFm8/Pfrto1vgTKg/s1600/IMG_5900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dGGb1qIeunw/U8rJ8s3giVI/AAAAAAAAFm8/Pfrto1vgTKg/s1600/IMG_5900.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the turkeys grew huge, had a few weeks of free ranging that they mostly spent on the porch, pooping and staring in the windows at us. we built them a quick pen in the back yard and there they mostly stay. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c0dMlPHrMv4/U8rKAUoQNaI/AAAAAAAAFnE/xNKeuVuTIGY/s1600/IMG_5902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c0dMlPHrMv4/U8rKAUoQNaI/AAAAAAAAFnE/xNKeuVuTIGY/s1600/IMG_5902.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the laundry never ends</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d94b9uvAm5o/U8rKA0XNyzI/AAAAAAAAFnI/czKIXuQXjww/s1600/IMG_5904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d94b9uvAm5o/U8rKA0XNyzI/AAAAAAAAFnI/czKIXuQXjww/s1600/IMG_5904.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia proves to be a good big sister. loves the baby and is somewhat helpful and mostly trustworthy too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">daddy gets a shofar </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more parties, and I suspect that people mostly come for theo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i found black currants, and made syrup and jam. lovely stuff. not sure why it isn't more popular over here in America. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friends Karen and Tabitha come for a quick visit. soo lovely to see them again, and we share a ferry ride as I get ready to head off island to visit my family. more photos soon to come on that topic!</td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-20955079812549702652014-05-12T17:57:00.001-08:002014-05-12T17:57:40.053-08:00Theo's Birth StoryWhat a month... Early april saw a very pregnant me bumming around Lopez waiting waiting waiting so did mid april, and then late april too...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this year i actually got to see the tulips and daffodils blooming in Mt Vernon. The last few years we've missed it by just a few weeks on our spring travels. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but this year my friend Erin and I got to take a day and enjoy the beauty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the week before my due date arrived and we headed off island for a planned few days to visit family and hopefully to go into labor off island. Julia got a birthday wheelbarrow and garden tool set from Grandpa Dave! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone came in and cried over him, then they all went to buy food and I was left alone with him on my chest for a good hour or so. (in which he nursed, looked at me, and took a big poop on me) then the midwife came back and weighed him and we learned that he was 9 lbs 11.8 oz! a full pound larger than Julia! I got two small stitches for a tiny tear and then everyone came back in and got to hold him for the first time while I ate and ate! Soon after, everyone went home again and we were alone with our little boy. I got out my list of names and to my surprise, Theoden stood out to me as a first name (Dave had suggested it awhile back, and I just wrote it down to humor him) and Horizon stood out as a middle name. Theoden Horizon, had a nice ring to it and for short, we could call him Theo. I suggested it to Dave and we slept on it that night. The next day he wanted to add Elias as well, in case Theo wanted a (slightly) more conventional name at some point in life. so he was named, Theoden Horizon Elias Sather. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At home, Julia and Grandmomma Dawn met us at the door and Julia helped me carry Theo inside. She didn't yet know if he was a brother or a sister, so I told her, and that his name was Theo. She said "well, I wanted to name him Kiley Julia Dinosaur" and I told her that it would be fine if she wanted to call him that. She seemed ok with this and got to hold him for the first time. </td></tr>
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The first few days were so nice with my mom there to cook and clean and care for us all. Dave went back to school to sign a paper and promptly got sucked into some huge school dramas that have been ongoing since. So much for paternity leave! But we did fine with my mom there, and when she had to go, a few days later my sisters Caroline and Grace both came for a few days each. So we've made it to 2 weeks with relative ease. Theo is nursing well and growing. Julia adores him and smooches him every chance she gets. I've managed to care for both kids, the house, the garden, the chickens and the turkeys. Lots of people in the community have brought us meals so I've had to do little cooking, which is probably the thread keeping it all together. Julia's watched an incredible amount of netflix which has saved my sanity most afternoons, but isn't something I'm super proud of. I am super thrilled not to be pregnant anymore and am delighting in watching the number on the bathroom scale fall while my other irritating pregnancy symptoms subside. (heartburn, restless legs, tingling fingers, swollen everything, miniscule bladder, sore back) I'm making milk like a prize cow, so I'm pumping about 10 extra ounces daily and will donate it to a couple from Seattle who want breastmilk for their adopted daughter. It's nice to feel like I'm doing something good for someone even when I don't leave the house!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-20857786437580927102014-04-05T16:52:00.002-08:002014-04-05T16:52:20.155-08:00Waiting to pop!<div>
Our spring is unfolding here, with an increase in beautiful weather alternated with frustratingly chilly days. The big events of the months have been birthdays, Dave's and Julia's. We've also had quite the stream of house guests coming and going which has kept me busy. The garden is slowly springing to life and the chickens are maintaining happily in their new semi covered enclosure in the garden. I'm simmering away in the last days of my pregnancy, desperately eager to not be pregnant anymore and occasionally mindful that this is as much peace and quiet that I'll get for some time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She floated them quite successfully down the stream that runs through our yard but since, the water level has dropped by half and we understand that it dries completely over the summer. This saddens me as some wild ducks have taken up residence and I'd love to see them stay!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's had lots of playdates with her little buddies, and I've gotten to know their moms a lot more over the past months, making us both happier here than in the first months. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's becoming a chicken whisperer, feeding them from her hands. We are down to 18 or 19 after the hawks devastated things for a weekend while we were away, but this number seems to be maintaining now that the more open sections of the pen are covered, giving the hawks nowhere to land. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She had a ballet recital, performing a bear dance and here she's playing with her fellow dancers during the dress rehersal. During the actual performance, she tripped over another dancer and hit the stage hard and cried pretty hard over it for a bit. It didn't dampen her enthusiasm for class though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia turned 4 and we had a party! we invited about 5 little girls from her preschool and grandma Gini came and we had a lovely morning of dinosaur fairy princess tea party time. I served coffee and tea sandwiches, ham and cheese and pb and j, veggies, fruit, cheeses, crackers and artichoke dip, pink punch and cake and cupcakes decorated with pink and white frosting, sparkles and dinosaurs. the kids played for hours and the adults hung out and snacked and talked. my pictures are none too good as I was rather too busy to take more! It was a wonderful party, and Julia was very happy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is space that's actually our bedroom, which has a rather wide hall leading out with just enough space for a changing area, two dressers and some open shelves for clothes storage. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and for a crib, a pack n play will serve us fine, as I imagine that the baby will sleep with me most of the time. You can't see it but our friends who have a farm gave us an incredible sheepskin that is lining the crib, so if the baby naps there it will be plenty warm from above and below, despite our cold bedroom. I've had lots of questions about the logistics of birth here, so a quick summary of THE PLAN: Our goal is to give birth with our midwife's assistance (who lives on a neighboring island) at the Anacortes hospital, since there's no options for anyone to assist with a planned homebirth on Lopez. if it's daytime, there's 7 ferry options from 630 am to 830 pm. After that, our best option for getting off island is a local pilot who will fly us over to Anacortes where we'll call a taxi to get to the hospital. Either way, we'll take Julia and arrange to have her met by whichever friend-or-relation is available to meet us. Or we have many offers of people who will keep her here for us if necessary. There's also a list of people who could manage a delivery here if it came to that, including the emts and the nurse practitioner at the clinic, not to mention the moms of many who have invited me to call them as I see fit. So that's the best we can do for a plan, as every aspect is pretty contingent on what time of day or night things happen. We are planning on spending the week of the 14th off island hanging around Mt Vernon, so that could simplify travel a bit as long as I feel relaxed enough to go into labor! My due dates are the 13th or 18th, depending on if you believe my last period or the ultrasound measurements. The full moon is the 15th, so that's got my bet. Julia was on time, as were all my siblings and I so I'll be a bit surprised (but happy) if it's earlier and I'll be quite disgruntled if the baby wants to hang out in my belly and grow for an extra two weeks. Either way, my next post will probably be about birth!<br /></td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-74211114258199686682014-03-13T09:24:00.002-08:002014-03-13T09:24:54.557-08:004 weeks to go..An update has been a long time coming, mostly because my computer got slower and slower and finally Dave sent it in to get repaired. A faulty logic board fix later (whatever that is) and I'm back in business! Lots of photos to post, so here we go!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">at the ballet with Grandma Gini and Auntie Caroline. We saw an abbreviated version of Sleeping Beauty specially designed for young children. It was beautiful and good, but I needed the interpretations as much as Julia did. Who knew that at the end of sleeping beauty, the owl and the pussy cat do a dance as does little red riding hood and the wolf. and some couple dressed in blue. still not sure who they were!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an over exposed shot of us, but check out that belly!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">meanwhile our chicks graduated to the garage from the house. It was time! things were getting mighty smelly and the chicks could almost escape their box. They took to garage life like champs, exploring the straw and extra room to run around. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one day i managed to convince Julia to put on overalls and join me in the garden. seeing her in pants hasn't happened in so long it warrented a picture. a little modern american gothic. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we spent some sunny days hanging out at the beach. it's still mostly deserted these days, but soon i'm told that will change. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia loved going out with me to feed the chicks in the morning and evening. I could only catch them when they had fresh food to distract them, but in this picture, Julia's holding a little yellow one. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia got dino fabric in the mail from Carol Witte! She wanted a dinosaur dress. I took a deep breath and got to work. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our new and bigger chicken coop arrived and took some impressive action to unload and place. Thankfully dave's brother John and girlfriend Leslie and my sister Grace were all visiting, so with skids and logs and pushing and mud up to noses and some cursing the coop got moved to the back of the garden. I got relegated to taking video and pictures as everyone gets worked up when the pregnant woman so much as picks up a cinder block. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the coop excitement, Grace and I made soap! my first batch but not hers, so she walked me through using the lye. We added orange oil and calendula petals from my garden last summer, and the base of the soap was olive oil, coconut oil and shortening. It takes a good month to dry and cure, so I haven't gotten to test it out yet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beyond the raised beds, Dave went crazy over break and dug up and enormous circle garden. it doubled the amount of workable garden space we have. He's vague about what he intends to plant, so we'll see! I've planted kale seedlings, lettuce, broccoli and strawberry roots. I just started a flat of flower seeds. It will be interesting to see what else happens after this here baby arrives!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and a dinosaur dress! it actually turned out pretty good! I'm very impressed with myself, and Julia is in love with it, which is super gratifying. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chickies started charging and dive bombing each other which I learned is a normal working out of the social order, but I thought a distraction was due. I pushed the coop out of the garage and jerry rigged a temporary fence around it to give them a first taste of the great outdoors. I also cut them off from the heat lamp! They loved the grass and quickly caught on to the deliciousness of worms. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and I both have been spending lots more time out in the yard, now that we've been getting more sun and less rain. The little creek through our yard is flowing north (!?) at a good rate and she's been "fishing" in it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here we are back at the beach watching the sun set and she's built herself an airplane out of driftwood. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got started on her birthday project which is a fairy garden! I got an old drawer and we filled it with dirt. We added a stepping stone she had made a few weeks ago and planted violets and pansies. I've slowly been bringing out little things for her to add and she seems quite taken with it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she loves hugging the baby and is surprisingly gentle about not crashing into my belly. She's got it in her mind that the baby will come right after her birthday, which is next week. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chickies soon decimated the grass in their tiny enclosure, so I got excited and moved the coop to the garden! the big coop still needs some finish work, so for now the a frame coop is doing a fine job of holding them. I set up a fence across the back 4th of the garden and that gives them a good large area to dig and explore. They love it, but unfortunately the hawks loved them. five fatalities occurred before I could get bird netting set up across the top to sufficiently protect them. All three of the little silkies are gone as well as two of the bigger ones. It was heartbreaking, especially to loose the silkies but I am thankful that I planned on losing a few chickens when I ordered so many. Now it's been several days without any casualties so I think we'll do ok. Once the trees leaf out they will have excellent cover so I'm looking forward to that. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have had lots of baby shower action! I don't have any photos of it, but the women from our church gave us a baby shower, then we went to Gini's for another one and then the moms from my lady group on the island gave me one too. It's been lovely to feel so loved from so many people! (and it's not over yet, as the women at the school are planning a shower as well!!!) My photos are limited to Gini's, which featured relatives and sisters and chosen family. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but soon we were waiting for the ferry again. back on island, I am counting down. 4 more weeks till due date! I'm feeling huge and awkward and often sore and tired, interspersed with manic ideas of cleaning projects and desires for more dressers to organize things. I'm getting occasional braxton hicks contractions, that remind me of the near future and fuel more manic ideas. clean the coop, finish the other coop, clean the fridge, organize the sewing room more, finish the warp for the loom, weave more baskets, get a dresser for the baby stuff, get the car seat out here from dave's dad's house, clean the car seat, clean the car so there's room for the car seat. clean and wash laundry and cook like normal. plant flowers so the deck looks pretty for Julia's birthday party. organize the storage shed. clean the oven. write more thank you cards. ect. ect. ect. </td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-67858127275678241322014-02-05T15:18:00.001-09:002014-02-05T15:18:12.915-09:00Cancerversary<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's passion for dinosaurs continues. I sewed her a dino tail and added dino spikes to a sweatshirt for her. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and she begged to take home this t-rex she found at a bookstore. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started to build a chicken coop to tide us over until the big coop is ready. except for some 2x2s, it's all made from scrap wood found around the property. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and good thing it's almost done because 24 little chicks are peeping away in their box in the entry. they've doubled in size in a week and will soon be ready for coop life. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the same day we got the chicks, Julia got sick with a combo chest cold and ear infection. She was out for a full week with a pretty high fever and racking cough, but now is back up to snuff. I have the chest cough now, but no fever, thank goodness.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In my week of captivity caring for Julia I puttered on lots of little projects. This drying rack from ikea got hung by the fire and I'm very pleased with it. It collapses down when not needed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's dinosaur collection got a new home thanks to some simple shelves from scrap wood and wide ribbons tacked to the wall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finished my first knitting project for this baby, little pants. Perhaps there will be a sweater too, but the baby might arrive first and then it will never get done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut down a too big hat to fit for summer gardening. Cut off the top, slice up the back, overlap ends, punch holes and tie with ribbon. pretty easy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GJv5y95IF9k/Uu6uVESe6gI/AAAAAAAAFRo/JE8bjiJj6oM/s1600/IMG_4709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GJv5y95IF9k/Uu6uVESe6gI/AAAAAAAAFRo/JE8bjiJj6oM/s1600/IMG_4709.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I worked more on getting my desk set up and the sewing/crafty stuff arranged. Julia discovered the joy of cutting things with scissors, so now i have to be really careful about what I leave out. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little project: a wet bag made from waterproof fabric with a zipper on top. not very well made, but functional! </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2I68v5Dxjmw/Uu6uf7J2PlI/AAAAAAAAFR4/S5uob0svlns/s1600/IMG_4711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2I68v5Dxjmw/Uu6uf7J2PlI/AAAAAAAAFR4/S5uob0svlns/s1600/IMG_4711.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also, my first attempt at sewing diapers. the liner is a old bamboo sheet and flannel is the absorbent material inside a waterproof cover. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dino hoodie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started to set up my no-budget nursery in a corner of my room and Julia saw. She started to cry and I learned that she wanted some of the baby things to be in her room. So she picked out a toy, slippers and a duck sleeper to go on the shelf by her bed to wait for baby. pretty sweet!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">little booties I made. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and another pair. I made about 10 pairs for Julia and only one pair fit her very well, but they were the best! I'm hoping these will work out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here's the start of the no budget nursery corner. found wood shelves to hold clothes, a twig holding some lantern style christmas lights, some art on the walls, and soon a crib to function more as a changing area than an actual crib as it's a drop side which are all banned these days. I'm still searching for a dresser, but if I can't find one, i'll make more shelving for storage. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's baby doll modeling the new diaper!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here's something i'm excited about. last summer I grew and dried calendula, a flower known for healing properties. I made a balm to attempt to heal Julia's persistent rear rash by soaking 1/2 cup flowers in 1/2 cup of olive oil on the back of the fireplace for 2 day. then i strained the flowers and discarded them, and added one oz of beeswax to the oil. I let that sit on the stove another day until it was all melted and let it cool. she's been getting it rubbed on morning and night and the rash has healed, but returns again a day later. so we're still working on it but regardless, this is a lovely balm.</td></tr>
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Well it's been a long January. Sickness hit us hard, and we are still working on getting our health back. On top of that, I've been feeling somewhat apprehensive about the upcoming birth, because Julia's labor was so eventful and rather traumatic. I've been thinking a lot about it again, and while many factors were beyond my control, I can't help but anticipate the same trouble with travel while in labor. (Recall, with Julia we had an hour's drive to the birth center in hard labor, we hit a deer on the way, and then we had a late stage transfer to the hospital to finish. Here there's a fair amount of hoop jumping required to leave the island. The ferrys have to be not broken, it has to be day time, and we simply have to be lucky to have one leaving soon to when we'll need it. Otherwise we'll get a pilot lined up which is much faster, but involves flying while in labor which isn't going to take me to a happy mental state. We'll have to get a taxi to meet us and have to figure out later how to get our car or get back without one. My other option is to hang out in Anacortes waiting for labor to start, but Dave has to work and Julia needs care. I'd rather wait at home and travel with Dave while in labor than risk having him miss it. I have been working on writing a birth plan and that has been helping me to think of this birth as separate from what happened the first time around.<br />
Another thing I've been thinking a lot about is that this is the first anniversary of my surgery that diagnosed my ovarian cancer. There's plenty to be joyful and thankful about, and in general I am aware of how lucky I was, but there's also lots to be disgruntled about and getting cancer at 29 is pretty disgrunteling. I have a lot of unanswered questions and concerns regarding my followup care plan. Moving so much has disrupted any continuity of care I've had with a primary health provider and my follow up plan is plenty ambiguous itself. We are assuming the cancer is gone, based on the lack of evidence to the contrary and that leaves me with the symptoms of ovarian cancer as watch points. that sucks because the symptoms are vague at best. I'm to follow pregnancy (or ies) with a complete hysterectomy to negate the possibility of it coming back in my remaining ovary which demands acknowledging that it could come back which also sucks. I recently talked to a friend on the phone about it, and ended up crying at several points which tells me that I've compartmentilized my emotions about it. That's fine for day to day living, but I don't really have any way to know if I could be more healthy about addressing it or if i'm doing fine. And paying on the medical bills really really sucks. <br />
But some things are going fine this month. I've been invited to a ladies group, which is really good for my social needs. The chicks are growing and I'm anticipating this summer's garden. I even started a tray of seedlings: cabbage, lettuce, kale and spinach. Julia's been invited on some playdates and has had a few friends over which has helped us to feel more involved in the community. Dave's job continues to be mostly drama-free. I've been asked to be a deacon for our church, which means sort of coordinating for the pastor who has to travel among 3 islands. We called a new pastor, Beth Purdum who seems lovely. I'm looking forward to getting to know her more. So thank goodness that January is over and we are one month closer to spring!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-2768156152389508882014-01-11T20:22:00.002-09:002014-01-11T20:22:58.792-09:00Holiday HappeningsHere's our millions of december pictures<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playtime with Julia's buddy Jack. She may get punched in the face or body slammed while playing with him, but she doesn't let that deter her love for him! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in an ultimate display of bizarre holiday blending, the kids are plied with balloon pirate swords from the clowns and encouraged to duke it out with each other and the pirates while they wait to talk to Santa. candy canes are liberally dispensed in case there's not enough excitement already. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wait for Santa is long. epically long, but Julia is determined to see him. She wants to tell him to please bring her the blue doll. (thankfully I bought her the doll prior to knowing that she'd be fixated on asking for this doll all month!) then she got a present of a wooden elephant and dog puppet and bag of candy! thanks Lions Club!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">meanwhile, I'm getting bigger all the time! 5 months along! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's godmomma Bekah comes to visit. Julia is very pleased. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we get snow!!!! a whole two inches, but just enough to cancel school on the last day before vacation. We make a snowman as soon as it was light enough to see outside and a good thing we did because snow soon turned to rain and by afternoon it was pretty much gone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we set up our tree, made epic amounts of Christmas cookies and I tried to get Julia to make presents for others, though she struggled with wanting to keep everything she made or to only bestow gifts on my brother Olaf. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We left the island for Christmas, easier said than done, for the day we chose to leave, a ferry broke and it took us a good 10 hours to actually get off the island. It was a supremely frustrating day for me, but I guess it's a good thing that it has taken us 4 months to have a issue with the ferry like this.<br />For the first part of Christmas, we went to Grandpa Dave's. He whipped up a swing in a matter of minutes to satisfy Julia's urgent desires to swing (like the "wonder pets" do)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was hard for Julia to wait for morning to open presents, and harder still to get to sleep. She took a nap over the Christmas eve feast, which was attended by Dave's Dad's family and then just as she was getting to bed for real, Auntie Anna arrived and sleep went out the door for the next 4 hours. Poor Anna had to share a bed with Julia and got to reassure her every 15 minutes that it was not yet morning. In the actual morning, Dave let out a loud HO HO HO from our room and Julia just gasped. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Presents were finally opened! Julia had left Santa a cookie trail from the fireplace in the living room to the Christmas tree in the den and Santa had left her a note! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then we got dressed and ate breakfast and left for Grandma Gini's house where more presents were opened, more feasting was had and an afternoon of playing with more relatives unfolded. We had to leave by mid afternoon to go catch the ferry back, and good thing we did because my family arrived early and caught the same ferry we did! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia finally had her "Ofo" here and we managed to convince the youngers to hold off till morning for Christmas #3. My family stayed in various combinations for the majority of a week, and much feasting was had, interspersed with:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">touring the lovelier parts of Lopez </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">loving on the aunties and uncles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and finally, the departure of the majority of my family, one more new year's eve hurrah with Dave's brother and niece, and an empty house for a day, then the surprise visit of another of my brothers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so a little more family fun was had, then we were left with the echoes of Christmas past, and the pine needles of the present. Those were eventually cleaned up and we got through the too quiet days until life started up again. Preschool, ballet, school, meetings, are all back and I'm sorry the holidays are done, but glad for the routine to be back. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's had a harder transition out of the holiday mode, with tantrums and mood swings occurring with vexing regularity. What to blame though, withdrawing from the sugar consumed? mourning the loss of attention from so many? subconscious knowledge of huge changes ahead this spring? simply the trials of being 3? whatever it is, I hope it passes soon. The rain has been frequent, and my moods frequently bleak to match. the cartoons have been dispensed too liberally while I sit, for long hours medicating with books, longing for spring, trying to be in the present, soaking up every moment of solitude and knowing with fear and gladness that it will soon be lost for a good long while. </td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-69051530435082937032013-12-14T20:10:00.000-09:002013-12-14T20:10:29.571-09:00light and darknessWe've had a month of extremes. Warm and cold. Light and darkness. Joy and sorrow. Our darkness and sorrow comes from the natural darkness of winter coupled with the death of my dad's younger brother Uncle Andy who learned of his leukemia this past year and passed away a few days ago. Death is rarely timely, and I feel deep sorrow for my Aunt Cindy and my cousins who have lost a father and husband. This also weighs on my mind as I appear to have escaped an early death by the bizarre circumstances that led to the discovery and removal of my cancer before it was advanced enough to seed itself elsewhere, the typical outcome in the hard-to-discover-early ovarian cancer. It's pretty much impossible for me to assign a responsibility for my living and Andy's (and the others I know who have passed this year) dying to anything other than it being a odd and cruel and wonderful and unpredictable world. These thoughts and many more have been circulating in my mind for days and weeks.<br />
The light and joy and warmth have come from our moving from the condo to a house! I hadn't really appreciated how much I disliked living in the condo until we were settled in the new place. There's something hard to quantify about what makes a good space, but I know that it has a very very real impact on my personal happiness. Elements of importance: wood floors, a wood stove, big windows that look out on space, a kitchen that feels clean (when I've managed to get ALL the dishes rounded up and washed), enough storage space that clutter feels put away, my furniture and belongings and art, which are not expensive but are mostly made and given by family and friends and of great sentimental value, plans for chickens soon and a pantry/freezer full of food (since a bare pantry puts me into a mild unsettled panic). It's also come from holidays celebrated and upcoming celebrations with family and friends, and the making of new friends and feeling more at home in general here on the island.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last picture in the condo. The last week there was just awful, trying to pack every little thing except what we needed for 3, 2, 1 days and trying to keep Julia from unpacking and just sitting around waiting and waiting. We got to get started moving on tuesday, or I did anyway, as Dave worked. By Wednesday the condo was pretty well emptied and that night we left the island for thanksgiving. Friday morning we returned with yet another car load and got ready for Julia's preschool's big fundraiser bizarre which expected us to volunteer our time all that day. We did so, while also getting help moving from two of my sisters, and juggling running to and from the ferry to drop off sisters and pick up Julia and Grandma Gini, who had kept her since Thursday. By Friday, I was pretty thoroughly exhausted and had failed to take any photos of the week, but I could see that this was going to be a good house for us. Also, we got the condo carpets cleaned, and I got an ultrasound that told us that the baby is growing nicely! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and I have developed a strategy for the "momma I want ....." that happens every 6 seconds in a store. I take a picture on my phone and tell Julia to ask Santa if she can have it. She forgets about it 30 seconds later and my biggest hassle is deleting all the photos from my phone before they can remind her of what she wanted. Here she's holding a dragon statue. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eating marshmallows and fudge on a stick at a holiday party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting our christmas tree! Julia was turning out to be pretty picky, rejecting all likely options as no good, so we pulled a coup, circling back and I over-enthused about the tree until she hopped on board. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tree! It's a little wonky and definitely could have used some pruning a year ago, but free is free and I love it. Many of the ornaments I made over the past 5 years, and almost every one has a memory of christmasses gone past attached. Julia was an enthusiastic helper this year and is particularly fond of the ornament Olaf made and gave to us a few years back with his photo inside. </td></tr>
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There's more of the house to show, but that part is definitely not clean enough for photos today. Along with being adorable and wonderful, Julia has developed an amazingly loud and shrill whine voice and an overly dramatic reaction to every "no" she hears. This mostly comes into play at home. Out and about she's sweet and well behaved, but here with me it is scream and whine and pout and nag all day. I'm not terribly patient with her about this and as a result use of time-outs has skyrocketed. Thankfully they have a dramatic effect on her. She cries for a minute and then is contrite and tells me she's ready to try again and we have a hug and a reasonable chat about how to behave when we want something or when the answer is no and all is good and 10 minutes later it's replayed from the beginning. I count my blessings that I have this tool and that it makes her contrite. I have no idea what parents do when their kids are seemingly immune to the correction. She's still too uncertain of the yard to want to play outside alone, so I've been trying to spend more time outdoors with her. This was pretty difficult right after thanksgiving as the temps plummeted here. Now they are mild again, but it's damp and I find that less enjoyable than good old dry cold winter. I'm hoping badly for some snow to fall this winter. I'm told that some years there's a few good snow falls and some years there's basically none.<br />
One cute little Juliaism lately is that instead of "them" she says "deys" as in "I got deys in my hand" or "can you get deys for me" She didn't always say it like that, and I'm not sure where it came from, but it is pretty cute, so I don't correct her!<br />
I've been working on the idea of giving presents with her, a rather difficult concept for her to embrace. She likes the idea in theory, but when she sees me wrapping something that appeals to her in any way, the thought that it isn't for her is pretty hard for her to take. Last week at preschool, while I was the parent helper, they made necklaces out of beads and then wrapped them to give as gifts. She decided hers was for "mom and Julia." At the end of class, her friend Jack decided that his necklace was a gift for Julia and gave it to her. She was pretty thrilled with this and we went home and made and wrapped a necklace for Jack. Thankfully when she gave it to him, he was thrilled and wore it all day. While this exchange was a success, she's still having a hard time with seeing me making presents that are not for her and having a hard time with the idea of making presents for others herself. I'm trying to talk about it a lot with her, but it doesn't seem to register much. She did ask if the baby would get presents and was happy when I said yes, I thought so. She suggested dividing the presents under the tree in half, to share with the baby. and to share the easter candy with the baby too. So I don't know if I should be worried about this or not!<br />
The baby seems to be doing well, kicking lots but causing no trouble otherwise. I'm about 23 weeks along, making the baby roughly 11 inches long.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-79479342778755347352013-11-02T18:37:00.002-08:002013-11-02T18:37:58.105-08:00october in reviewWe are a lot more settled here since I last posted. Dave has had a good fall at work, getting along tremendously well with his co-administrators and generally impressed with the goings on at school. Julia has had a good fall at pre-school. She's gotten interested in writing her name, and does so with moderate success. I'm starting to make more friends and so am happier. I'm also done being super fatigued and nauseated with the pregnancy, so that makes me a million times happier. I'm 16 weeks along now, and can feel a few little flutters now and then. We've had several visitors this month, my sister Grace, our friend Carol Witte and Grandma Gini, and visitors are always enjoyed, so come see us! We are gearing up to move to another house over thanksgiving, so that is good and stressful all at once. Here's the month in photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia started taking a ballet class for 3 year olds. She was apprehensive until she saw what she got to wear, then she was all about ballet class. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she's on the far right, running around before class. I don't get to see what happens in class, as I sit out with the other parents, but I think Thea is a really good teacher. Julia occasionally instructs me now in how to hold my feet or spin. </td></tr>
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After trick or treating, there was a halloween party at the church next to us. Julia's favorite activity was crawling into a room waist deep in balloons and glow sticks and crawling around trying to find candy scattered about. She was completely terrified of anyone in a mask. We thought we'd have lots of trick or treaters, but really had very few. Consequently we have a basket of candy left about the size of Julia.<br /><br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-23567610898584705772013-09-25T18:20:00.002-08:002013-09-25T18:20:40.978-08:00Month the firstSo here we be, on Lopez Island. Life is more settled than a month ago, to be sure, but I'm still not feeling comfortable here.<br />
Some basic challenges:<br />
The ferry. $50 round trip for a car and driver, $12 or so for a person walking on. 45 minutes ride plus any varying amount of time spent hanging around waiting for departures, which average every 4 hours but are not evenly distributed through the day. Holidays and summer can see full ferries which mean more hanging around waiting for the next one. the scenery is pretty, if it isn't foggy. puzzles are provided for entertainment.<br />
The housing. we're renting a furnished condo, which is fine, nice enough and ok. but it's not home or anything close to home-like as there's no room for me to add in our stuff and no storage whatsoever to put away any of their stuff. Also, we can only rent until may, at which point summer rates kick in and will bankrupt us quickly. Also, the baby is due in April, which means I have a strong urge to get settled somewhere. soon. There's not much available to rent, and we are told that most deals happen word-of-mouth. So I'm struggling to be patient, and we tell pretty much everyone we meet that we are looking for a rental situation.<br />
The prices. While nothing at all like the cost of living in bush Alaska, the food at the local supermarket runs a bit pricey and the produce at the farm stands is astonishingly expensive. We've signed up for a quarter of local, pastured beef, but anticipate paying about $500 for it. Chickens can be purchased locally but at a self-imposed sliding scale fee of $4-8 per pound. I am so put off by the stigma of requesting the cheapest price and also put off by the idea of paying more than $4 per pound of chicken, even local chicken that I can't get it together to sign up at all.<br />
The phones. cell phones get little to no reception on most of the island. We bought a "booster" which does indeed boost the signal, but is limited to our house. So we are paying cell phone rates for essentially landline usage. We could give the phones up, but the usefulness of having them while off island is enough for now that we keep them.<br />
Some good things:<br />
Preschool. Julia goes tuesday and thursday from 9 to 12 and loves it. the very first day I stayed with her and did my monthly parent volunteer day, which consisted of cleaning, providing snack, and light supervision of kids. Since then she's gone by herself and has shown little anxiety about the separation. two days a week costs us $95 a month, which is pretty dang good as far as preschool rates go. Julia has become a lot more content since preschool started. She's always had a strong social urge and this opportunity to play with kids is critical to her general happiness.<br />
A friend. Crystal and Anthony and their 4 boys under the age of 7 moved here the same time we did, from upstate New York. Anthony teaches at the school and Crystal is home right now with her two youngest. One of the boys is 3, and he and Julia get along great. It's super nice to have someone with similar aged kids who can relate to the trauma of moving! They are the only really friendly family I've met so far, so I'm grateful they exist!<br />
Beaches. two blocks away is the nearest beach and the island is littered with them. The one closest to us is a great spot to find beach glass and I've got a large bowl filled already. Julia collects shells and little crab skeletons. Sometimes we see seals in the water. No whale sightings yet, though they are supposed to be out there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our bounty of green tomatoes from our garden. Now we are down to just one bowl of wrinkly ripe ones left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and Gus (#2 of the 4) checking out a starfish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one day we rented a kayak and paddled around. Julia loved it, and it was lovely except that it made my morning sickness worse! i've had an aversion to boats ever since. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one day someone was selling fresh salmon out of their truck for $1.50 per lb. we bought 3 and Dave filleted them and froze them. I think the total was $24. I hope we see them again soon so we can stock up a bit more before winter. Julia was very involved with the fish cleaning and cutting. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the first day of preschool! She was so excited we had to leave the house a full hour early and go to the beach to kill some time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and nothing like a good wrestle with Daddy and Andrew Schwartz, who came to visit for a day. Other visitors so far have been Grandma Gini, Grandmomma Dawn and Auntie Gracie, who just moved next door to Bellingham to start college. Nobody else is in the wings yet, so reserve your vacation days and come check out the island!</td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-55698044727368300602013-09-01T16:57:00.005-08:002013-09-01T16:57:56.332-08:00saying goodbye and new beginningsHere's the end of mosier pictures: Dave is up at Lopez for all of August, and Julia and I are home in a mostly empty house waiting for our condo to open up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a little last canning: tomato sauce and raspberry blackberry jam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some solo parenting escapes to the ice cream shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">annnnd pregnant! I told dave by messaging him the picture! So very excited!!! I think we are due April 20th if all goes well. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some pickles and more tomato sauce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we moved our chickens to their new home. they will be happy, but I was sad to say goodbye. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one more wee batch of tomato sauce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then we are off to my folks, for a week spent with my siblings putting a new roof on my parent's house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of fun with aunties and uncles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia went with Auntie Gracie and Uncle Olaf to nanny for some family friends all week, so I could help roof. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My job was mostly sitting and pulling nails, then sitting and pounding nails, with the occasional break to drive the truck to the dump. It was two days of hot dismantling the old roof and just over one day of putting new roof on. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we drove back to Mosier and had our last week at home, spent hanging out with little friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of feasting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of photos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more feasting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and ending the night with dancing, beer and gelato! well, no beer for me, but extra gelato! </td></tr>
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Then most of my family left, save for my mom who cleaned and packed and cleaned some more for me until we were ready to leave. I got a hitch installed on the subaru and hauled a trailer up to Mount Vernon. Dave met me at Grandpa Dave's and we unloaded the trailer, and re-loaded the car and a van and that night got on the ferry out to Lopez island. The rest is for the next post.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-85945924418764966382013-08-09T20:08:00.001-08:002013-08-09T20:08:10.988-08:00packing, moving, unpacking, traveling, waiting, canning....Its been another crazy month at the Sather home. We changed our original plan, which was to move all the stuff labor day weekend, to moving all the stuff the last week in July. This was good because this way Dave could help me with it all, but in August, he'd be pretty tied up with work. This was bad because it gave us 7 days to pack the remaining 75% of the house. So we did, and moved on schedule, but it was crazy crazy crazy. We moved all the stuff up to Dave's Dad's house, the same place we moved it all from last August. He was and is really great about letting us stash various quantities of stuff for various lengths of time at his place, which I've been doing for pretty much exactly as long as I've known him. This is necessary, as we've lined up a furnished condo to rent until May. I'm not one to lust for condos, but this had a lot of perks: low (winter) rent, close proximity to everything, and enough time for us to figure out where we really want to be long-term before we haul everything out to the island. It's not available until the end of August though, so Dave is hopping from campsite to campsite this month and Julia and I are hanging out in a 98% empty house until the end of August. Here's the pictures from about mid July on:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Chris and Mia, easily in Julia's top 10 favorite people category. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia making "soup" with beans, flowers, rocks, crayons, salt, butter and I can't remember what all else. She's been big into making concoctions in her play kitchen. We had some big arguments over possession of the unripe blueberries for awhile. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the first box. and the only picture I took of the moving process. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Occasionally rocking out as a princess. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">definitely rocking out as a princess-farmer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started my summer canning extravaganza with cherries! cherry jam, experimenting with stevia as a sweetener to make low sugar versions, some no-sugar versions and some regular chock full o sugar versions.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">though she doesn't seem too excited here, Julia's become good buddies with Jacob, the son of our friend Susan. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of hanging out with her friend Aurora. Here we were picking blueberries, but had to pause to admire the chickens. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and admire the horse swing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my friend Michelle had her second baby and we've been enjoying the maternity leave, playing in the pool, walking and whatever it is that moms do. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and Louie are good buddies too. Louie is excellent at sharing, due to his upbringing sharing a nanny with another little guy, so he and Julia get along famously. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had to send off a photo reply to someone welcoming dave "aboard the good ship lopez". A pirate hat and makeshift boat and Julia brought her baby along for the attack. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last week before the move was chock full of empty-the-freezer parties. We cooked and bbqed like crazy and invited one and all to feast. It was a pretty grand time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the house emptied, the truck loaded behind me and Dave closing the chapter of life known as Mosier. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We rocked loading and unloading the truck, thanks to friends and my brother joe, my sister caroline and her boyfriend Matt. We were a day ahead of schedule on both the loading and unloading end. That gave us a little extra time to have fun with Grandma Gini. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then we had to say a big goodbye to Daddy and hop on the Amtrak back to Mosier. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia was all about the train. and the bag of treats I had stashed away. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she did fall asleep with open eyes and totally creeped me out for an hour!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sleeping in the station. no wandering the streets of portland for us. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was in a hurry to get back because the fruit was ripe! A friend gave us a huge pile of apricots and figs, and the upick peach place up the road was open for business. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig jam! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosemary-peach jam!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">canned peaches and peach salsa!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">apricot salsa, apricot bbq sauce and apricot butter!!!! I canned frantically for days, and tried to keep ahead of the fruit flies and ants with moderate success. Julia watched a lot of cartoons. It was good to be exhausted at the end of the day though, and I keep humbled by the thought that any farmwife back in the day was doing this daily all summer long plus plus plus. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've had a few days off from canning while I wait for the tomatoes to ripen in enough quantity to make salsa and tomato sauce and for the cucumbers to grow for pickles. Julia and I have been swimming, playing with friends, cleaning the house, and taking care of all the endless little projects to really tie up all the loose ends here. I got to try stand up paddleboarding one beautiful morning and I think it's totally a sport for me! No adrenaline needed! I'm sorting the remaining piles of junk in the house and trying to eyeball the remaining objects for how well they will all fit in my car come the end of august. We have no furniture, save a borrowed card table and folding chairs and a borrowed kids table. Julia has her mattress and I have an air mattress. We have enough kitchen stuff to can food, a pantry shelf full of random store canned goods and still have a freezer full of food to consume. I've been baking some bread to trade and sell at a farmstand. Julia has been handling the changes, but not without effects on her behavior. She was pretty unglued to come back to a house with very few toys left, and though she seemed to understand where they all were and why, it's hard to try to make her understand a move that is spread out over a month's time. She asks where Daddy is a lot and we talk about how he is working and getting our new house ready and soon we will go there and be all together. that's usually followed with the suggestion that she's ready and we should go right now. So getting her to understand the whole picture has been a struggle, and she definitely tantrums much easier these days. I'm pretty short tempered too, but working on embracing the time here and not letting the stress of moving be too hard on us. easier said than done somedays. </td></tr>
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<br /><br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-17516667537408925282013-07-18T20:49:00.001-08:002013-08-09T20:08:48.404-08:00goodbye to Oregon, hello to Washington!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, if you haven't heard, we have big news! We are moving to Lopez Island, Washington in 6 weeks for Dave's new job as co-principal at Lopez Island School, a k-12 school of about 230 kids. Before I get into that story, here's some pictures of the past month or so. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a string of birthday parties to attend, convincing Julia that they happen every other day or so. Thankfully, she handled the idea that someone else gets to open the presents fairly gracefully. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherries came into season, and I made cherry jam. Ramone's universal pectin is the most wonderful invention ever. it uses calcium as the trigger for gelling, not sugar, so you can make sugar free jam, low sugar jam, honey jam, stevia jam, you name it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mosier farmer's market started up for the summer, and Julia loves the pool of water that is set up for universal enjoyment. I've started baking bread to barter, with some good successes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another birthday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We packed up for a trip to washington over the 4th of July holiday. Julia was very happy to see her grandparents again. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another notch taller on the pantry wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beach cabin on Sammish Island was where we got to spend the 4th, and it couldn't have been lovelier weather. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We caught baby crabs in the water, much to Julia's joy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took a few hours to visit Julia's godmother, Bekah and they (and we) had a good time together for a quick afternoon. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia bonded with her cousins, here she's getting her nails painted by cousin Kaitlyn. a happening that left a deep impression on her!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Cousin Josh let her hold a sparkler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and Kaitlyn were the "daughters" and followed all princessed up from head to toe, wrapped in caution tape. The crowd loved it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That night there was some fantastic fireworks. I tried to wake Julia to see some, but she was sooo tired she wouldn't even open her eyes for me. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the 4th, I left Julia with her dad, and took off with my friend Erin back to Hood River on a trip for young adult cancer survivors sponsored by First Descents and the John Wayne Cancer Foundation. We got to stay at a lodge not 10 miles from my house! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trip was pretty amazing in a lot of ways. Trading stories and experiences with others in my demographic was pretty priceless. I signed up for some online support groups for ovarian cancer, but found that the majority of the conversation was not relevant to my experience, as I had such an unusual encounter with cancer. (young, caught early, didn't need chemo or radiation so far, ect.) Having my friend Erin also going through a cancer diagnosis within 6 months of me was fortunate for both of us as we could talk to each other, but having a room full of 19-39 year olds with equally amazing stories and experiences was unparallelled. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then, of course, there was the adventure part of the trip! Whitewater rafting the first day on the white salmon river and whitewater kayaking the second day on the klickitat river! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whitewater rafting was fun! we got soaked, but didn't fall in. The scenery was beautiful, the guides were excellent and I had a great time. We ended the day with the option to jump off a bridge into the water. After much internal debate I did it, but hated every second of it. I can confidently state that I will never ever go bungee diving or skydiving. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the second day was kayaking! I was super excited for this day, as I love to be in control of my own craft! We got all wetsuited up and got some instruction in proper river travel. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We used sit-on-top kayaks, pretty easy to maneuver, and easy to get back on if you fall off, which we did, many times! In the series below, I am attempting to "surf" a rapid, by paddling up against the current and paddling to maintain position. You can see me fall in, and just imagine that scene repeated 6 or 7 times. it was super fun! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all too soon, the trip was over, and Erin and I were zipping back north. I rolled in around 1 am, and was up again at 5, so that we could drive over to catch the 6 am ferry in Anacordis to Lopez Island. Dave's interview was to last from 7 am to 7 pm, and Julia and I had the day to check out the island and see if it was something up our alley. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the lake in the center of the island. We had a great day, but I tried not to fall in love, lest we not get the position. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at the grandparents, Julia hung out with her cousin Sierra. We picked blackberries, marionberries, blueberries and raspberries to freeze. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and some long hours spent playing with Grandpa Dave's little deck fountain. Dave and I waited on pins and needles for 7 excruciating days, until they called with the job offer!!!! We are so excited to go, but also so very sad to say farewell to the good friends we have made this year. We are pretty thankful that the house purchase process was so delayed all this past year. It allowed us to pull out of the process about a month ago, when we decided that even if we were going to stay in mosier, that paying cancer bills had impacted our finances so severely, we were no longer in a good position to be purchasing. It was a terribly hard decision for me to agree to, as I really love this house and spent a whole year getting things set up just so and working hard on the garden. I do hope someone with a green thumb can move in right away after we move out so that the garden won't die from lack of watering. We've found a friend who will take the chickens and coop, so they will have a good home, but I'm so sad to see them go, especially little Silkie, who Julia and I are quite attached to. Dave and I are working out a plan for him to head up to lopez in a few days to arrange housing and to start working, and for Julia and I to follow in the end of August. That will give me time to pack, to harvest and process some of the garden bounty, to visit my folks, and attend my cousin's wedding. I'm already knee deep in boxes and its only going to get worse!</td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-82678021078469046452013-06-26T13:10:00.002-08:002013-06-26T13:10:49.820-08:00is it June already? forget June, it's practically July!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the past few weeks we've done a little traveling: my folks and Olaf and Julia and I went to Holden Village for Joe's graduation. Here we are at Ohme Garden, on the way to Chelan. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of lovely views, and Olaf and Julia were so happy to be together. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this little firepit/nook built out of stone and a hillside. maybe in a future yard sometime, I'll build one... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was none to thrilled to shell out a pile of money to take the lady of the lake again (the ferry to Holden) but Julia and Olaf had a good time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the boat's first stop brought us my sister Grace, back from a year in Europe and my sister Caroline, so this trip was auntie and uncle paradise for Julia. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she was pretty thrilled to learn that we were going to ride a bus too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia wasted no time in getting re-acquainted with uncle Joe-Joe. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She and Olaf soon found the playground and had lots of fun. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe's senior project was a boat that he constructed and later rowed down lake Chelan with my dad. At this point, the boat wasn't finished, but he managed to get it together with only a few day's delay. I didn't get to see it in the water, but I hear it was a huge success. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were there for the prom as well. Julia was pretty thrilled with that too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She danced and danced and danced. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">once people came, she was a little more shy and danced with her aunties. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">that's Joe, in the red dress. the theme was "turning tables", and there was literal and metaphorical interpretations all over. Holden's proms have a long and wonderful history of fun themes. At this one, both Joe and Kasey were crowned prom "queens" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there was no programming being offered, but I wove a rug and grace made some pottery mugs for the next potter to fire. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">graduation itself was a great ceremony. Julia slept through most of it, but thankfully it was right outside my chalet door. speeches were given, a kazoo band played pomp and circumstance, and diplomas were given. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yet another sibling all grown up! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caroline and I walked out to the old miner's village and dug some iris and daffodil bulbs. I planted them all around my yard and hope they take root! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I forgot how much I love this tea, sold by marketspice in Seattle! I'm going to attempt to re-create it one day from things mostly grown in my garden. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and Olaf discovered the Hobbit House.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">you could see the heavy remediation equipment up on the tailings, but to me, it just looked like they were pushing it around into new piles. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was nice to have some fun family and friend (the vegdahl-crowels came up with us!) time, but I was ready to go home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the bus ride, Julia made friends with another kid. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and we had just a few minutes to look at lake Chelan before the boat arrived. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We drove home, leaving Dad to help Joe with his boat adventure. Mom and Olaf set off for Klamath Falls, but Grace stayed with us for a few days. I took her up to try milking goats at a local farm, Survival Gardens. Shortly after she went by train to Klamath Falls to nanny for the summer and I prepared to host 4 college friends in a little reunion party. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate (and baby on board), Erin, Kezia and Rachel all stayed several nights, much to our delight!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One morning, Julia drew a picture of Kate's baby, complete with eyes, ears, nose, and mouth! She had never drawn a face before, and hasn't since! She has acquired the conviction that she is growing a baby in her tummy too and comments to me often that her baby is sleeping, or hungry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a lovely time talking, eating, visiting wineries, going for walks, </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">finding grey hairs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with Julia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and more playing with Julia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and more </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and more. I think she was even more sad than I was when they all left! We've done a pretty good job getting together regularly since college ended and I hope we can keep it up!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We settled back down to life as usual. Julia and Daddy geeked out on their ipads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of playdates with little friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and lots of beautiful sunshine to enjoy. I've gotten a handful of ripe blueberries from my plants, the golden raspberries are ready, the chard is taking off as are the beans, the tomatoes are waist high and growing rapidly, the pumpkins are getting ready to take over the entire yard, the garlic is about ready to harvest, the calendula is blooming and so is the hosta and lavender. I'm pondering letting the chickens loose again to control the bugs now that the seedlings are mostly grown big enough to withstand some chicken attention. Julia lets them out every afternoon anyway in search of eggs, so perhaps it's time to relax about it again. </td></tr>
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Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-48198756350015352042013-05-26T11:50:00.002-08:002013-05-26T11:50:23.994-08:00some springtime happeningsSpring in Oregon is a beautiful time! we've had some rain, but more sun. Flowers are blooming, roses and poppies are everywhere, the garden is taking off, and everything is green. Here's the life in photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our friends Marv and Nancy and Joan and Art all came to visit us, and we crashed their hotel room at Mcminamins, having a lovely but brief visit. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped by Multnomah falls </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia and I have fallen off our morning walk routine, which is bad for my general exercise, but it does give us wonderful lazy mornings, eating breakfast and reading and playing around. I'm hoping to switch to an afternoon walk routine to get back into the habit!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">during a playdate, Julia and her friend Aurora climbed into bed and Julia read books to her!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave went to alaska for a graduation ceremony of former students, and while he was gone my friend Whitney came to hang out! we dragged out my paper stuff and spend a morning making cards. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's been 'reading' to her baby a lot. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lettuce in the window box </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lavender blooming out front</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a wild rose bush </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">iris, all the ones in the yard so far are this shade of purple. I'm hoping to get some yellow to mix in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another wild rose</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the strawberry bed got netted and has been producing a few berries. more are pinking up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the adjacent bed has kale, lettuce, carrot, radish, and rhubarb. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">when it is not raining, I sit on the porch with Julia and some blankets and drink my coffee. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's new favorite game is "go to sleep" which involves dragging her bedding out to the sidewalk and pretending to sleep. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some friends of ours are moving into town from the country and have been showering julia with gifts as they pack. she's in love with the wagon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">occasionally I care for this little girl, Maya. She's a sweet little thing, but it does remind me how nice it is to have a 3 year old!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">princess Julia, ready for a walk. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia's taken on the role of flower inspector and takes her duties seriously. walking to the post office 4 blocks away can take over an hour. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more flower inspecting and dancing upon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't seem to stop starting new seedlings. these are basil and dill and hyssop. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mint is popping up all over!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I planted this last fall but forgot what it was. something good for tea. hopefully someone will come along who can tell me. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm growing some potatoes in containers. supposed to have less pests that way. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've had to boot the chickens back to their pen for the near future while the seedlings grow. They were pretty miffed at me for a few days, but seem fine again. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we've got a serviceberry that is producing berries, but there's an orange thing covering many of them. i doubt it is good and hopefully someone will come along and tell me how to get rid of it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the cherry trees are producing, and the birds have noticed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the raspberries are getting ready to ripen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the tomato bed is taking off. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we planted a few sunflowers, and hopefully they will grow huge. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some blueberries are here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my sister caroline and her boyfriend Matt came for a night. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we checked out the evening light on the waterfront</td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-83158083952996166962013-05-02T19:38:00.001-08:002013-05-02T19:38:28.878-08:00may flowersWe've had some amazing weather here. Sorry Minnesota, but the west has got you beat for early springtime! The month has flew by with few major markers. Dave's school had its annual fundraiser, doing just fine by raising 40,000 for next year's operating costs. (Charter schools in Oregon are funded by the state at 80% and fund raise the remaining 20%.) Everyone at school is pretty happy that it is over until next year! I passed all my EMT finals so now I'm official, at least on paper. I've begun to incorporate into the local team of emts, but I think it will be a bit before I feel really comfortable with everyone. Julia's been her usual awesome self, loving the spring weather which means lots of outdoor play. Her favorite thing to do is pull up grass and flowers, find scraps of wood and build nests. Sometimes she pilfers the real eggs and I find them later in rather artful piles in the lawn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our little silkie hen managed to hatch a chick, much to our joy, but then we were devastated on the 2nd day to find the chick dead and the silkie covered in mites. It was a real tragedy that I didn't catch fast enough. We've recovered from the disaster now, and maybe someday we will try hatching another batch of chicks. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to a luau at Dave's college, which has a strong Hawaiian population. On the way, we visited our friends, the Gustafsons! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of frolicking in the sunshine. the boards on the ground are one of Julia's nests. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've done a few drills with the local emts. we were practicing low-angle ropes rescues here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For about a week I couldn't figure out why the chickens had all stopped laying. I usually get 4-5 eggs a day, and suddenly I was down to 1 egg a day! Finally I discovered that they had been hiding a secret stash of eggs from me behind a hay bale! There were more than 20 eggs in the cache! Now I'm on the lookout for secret egg stashes, but they've gone back to laying eggs in the coop. who knows why! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finally took Julia in for a real haircut! Our daily battles over combing out the snarls were just too much. She was apprehensive about it, but the stylist won her over by giving her "princess pink lips" when we were done. She's commented daily on how she had pink lips ever since. She still gets all worked up when I go to comb her hair, but the snarls are pretty much nonexistent, so hopefully she'll relax soon. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">showing off the hair, the wings and a new dress!!! (thanks Bekah!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one day at storyhour, they put up a stage. the kids went nuts over it, putting on the most avaunt garde performance imaginable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's a new first, Julia went to preschool!!! There's a sweet little preschool that we've been noticing at our friday playgroup. I checked them out for next fall and Miss Amanda the teacher suggested that if we were interested, she would be willing to have Julia as a drop-in for the spring. So last week, we tried it and she LOVED it. Not so much as a tear when I said goodbye and when I came back 3 hours later and stood in the doorway, she made eye contact, smiled a huge smile and then went right back to her project of watering the plants. I think we'll keep on doing it on fridays, since she's so happy and to give me some time to myself once a week!</td></tr>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-19263467112786176742013-04-09T17:48:00.000-08:002013-05-02T18:16:22.509-08:00springingIt's been awhile with no contact, but my computer developed some mysterious symptoms that were eventually linked back to the last time I got it fixed for water damage. Just a small mountain of money later, here we are again. lots has been going on. We took a trip to Washington the week prior to Easter to visit the grandparents and a few of my family members.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">digging in the sunshine at Grandpa Dave's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia is much less shy around Grandpa Dave then she used to be. Now she'll talk to him! We left for home a day early and didn't get to say a proper goodbye and she got mad at me that she didn't "get to hug and kiss Grandpa Dave" goodbye! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on a walk, she insisted on holding Olaf's hand. He was sweet enough to accommodate her! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I neglected to get any photos with Grandma Gini! shame on me! It was a good visit, but it was nice to get back home too! Julia got to play with all her new birthday toys, and I did lots of yard work in the sunshine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the iris are popping up and the hyacinth that we planted in the fall are blooming away! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chicken coop finally got a new coat of paint. Same color as the house trim! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we've started frequenting the playgrounds again now that the weather is lovely. Whenever we are going home, Julia complains "I dont WANT to go home!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had made some more easter cracking eggs this year. you save up some mostly whole egg shells for a few weeks, getting them by using a knife to crack off just enough of the tip to pour out the egg, rinse, dry, and dye when you have enough. let dry, fill with whatever, and cover the open end with a square of tissue paper glued to the edge of the shell. When they are found, you have to crack them to get the surprise! she had chocolates and some little tiny animals in her eggs. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all fancied up for church! Julia's dress shed glitter like a fairy on steroids. we were all covered by the end of the day. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">church had another egg hunt but thankfully these were fill of change that the kids got to collect and donate to the food bank. someone was so smart when they planned that!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julia got to meet some baby goats! I got to milk the momma goat! I've been invited back to do it again and perhaps become a backup for the farmer in case he needs one. I loved doing it so soon I'm going to go again! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One day I sat down with pinterest and actually tried to make some of the hair bows I'd been pinning for awhile. Mostly successful! Julia's pleased with the new selection. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friend Nick came to visit. He's moving to portland in the fall, so we are extra happy. Julia was a big fan. She rode on the "buffalo" for a good 40 minutes before he got tired. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then they chased chickens and petted the ones they caught. </td></tr>
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I've been working hard at finishing my EMT course. Today I took the 3rd of 4 finals, and the last of the finals is on saturday!</div>
Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-73117964073610060802013-03-19T11:14:00.000-08:002013-03-19T11:14:40.860-08:00March like a lambSorry for the radio silence here, but my computer is back in the repair shop with some mysterious symptoms. That is the sound of Dave tearing his hair out at my having yet another apple product issue. (Remember when the bus ran over Dave's laptop? Remember when Julia tipped over a water bottle on my computer? Dave remembers these and more.) as such, I'm learning to blog on my iPad.<br />
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Spring has come to Mosier, flowers are blooming, peas are planted, seeds are started and growing rather alarmingly fast. Next year I will restrain myself to one seed per cell instead of the three or four I allowed this year, necessitating transplanting and thinning already! I got eager and started pumpkins in peat pots and the tap root busted out in short order! They have been moved outside already under the cover of plastic containers. Our little silky chicken has gone broody, which is when they desperately want to be a momma and sit on a nest all day. Since we have no rooster it's never gonna happen with her eggs, but we do have a friend with a rooster who gets fertilized eggs and I've decided to see if I can't get her to hatch a few of those! I'm building her a little nesting pen out of some scrap wood and when it is done, I'll move her in and hope she takes to the new nest. Then we'll slip some fertilized eggs under her at night and with some luck, in about 20 days we'll have baby chicks and a momma to take care of them!<br />
Julia's been busy playing outside. She runs out by herself which I love and am slightly anxious about all at once. She has a little patch of dirt where she digs and I got hear some little plastic flower and jewel bits to bury, to hopefully stop her from burying the eggs. This has been a big hit so far. She will play by herself for hours on a nice day, climbing the rocks in the yard, then running off to another corner. I can see her mouth moving but can't get close enough to hear the internal dialogue.<br />
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We celebrated Julia's third birthday this week by throwing a party for some of her little friends and their parents. It was on Dave's actual birthday, but he didn't sem to mind sharing! Her actual birthday is the 22nd, but that is in the midst of spring break travels. She LOVED her party. It had all the things she loves best: a new pretty dress, her little friends, food, cake, balloons, babies and presents. For being a herd of two and three year olds, the party went quite smoothly. It was from 10 to 12, we served brunch with rainbow fruit skewers, finger sandwiches: egg salad and pbj, I'll smokie hot dogs, cheesy potato bake, salad, mimosas, white cake with raspberry jam filling, raspberry pie and apple cranberry pie. The kids played and played and played and ate and played. The adults schmoozed and ate and played. It was a pretty great time, if I do say so! There were 5 toddlers, two babies, 8 adults and that was plenty!<br />
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737095303542290327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661975982844096468.post-54106057194982646112013-02-14T13:42:00.000-09:002013-02-14T13:42:48.320-09:00getting back to normalPost surgery we've had a revolving door of loved ones coming to help us out with life. Along with my dad and mom, Grandma Gini came, my sister Anna and now, my brother Joe is here. Julia has just basked in the attentions of all these people, and I have basked in letting her soak up attention from someone else. I've felt really physically good the whole recovery. Progressively, I need to spend less and less time laying around resting, but still find that I need at least a little bit of a afternoon rest to get through the evening. It's been especially good to have the help in light of having extra hours that needed for EMT class, with an extra saturday class and 8 hours of ambulance ride-alongs. Auntie Anna did a lot of babysitting to make that all possible. I have noticed that I'm more emotionally unhinged, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise, but in between family members, I had a few days of just Julia and I, and we were both kind of emotional wrecks. She would have a marathon tantrum and I would get just furious at her. It took me a little time to step back and realize that I was handeling her somewhat normal behavior in a pretty poor way. Since then, I've been researching cancer support groups and trying to figure out how to not compartmentalize my emotions about it so much. Not sure if I've figured that out very much, but I have been able to be a lot calmer about Julia's rages.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cookies: chocolate and white chocolate and mint chip! She's got a unreal expectation of the post office now, after 2 care packages, dolls from her great grandma, pretty cards for 'julia' (me), and new shoes she doesn't understand why some days there's no mail and that I can't just make there be surprises when there is mail. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's been beautiful weather around here. 40's and 50's, most days for weeks now. Bulbs are blooming, birds are chirping, the sun is shining occasionally. We've been making some treks down to the river to throw rocks. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there is a napping house where everyone is sleeping.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I stopped forcing the idea of nap and instead, after lunch I read her two books and then give her a huge stack and say "quiet time, you don't have to nap but you can if you want. You do need to stay in bed and have quiet reading time" 9 times out of 10, she falls asleep!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took Auntie Anna to Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Julia loved the Gemini II shuttle. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She asks me often when we get to ride on a rocket ship. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tell her that when she's a great big girl, if she studies hard in school, then she can go learn to fly rocket ships.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she was also pleased with the flubber, though she didn't want to touch it too much. She's a little prissy like that. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also a fan of the water play area. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but had a meltdown when it was time to go. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">loving on Auntie Anna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After we said goodbye, Julia commented "I way miss Auntie Anna" with the most forlorn expression on her face. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And opening a present of two pairs of new shoes that came in the mail! She has a bit of a hard time deciding what ones to wear. We have to switch them back and fourth a lot! </td></tr>
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