The Adventures of Daughter

Seriously, of everyone alive on the planet, I think Daughter has the most fun. Last night, after I finished folding and putting away three baskets of laundry, she claimed the baskets as her own. her own bed, that is.

She got Husband's pillow, three of her stuffed animals, and her Manny blanket and settled in for the night. we really thought she was going to sleep in there. When it actually came time for bed though, she opted for her own bed.


It may seem like she wears this diaper a lot because this is the second time she's been wearing it in a post, but she only wears it every few days or so. maybe this diaper just makes her more creative and inventive in the things she does. also notice the filthy Manny shirt and dirty yogurt face.

Onions, the second ones.

Husband with the second batch of onions we pulled up last night for meat pies that didn't quite work out.

We planted red (geez, there are actually purple. purple onions. so why do people call them red? I have no clue) and white onions. While they could stay in the ground longer (and the majority of them are still there) we've pulled a few when we wanted to eat onions with a meal and didn't have any in the house.

Husband pulled 2 red and 2 white almost two weeks ago for a salad and they were pretty great. albeit much smaller than store bought onions. but the ones that he pulled last night were larger. so if we actually leave them in the ground until the stems fall over and die, they'll be even bigger still. I'll have to post pictures then too.

not me! Monday

I definitely did NOT let Daughter run around the house completely naked all weekend, because I was tired of doing laundry. and I also did NOT do the same thing with Son during his lounging time.

I definitely do NOT think naked cleanup is easier than clothed cleanup. Luckily, we don't have any carpet in our house, making all the things I was NOT allowing her to do be easier to clean up. (and because there were no diapers worn in the house this weekend I can skip washing diapers until Tuesday!)

Spirits Sunday

Much like gladys, I love Jesus, but I like to drink a little. "Spirits Sunday" has nothing to do with the Holy Spirit and everything to do with alcohol. teetotallers beware.

"Spirits" are actually alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of greater than 20% and I'll probably be talking mostly about wine which only contains between 9% and 16% alcohol. BUT I already post a Wordless Wednesday and I didn't want to include a Wine Wednesday in the mix.

Spirits Sunday it is.

Now introducing my first Spirits Sunday.

I found it at Whole Foods Market and it's actually on their Top Ten Wines for the Summer list. I forget how much it cost, but it was under $10.

"The Bunny Wine" is a fantastic Reisling from Germany. As far as I can find, the winery doesn't have a website, so what I know about the wine, I read on the label and experienced in tasting it.

It has pretty great peach and pear aromas. It's really light and fruity. and of course, best served well chilled. It'd be great with hard cheeses, pastas and cream sauces and light seafood meals. We drank it a few weeks ago and I'm pretty sure we just had vegetable hash with it.

Husband and I really liked it. He was actually surprised it was as good as it was because I'm notorious for picking wines based on the coolness factor of their labels and not on much else.

Rieslings are great wines for people who think they don't like wine because they've had some room temperature red wine once and was completely turned off.

the alcohol content content was 10%, it has a cork and it's a 2007 vintage.

enjoy.

wordless wednesday: sure, we'll stand on the stairs

scarf makin' maniac

this is one of my latest scarves. last week I switched from a K 6.5mm needle to a bigger N 9.0mm needle. it has made a HUGE difference! the scarves are bigger and I'm finishing them a few hours faster than before.

Last summer I started crocheting scarves for my parents, brother, his fiance, sister and brother-in-law for Christmas. but I ending up making about 20. my mom took the extra ones with her to work and sold them all for $25 each. that was very exciting to me. especially exciting to the checking account. it really helped out a lot when money was tight. so I started thinking about selling them on a larger scale.

etsy.

yes, I think I'll try that.

so I've been crocheting my little fingers to the bone in my spare time. incidentally, my spare time is 4:00 every weekday when I watch Gilmore Girls, about 30 minutes before bedtime and every time I'm riding in the car with Husband.

I'm planning on listing them around the end of August because, really, who is looking for warm comfy scarves when it's 97 degrees outside?

Tiffany has a great blog about her knitting.

and truth be told, I'm a bit jealous of her ability to read a pattern. I have got to figure that out in order to broaden my crafty horizons.

water water everywhere

it rained all morning. YaY.

I was able to fill up all 18 of our old gallon milk jugs plus both the kiddy pools. double YaY.

I'm excited that we can use rain water for a few weeks to water the garden.

that might make our utilities bill .37 cheaper next month! :-)

hooray for rain.

ALSO, daughter picked a squash Friday that was definitely a few days away from being ready to be picked. but she did anyway. then marched up to the top of the yard, sat down on a brick and started biting her barely ripe squash.

that girl ...

wordless wednesday: beer, peanuts and love