Posts by onetrumpeter

freegirl, just wondering how you all are doing?  are you still offering 1 or 2 24 cal/oz bottles a day?  how is your little one's growth?  so tough to be concerned about their growth when they're so tiny and don't have...

DD2 is our first preemie - DD1 and DS were term, birth center and homebirths.  I developed severe pre-eclampsia w/ this one.  She was born via c section on July 2, *right* at 33 wks.   At birth she was 3.10...

I've long wanted to be able to get my beans as soft/tender as from a can but never have.  I've not tried a pressure cooker, though.  I think a lot might have to do w/ how fresh the dry beans are which I have no clue... ...

I read about the possible negative effects of bran on Kitchen Stewardship (I think?!) a while back and it's been on my mind but until last month I wasn't usually grinding my own grains anyway (w/ the exception of Sue Gregg blender...

I'm sure your AZ climate is very different from mine here in VA but all I know is that mint is TOUGH!  For us, anyway, I wish I'd originally done as MonarchMom mentioned as the mint sent out runners and spread all over the...

I appreciate the thoughts on becoming more gun-familiar!  My husband is less familiar than I am so we'd both need to learn.  I'll have to look into the air cartridge bb guns...  thanks, ladies.

yes - agree with all above support!  and SO glad you were able to get rid of that rooster.  sad he was coming around in such a bad way.   we're hoping to soon move to the country and right now I'm sort of...

neat to read people's thoughts on this.  We found out for both our daughter and then son.  And after we found out about my son I said if we were ever to be pregnant again I'd skip the 20 wk u/s altogether and just find...

Did get to do an u/s today.  the tech was very, very quiet (like it was just her personality/professionality?) and I was trying to keep my 3yo and 4yo from bothering her so it was not at all chatty or as informative as I would've...

ithappened - I can relate.  not exactly the same issues, but I've been near panic and definitely in tears over the prospect of this third child in our family.  some days (many?!?!) I'm just getting by with our two. ...