Welcome to August, November '05 Babies! - Page 2

[Phoenix_Rising]

Originally Posted by spughy

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with Helen - if you cut it up into cube-like pieces it'll freeze fine without cooking. I've made some darned good rhubarb pies with frozen uncooked rhubarb. In fact I don't think I've ever used frozen cooked rhubarb, come to think of it. But, whatever - it's very forgiving (with enough sugar!) so go ahead and do what you like with it!

Hot day here! I'm going to go pickle some cukes & beans.

thanks for the info! have fun with those pickling cukes

[Awaken]

Yikes, I just realized it's August, thought I should search out the new thread, and it's already 2 pages, and I haven't finished reading July yet!

[MelW]

QofC~ Good luck with Killy (and Ellie!). No advice here, but I hope you find something that helps.

We're battling thrust right now. I love breastfeeding Neela, but the whole mess lately just makes me want to cry. I pulled off my bra after my run this morning and took a chunk of nipple skin off with it :

[flapjack]

Mel. I hope it gets better soon- I winced when I read your post

Spughy, everyone knows that rhubarb is a vegetable and must therefore be boiled into submission. I thought news of our (the Brits) successful war on vitamins and nutrients had spread far and wide across the globe?

Jen, all I can come up with isn't particularly GD- Killy forfeited his alone time by playing dangerously and deliberately hurting his sister and therefore has to follow you whenever you need to leave the room. We've used it with my boys before now, but it tends to drive me insane

[*Amy*]

Mel, you've really been having the week from hell, haven't you? Is Neela still getting up for the day at 2:00? I'm sorry you are going through such a rough patch, Mama!

[spughy]

Originally Posted by flapjack

Spughy, everyone knows that rhubarb is a vegetable and must therefore be boiled into submission. I thought news of our (the Brits) successful war on vitamins and nutrients had spread far and wide across the globe?

Heh. Yes, the reputation as vegetable-killers IS pretty widespread. Check out my sister's blog post when she returned from England last year...it's not just the brits though - the australians (if my MIL is anything to go by) are the same way. Fortunately Canada absorbed enough french influence that we seem to be pretty decent to our veggies. I think I will probably offer to cook quite a bit at my Grannie's place though!

Mel: big . I'm so sorry your boobies are in a bad way.

QofC: another big . I have no advice, and my mom's not in the country at the moment to call and ask how she dealt with me & my younger sister - we're spaced about the same as Killy and Ellie.

[kaspirant]

beads

Really didn't set a *date* to get them to me by. I have some that have arrived already and when I get them all I'll send 'em back out.

Yesterday was my birthday and DH was great. He got a sitter and took me to The Melting Pot. It's a fondue restaurant and it was really fun. The in-laws gave me a check to go toward our King mattress that was exciting. We are about 1/2 way to getting it.

I can't believe how fast summer is flying. I swear it just started and I go back to work in 2 weeks ( so not fair.

Well I gotta run. *hugs*

[DucetteMama21842]

Just droppin in to say hi- been swamped lately! Have been lurking through the posts though... hugs to everyone who's having a hard time!

[HoneyTree]

Hello, August! The biggest sign that August has come where I am is when the tomatoes stop doing; I was standing in line at my favorite farmers market vendor on Wednesday when she sold out her last three for the season. My own tomoatoes didn't make it past late July, so that's it for the tomato-basil-fresh mozzarella sandwiches. But figs and blueberries and peppers and cucumbers and summer squash and field peas and many, many, other lovely food will be coming in for weeks ahead still, so we won't be deprived.

And school starts back on the 20th, with me going back for teacher pre-planning on the 13th. I am far more prepared this year than I was last, but still feel like there are miles of plans yet to make and things yet to do.

I feel like a foraging animal must at this time of year--I'm packing as much as I can in every day knowing that soon it will be too late as my life will be overtaken with lessons and field trips and conferences. I'm knitting a sweater, socks, and two soakers; doing the deep cleaning that should have been done in March (spring cleaning) and then May (end of school) but wasn't; sortinig through all of Woody's clothes and toys; catching up on all my "life" business (insurance, budgets, etc.); and also sleeping in, which kind of wrenches up everything else, but which makes me happier and feeling better-adjusted than most anything else.

Does anyone else always find August bittersweet, and slightly harrowing?

SoulJourney, nice to have you back! Sounds like you and Noah Sage had a fabulous time.

Mel, yikes! and .

[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by HoneyTree

Does anyone else always find August bittersweet, and slightly harrowing?

No. I hate August. I hate summer, really. August is just when I start counting down to football season.

[spughy]

I like August. It's stash-away-food month. And it's my birthday, although that's no longer really the source of anticipation and joy it once was. But August is good weather, berry picking, pickling, fishing, canning, and when I was a child, hunting. It's foraging/harvest season here, and I like it - it's busy, yes, but fun, and there's a feeling of such abundance in the air it's hard to be in a bad mood.

We're having a pretty mellow day here. We had a good long talk with the baby ducks this morning, that was fun I have no idea what I'm making for dinner yet though.

[kaspirant]

August...it's my birth month...and school starts. pretty much sums it up here. It's often too hot too. Though for some reason *maybe I've been inside too much* I haven't noticed that this year.

Originally Posted by spughy

I have no idea what I'm making for dinner yet though.

If I ever get off my keister and run to the market...we are having beef stroganoff...however the first part seems unlikely at the moment.

[spughy]

Originally Posted by kaspirant

If I ever get off my keister and run to the market...we are having beef stroganoff...however the first part seems unlikely at the moment.

I'm going with prawn stir-fry, because it required the least amount of shopping. I DID get off my keister and go to the store, but just for mushrooms & milk. Although, with the little bunny in tow, there's always something else. Today it was "gapes!" so we came home with a pound or so of organic grapes. Could be worse

Does anyone else's DC mangle their own names? Rowan's been calling herself "Dohna". I guess she can't say r's yet, but she can say the "w" sound so I don't know why she got "Dohna" out of "Rowan". I wasn't reallly thinking about "easy for toddler to say" when I came up with her name, unfortunately. I guess names like "Brynn" and "Ellie" are easier to say!

[DucetteMama21842]

DID- COngratulations on finding your dress already! Can you post pics? :

[HoneyTree]

Sarah, Woody says his own name "Wooey," which is close, but funny. Our dog Caddy he calls a very clearly articulated "Ca-ya," and our dog Brodie is still just "Woof." So I've quit guessing which sound combinations are vexing him; at this point I think it's still that trial-and-error bit of language acquisition.

Of dinners, we had peanut butter noodles with peas, my favorite quickie meal: equal parts boiling water and peanut butter (~1/2 c each) plus a few dashes of soy sauce, a pinch of salt, a few dashes of curry powder, a few grates of ginger, then peas and cooked noodles.

Woody and I had so much fun out in the rain today. There are two pics in my blog, but here's another, taken at the end of our romp in the raindrops.

[kaspirant]

well... I did get up and go...and came home with everything I needed but we ended up grabbing some tacos at a fast food place while we were out because I waited too long and both DS and the bean were screaming *eat eat eat*

So beef stroganoff tomorrow night then

[Phoenix_Rising]

nak

mel- hope you/your boob are better soon!

Originally Posted by spughy

I like August. It's stash-away-food month. And it's my birthday, although that's no longer really the source of anticipation and joy it once was. But August is good weather, berry picking, pickling, fishing, canning, and when I was a child, hunting. It's foraging/harvest season here, and I like it - it's busy, yes, but fun, and there's a feeling of such abundance in the air it's hard to be in a bad mood.

We're having a pretty mellow day here. We had a good long talk with the baby ducks this morning, that was fun I have no idea what I'm making for dinner yet though.

i love the summer for the same reason
oh, and i made super super yummy dinner tonight. rice, peanut sauce with tofu, and garbanzos, tomato, potato, bell pepper, coconut milk. . . so yummy!

Originally Posted by DucetteMama21842

DID- COngratulations on finding your dress already! Can you post pics? :

i've seen it. . . and it is beautiful!

[MamaFern]

its august!!i only posted maybe 4 times in the july thread i miss you guys.

we are house sitting at my boss's house and she has high speed internet so im happy. more than 3 minutes to play. weee. i have to book people into the motel rooms, but its okay.. i only have a few rooms left then i dont have to worry.

so...

congrats on the wedding news DID

sarah: we wont be around then. elwynn is starting school and we will only have a few days at the beginning of sept but another time.

amy: yep..little fort is very small.. there is like...... a husky gas station and 3 motels (2 with restaraunts..greasy spoon style and the icecream stand i work at) an antique store and a fly and tackle shop and thats
about it.. but it is beautiful and the people are so nice. im loving it here.

we just went for a little camping trip a few hours away at the most lovely huge "green lake" it was wonderful and i got totally sunburned and swum out if thats possible for me. the kids had a nice time, though ngiao didnt sleep at all the first night.. i think it was due to her eating strawberries and dribnking orange juice, both of which we know are allergens for her. she was just so crabby all day/night

she is going through a bit of a rough patch, but im hoping it will get better. nights are still good..its just in the day she is spazzy. :
she is so verbal and so grown up for her age. she says "go away" and " Hmmph" when shes mad at me..if i dont let her get into something or give her something she wants... she is very self assertive, thats for sure.. but she is also very sweet and lovely too..just less these days than usual.

well, im off to peruse(spelling?!) mothering.dom.

love you all, and ill be sending my beads out on monday!

[SoulJourney]

Teresa, Woody looks SO GROWN UP!!! I think it might just be the massive amounts of hair that boy has but SHEESH! Our babes aren't really babes anymore! : Amy took some great pics of Noah playing naked in the rain when we met up in June. And my preoccupied self hasn't updated Noah's blog since BEFORE then so perhaps I should get busy!!!

I can't believe how many of you have beans growing in your bellies! I'll have to say I'm somewhat envious! My SIL is expecting and I think one or two of you are actually in her DDC in January. I finally succeeded in turning her into an MDC mama! She's still learning a lot but she's come a loooooong way!

So Noah and I went out for First Friday tonight. We had a great "date" and he was quite the lady charmer. This is the first time I've been to a First Friday since before Noah was born. We spent some time hanging out with some friends and their two little kiddos, then went to a gallery to see our favorite barista at our favorite coffee shop transform into DJ extrordinaire. I ended up making a new friend out of his buddy's girlfriend. Her mom has had NINE homebirths, extended BF'd all of them and CD'd all of them. Only two of the siblings even have social security numbers! Her mom is, of course, a long time subscriber of Mothering. It was really cool to talk to someone who hasn't even had children yet but she is SO passionate about everything natural in terms of child rearing. And that entire conversation came on all because I said I liked her dress!

OK...it's late. I'm tired. Noah's asleep in my arms. Much love to everyone and as Noah says...Nye Nye!

Oh...and my beads are en route as of this morning!

[flapjack]

SoulJourney, who's your SIL? Strawberryfields and I are on the cusp of Jan/February- which for me, probably means having a baby in March

Fern, love you, mama. Everything else OK?

I love this age. So many toddlers learning new words and doing new stuff and being generally very cool Skye has suddenly had a language explosion and we can understand almost everything she's saying as long as she takes the plug out first I haven't heard her attempt her own name yet, but it would be easily missable.