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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Yarn Along

By on June 20, 2012 in Knits and Crochet

Yesterday I had a last minute cake request from Poppa for his new team.  Though not a complicated cake, with a pulled stomach muscle anything becomes complicated.  I finished it and handed it to him way after midnight and then collapsed into bed not being able to fall asleep from the owie on my belly.

Sorry about the horrible lighting in these pictures, it was after midnight and Poppa snapped these while I was cleaning up (well, he probably cleaned more than me : )

This morning I woke up to a heroes farewall as my very grateful husband departed with his finished cake to his meeting.  Truth, I would do it all over again because of that look on his face.

I got baby beans sleepy soaker sack finished a few days ago.  I experimented with finishing the bottom opening with more ribbing like at the top with a draw string but didn’t like it.  I wanted it to have that pajama opening feeling so I added a few more inches in the ivory color and now need to sew it under to encase the draw string.  I am dreaming about meeting this little one with every stitch and every painful breath.

I have actually been reading something this week.  Soulemama’s book,  The Rhythm of Family.  I love her style of writing and when I feel tired, I look at her beautiful photography and read her kind words toward her family and get up to keep on going.  Sometimes, blogging may feel like a self indulging, non-productive thing to do but I am sooo grateful to all the women who put time into sharing their lives.  They have touched me inmeasurebly (sp?) and I hope to be of a little inspiration to some other momma out there getting up every day with owies and every day life to take care of and nurture their own families.  Thank you friends…you know who you are.

I hope to see you back her tomorrow for my Stash Bash.  If you have any projects you’ve made from your stash please come back and post them.  I love to see what you all are up to.

As usual this week, I am joining two wonderful blogging mommas in their endeavors, Nicole at Frontier Dreams and Ginny of Small Things.

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The good ole days

By on June 19, 2012 in Family

Saturday, early morning as the sun was starting to wake up, I lay in my bed thinking of all the things I would do that day.  This would be the day that the garage (play area and craft room) would finally get done and reoganized with little areas for everything that we need to accomplish in our life.  I would can up the grape jam I made the night before and finish organizing that shelf in the laundry room.  Then while getting out of bed, I felt a hot ripping pain like a hot knife on the lower side of my belly and froze in pain.  It took Poppa to roll me over and get me up.

I pulled a stomach muscle.

Today is the first day that I have been able to leave my bed and can that jam that has been patiently waiting in a huge pot in the fridge.  I am not really good at doing nothing and being in bed for three days is alot of nothing.

I did get to finish the sleepy soaker sack and started making up a wrap style diaper cover but have not yet liked it enough to not rip everything off the needles and start over again.

There is a project that I have been putting off for a rainy day and lets face it, its rainin!  I finally took a pile of DVR disks and pulled out that old laptop that got fried (one of two) that is full of old pictures and started burning pictures onto a disk.  It was so much fun to remember the good ole days, though these aren’t that old, most are from 2006 to 2010.  It reminds me how grateful I am to have a space where I can document our days and years and even share them with others.

I’ll be back tomorrow to share the sleepy soaker for Yarn along day.  Until then, I leave you with some memories.

I can’t believe how big she has gotten.  *Side note*  This was one of the only times she ever got to wear that sweater, it was washed and dried and I cried…alot!
 This was taken at the annual Pioneers day which we love so much.  I think he is wearing size 2 or 3 in these pics.

 those eyes!  they still get me every morning
 I couldn’t resist sharing these next two pics.  Olivia was three months in this picture.  Can you say buttah?
 yes, pure cream and butter.  This is 100% momma’s milk too : )
Poppa and I, a lifetime ago
not a recent picture.  this one was taken while I was pregnant with Christopher and I can’t believe it has been almost 6 years though if I look in the mirror, I can believe it.  That is JP standing next to me
 I never got in the water that whole weekend, just layed around everywhere
 while Poppa swam with the kids
look at those thighs….so delicious
Have you looked at any old pictures lately?



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