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Month: March 2014

The Fire Pit Destroyer

Posted in Family

Wyatt, our youngest dog, has a passion for hunting all things that move. One of his favorite things to stalk would have to be lizards. At the cabin, he’s moved piles of rather large rocks just to try to snag a lizards. How he doesn’t hurt himself is truly beyond me. Unfortunately, our fire pit here has suffered the same fate as that pile of rocks at the cabin. He may be a little obsessed with lizards. What do you think?

Roasted Root Vegetable Medley

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

We’ve been thoroughly enjoying our CSA boxes the last couple of weeks, but it does require some creativity to figure out how to use everything. I’m personally not a big fan of radishes or beets, so I needed to decide how to use these in a manner that we would all still enjoy them. I started thinking about how oven roasted changes the flavor of many veggies, so I decided to give it a try. I grabbed what root veggies I had on hand, but you can easily substitute whatever you have to create your own unique root veggie medley.…

Book Review: Notes from a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider

Posted in Reviews

Special thanks to Book Look Bloggers for providing the review copy of this book. Notes from a Blue Bike Book Description: Life is chaotic. But you can choose to live it differently. It doesn’t always feel like it, but we do have the freedom to live life differently than what’s “normal.” The popular blogger—founder of the nationally recognized Simple Mom family of online resources—tells the story of her family’s ongoing quest to live more simply, fully, and intentionally. Part memoir, part travelogue, part practical guide, Notes from a Blue Bike takes you from a hillside in Bosnia to a Turkish…