blayne and simple

Quinton has been sick and recovering for a few days which has thrown off my energy level. We have had a rough few nights of sleep and boy was it hard to do anything. 

But - as Stacy just pointed out, the refrigerator smells. He added this to a conversation Quinton initiated about how no monsters would come to our house due to his light saber, his collection of stuffed snakes that double as impressive whips, and the giant pile of laundry and dirty dishes.

Therefore, I need to make a list to accompany my late-night online viewing of 30 Rock and The Office.

Make feta

Make yogurt

Restart Kombucha

Make lunch for tomorrow

Begin dinner for tomorrow

Start bread

Make SCD muffins

Wipe fridge!

Make apple butter

Make ghost costume and shield

I bought a bushel today from the farmer we usually purchase our chickens from. My own garden was to be blunt a disappointment to me in many ways this year. I had really wanted to produce and process all the tomatoes we would need until next summer. But I did not meet that goal. I have decided to just accept it and put by tomatoes grown not far away.

So far I have the better part of the first half bushel simmering down and am taking a break from cleaning the kitchen. I may or may not can them tonight. 

It feels good to do this work. It is important work; work I feared I would not get to.

I cannot find my camera battery! Or I would post images. I have been a Class A Airhead lately. Too much gluten, too few veggies, I presume.

here at our house we are constantly in the midst of a story. Some moments I am teller; others I am strictly audience. And in yet even others our roles shift and move as we all chip in to tell a tale together.

Today I finally realized this is our creative energy. 

So often I find myself, reading blogs, feeling low or down or inadequate about the lack of creativity. It sometimes seemed to me that my day to day life with Quinton didn’t measure up to the accomplishments and endeavors of others.

But today, I watched and learned. And listened. And I realized that in my family we create through story. I just hadn’t noticed it before. It permeates the daylight and especially the evening hours. Sometimes, we read the stories of others but so often the tale is one of our own collective imaginings. And our lives are richer for it.

I just found a cheaper larger source for these for halloween - hurrah for allergen-free candy!!!!

Breakfast

scd muffins with peach sauce

amaste muffins/namaste apple cake with syrup and jam

currant scones with syrup and jam

breakfast sausage

smoothie - with and w/o yogurt

Snacks

trail mix

granola - gluten free

fruit

lunch

chicken wraps

black bean apple soup rice crackers or rice tortilla crackers

black bean dip and warmed rice tortillas or quinoa

dinners

pork chops veggies rice

tomato sauce greens rice noodle or quinoa veggies, ground beef

scones

ice cream?

yogurt

freeze apples

peach sorbet

apple cake with namaste batter

compost

clean out fridge

take care of sponge

stacy lunch

tomato canning plan

can peaches?

immune tonics for fall

fopod diary for q - dairy free, corn free, gluten free

granola

scd muffins or pecan cakes

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Quilted hot pads - these could be easy to do for christmas gifts - i just boxed up some scraps and extra batting for giveaway…hmmmm…

We absolutely LOVe from Zero to Ten!!!!!

For k-3 don’t miss

MathStart series by Stuart Murphy
Sir Cumference series
The Warlord’s Beads (and rest in series)

For 4-7th

Number Devil
String Straightedge Shadow (think that’s the name)
Chapters out of Mathematicians Are People Too
Life of Fred (We love these!)
The Great Number Rumble
Murderous Math
The Man Who Counted
The Phantom Toolbooth
Archmides and the Door of Science
The Journey of Al and Gebra
A Gebra Named Al

Pictures we like that could be used for k - 7th

Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere: A Fibonacci Tale
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
What’s Your Angle Pythagoras?
Math Curse
The King’s Chessboard
The Warlord’s Beads (and others in series)
If You Hopped Like a Frog
Twelve Snails To One Lizard
Zachary Zormer Shape Transformer
Cut Down To Size at High Noon

Some other books on my list to buy

Full House: An Invitaion To Fractions
A Very Improbably Story
My Even Day
One Odd Day
A Place For Zero

Hope that helps!

clean up moon sand!

online bill pay

email double o farms

measure for futon

shoe shopping

laundry - wash it all and perchance but it away!

hang up quilt in bedroom

hem pants

organize fabric

go through overflow kitchen stuff and sort for giveaway

clean off top of freezer

gather stuff for louisville

put away puzzles - 

organize upstairs shelves

bring stuffed animals upstairs

Monday

Breakfast

fruit salad - muffin  - frittata - cereal

Lunch

quinoa, chicken, tomato salad with lemon tahini dressing (chicken thigh for Q) watermelon, peach, l

Snacks

watermelon, peach, smoothie, trail mix, frozen grapes, popsicles, sorbet, ice cream cone

Tea Time

leftover black bean soup with raw diced summer squash

Dinner

pork chops, cooked apples, summer squash and peppers, salad