Entries from October 2009

October 8, 2009

Out of the Grocery Store & Finding a Local Credit Union

For three weeks now we’ve been receiving produce from Spud!. Nate still refuses to do a CSA because he wants to control what exactly he gets, and I even had to strong-arm him (sort of) into doing Spud by saying that we can choose what we receive. His argument is that he likes [...]

October 6, 2009

My love of books turns into an opportunity

I Love Books.  That might be a bit of an understatement really.  I’m constantly seeking to surround myself with books.  It is virtually impossible for me to walk out of a book store without at least one book.  The same is true of Nate, actually.  I max out my library card at 100 books often [...]

October 1, 2009

Self-Care Checklist

I have to be very intentional about self-care, because I wasn’t trained to take care of myself (as I suspect many of you weren’t either).  It was “The Woman’s Comfort Book” by Jennifer Louden that gave me a checklist to work from, which I wrote out and posted on the bulletin board in our kitchen [...]