1 // KOMBUCHA ISN’T ALL THAT BAD.
After a month of almost daily consumption, I’ve gone from taking shots of kombucha (with my eyes stinging from the taste!) to drinking it directly from the bottle, no problem. Not sure if it’s doing anything for my gut health yet, but fingers crossed. My current favorites are Gingerberry and Pink Lady Apple.
2 // MANY METHODS OF COOKING ARE UNIVERSAL.
We’ve been cooking African food each week as part of our geography studies and I often find myself saying to the kids, “It’s like a pancake, but with different spices” or “It’s like taco meat, but spiced with this” or “It’s like a pumpkin cookie but made with sweet potato instead”. For whatever reason, the universality of cooking really stopped me in my tracks this month. Food, regardless of geography, is the same but different. Just like people. And that is so cool.
3 // I LOVE THE HUNT FOR ORIGINAL PIECES OF ART.
I’m not talking about the pieces that are thousands of dollars (our single income doesn’t stretch that far!) but searching the little etsy shops and Instagram accounts has been so fun. My latest purchase is an original hand-painted monotype from Paper Monastery. It is absolutely gorgeous.
4 // CLIMBING TODDLERS ARE GOING TO DRIVE ME CRAZY.
My memory’s a bit foggy, but I’m pretty sure that I have never had a climber like I have with P. He is everywhere, always on the table and getting into mischief. We’ll often hear him saying, “Uh oh, uh oh!” as he dangles from the dining room table, waiting for someone to save him. I’m holding onto my hat for the “terrible twos” because it looks like we’re getting started early!
5 // ARIZONA AND HAWAII DON’T PARTICIPATE IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
Daylight savings time was rough for me this year. I could not get my act together for almost a week! And then I discovered that two states don’t even participate. Who knew? (And if you live in Arizona or Hawaii, lucky you!)
6 // YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN’T SAVE ALL YOUR STUFF ON YOUR DESKTOP. #SOGUILTY
It took us three months, but we finally had my fried hard drive looked at and he was able to recover all of my photos and files – praise God! When he returned with the new drive, he casually mentioned that the owner of the computer (cough cough…me) seemed to have a habit of saving everything on the desktop and that was a really bad idea. Oops. I’m trying to be better this time around.
7 // SHOVELING SNOW IS A GREAT WORKOUT.
Right before last week’s snow storm, Mark tweaked his back, so I volunteered to shovel with two of the boys. Our driveway is loooong but we figured out a good system (J dug straight through the middle all the way to the street. M took one side and I took the other, shoveling in rows sideways.) and laughed and chatted. By the time we finished, we were exhausted, hungry and I could barely feel my arms, hah! Signs of a good workout.
I find myself waiting for your blog each week
I'm so happy to hear that! Blogging is such a fun outlet for me.
I’ve been meaning to try kombucha again!
Love your point on #2!
Definitely an acquired taste, but so good once you're used to it! And the health benefits are supposed to be HUGE.
I started drinking Kombucha this pregnancy in hopes of avoiding some of the tummy symptoms that come along with pregnancy! Just a few ounces a day- But it has grown on me so much that I can’t wait to deliver and actually be able to drink more at one time! The Gingerade is my favorite. Also, I’ve been told that the gut health benefits could maybe give me a chill baby!? I’ll report back on that one- worth a shot though, right? 😉
Ooh, I'm so curious to hear if you can tell any difference with the new baby! Two of mine had horrible colic and in hindsight, I wonder if addressing their guts would have helped.
Sorry about the climbing. The twins were climbers and got out of their cribs before they even turned two. It made me have very sad feelings… 🙁
Thank goodness it's my sixth vs. my first. I just keep repeating, "It's only a phase, it's only a phase…" 🙂
Ughhh Aaron is our first climber and it's INSANE. Aaaand you're kinda tempting me to finally try kombucha but it just really isn't appealing at all…you'll have to update us if you notice positive effects. Maybe then I'll try it!
I hear you about kombucha! I started because I kept hearing such positive things about fermented foods….BUUUUT I don't really like ANY of them, hah! So I went with kombucha, thinking it was the easiest to get down. And it's grown on me! I'll be sure to give an update.
If not the desktop where do you save it?
He said to create folders in the "Documents" folder within the PC and save there. If your computer ever crashes, it's easier to retrieve there than on the desktop.