I’m not certain exactly how I came upon it, but I stumbled across The Happiness Project this weekend. It seems so timely, as I currently savor the small things which make me happy. I believe we make our own happiness based on how we deal with the world around us. Is your glass half full [...]
Archive for August, 2009
the happiness project…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged be happy, happiness, happy, the happiness project on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
the truth about circumcision and HIV…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CDC, circumcision, consensual living, genital mutilation, his body, his choice, HIV, Mothering magazine, the case against circumcision, the truth about circumcision and HIV on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The CDC plans to suggest that all male infants be put through genital mutilation. Their supposed reasoning? Circumcision *may* lessen the chances of a male homosexual from contracting HIV, based on a faulty study done in Africa. Check out Mothering’s article, The Truth About Circumcision and HIV, to see a broad overview of the problems [...]
baby led solids…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged babies, baby food, baby led solids, breastmilk, lactation consultant, nursing, pumping on August 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With each of our children, sometime around or shortly after 6 months, they began grabbing food and sticking it in their mouth. We never gave them baby cereal – the nutritional equivalent of ground up cardboard or spooned liquid goop into their little mouths. As with everything else in life, we watched as they followed [...]
clean sheets….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clean sheets, happiness, happy, sheets on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I find that lately I need to appreciate some of the little things in life that really make me happy. Today, it is clean sheets. I love the feel of clean sheets as I slip into bed. They feel so nice. It’s been years since I have used a top sheet. It just isn’t practical [...]
laughing is contagious…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grocery store, laughter on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A trip to the grocery store ended up with my husband running with the cart in the parking lot with our older two in it and me running with an arm around our slinged 2 year old. At first we got some pretty weird glances. However, once they processed that all five of us were [...]
when you give a toad a microphone…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged field trip, toad on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a homeschool field trip at a nature center yesterday. The program guide brought in several animals for the kids to get up close to. They even got to touch several. It was really a great program and the kids were just hilarious. Really, though, how can you not like a program which at [...]






