From the Man- Mast Bros. Chocolate

One more week come and gone, boy what a week it was.  Actually, two weeks ago my 8 year old laptop died on me. It was a Toshiba and boy did I love that laptop! It held up better then any other computer I have ever owned, especially dell(shakes fist).  So now we are trying to juggle one laptop between the two of us.  No easy task, for sure. A new one is not on the approved budget, so I have resorted to trying to win one.

The Leaves are Falling

The leaves are falling outside of my dining room window. It's one of those can't-capture-on-camera type scenes. Or at least, best left to the professionals to attempt. We have one large tree in the front, the remaining twin to the pair that must have been planted not long after the house was built. The leaves turn a lovely yellow in the fall. Today is cool but not too cool, with a slight breeze that has been sending down those leaves in a gentle fall shower. It is very peaceful.

And despite all the woes that come with our 70 year old house, I am thankful. Our house is small but full of love. We live in an unassuming but safe neighborhood. Kids play ball in the streets, ride their bikes on the sidewalks and play games into the evening. We have space to grow food for our family and better yet, family that lives close and will help with the chore of growing and canning.

There are no smog warnings in my city. No two hour commutes. There are reasons Forbes.com voted us the Best Place to Raise a Family in the United States! As a friend that stayed with us once said, we have a simple but beautiful life. I'm certainly feeling that today.

Taken at my grandpa's farm.

Inspired by Finn Giveaway!

Go check out my friend, Awesome Mama, at her blog! She is hosting her first giveaway for Inspired by Finn- my favorite place to get amber necklaces.

http://awesomama.blogspot.com/2010/10/inspired-by-finn-review-and-giveaway.html

Go! Enter! May the winning force be with you! Or me, I'd like to win, too!

Ella's Kitchen- It's in my bag!

I first heard about Ella’s Kitchen organic baby food through a  few blog reviews I read back in August. Everyone that tried them loved the products, but I wasn’t convinced. Why would I need them if I make my own baby food?

'My, what a big kitchen you have!' Kale and allrecipes.com

Ok, not really. In my dreams, in the far future after we win the lotto or my husband is made president of his company, I may have a decent sized kitchen. Or, when I don't turn down winnings for a kitchen remodel. Yes, sure did. No, not intentionally. In the meantime, I work out of my 1940's galley kitchen and all of it's 7'x10' of glory (and I am being generous in measurements).

My half-updated 1940's galley kitchen

Exciting things in store! First product review, new guest blogger and A Merry Fluffy Christmas

We recently received our first product to review from Eufora! Look for that in the next week or so.

My mom, a 7th grade Language Arts teacher, will be guest posting soon. If you have kids in school or nearing school, you'll want to read! We are looking at Tuesdays or Thursdays. More info to come.

Adventures in Green Living has teamed up with 20 other blogs to bring you 'A Merry Fluffy Christmas' giveaway event December 1-5th! See my tab at the top for more info. I'm really excited for my first blog event. As I get sponsors together, will update it. The sweet Bonnie at Holden's Landing has signed on to help us sponsor one day!

Thanks for hanging in there, we're working hard to bring you some good stuff!

Do you have your legs? BabyLegs, that is!

It was at an online cloth diaper store a few years ago I first set eyes on rainbow stripes and fell in love! My daughter was an infant at the time, maybe 5 months old. We were getting into cloth diapers and all their fun accessories when I came across those BabyLegs. It didn’t take long after that for my baby girl to be known by her funky leg warmers and cloth diapered bum!

On the road again... to the farm! plus pictures

I’m in the truck headed to my grandpa’s farm for the weekend. You’ll be reading this after the fact, as there is no internet service at the farm. I think I’m ok with that for a couple of days. No bazillion emails to keep up with, no stressing over trying to improve my blog appearance. Just time to write! Which is why I started blogging in the first place.

Ya learn something new every day!

Apparently blogger has a 300 blog max one can follow. Except they don't tell you when you've hit that, the 'follow' thing just keeps acting like it adds blogs. Fun. If anyone is reading and I'm not following them like I should, please let me know in the comments with a link to your blog. Many apologies for this oversight!
Thanks!

From the Man- Introduction and Ed Swan/Okay Studios

This is the first time that I have ever written a blog and I have to admit, it is a little weird. I have read blogs before and of course I read my wife’s blog , but writing a blog is completely different… a little scary. Please forgive any errors that I make, I am sure that I will get the hang of this shortly.