childbearing hipster tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2281 2009-07-08T10:35:46-07:00 ceçi n'est pas une mommyblog TypePad I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341e449353ef011571dbba32970b 2009-07-08T10:35:46-07:00 2009-07-08T10:35:46-07:00 Yesterday Dug and I flew home, sans children, from the cabin. It was weird. We got to watch the inflight movie (He's Just Not That Into You, which we weren't that into, but it gave us a few chuckles), and... Patti Last day of school! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68248421 2009-06-18T10:41:48-07:00 2009-06-18T18:01:16-07:00 She was home sick yesterday but woke up early this morning and cleaned her room (?). Put on her new (really new! A rare non-thrifted non-handmedown!) outfit.Left for school a first-grader, but she'll come home a second grader. Crazy. Patti As Seen On TV tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67907769 2009-06-09T12:42:01-07:00 2009-06-09T12:58:34-07:00 I wanted a Big City Slider Station the moment I saw Billy Mays hollering about it in between commercials on Nickelodeon. During our daily snuggle-up-and-watch sessions, Daisy and I would ooh and ahh over this little contraption that makes tiny... Patti Yogurt: A picture, then I'll lay off a little bit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67200185 2009-05-23T17:39:32-07:00 2009-05-23T17:39:32-07:00 This is what homemade yogurt looks like strained: thick, like store-bought Greek yogurt or like sour cream. Its purpose tonight: to offset the heat of an Indian curry. A little also went into the salad dressing for a similar reason:... Patti A Brief Yogurt Update tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66854549 2009-05-15T21:12:48-07:00 2009-05-15T21:27:05-07:00 My second batch of yogurt, made from the last few tablespoons of my first batch, was cultured for about 20 hours and came out quite a bit more tart than the first, just the way I really like it. No... Patti California Blondes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66794503 2009-05-14T16:39:35-07:00 2009-05-14T16:50:19-07:00 Molly and Henriette Patti First Harvest tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66748163 2009-05-13T18:29:26-07:00 2009-05-13T18:34:35-07:00 Red oakleaf and Sierra lettuces, arugula. Off to make a vinaigrette! Patti Good Kids And A Clean House tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66600573 2009-05-09T23:15:42-07:00 2009-05-09T23:15:42-07:00 This was my mom's answer to any impending gift-giving holiday. What do you want? "Good kids and a clean house". Frustrating, because as a kid, I knew it was impossible. I was never going to be good. I was never... Patti I Made You This Myself tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66508709 2009-05-07T12:08:51-07:00 2009-05-07T12:08:51-07:00 Add yogurt to the list of things I can now make myself, as from-scratch as a person without a cow can muster. There is something incredibly gratifying about making something you can buy just as easily if not more so.... Patti The Farm tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66475871 2009-05-06T16:25:46-07:00 2009-05-06T16:36:32-07:00 The chicken thing started with the shame of being too lazy to compost, letting ourselves get carried away with what our food scraps could do for us. It wasn't enough to get some fertilizer out of the deal, not when... Patti