Greenie Weenie

Cookies, crumble and Christmas pudding

Greenie Weenie — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:24:48 GMT

I’m not much of a cookie maker. I can’t ever seem to get oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip cookies to melt onto the cookie tray without being flat and achieve the perfect balance of crispy and chewy. Plus, a batch of three dozen cookies isn’t...(read more)

Making a difference at Christmas

Greenie Weenie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:12:33 GMT

Would you choose to feed a child for 4 months or buy him a new set of clothes? I was just asked that question by a friend of mine, who is helping children in Kenya. She’s about to make a return visit there and is looking for help with a project...(read more)

Composting food = less methane in the atmosphere

Greenie Weenie — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:15:31 GMT

I’m taking a course on Global Climate Change this semester (one more week to go!). It’s been eye opening in some ways, depressing in many ways and all around confirms so many things I’ve known for what seems like my entire life. By confirmation...(read more)

Wordle wordle

Greenie Weenie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:56:52 GMT

Long time, no update, I know. Between work, school, kids and getting ready for Christmas…blog? What blog? Yet, somehow, I had time to Wordle. a2a_linkname="Wordle wordle"; a2a_linkurl="http://silandara.com/blog/2008/12/wordle-wordle...(read more)

Our paper family

Greenie Weenie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:13:32 GMT

An except from our dinner conversation tonight: Duncan: I’ve got a job to do! Daddy: What’s your job, buddy? Duncan: My job is to cut paper. Mummy: Oh, is Berry’s job to color on paper? Duncan: Yes. (This seems about right to me. After...(read more)

Hugging trees makes children sleepy

Greenie Weenie — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:44:03 GMT

The kids have been making us a little crazy lately, so we decided to try doing something new today. We went to visit the Cumming Nature Center in Honeoye Falls. Our plan was several-fold: It’s an hour drive away — farther than we’d usually...(read more)

Dating the Universalists

Greenie Weenie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:19:00 GMT

I’m determined to get some spiritual focus back into my everyday life. God knows I need the patience with a toddler and a pre-schooler. So the search for a Sunday morning sanctuary continues. Last Sunday, the kids stayed home at the Church of Daddy...(read more)

Getting the yard work done — with kiddo help

Greenie Weenie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:05:48 GMT

I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t know how best to entertain two lively little ones once naptime (or school) is over. Berry often wakes up grumpy and Duncan doesn’t always nap at pre-school, so he’s on the road to meltdown city...(read more)

Back on the Weight Watchers track

Greenie Weenie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:55:44 GMT

I knew this time was coming. Pants becoming progressively tighter aren’t very subtle. And, even though I avoided stepping on the scale for as long as I could, one day I did it. It wasn’t pretty. And why did we ever teach Duncan to read letters...(read more)

Going to a new church

Greenie Weenie — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:07:29 GMT

At playdates this summer, a couple of my Mommy friends have talked about their church - book club meetings, Women’s retreats, that kind of thing. I miss going to church. Mostly I miss the fellowship, the healing that takes place, the communing with...(read more)

Laboring over the weekend

Greenie Weenie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:48:00 GMT

My blogging friend, Christa on Vocational Duality, often writes about balancing work life with mothering life. I’ve been fortunate in managing the two somewhat separately most of the time. But not this last week. When Duncan was a baby and I leapt...(read more)

My garden helpers

Greenie Weenie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:42:40 GMT

It’s not easy to find time to tend the garden with two little ones. Or do any singular activity, for that matter. They like to be involved. Our backyard, tiny as it is, is now strewn with kids toys. The turtle sand box, basketball hoop, water table...(read more)

The kids get cooking

Greenie Weenie — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:27:34 GMT

I’m not the only one who likes to cook in our house. We hauled the play kitchen up from the basement and put it in Berry’s room. It was a hit with Chef Berry and soux chef Duncan. There has been corn eating, pie making and lots and lots of...(read more)

Feasting from my garden

Greenie Weenie — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:03:01 GMT

There’s something so satisfying about cooking dinner with food from my garden. Dinner tonight - currently bubbling away on the stove — features tilapia (from who knows where) cooked in a tomato and pepper sauce. The tomatoes, red pepper and...(read more)

What do I do with the worms in my compost?

Greenie Weenie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:10:12 GMT

I love my compost bins, tucked away behind the garage. It’s so quiet and private back there (a big thing in a city backyard) and smells of leaves and rain and the forest. I finally got around to screening my compost. Oh, what beautiful stuff. It’s...(read more)