Casa De La Tonteria!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Links to Urban Farming and Urban Homesteading

http://www.rootsimple.com
http://freedomgardens.org
http://urbanhomestead.org
http://slowlivingessentials.blogspot.com/
http://sustainableurbanhomestead.com/

http://www.self-sufficiency-guide.com/

http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/index.html

URBAN FARMING!

Well, I really havent got enough hands for everything I want to do and lord knows, with two kids you need 4 hands and that's 2 less than I already have.

I want to blog, and work, and game, and farm, and garden, and go garage saling! Where do I fit it all in?

This spring I am going to go ape shit in my yard and do my best to grow us a nice little harvest of food. Last year I made an effort but it was a poorly thought out effort and I grew a copious amount of useless food that didnt even thrive. This year I have to make PLANS. I have to figure out WHAT i want to grow and have a better system for WHERE I want to grow it. I also plan on cutting out some more grass and putting in a few more beds. Prefereably along the deck.

In the mean time, I am furiously awaiting the spring. I'm getting itchy green thumbs, my hands have been DIRT and SOILLESS for MONTHS and I'm dying to see the colour green again!

So I will try to post more, and I will try try try to take more pics. I would really like that. If anyone can spare a few hands or arms this spring and summer, I sure could use the help in the yard, come on over, I've got a fridge full of beer!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Choosing Thomas

I just wanted to publicly thank Deidrea and T.K. Laux for this video. I can't tell you enough how much it means to me, to know that you chose Thomas!

Knowing full well what the out come of this pregnancy would likely be, this couple chose to put their own feelings aside and give Thomas an opportunity at life, regardless how fleeting it might have been. They gave Thomas the chance to enjoy life and be loved as ALL babies deserve.

PLEASE, Think before you decide that your little one isn't worth it. Thomas was worth it!

I'm sure that to some people, Thomas would have been less than perfect. But in the eyes of his parents, he was the world. HE WAS PERFECT!

Too many people are choosing to terminate babies who are PERFECTLY beautiful children. Out of selfishness? Or fear? I don't know... but it makes me so sad to think that so many children with DS are being terminated because they aren't what their PERFECT parents expected. This is awful. Again, please talk to someone, do some research, meet people with disabilities and STOP being PERFECT!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Happy Halloween!

Phoenix went as a Phoenix!

And Hunter was a turtle again!

He makes the worlds cutest turtle!

Handsome Hunter!

Wordless Wednesday!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Best Big Brother Award

Im Handing out a Best Big Brother Reward to Tyler Ward. Here is the SWEETEST thing a big brother could do for his lil Sister!

Thanks Tyler!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

MOHAWK FTW!

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!

More CPAP Progress

Snuck in to my lil turds room and snapped a quick pic of him sleeping with his mask on again the other day. Pretty good for his first week!

Today Shaunee, the respiratory therapist came over to check up on our progress. I had scheduled her to come at 1 pm so that by then Hunter would be good and ready for a nap. He wore his mask without a fuss and we took him upstairs to his room where we hooked him up and turned the machine on. I held him until he fell asleep. No fussing, No crying. Just calm, peaceful sleep! AVEC OXYGEN SIL VOUS PLAIS!

The Great Pumpkin Hunt !

We took the kids to the Great Pumpkin Hunt at Butterfield Acres here in Calgary.

ORIGINALLY, we were supposed to meet up with other members of Ups and Downs, but I quite obviously did not read the Invite close enough and the Wagon ride that the Ups and Downs folks were on LEFT for the pumpkin patch at 10:00 am sharp. We showed up around 10:30! Ha ha! Butterfield Acres was very nice about letting us go for our Wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch anyway. All three of the kids got to hunt out a pumpkin to take home with them!

Phee getting ready