Month: January 2014
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Poo on the carpet, what a lovely surprise!
For whatever reason, some of Ezra’s diapers have not been very absorbent lately. Probably just means I need to strip them again. A few days ago, this happened and Ez started crying because he felt pee rolling down his legs. I got him into the bath and then my phone went off and it was…
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What does the fox say?
Two days ago I was preparing food in the kitchen. I heated up some oil in a pan to sear off a pork roast, and had put the roast in the pot (fat side down, of course). Washing my hands after, I happened to look out our kitchen window that overlooks the backyard and I…
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Rabbit soup – so good!
We ate our first rabbit last night. Well, to be clear, we ate *some* of our first rabbit last night. I say some because it was a large rabbit and we didn’t need to use all the meat. We may have used about a half of the meat. First I pressure cooked the rabbit. I…
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Ducks and rabbits
On Sunday, one of my coworkers texted to ask if we still wanted ducks. He had been hunting and a few months ago I’d told him that I would take his birds because he never ate them and I thought it was a waste. He brought us six ducks, and thus started our first experience…
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Holiday treats are hard to let go
Sometimes during the year, I feel like I’m on top of things when it comes to treats. I don’t make them, don’t buy them, so we don’t eat them. And then a holiday will come around and I’ll think, oh, I’ll just make a little bit. And then suddenly it’s three months later and I’m…