Month: January 2014

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…