Category: fermenting
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Not done yet
“Not done yet. Not done yet!” is one of Leo’s favorite phrases lately. He is currently building a tower with Duplo blocks and when I told him it was a wonderful tower Leo said, “No! Not done yet!” Ok kid, ok. He will be sitting on the toilet and yell for me to help him.…
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Maternity leave, redux
eBay has done a very cool thing starting this January 2016. They have really beefed up their maternity leave/family leave policies. Last year, the policy was you could get up to 12 weeks maternity leave, but only six weeks were paid by short-term disability and it was at 80% of your base pay. Starting in…
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Exhausting week
I had a prenatal growth ultrasound the other day and my 30-week baby is measuring in at 35 weeks, and they estimate he is already five lbs. Good times, right? I know that ultrasounds can be fairly inaccurate but he feels huge already and with Ezra being over 11 lbs at birth, it would not…
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Dehydrated liver treats? Sounds yummy, right?
Jesse and I have been going back and forth whether or not to keep Luca because let’s face it, Luca’s a little crazy. When people come over he jumps all over them whereas Benny gets really excited as well but then very quickly goes and lies down. Luca nips at our hands while walking past,…
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A weekend for making things
Ok folks, I made so many things this weekend! First I poured off and made some new water kefir. I’m doing a second ferment with our homemade elderberry syrup because it actually seems to flavor it fairly strongly and it’s one flavor Jesse seems to like. I also like adding a bit of sugar water…