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Meal Planning Club
As I talked about last week in my post about reducing stress, we’ve been eating out nearly every night in an attempt to keep our house cleaner and to reduce the stress associated with change and transition. Honestly, I think it’s introducing more stress into our lives. We’re eating food that’s not as healthy, we are bringing a baby to a restaurant every night, and we’re growing weary of our go-to restaurants.… Read MoreSo I’ve been trying to figure out how to get back into cooking most nights without introducing a lot of stress into our lives. Meal planning immediately came to mind.
Typically, I plan meals by the week. But
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Attachment and Separation
I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationship between healthy attachment and healthy separation. It started on my daily walks with my neighbor. Her three year-old daughter just started school at our local public Montessori school. They’ve been doing Montessori in the home for about a year and a half with their daughter and have been actively trying to help her cultivate her independence.… Read MoreHer daughter hasn’t had any difficulty transitioning into a school environment. No tears, no clinging, no resistance whatsoever. My neighbor and I joked that it can kind of hurt your feelings when your child separates so easily.
But it does sting a little when your child
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A Homemade Life
Ooh! This book looks really good! Have any of you read it?… Read MoreHere’s the description:
One day Woginrich, a Web designer, threw her hands in the air and vowed to change her life. She was going to be more self-sufficient: produce her own food, make her own clothing, live a simpler and more fulfilling life. Easier said than done, she soon learned. This amiable memoir charts her course to self-sufficiency, documenting her successes and disappointments, exploring what it means to make the shift from consumer to producer. It’s almost two books in one: each chapter (for example, the one in which she tells us about her early misadventures in chicken
