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    Batch Food Party

    The babysitting co-op is going well, and I’m excited about the baby food making party this Saturday. Next up:

    A Batch Cooking Group

    I love this idea (via Sew Liberated).

    But perhaps the group should have eight people, so we would each have two meals a week already prepared and ready to go?

    Regardless, I’ve had to table this idea for now (pun intended?). I am not doing much of anything this month except trying to sell our house and keep my blogs running and take care of Henry who only wants to spend his awake time pulling up on me. I’ve added it to my Life Binder as

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    A Pocket Neighborhood in Austin

    Image courtesy of Pocket Neighborhoods

    Our house is officially on the market, we’re thinking more and more about what the next step in our journey holds for us. Of course, in the short term, we’re going to rent a home. But as soon as we can, we want to take giant strides toward creating an intentional neighborhood.

    I’ve always been drawn to community. Maybe because I was an only child for 15 years? I loved slumber parties, and living in a single room in a college dorm was my absolute ideal. I lived next to one of my good friends when I did Teach For America. After that, however,

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    Update: Family Mission Statement

    Before Henry was born, I put some thought into how we should display our Family Mission Statement. I wanted it to be aesthetically pleasing, in a location that we visit frequently, and something that we could revise very easily throughout the years.

    I wanted to report that–so far–the IKEA frame hung above our toilet is working perfectly. The original family photo I used featured Henry in utero, so I wanted to update it to something more current. I quickly and easily cropped one of our vacation photos into a 5 x 7 and changed it to black and white using Picasa. Then I uploaded it to Snapfish and ordered

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