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Spoiled.

Posted on August 12, 2011 by BrassyDel

Somebody got a brand new toy! It’s a big, plastic egg by Jolly Pets, is fairly lightweight, and the egg shape makes it wobble erratically when he pushes it. Also, he can’t bite it, and not for lack of trying. Tank is in L-O-V-E with this thing, so I hope it holds up well. He pushes it with his head…

Overgrown

Posted on August 10, 2011 by BrassyDel

I promised you guys that I’d show you my garden space when it was no longer just tilled dirt. Well. It’s not just tilled dirt anymore. In fact, up until a couple of days ago, it was like this: Oops. I actually weeded it a couple of weeks ago, when it looked like this, and put down Preen. I think…

Curls and Pigtails

Posted on August 5, 2011 by BrassyDel

Neither of my babies were born bald, and I even recall asking the nurse if Pixie had hair as soon as her head was crowning. See, this is the magic of the epidural. I can guarantee you that if I was still in the level of pain I had been in before the magic juice epidural, I would not have…

If Brassy Can, You Can

Posted on August 4, 2011 by BrassyDel

One of the many things I have wanted to learn to do for awhile but always assumed was too hard, or something equally whiney and stupid, was home canning. As of just very recently, I can now can things! And you know what? It wasn’t hard. The key seems to be planning ahead, preparing the food, and following recipes to…

I’m About to Save You Fifty Cents

Posted on August 1, 2011 by BrassyDel

Not the rapper. Money. I don’t know where I first heard this, but I’ve been doing this for awhile: regrowing green onions (which are about 50¢ a bundle at the grocer’s here). After you chop up your green onions, leave the stems. I usually leave a couple of inches or so at the bottom. Then, put them in a glass…

Toes!

Posted on July 29, 2011 by BrassyDel

At a smidge under 4 months old, Chappy McChappersons here is constantly holding onto his toes. His big sis Pixie wasn’t really into that for a bit longer, so I find it funny. He’s also pretty much perpetual smiles THANK GOD. Somebody around here needs to be!

Satellite Adoption Center

Posted on July 28, 2011 by BrassyDel

No, not that kind! Yes, I’d love to adopt a geosynchronous satellite, too, but I don’t think you can. Yet. While we’re waiting, though, you can totes adopt a dog or a cat from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley at their new satellite adoption center in Westminster! The local Petsmart, which is actually where my former roommate adopted her…

A Mother’s Vacation

Posted on July 19, 2011 by BrassyDel

Since my job, for lack of a more accurate word, goes with me, it’s hard to define a “vacation”. We all went up to the mountains last month thanks to a generous invitation to join family on their vacation, and it was great, but the three-day sojourn didn’t really reset my stress levels as well as I would have liked….

Le Fromage, part deux

Posted on July 14, 2011 by BrassyDel

I’ve been slowly making progress cutting out down on cheese. I love cheese, but I sort of don’t. I’m definitely noticing that when I don’t eat it for awhile, I feel generally better. Then when I do eat it, I feel like crap. A lot of chronic inflammation can be attributed to food intolerances and immune issues, just in general,…

I Heard You Like Shoes. (Friday Photo)

Posted on July 8, 2011 by BrassyDel

Pixie loves shoes. One of her first clear words, she delights in pointing out shoes wherever possible. She also is quick to bring you her shoes if asked, since she knows she needs her shoes in order to go out. Sometimes she puts her shoes on herself now, at least when she can slip them on. Recently, she was toddling…

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