Sat-19-Jul-2008 - Photo blog & GOOT
This week the boys have been sick. Samuel is lots better. He seemed to have an ear infection and be teething, and I panicked and gave him lots of echinacia when his ear began draining gunk out of it (he told us it hurt frequently) and put a drop of colodial silver in it as well. He never complained after that.
Elijah has been coughing, and we put GOOT on his feet in a desperate attempt to help him. He'd been coughing for half an hour, we applied the GOOT, he was much improved for about 2 hours. We marveled. We took the socks off. Shortly thereafter he began to cough again, painfully. So we put socks on him last night with more GOOT and put it on Samuel as well. I didn't wake up to hear Samuel cough once. Hooray! Our house does smell like an Italian restaurant and I crave garlic bread, though!!!!
Samuel, my sick one. Holding cheese sticks he could never bring himself to eat!
He fell asleep like this. The weight of the pillow must have felt good???
I canned 18 pints of new potatoes despite the boys been sick.
Elijah sleeping . . .
Elijah playing with our cat. The kitty was flipping his tail around and playing with him - they both really enjoyed it!
Jonathan made Elijah his first fort while Samuel was asleep. Elijah just crawled right through it! We were a bit suprised, since Samuel was VERY cautious about stuff like this at Elijah's age. However, Elijah has certainly proved over and over that he is not his brother! He was fearless and Jonathan was thrilled that he enjoyed it!!!
I went and picked blackberries Thursday night. It was very warm. I can stand the heat when I'm not pregnant, but it was obvious to me this time that I was! LOL It was 92 degrees when I started and 87 when I stopped, but I picked 10# of blackberries. And it was SO WORTH IT when I got home! (I had two boxes but only one is pictured below.)
Elijah loved them!
Samuel and Daddy enjoyed them . . . .
And the stains came out of the carpet and off of Purple Boy!
So all's well that ends well . . . at least when it came to our blackberries!
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
~Ashley~
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Sat-19-Jul-2008 - Freezing Sweet Corn w/pics
I bought 12 dozen ears of corn and Jonathan and I put them up yesterday. Here's how it all goes down. You get about one trash bag of corn husks per box of 4 dozen.
You throw the mainly de-silked ears in a big pot of boiling water. Stick the lid on for 5-6 minutes.
Take 'em out, put them in cool water in the sink.
I have done this by myself, but not this quantity. So, my wonderful husband cut the corn off the cob. (Oh, and this part tends to get backed up pretty easily so after a while he had quite the pile to work on!)
Elijah woke up from his nap part-way through, so he chilled on the floor chewing on a corn cob. This whole process is not really hectic, so we were able to keep a good eye on him. Though for a while I was husking, boiling, carrying them to the sink, then bagging the cut-off corn. I was busy!
This is the end result. After 2.5 hours, we had 45 meals of the best sweet corn EVER! Each bag has 3 cups in it, which is a big deal, because in past years we've only put 2 cups per meal. But now there are more than just me and Jonathan around the table! And Elijah already shows great promise as a Champion Eater. So we increased it to 3 cups, and I tried not to think about the extra 22 meals or so we didn't have as a result. I would much rather enjoy my boys and watch them eat corn than have more corn go farther! But I also may need to buy another box of corn or two this summer yet!
Anyway, this is how we do it. 
~Ashley~
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Wed-16-Jul-2008 - Updates!
Both boys have coughs, but Samuel is teething as well. He’s one miserable little boy. He woke his daddy up several times last night, then Jonathan just had him sleep in our bed. This happens so rarely and when he’s holding his little head with his hands and crying . . . well, I don’t mind a bit. Even though he ended up with his feet in my face! Jonathan ended up at the foot of the bed laying on my feet . . . it was an interesting sleeping arrangement to say the least! Not what I’m used to!
Elijah seems to have the better of it for now. I do worry about his cough….
I am realizing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel as I near the 2nd trimester. I’m doing the dishes more than I’m leaving them, and actually staying on top of the house maybe four days out of seven.
Trust me, this is a vast improvement!!!!
I’m also pretty certain that I have felt the baby twice now – just a flicker of movement. This is also been incredibly encouraging as I always find it difficult to “bond” with a baby I carry but don’t feel. It will be weeks before it’s consistent, I’m sure.
My garden grows on. I staked more tomatoes last night. I always let the
I’ve had two zucchini, one which I gave to my brother, and another is on my countertop. My best cucumber plant randomly died after yielding one cuke. My green beans are growing strong and a second patch is doing okay. My cantaloupe are blooming! I planted more squash . . . .
My mom was going to throw away a ugly, filthy working refrigerator. The plan was for me to clean it and try to sell it, but after I scrubbed it down, Jonathan and I have decided to keep it. We had been thinking of buying another freezer, but started thinking about it and really, a fridge/freezer would be used more.
The work is progressing on the $5 dresser we found a month ago. In order to fit it, we’re going to need to get rid of the diaper changing table but I think I’m ready. The clothes for baby #3 and diapers and wipes and other odds and ends will go in this small dresser. Technically there is a bottom drawer of the boy’s dresser that could be used for baby’s clothes, but just don’t see the need to crowd the clothes into one dresser – it will be quite enough for all three little ones to share a bedroom without necessarily stuffing all the clothing into one piece of furniture.
Oh, and I canned 18 pints of potatoes today. That’s probably as many as I will do, actually. I also need to pick blackberries and get sweet corn in the freezer and buy another big 30# box of peanuts for peanut butter to can.
July is a busy month . . . .
Since I’m more interested in food I’m trying to bump my caloric intake up past 2,000 calories per day. Eating at times is so unappealing, let alone eating so much that I feel like a walking blimp! I know I need the calories while I’m pregnant and nursing (I actually need about 2,500!) but right now, getting close to 2,000 has become a mid-term goal. Ugh. I have spent the last 3 days feeling FULL from morning until night and I’m not thrilled about it . . . but I do think more clearly and have more energy. A fair trade, I suppose . . . LOL!
That’s about all that’s going on around here!
~Ashley~
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