Posts Tagged by Joshua

Baking a Country Ham for the First Time

December 5, 2010 Posted by Issa under Kitchen
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This week Joshua and I tried out baking our dry cured country ham. With lots of pictures, here’s the process we used from hanging to soaking to baking to eating! Keep Reading

Donkey in the Chicken Coop

November 29, 2010 Posted by Issa under Animals
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It’s almost 10:00pm and I haven’t made a post for today. Since it’s only two posts till the end of NaBloPoMo, I’m not about to end this day without a post! Fortunately, a glance through my photo folder turned up something to share with you. Keep Reading

Wordless Wednesday: Joshua and Basement Cat

November 24, 2010 Posted by Issa under Animals
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Hand Washing Dishes

November 18, 2010 Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy
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Joshua and I have been slightly annoyed with our dishwasher ever since we moved into The Wallow. Sometimes it doesn’t get the dishes very clean. It often leaves horrible water spots on the dishes. We can’t run the microwave and the dishwasher at the same time. And then we got a notice that there was a defect in the dishwasher that might cause a fire, but it wasn’t under warranty, so we’d have to pay for the repair. Ugh.

A couple of months ago, we decided to make the whole-hearted switch to hand washing. This has a lot of benefits for us, even beyond leaving behind the annoying washing machine. Keep Reading

Heating Isn’t A Challenge

November 3, 2010 Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy
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I’ve been seeing “challenges” related to heating your home pop up on different eco-crunchy-green blogs I read. One is the Freeze Yer Buns Challenge at Crunchy Chicken and another is The No-Heat Challenge at The Non-Consumer Advocate. I’ve never gotten interested in the various challenges, and I think the main reason is that I’m not really trying to “challenge” myself, I’m just trying to do what makes sense for me. The Wallow came with a wonderful wood-burning stove installed, and what makes sense here is to heat the house with wood. Keep Reading

A Year At The Wallow

November 2, 2010 Posted by Issa under Animals
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Joshua and I moved into the Wallow sometime in October 2009, so it’s just now been one year here. I was driving up to the house the other day and thinking to myself how much I still love it. I’m prone to boredom and used to moving around a lot. It’s easy for me to fall in love with a place and just as easy for me to lose interest. The Wallow still delights me every single day, though, in every single way. Here’s a look at the seasons of the last year from around the Wallow. Keep Reading

Pregnancy Nonsense

October 24, 2010 Posted by Issa under Pregnancy and Birth
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Joshua and I hang out with people who are educated about pregnancy and birth and we’re pretty well educated ourselves. We’re also snarky assholes. Since I’m going to a mainstream OB practice for at least the next couple of months, we’re going to get plenty of information that’s oh so snarkable. Keep Reading

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