tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67439211727155925932024-03-18T18:53:43.364-03:00Simple Things NotebookDawn Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483805832809961369noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743921172715592593.post-4454135280186076182015-05-15T06:44:00.002-03:002015-05-15T06:44:18.395-03:00New Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a really great new internet home! </div>
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You can find me <a href="http://www.dawnsuzettesmith.com/">here</a>.</div>
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Please come visit and say hello!</div>
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Dawn Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483805832809961369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743921172715592593.post-58467570247810367152014-05-21T08:17:00.001-03:002014-05-21T08:17:07.815-03:00Passing off the Make & Listen Along & other bits...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First of all, I wanted to thank you for all of your sweet comments here, and on other social media, in regard to my last post. It feels great to be supported in all of these neat and amazing endeavors! </div>
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Second, I have some fun news about the Make and Listen Along! Jen, over at <a href="http://ihappyree.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">iHappy</a> is going to jump in to take over the Make and Listen Along for a while. She, like many of you have expressed, found it fun to see what others have been making and got a bit of making motivation from the weekly updates. If you would like to join up please post and link up over at <a href="http://ihappyree.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">iHappy</a> on Thursday! Thanks, Jen!</div>
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And lastly, the photos above are totally random and have nothing to do with this post, but those of you who know me well, know I can't post without photos... so enjoy! </div>
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Oh, and that last spruce tip photo reminds me that we are going to have a ton of spruce tips ready to harvest for something in the next week or so... do you have any favorite spruce tip recipes? </div>
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Life has been very full around these parts lately. We are still trying to strike a balance between time out in the world and time spent here at home. It can be a tightrope walk for sure and I have to keep reminding myself that we did just make a big move. Coming back to a place can fool you into thinking you never left and well, that things should be running smoother. But the fact is there are still adjustments being made and life has not quite returned to "normal" just yet. </div>
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I am finding it harder and harder to split my time between multiple spaces here on the internet. I love to share in this space, but much of my computer time is devoted to other endeavors that I can't always share. This is very new for me. While these projects are beyond fun and exciting, it can also be a wee bit frustrating to have to hold back and squirrel away photos, ideas, and projects to share in the future. </div>
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I am realizing more and more that I have also entered into the realm of "working homeschool mom" and it brings with it some interesting territory to navigate. I am still sorting through how to make it all happen so that everyones needs are met in the best way possible. </div>
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Wow... Guess I just needed to share a bit of what's been going on around here and in my head. So many good things, so many positive things, but also new turf and things to work through. </div>
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With all of this in mind I am going to take a break from the pressure of regularly posting on Thursday's for the Make and Listen Along. For now I am just going to take a break from anything set in stone here and see what happens in the fall. </div>
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This week most of the making has been outside. <strike>We</strike> I have been working in the garden. (The little man has been helping with the rocks a bit, but mostly keeping me entertained with stories of lego creation design plans! While big sister has been catching salamanders & dragonfly nymphs like it is her job.)<br />
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And oh, goodness the rocks! They range from small boulders to pea gravel. I almost went in to get the strainer yesterday when I hit a patch of gravel.<br />
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I have one bed pretty well combed over. I am going to hit it again so I can get it really clear for planting carrots and such. We don't want any more <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32006501@N04/7780725114/" target="_blank">sexy carrots</a> now do we! For the other beds I am going to use the lasagna garden technique to get them up and running without all of the digging. I will just have to plant shallow rooted plants in those this season. I am thinking all kinds of lettuce but I need some ideas for cold hardy shallow rooted veggies. Any thoughts?<br />
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Here is what it looks like at the moment, with my one rocky-less bed there between the wooden stakes.<br />
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Wes has been working on building a fire pit. It is coming along really well. Can't wait for the first fire! </div>
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To help Wes with the fire pit the kids and I have been gathering rocks from up in what has become known as the "rock quarry" up on the hill behind the house. There is actually a mini wetland between where I was standing for the photo below and those large boulders (which the kids call the rock gym, and play on them as such). We are planning on putting some boards down to create paths to minimize damage. There are cranberries growing out there too! Yay!</div>
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As for listening... It has been pretty quite. In fact, I don't think the music has gone on even once this week. The birds have been keeping us entertained. Listening to them is always a treat.<br />
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I almost forgot! We are growing microgreens too! I shared about that over on <a href="http://www.mudpuddlestometeors.com/gardening-with-kids-growing-microgreens/" target="_blank">Mud Puddles to Meteors</a>! </div>
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Things here have been busy in a good way. It is feeling more and more like spring and the weekend was spent in workshops (gold panning for Wes and his dad, and edible landscaping for me, while grandma hung out with the kids) and in the yard building a fire pit, digging in the garden, and finding critters (the first drangonfly nymph was found by the little naturalist). It was all good!</div>
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There has been plenty of making going on with the wizard of the house making up wizardly things (Thank you grandma for getting her started!), the Lego designer going full steam ahead and other projects here and there. The kitchen has still been somewhat busy with making goodness from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gather-Paleo-Entertaining-Bill-Staley/dp/1936608480" target="_blank">this book</a> and a few things from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Allergen-Free-Bakers-Handbook-Cybele-Pascal/dp/1587613484" target="_blank">this book</a>. But some of the biggest news around here is that we are finally moved in.<br />
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Last weekend, after a whirlwind trip to Maine, we came home to do some work and "spring cleaning" of sorts on Sunday. Kinda funny to think about spring cleaning a house we have only been living in for a few months, but things like dusting photo frames and lamp shades were not my top priority when packing them up. (Okay, dusting is never my top priority, but especially when moving!)<br />
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After they were cleaned up, using a toothbrush to get between those really great little pieces of bamboo, they were hung up.<br />
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The listening around here has been really quiet. Mostly listening for new bird sounds and finally identifying that really haunting sound coming from the forest, as the raven. And it was being dive-bombed by a crow as it flew overhead. (An exciting observation round these parts.)<br />
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Oh, and one more thing. I made an instagram account for <a href="http://www.mudpuddlestometeors.com/" target="_blank">Mud Puddles to Meteors</a> where I am posting daily nature photos. I am still figuring it all out, and wondering about this cross posting with FB, twitter, and such, but so far having fun with it. If you are on instagram and want to follow along my account is: <a href="http://instagram.com/mudtometeors" target="_blank">mudtometeors</a>.<br />
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On Monday the he kiddos came down with the sickies for the first time in over a year. Thankfully, they did not have all they could have and I was met with managing only a set of fevers, soar throats, head aches, and running noses - as if that is not enough. (But of course it could have been worse, much worse.) I relied on my <a href="http://simplethingsnotebook.blogspot.ca/search?q=ginger+tea" target="_blank">regular remedies</a> and, now with the <a href="http://simplethingsnotebook.blogspot.ca/2014/04/make-listen-along-essential-oils.html" target="_blank">apothecary of EO's</a> at my disposal, I used all kinds of essential oils to help out too. They are both recovering nicely (the little man has the nose faucet still going) but they are doing pretty well. Now knocking wood, crossing fingers, all other such measures so I don't get sick!<br />
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The week is a bit of a blurr but we did manage to make some sunrise bread (we made it GF) from <a href="http://beautythatmoves.typepad.com/beauty_that_moves/" target="_blank">Heather's</a> <a href="http://beautythatmoves.typepad.com/beauty_that_moves/2014/03/30-day-vegan-spring-2014.html" target="_blank">30 Day Vegan class</a>. It was really super yummy and is on our make again list for today to take down to Maine for the weekend. Her new spring class starts on May 12th if you are interetested. We are by no means vegan but I learned a lot because Heather is just so knowledgable about food and wellbeing in general. (And now I must admit that when I went over to grab the link above I got lost on Heather's blog again... just so much goodness over there.)<br />
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The listening was pretty quiet overall. The kids did watch/listen to a <a href="http://www.survival.com/videos/woodsmaster/" target="_blank">Woodsmaster DVD</a> at some point (they check them out from the library here). Always lots to learn about survival from the Woodsmaster.<br />
And they listened to my very best voices when reading aloud the <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bone/books.htm" target="_blank">Bone series</a>... all nine books, plus Rose, and now we are on to the Bone Handbook. Whew!<br />
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And the above photos have nothing to do with anything in this post other than the fact that I helped my camera make them while getting some fresh air in the rain. (I just love pussy willows and I am beyond happy they are here in our new yard! Yay!)<br />
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The twigs on the table are doing what twigs to when they are brought into the heat of the home - they are bursting with leaves. The birch is the most beautiful and bright of them all, but we have been making sure to keep tabs on them all, even the very slow moving alder.<br />
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Wes has enjoyed having them on the kitchen table along with the rest of us.<br />
Of the birch he said it is thinking, "Yay! It's spring! ... and now I'm dead!"<br />
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We are still listening to The Hobit. It is long and takes even longer in short little doses, but is still being thoroughly enjoyed.<br />
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Last weekend we had some really amazing freezing rain (which you can read a little about and see more photos of <a href="http://www.mudpuddlestometeors.com/whats-that-wednesday-freezing-rain-ice-storms/" target="_blank">here</a>). When the temps went up a little bit we went out to explore and see the results of the ice storm. It was mild around our house because we are pretty close to the coast but once we ventured out into the world the evidence of some pretty sever icing was seen. While the roads were okay the trees where covered in a very thick layer of ice and many were hanging low under the weight. </div>
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In the afternoon we went to the Museum of Natural History. It would seem that my camera is showing signs of age because it does not like the cold much these days. It shut down and waited for a good long time to warm up and turn on again. So the trusty iPhone helped me out at the museum. </div>
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The Museum of Natural History in Halifax is one of our favorite spots in the city. This time around they had an amazing bug exhibit. Those were some really big bugs!<br />
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The cool part about the exhibit was that it blended the natural history of the bugs themselves with the art of recording natural history though both artists sketches and 3D models. A small display of how the models were made was very interesting and brought the disciplines together in a fun way. It was very good for my little artist to see how art can be used in a fun and informative way.<br />
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We had snow all day yesterday and while the forecast calls for some sun, looking outside I don't believe it at the moment. Nova Scotia is sure doing a good job of making sure we did not miss out on winter!<br />
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I will be back tomorrow with another installment of the <a href="http://simplethingsnotebook.blogspot.ca/2014/03/make-listen-along_27.html" target="_blank">Make & Listen Along</a>. Hope you will join in!<br />
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The sewing machine has been sitting idle on the desk, the embroidery floss still nestled in its sweet little box, and while the knitting needles have come out to play later at night, the rest sits waiting for the right time to put needle to fabric and make new things for this house... and a few other things dancing around in this brain of mine.<br />
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I had every intention of coming to this space to share a few things this week but alas, life!<br />
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This week I have been...<br />
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making lots of tracks in the snow, as I follow little people on their explorations...<br />
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making a whole lot of photos of things big and small, as we rediscover this place we have grown to love...<br />
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making progress on <a href="http://simplethingsnotebook.blogspot.ca/2014/01/some-exciting-news.html" target="_blank">the book</a>, as <a href="http://www.birdandlittlebird.com/" target="_blank">Annie</a> and I are both finally getting settled in to new adventures...<br />
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making lots of time to visit with friends, that we have been away from for much too long...<br />
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That knitting I spoke of...<br />
It has been coming out as I snuggle in bed next to the little man listening to The Hobbit. We are chipping away at it a little each night before bed and enjoying every bit of knitting and listening along.<br />
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While there have been lots of lists being made of things I want, and things I want to make, for this little house of ours, I have been mostly just making up house lately. Making it livable, practical, and well, ours.<br />
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There are a few spaces that are quickly becoming favorites in this home, and the kitchen is fast becoming one of them. It is amazing and really fun to cook in, eat in, and just generally live in.<br />
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The other morning, while waiting for breakfast to cook up on the stovetop, I took a few shots to give a little photo tour of the backdoor entry & kitchen:<br />
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We need some hooks in here for hanging up jackets and things but the little shelves have worked awesome for shoes. The washer and dryer are hiding in that cabinet on the left there... perfect for muddy things to head right into the wash!<br />
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I love the light that comes in from the big window and the view of the bay is wonderful (the same view we see from the big window in the living room).<br />
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The little planter is waiting for paper whites that never got planted (soon) and a twig study of trees in the yard has already begun.<br />
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Hello from my new kitchen! </div>
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I have never had stainless steel appliances or a glass stovetop like this one. Any tips for cleaning are most welcome!<br />
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As for the listening...<br />
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The little man and I have been listening to The Hobbit before bed each night. He is loving it!<br />
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I downloaded it for the road trip but sister did not want to listen. After she heard us listening in his room each night she got hooked and pulled the book from the shelf to read ahead. She finished it in two days! (Yes, the girl who claimed she just could not read a chapter book that big!) Now she is ready for Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Finally!<br />
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We have been unpacking, organizing, and generally setting up house to get our feet on the ground for the jump back into "normal"... as normal as we can make our life. But we have also been visiting old favorite places for the first time again. </div>
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Our old favorite local beach was high on the list. It is now just a five minute drive down the windy coastal road, instead of the 10 minutes it once took us. </div>
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Shells were collected, seaweed examined (as if for the first time), and rocks were hopped... over and over. It was cold, rainy, and windy, but we loved every minute of it. </div>
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It feels so very good to be back!</div>
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As many of you know, if you have been following along on Facebook or Twitter, we made it to Nova Scotia! </div>
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It was an adventure, for sure, but not too much so. Just the way we like it. There was one of the 8 days of travel when we were sidelined by ice and held out in Knoxville, Tennessee. That was the first day I pulled out my camera and grabbed some photos of ice and the wee bit of nature we spotted in the La Quinta parking lot... it really is all around!</div>
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We pulled into Pennsylvania under a beautiful sunset.<br />
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And some really neat icicles over the storm drain. And because I am a total geek I had to sit down in the parking lot and take a few photos. I was really getting desperate to make some pictures at this point. It was so hard to drive by so many things I wanted to capture but I settled for just taking it all in while keeping eyes on the road and hands firmly on the wheel.<br />
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Our last night in the States was spent in Maine with Wes' parents. It was a very nice and welcome stopover. So extra nice to have a home cooked meal!<br />
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We have been unpacking like crazy and getting all of the paperwork involved with moving done. Just a tad bit more than a typical move, being back in Canada, but not too much. </div>
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The house is almost all set up. We put some art up yesterday and that went a long way to making it feel like home. I will share a tour soon!</div>
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Hope you have all been well. It is looking like we will be jumping back into "normal" mode next week with Wes returning to work. I am looking forward to settling into a routine again.</div>
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Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments on my previous posts! I have been popping into Twitter and sometimes posting a little something to facebook, but have mostly been packing this last week. Speaking of social media, I will try to post a few things from the road on <a href="https://twitter.com/DawnSuzette" target="_blank">Twitter</a> if you want to follow along for little updates.</div>
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Yesterday was a doozy for packing & cleaning out. Well, cleaning out the little man's room. Everything else had been visited multiple times and weeded out pretty well. But his room, oh, my! We got through it and he was primed and finally felt okay about letting some things go. That was good. </div>
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I have to make a manifest to show the contents of our truck when we cross the border. I had to do it when we went to NS the first time but not coming back to the US. I stopped packing at box 97 last night. Now, keep in mind some of those "boxes" are shoebox size boxes, or the microscope case, or a little craft box filled with paints, and come in all sizes. </div>
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Keeping track of <strike>our </strike>my stuff has been an exercise in creative labeling. Far too many boxes were listed as "craft supplies" so I had to start being more specific for my own sanity (and that of Wes), so now there are "painting supplies," "stamping supplies," "sewing supplies," etc... The manifest looks much better now. But there was really no other way to list books so there are still a whole lot of "book" boxes!</div>
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I have spent time over these last week scheduling some posts to the <a href="http://www.mudpuddlestometeors.com/" target="_blank">Mud Puddles to Meteors</a> blog. With <a href="http://birdandlittlebird.com/" target="_blank">Annie</a> starting her new teaching job, and me moving across the continent, we knew we would need some help. Some wonderful friends have stepped up to share posts these last weeks and leading all the way into March while we get settled. A big thanks to, <a href="http://kathrynpagano.com/" target="_blank">KC</a>, <a href="http://lifeonacanadianisland.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alex</a>, <a href="http://www.motheringwithmindfulness.com/" target="_blank">Kim</a>, and <a href="http://mamaofletters.com/" target="_blank">Shelli</a>! </div>
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We really started Mud Puddles with the idea of creating a community where families could share and this feels like a great step toward making that part of the site happen. If you ever want to contribute a nature walk, project, or special nature find please let me know! </div>
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Today we pack up the last little bits, and after a breakfast of bacon and eggs, the rest of the kitchen. Tomorrow we pick up the Uhaul truck to load and Friday we will be on our way to Nova Scotia. We are figuring about 7 days... crossing every finger and toe I have about the weather. I am admittedly more nervous than usual because I will actually be driving the whole trip this time around. (I will drive the Jeep with kiddos in tow, and follow Wes and the Leo kitty in the Uhaul truck.) There is one day where we will travel through lots of major cities including DC and New York, but my plan is the tuck in behind Wes and just get through! </div>
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Thanks for all of the good travel vibes!</div>
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This weekend was somewhat busy, but good, with healthy doses of downtime when needed. Wes' parents were here visiting from Maine (a trip planned before the big moving plans were set into motion).<br />
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- The last day of work for Wes on Friday! Yay!<br />
- Hiking a goodbye hike on one of our favorite New Mexico trails.<br />
- A visit to Aztec Ruins.<br />
- Lots and lots of Mexican food - because we all miss it when we live in the east!<br />
- And some BBQ for good measure.<br />
- Some packing... but not too much.<br />
- Talking to <a href="http://www.birdandlittlebird.com/" target="_blank">Annie</a> on the phone while she & her kiddos hung out at my parents house for an overnight stay while waiting for their flight back home. Fun!<br />
- Along with Olympics, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Madagascar-David-Attenborough/dp/B004PHSTWK" target="_blank">this</a> documentary, and lots of talk of family, dreams, the future, and the crazy twists and turns of life!<br />
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I also laundered some quilt tops that I have been told were pieced together by my grandmother. I honestly don't know the whole scoop but they are pretty amazing. They were a bit musty but the dry desert air did them lots of good!<br />
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Lots of packing and cleaning ahead over the next few days.</div>
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*weekending with <a href="http://www.thehabitofbeing.com/journal/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>*Dawn Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483805832809961369noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743921172715592593.post-47248226766391194412014-02-22T10:40:00.000-04:002014-02-22T10:40:02.071-04:00Blogger Swap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It is getting exceptionally nutty around these parts but I wanted to pop in really quick to share what I sent off for the blogger swap Amanda, over at <a href="http://sweetpotatoclaire.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Potato Claire</a>, was so kind to organize! </div>
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I finally managed to make it to the post to get the package in the mail this week, but funny enough it did not have far to travel because my match lives just across the boarder in Colorado. Too bad we were not going to be here long enough to arrange delivery in person! </div>
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I noticed from her blog that they are book lovers so I did add a knitted bookmark to what you see above.<br />
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This batik bookmark was inspired by the sea and the seaweed of Nova Scotia.<br />
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I had to include this set of bunny coasters. Just enough fabric for a set of 6! Yay!<br />
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And a <a href="http://simplethingsnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-pattern-for-you-knit-bracelet-or-cuff.html" target="_blank">knitted cuff</a> with sweet little vintage button.<br />
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All wrapped up in some bright, happy packaging!<br />
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I don't know who will be sending a box to me, but it will hopefully be waiting for me in Maine when we arrive at my in-laws house in a few weeks. Exciting all around! </div>
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Thanks, <a href="http://sweetpotatoclaire.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>, for organizing the swap. </div>
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Happy weekend! </div>
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The boxes have officially come out of the garage and are being filled. I am finding it quite amusing that I can find boxes pre-labeled from the last move (a whole year ago) to go with each room! I do have to make a manifest for this move; each box must be numbered and the contents listed. That is slowing things down a bit, but I am not complaining much because it is the only hoop we have to jump through this time around. (Being permanent Canadian residents is making the process much easier.)<br />
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I have been making some serious decisions about what to keep and what goes. Mason jars have reproduced like bunnies around here but with garden dreams, and the canning that goes with a bountiful garden, dancing in my head I can't let them go!<br />
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Our collection of scissors and punches was also a bit out-of-hand so I shipped some of those off to a sweet friend and kept just a few for us. </div>
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Speaking of shipping things...<br />
I have started boxes for friends filled with things I think they would like. Things I can bare to just send off to the thrift shop. Those will be mailed out today! It is great fun to share!<br />
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Dawn Suzettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483805832809961369noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743921172715592593.post-62870376188853762272014-02-17T13:27:00.000-04:002014-02-17T13:27:01.633-04:00Weekending and yes, more hearts! Oh! My!This weekend was busy in all kinds of good ways.<br />
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Sunday morning sunrise tried really hard to beat out the beauty of Saturday morning. It did come pretty close!<br />
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We went for a farewell hike on one of our favorite trails; the Junction Creek section of the Colorado Trail. Now get this... every time we hike there I look for heart rocks along the creek. The rocks there are so cool and in the last year I have found one heart rock there. Yesterday I found all of these:<br />
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More photos of the Colorado Trail can be found over on <a href="http://blog.imaginechildhood.com/imagine-childhood/2014/02/-nature-walk-colorado-trail.html" target="_blank">Imagine Childhood</a> today! It is always fun to be featured over there!</div>
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Just a few hearts I found in my files. I love finding hearts in nature. It is always a treat!</div>
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Thanks for all of your kind and supportive words for yesterdays post. It is always nice to share big and life changing news, and have it be met with love and support!<br />
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- Amelia over at <a href="http://talesofamountainmama.com/2014/02/kids-with-challenges-rockin-outdoor-life-part-1.html" target="_blank">Tales of a Mountain Mama</a> is starting a new series and she is featuring our little family in the <a href="http://talesofamountainmama.com/2014/02/kids-with-challenges-rockin-outdoor-life-part-1.html" target="_blank">first post of the series</a>... well, at least a part of our family that I rarely talk about on the web. I am a bit nervous but also feel like it is for a very good cause: encouraging families with challenges to get outside!<br />
She is looking for other families that face challenges to getting outdoors to share in the series. If you have special needs at your home and would like to share please contact her.<br />
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- Shelli is offering up a <a href="http://mamaofletters.com/2014/02/10/offering-free-digital-subscriptions-to-home-school-life-magazine/" target="_blank">free digital subscription</a> to a new homeschool magazine called, <i>Home | School | Life</i>. It is looking to be an awesome new mag! I will share more about it soon.<br />
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I thought I had more to share but I guess this is all my brain is processing at the moment.<br />
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This weekend holds the last push for cleaning out (and our second ever yard sale - the first one was in California just before the last time we moved to Nova Scotia!). Then the packing will officially begin! Yay!<br />
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Many of you know, but many of you don't. So hear goes... We have made a major change of plans. We are heading east instead of west with this move. It is a huge change but as happy as we were about going "home" to California, we are even more sure and happy about our decision to head back to Nova Scotia, truly our new home.<br />
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When we were in the middle of this decision making process I was literally sick with worry about making the right choice. It is no little thing to make a life altering decision that pretty much seals the deal for ever going back to your native home. </div>
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Each place offered the sea (which I miss so much it hurts) and friends and family nearby. Each place offered it's own types of opportunities, very different opportunities, but non-the-less there and real and wonderful. </div>
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A few things came up that made us seriously rethink our plan to head west. These things were big things that made us pause and take a collective deep breath and really consider what we wanted for the future. A good long time was spent making a list of pros and cons. NS came out on top in the pros department, and not just on top but heads, elbows, knees, and toes (while doing handstand) above Cali for the pros. </div>
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The really interesting part of that list were the things that made it onto the cons side of the list. There were about the same amount of cons for each location, but the cons in Cali were those solid, carved in rock, unchangeable kinds of cons. The cons in NS where those things that fall under attitude, and frame of mind. In other words, things we actually have control over. </div>
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Add a few very emotional conversations into the mix and a very heartfelt decision was made to truly make a new home back in our old adopted home.</div>
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So we are still preparing to pack. We are still leaving New Mexico at the end of February. We are just making the long, long, trek across the continent (in the middle of winter) again, to go home to Nova Scotia.</div>
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The bubbles came out yesterday when we got back from our hike, because it felt a bit like summer...</div>
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- The wonderful folks over at <a href="http://blog.imaginechildhood.com/imagine-childhood/2014/02/-tell-me-a-story-mud-puddles-to-meteors-interview-and-book-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Imagine Childhood</a> interviewed Annie and I about our ebook and the Mud Puddles blog. We are totally enamored with IC so it was great fun when they asked us to do the interview. And they are <a href="http://blog.imaginechildhood.com/imagine-childhood/2014/02/-tell-me-a-story-mud-puddles-to-meteors-interview-and-book-giveaway.html" target="_blank">giving away</a> a copy of "The Weather Watcher's Handbook!" </div>
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- Speaking of Mud Puddles, there are some very cute <a href="http://www.mudpuddlestometeors.com/for-you-printable-nature-inspired-valentine-cards/" target="_blank">nature inspired valentine cards</a> over there to print out and give. </div>
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- While I have one hundred thousand things to do, I am still really happy I signed on to do this <a href="http://www.sweetpotatoclaire.blogspot.com/2014/01/blogger-swap-youre-invited.html" target="_blank">blogger swap </a>organized by the sweet Amanda. It is so fun and I have my little box almost ready to go... I am looking forward to when I have a moment to check out this amazing <a href="http://sweetpotatoclaire.blogspot.com/2014/02/blogger-swap-now-closed.html" target="_blank">list of bloggers</a> (many new to me).<br />
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- The biggest box on the list was checked off yesterday. We found a house! I am beyond excited about the house itself and the location. Location. Location. Location! It is truth! (More on that soon.)</div>
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This weekend found us:<br />
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- enjoying the freshly fallen snow. After 53 days without precipitation we were so very happy to see the rain friday afternoon, followed with a snowy greeting Saturday morning.<br />
- watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShjmWYuHZ0" target="_blank">this movie</a> and missing the horses.<br />
- going on a long hike Saturday afternoon. So pretty!<br />
- writing postcards to friends... the last from New Mexico.<br />
- boxing up a nature exchange box and other this and that to send away to far off places.<br />
- helping a friend with a project.<br />
- reviewing my planner and making lists... oh, so many lists of things to do before the move.<br />
- looking for houses and connecting with friends who are so graciously helping us find a place to land! Thank you, friends!<br />
- figuring out that the Super Bowl could be watched on the iPad (since we don't have regular TV) and watching the kids realize that it was, in fact, not a big deal.<br />
- spending time cleaning out the studio/laundry room. Oh. My!<br />
- and watching, and capturing, the view...<br />
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Morning...<br />
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Evening...<br />
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And morning again...<br />
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It never gets old. Really! This will be the thing I miss the very most about this place.<br />
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Weekending with the sweet <a href="http://www.thehabitofbeing.com/journal/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>!<br />
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