a hippie with a minivan

Meal Plan for the week…

paxye — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:32:45 PST

This week’s meal plan includes one of the Turkeys that I bought last week and will be made into three of the weeks meals, so with a few staples that needed to be bought (coffee, 10 kilo bag of flour, a few pounds of butter that were on special etc) I was still able to [...]

Pregnancy Tea…

paxye — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:15 PST

This is the third pregnancy that I have made sure to drink Red Raspberry Leaf tea through out the pregnancy… I have been learning more about herbs (still need to get my hand on a good book though… any suggestions welcome!) and this time I have made a point of adding more herbs to my tea [...]

little update…

paxye — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:04:56 PST

Both my grandma and Nala came out of surgery well… My grandma’s surgery went very well, but it took a bit longer than thought for her to wake up. She was transferred to the ICU after a few hours and will be getting a room either today or tomorrow. My uncle was able to see her [...]

Thinking happy thoughts…

paxye — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:33:23 PST

My grandmother is an amazing woman. She is 86 and full of life. She goes out with friends, still works occasionally, loves to gamble and gets her hair and nails done every week (she hasn’t washed her own hair since she was in her teens.. lol) If you want to call her and get her [...]

Weekly specials…

paxye — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:50:12 PST

Sometimes, the weekly specials at the grocery store just work for you… I make my weekly menu according to the specials from the grocery stores in my area and I am also trying to stay within budget. I was not being careful for a while and the amount we were spending on groceries was going up [...]

About 29 weeks…

paxye — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:21:12 PST

I am now completely in the third trimester and I am feeling it… My pelvic pain (SPD) is in full force and it is hard to turn over in bed without tears coming to my eyes and I am definitely waddling when walking… though I knew it was coming because it started a few weeks ago, [...]

Hallowe’en 2009…

paxye — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:58:23 PST

It was raining all day yesterday and the boys were feeling pretty let down by the weather… We talked about it and it was decided that we would hit just a few homes and then come back home and give away candy… Just as we were about to head out it was still drizzling but was [...]

Babywearing again…

paxye — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:33:59 PDT

I haven’t worn Khéna in a while… nearing three he still over 40lbs and though he asks to be worn at times and I have my wrap with me pretty much all the time, he would rather walk… Also, with my pelvis being so sore and being more and more pregnant, I am really not minding [...]

Crumb topped Banana Muffins

paxye — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:02:37 PDT

Mix together in small bowl… 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt In a larger bowl beat together… 3 mashed bananas 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup melted butter Fold the dry ingredients into the wet making sure you don’t over mix… Separate the batter into 12 prepared (buttered or lined) muffin tins… (I use an [...]

A day in Montreal…

paxye — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:45:01 PDT

Yesterday we headed to Montreal for a trip to the Redpath museum and a few other things that we wanted/needed to do… Just as we were heading out the door, Xavier told me that his stomach felt weird… I asked him if he wanted to go or stay home but he really wanted to go to [...]