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this week, i am grateful for...
:: maya coming through a challenging illness, and being all the stronger for it.
:: some cozy, restful, recuperating home time.
:: the joy of knitting gnome hats for maya's friends and classmates.
in gratitude,
shelley
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it's been cold around here (we even had some snow last week)...
that, coupled with a serious bout of illness this weekend, has found us cozy at home and in search of some warm, comforting and nutritious food. so i thought i'd share with you our favorite, and extremely simple, recipe for lentils (this is our own adaptation of the lentils that maya enjoyed each week in her waldorf kindergarten class last year)...
waldorfmama's lentils
2 cups of green lentils (rinsed and soaked for about an hour)
6 cups of filtered water
1 bunch of rainbow chard, cleaned and chopped
pinch of thyme
1 teaspoon of sea salt
rinse and soak lentils for about 1 hour. add drained lentils to approximately 6 cups (3:1 ratio) of filtered water in a large pot. bring to a boil and then simmer for 45 minutes. rinse, drain and finely chop rainbow chard. add thyme and chard and continue to simmer for 10-15 more minutes. add sea salt. serve with rice crackers or warm homemade bread.
enjoy!
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a single photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. inspired by soulemama. if you're inspired to do the same, share a link to your moment in the comments...
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this week, i am grateful for...
:: the way she's living life...every moment.
:: celebrating the beginning of my 4th year here in blogland...today! (giveaway coming up next week!)
:: the fresh start of a new year.
in gratitude,
shelley
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we've had such a lovely beginning to what is certain to be an abundant, prosperous and joy-filled new year! many days spent together doing the things we love. and sometimes doing nothing at all. we've mostly been staying cozy and busy indoors since winter is upon us here in central texas...
yesterday we spent a good deal of our morning setting about one of our favorite chores - winding yarn! maya has become quite skilled and efficient at using the ball winder and really has begun to own that task, so my responsibility is to simply prepare the skeins and put them on the swift for her to wind them into little yarn cakes...
it's all about teamwork, yes? oh how these colors make me feel warm just looking at them!
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***there is still time to enter my ostheimer giveaway - comments will close on sunday evening and the winner announced on monday.***
***also, i'd like you to help me extend a warm welcome to waldorfmama's newest sponsor, a child's dream!***
a single photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. a moment to pause, savor and remember. inspired by soulemama. if you're inspired to do the same, share a link to your 'moment' in the comments!
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this week, i am grateful for...
:: some fun mud play on a pleasant day!
:: our upcoming waldorf school's winter fair this weekend.
:: our celebration of the weeks of advent.
in gratitude,
shelley
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from the beach in south texas!
if you celebrated thanksgiving today, i hope your day was filled with family and friends and gave you pause to reflect upon many things for which to be thankful...
in deepest gratitude,
shelley
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i recently had the pleasure of attending the most amazing knitting retreat - yes, a knitting retreat! a weekend totally and completely devoted to knitting and enjoying the company of 20 other lovely knitting mamas (one of our more ambitious mamas organized the whole event). the setting was a magnificent and extraordinary location, moriah, situated on three secluded acres near lake travis here in central texas and consisted of three historic log cabins that have been meticulously restored. two of the cabins were for our lodging (and, i must say, the bed i slept in had THE most comfortable mattress i do believe i've ever slept on)...
the third building was a grand hall where we all met together to knit (whether that was inside, on the porch or around the adjacent fire pit) as well as enjoy our exquisitely prepared meals (one of our knitting mamas is a gourmet chef!)...
we had show-n-tell of any finished knits we brought with us and we all ooh'd and ahh'd over each other's work. we shared patterns. and yarn. and expertise. and just about everything that has anything to do with knitting.
we even had a massage therapist available to us on one day for both full body and chair massages! to say the experience was absolutely magical would truly be an understatement. as you can imagine, we're already planning another retreat in the spring!
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