Welcome to my Blog! This is a first for me as i am generally computer illiterate. But with a little persuasion from friends and family and some help from a more computer savy comrade, i am well on my way to becoming part of the 21st century.
I lean a little towards the side of "hippy" when it comes to my lifestyle. People often raise their eyebrows when my husband Jonathan and I say we don't have cable television, iphones, or internet. Mind you we did have to cave and get an internet stick for Jonathan's business and this does seem to make more sense when one wants to start a Blog.
Fresh food has always been an issue for me. I'm sure it drove my mother crazy when i would constantly check expiry dates and refuse leftovers as a kid. My first five years were spent on a farm in Saskatchewan. My biggest memories seem to be of time spent raiding the crisp carrots and sweet peas from mom's garden. The smell of fresh buns filling our house. And of course, riding my horse in the wheat fields.
Warp ahead 26 years and i find myself wanting these very things for our three children. I find it crazy that I buy Canadian beef from a very American COSTCO. How many miles has that beef travelled to get on to our plates. Eating local seems to solve many problems occurring today. Of course environmental; the fewer miles travelled=smaller eco-footprint. It also supports producers who could be our friends, family or neighbors. And most importantly, for me, i know what I am putting into our children's mouths. Growth hormones, chemicals to promote longevity in food, and god knows what else is "added" for travel/taste. These things actually scare me. It was a little different when we didn't have kids. But now? now i am hypersensitive to what is in our food and how it affects their health, growth and behavior.
Having a background in Disability Studies, I worked with children of varying disabilities within their home and school environments. I really found that the parents who did their research and promoted healthy eating habits had better results with their child's behavior and overall health. This sometimes included limiting processed foods, removing sugars, and being generally more aware of food allergies occurring. I was able to SEE the difference with the children whose parents did the above and those who did not. This was one tidbit( along with many others) i chose to store for when i had my own children.
This will be an exciting journey for me. I look forward to all the ups and downs as well as the learning curve that is bound to happen.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Day 19 thru to 29!! What the??!!

O.K so who is to blame for the poor writing on the Blog??? Yah your right it IS me, BUT I can honestly say i would LIKE to blame my cousin Sonia and our friends the Peakers fo coming and visiting and distracting me with fun outings and many, many good times. That and impending lack of sleep is causing me to slip into an inability to process enough thought to put on the screen. I can tell you that on Thurs Aug 19 we got hit very hard with hail...much to my dismay. The up side was hearing lots and lots of new swear words outta my mom's mouth! Never knew she had it in her! All the greenary got pretty holely, but we are able to salvage a bunch! My goal this week is to pick what i can and process. There are a few beans, some more broccoli, mabey some peas?? Would really like to try and dry our herbs and mom brought more peaches and apples from the market. Going to make apple pie filling and canned peaches. Would love to figure out a way to make hashbrowns and freeze them...not sure! We have been eating peaches like mad...Sonia probably consumed enough to make her pee peach juice, oh yuck really? Lark, that's dad's humour sorry...It was wonderful having her here, our children adore every inch of her and we all wish she would leave that horrible place that is Vancouver...kept trying to pawn cowboys off on her..haha! We were able to teach her the ways of the kitchen to though. we made bread, cinnamon buns(i know but they are SOOO good, peach cobbler and many other recipes...My friend Ale who was also here is my co pilot in the kitchen. She has taught me so much about food, gardening, cooking and baking. Why the jerks moved back to SASK is beyond me?? So it was great! We got to do lots of things with the kids that we wanted to do, Calaway Park, the Zoo, Drumheller...Oh man, the girls went wild for the dinosaurs...Molly insists that she was "nervous" of them but she liked them. Berlin with her wierd appreciation for scary things just laughed her evil mad scientist laugh whenever it got dark in there. And Riel smiled his toothy smile, just waiting for his night time payback!
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