Just wanted to check in with you and let you know I’m thinking about you, but I’m also thinking about a lot of other things so my blog is going to look a bit neglected. For a little bit. Here are a few snippets of life from our nest:
- Chris broke his wrist and while it’s amazing to see what he can accomplish around our nest and at work with only one hand plus some fingers from another, it’s still a major bummer for the nest.
- Ever had mastitis? It knocked me out cold for a few days. Ever been hit by a truck? That’s what I felt like. I’m so sorry if you really were hit by a truck because I’m sure it was a lot worse, but you get the point. Pain is really interesting because the pain of natural childbirth, or any kind of childbirth for that matter, is intense to be sure, but it comes with a purpose and that makes all the difference. When was your last paper cut? OUCH!
- Wren will be going to “school” a couple mornings a week pretty soon so I can make some progress on my *work* and she can play with some other kiddos. As she’s becoming a busier little 20 pound tornado, my *work* has slowed to glacial speed. No big surprise there!
- Wren likes to pull herself up on everything and walk along the furniture, but no real walking yet. Any bets on when that might be? She’ll probably skip over walking and go straight to running, the little high-energy lady that she is.
- We’re in the process of refinancing our house. Finance, yuck.
- The garden is doing great and I did some bittersweet thinning yesterday. We had a delicious salad with assorted microgreens: spinach, radish, beet, mesclun mix, ooh la la. We also enjoyed our very first red, ripe strawberry, which you can see if you look closely… Here are a couple pics of the gardens and flowers and I promise more on that process later. Enjoy!
These are my zinnias I grew from seed in the sunroom this spring. They make me smile. The best $1.99 I have spent in a while.
What’s been happening in your nest? How are your gardens growing? Have a lovely weekend if I don’t see you in Cyberspace. And a hip hip hooray for all the Dads out there. Although it’s obvious that we literally could not do this (life, that is) without you, we adore you and how much you absolutely adore our kiddos. XO
Mastitis? Ugh. So horrible. Am currently battling nipple thrush which is *screamingly* painful. So glad you’re feeling better.
At the first possible sign of mastitis, eat a clove or two of garlic — minced very finely. (It’s the mincing/chopping of the garlic that releases the antibiotic.) I have it in a spoonful of honey. It burns in the stomach but keeps the full-blown mastitis away.
Thank you for the garlic tip. Hopefully, I won’t need it, but in case I do, I’ll have you to thank for a speedier, healthier recovery.
Thrush? Oh no! Sending lots of good karma across the globe to you, dear!