tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23041537632467819712024-02-18T20:06:51.650-07:00Authentic MamaMy attempt to separate my passion for childbirth from my passion for my family...also my platform for self expression and journey to my authentic self.TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-43665257546627585392013-04-05T12:40:00.002-06:002013-04-05T12:55:06.693-06:00Ode To My EyesIt's been a while...I have inspiration to be here today. Mama Glow.<br />
She says 'write a poem to a body part that needs LOVE...'<br />
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Ode To My Eyes</div>
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Your chocolate brown center delights</div>
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Your brightness shines</div>
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You seek the divine</div>
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So you squint at every new line</div>
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You force our face into awkward angles</div>
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Skin under our chin</div>
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Dangles</div>
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You summon my mind, thoughts powerfully shape...</div>
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<b><i>My perception of my shape.</i></b></div>
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You see arms that grew wider</div>
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Breasts that hang longer</div>
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Thighs that touch beneath</div>
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My sacred yoni</div>
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Surely you'll let go of the bony girl of our youth</div>
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Surely you'll see that these lines, rolls & curves</div>
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Give me substance & strength & a purpose to serve</div>
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A temple for our baby</div>
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Ample hips for her</div>
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Journey</div>
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...passage safely</div>
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Milk flowing from the tissue within</div>
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My breast</div>
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To nourish & sustain</div>
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Our precious daughter</div>
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You'll see her wholesome & clean</div>
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The essence of 'Queen'</div>
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May your chocolate brown colour</div>
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& bright shining ways</div>
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bless her sight as she grows </div>
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But may she know</div>
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From the start</div>
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To see beauty within</div>
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She'll use the eye of her heart...</div>
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I didn't notice the moonshine until it was gone...</div>
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Moon's bright and shinin' high</div>
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'till the moon's so low</div>
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The coals are nearly out</div>
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I kiss your mouth</div>
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Hearts beat hard against chests</div>
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You've got the fuel</div>
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Let's stir it up and get these flames</div>
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Burnin' high all night again</div>
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The heat makes me glow</div>
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Toasted gold</div>
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Like the tone </div>
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From this fire through the night</div>
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Hold me tight.</div>
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I'll keep you warm by my side </div>
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A lioness I got pride</div>
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A flick'r of desire</div>
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There lies</div>
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Reflect the fire of my love.</div>
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Lets' rise above</div>
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Like the moon</div>
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<br />TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-64264636631596552102012-08-21T10:47:00.003-06:002012-08-21T23:53:22.107-06:00BullyingWinston is watching a show this morning as I clean the house. I hear a super hero say " If someone is picking on you, you don't have to put up with bullying!" I pay closer attention to the message my son is receiving. "Don't get angry, don't fight back. You're the one who has the power."<br />
I think back to my youth. I wasn't bullied. But I remember the boy who was. His name was Ben. His locker was close to mine. He was raised in foster homes, and that's how he ended up in my town. He loved KISS. He drew their logo on everything he owned, and his art was decent. His mental health wasn't as good as his art. Once he came to school and his eyebrows were shaved off. I can't remember why. Maybe his foster brothers had done it, or maybe he didn't see the use for eyebrows. Either case would not surprise me. I said hi to him more than once. But I yelled at him a lot on a number of occasions. <br />
He was on my track team and he ran the 1600m. Everyone would be finished the race, and he would still have a whole lap left. I would scream "YOU CAN DO IT BEN!" or "KEEP GOING BEN!" He inspired me. He was nobody's target on the track, and it showed. He could have stepped off 11 minutes into a 6 minute race, but he always crossed the line. His coaches, officials, spectators, opponents and teammates could have discouraged him, or become impatient, but we didn't. He had grit. In sport, grit counts. Guys who would later torment him on the bus ride home from away meets would nudge him on the field " Nice finish Ben..." With his index finger, he'd push the bridge of his brown plastic glasses up, wipe his sweaty brow off with his jersey, look up and say " I know."TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-55178273553271311902012-07-30T17:00:00.001-06:002012-08-03T10:37:58.879-06:00Travel ColoradoCopy 'cause it's right...on. But I got rights. <br />
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I saw a great <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/285345326361062273/" target="_blank">craft</a> on Pinterest that just used scraps of paper and a hole punch! (That's my kind of craft)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The Virgo in me envisioned all the paper strips cut and ready to go, but my reality knocked that stars lined up vision outta my head, and I handed my boys their scissors. (Maybe this week I'll have all the crafts prepped ready to go) </span><br />
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I also added star and music note shaped hole punches to the mix, along with some silver glitter!<br />
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I even discovered a photo of myself enjoying this craft! Apparently Nesta has learned the art of elusive photography for blog purposes! I don't know where he could have learned that skill?</div>
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I had so much fun! And my hole punch art is pretty groovy to boot!<br />
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Lets see what's next? Oh yes! The boys got some media time while I cleaned up and got the kitchen organized to bake some cookies!<br />
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Baking with the boys is one of my favourite things to do! Not only do you get baked goods out of it, but it's a great way to learn about measurement and fractions!<br />
The rest of the day included a trip to the playground, and lots and lots of LEGO! <br />
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I had an appointment with one of my clients this week, and as we were discussing "Common Obstetric Interventions" I noticed the husband snap a shot of me rambling on! I asked him to text me the shot this morning and I just love it! I think it perfectly captured the way speak and depicts my passion for informed choice in childbirth! I can just imagine what I'm saying..."There's a vast amount of research that shows undisturbed birth is best for mothers and babies!" I LOVE my doula work!<br />
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The rest of the weekend I spent getting ready for another season of <a href="http://www.mountainmarket.ca/" target="_blank">Mountain Markets!</a><br />
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You would think that after participating in the markets as a vendor every weekend last summer that I would have started preparing for the first market of the year ahead of time...that's just not my style...</div>
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I wanted to really jazz up my booth! Last year I decided my lemonade would be called Sunshine in a Cup! That much I had done! This year I really wanted to make some bunting for my tent, and make a new signt that looked a little more "crafty" I knew exactly the "look I wanted, the problem was when I went to get started on actually crafting these projects my desk looked like this...<br />
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So I got that taken care of...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjEfOX_1vI8KbfWF1vuCIlVvSx0jegEEHRFOey4_5BjmBVHhm00DPRHvqoWYdBTGrKbtabkoxXjUrNfpvlu14MfB7LWw9_0MXNsb93rPOx26-irnsf0epHzMk1QDUMrTu9QBM1DR72a4e/s1600/IMG_0167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjEfOX_1vI8KbfWF1vuCIlVvSx0jegEEHRFOey4_5BjmBVHhm00DPRHvqoWYdBTGrKbtabkoxXjUrNfpvlu14MfB7LWw9_0MXNsb93rPOx26-irnsf0epHzMk1QDUMrTu9QBM1DR72a4e/s320/IMG_0167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
Then I could sit down and start crafting my bunting! I went to a wedding last summer and they had bunting strung across the reception hall, and the bride told me it was scrap book paper! I knew I wouldn't have time to sew the bunting so the weekend before I picked up a pad of scrapbook paper so I could try and figure out how to go about it...leave it to pinterest. I found <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/285345326361094770/" target="_blank">great directions</a> all over that site.<br />
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The only problem with scrapbook paper bunting, is that my lemonade stand operates rain or shine!<br />
I decided to laminate the paper once I was done. The following photos will give you an idea of the kind of crafting I did on Saturday...One day before the market!<br />
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And once that was finished I started on my sign! Which was extra exciting because I got to use MODGE PODGE...the best goo I've ever experienced!<br />
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<br />TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-77657540186900506722012-06-28T14:36:00.000-06:002012-06-29T07:25:54.323-06:00REDy or not... It's summer vacation!I am so happy today! It's the last day of school and I get to have both my boys home for two whole months! <br />
Nesta LOVED his teacher this year. I wanted to buy him a gift for being so darn awesome but I don't have a lot of extra money right now so I turned to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a>for an idea and found the cutest gift bag stuffed with all kinds of goodies that were orange and a gift tag that said "orange you glad it's summer?"<br />
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I'm too stubborn to use another persons idea so Nesta and I came up with our own twist...(no pun intended)<br />
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Yes, I'm that mother who has tears streaming down my cheeks at back to school time, but truth be told I have been experiencing a bit of anxiety about the summer time boredom epidemic. I remember being a kid and telling my mom I was bored. She would always tell me to draw, read, or write but she never offered to join me. I would just roll my eyes and go back to watching the TV. I grew up watching a lot of TV in fact I can still remember the exact after school programming for the 3 channels I had. I guess I turned out okay, but there is a lot of literature that suggests we should limit our children's screen time to an hour a day. That includes tv, hand held devices, computers, and video games. I'm determined to have activities prepared for my kids when the inevitable words leave their mouths... "MOM! I'm bored!"<br />
Again, I'm turning to Pinterest. Some of the bloggers out there are so creative, organized and inspiring to me. I figured I's better start with the organizing thing...at the moment my favourite organizing blog is...<a href="http://www.iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">i heart organizing</a> I'm sure Jen would agree that the boy's room as it was, was not suitable for an organized summer. I live in a 3 bedroom 1500 sq/ft apartment, so we gave the boys the master bedroom, so it could double as their playroom, and we could still have a spare room/ office. I'm not always thinking "I should blog about this", when I set out to accomplish a household task, so my 'before' picture is actually a '20 minutes in' picture...<br />
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I found an awesome idea for taming the technology monster that is right in line with my philosophy on limiting screen time over at <a href="http://organizingmadefun.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Organizing Made Fun</a>! Check out these printables...</div>
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Just cut 'em out, and the kids get to choose their form of media in 15 minute intervals! GENIUS!</div>
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We're not celebrating the stars & stripes so here's our Canada Day version...</div>
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I've been pinning lots more 'boredom busting ideas on my board <a href="http://pinterest.com/tanyamalcolm/summer-projects/" target="_blank">"Summer Projects" </a></div>
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Let the boredom begin!!!</div>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-82837746844398518692012-06-20T10:30:00.001-06:002012-06-20T10:37:03.185-06:00the garden...well hello my dear blog...<br />
i think the beauty of this blog is that it's dedicated to my authentic voice and in all my authentic glory i don't have that much time to write. a book called 'writing down the bones' recently found it's way back to me. <span style="background-color: white;">i love when people return my books! the book was a reminder to make time...time for thought to become words...time for words to become my voice...time for authentic mama.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">and i do have a post idea i've been meaning to touch on this blog...my garden.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">for five years i have been learning to grow food. for five years i have watch seeds fail, seeds succeed, weeds take over, harvests neglected, fruits frosted, empty mason jars hoping for the chance to preserve. and this year i said no more! i will get this.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">my advice to anyone starting a garden is simple. two things. keep it small, keep it close by. gardens are more work than children. it's true! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">when i first moved to fernie, bc i volunteered at the community garden where i made friends with a handful of women who would become my mentors. but the community garden was 7 blocks from my home. too far. so i dug a garden in my yard. another season wasted because of the weeds. then i moved and didn't have a yard and so i bought books about container gardens. fail.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">i dreamed about a flourishing, deck space with flowers, and vegetables...heading into my 3rd summer at this residence i was beginning to feel deflated.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">so what changed this year?...dan decided he wanted to grow tomatoes..and lots of them! seriously, all of a sudden my husband took over. he read magazines about tomatoes, he ordered organic heirloom varieties, he educated me about indeterminate and determinate plants, in general he showed off and gave me two green thumbs up! on april first he spent the whole day sterilizing all the seed trays, bought organic potting soil, grow lights and began to research a cold frame solution for our 16x16 roof top patio.</span><br />
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i didn't get my hopes up until...the seeds actually started sprouting! dan doted on those seedlings, watering, giving them light..explaining to me that i'd have to start bring them outside while he was at work. so i thought okay...i'll help. little by little my confidence grew...and then the weekend came and what? dan was building a cold frame! thank you pinterest for all your pallet ideas!<br />
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so now i was thinking more along the lines of...if he can do it i can do it...which was also my strategy for natural childbirth after my sister gave birth. if she can do it i can do it. my competitiveness often brings me inspiration and motivation...see, a plus!<br />
i set out to grow flowers...my flourishing patio was going to become a reality. after dan transplanted the seedlings into their second homes-mid size pots, i planted those seed trays with white asylum, purple verbena, cosmos, zinnia, nasturtium, and sweet peas! doted on them even more than dan did his tomatoes, fed them gaia green organic fertilizer sang to them...(yes, sang to them) and watched them sprout! i was shocked. it's not that hard...it's just that you have to take care of them everyday!( and sing a little) now I had reason to buy POTS! thrifted and painted, garage sale finds, and reduced to clear purchases...this was my kind of gardening.<br />
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the thing you should know about growing flowers from seed is that you need a ton of patience. i'm not patient at all...so i went to the garden centre with $40 and bought some flowers to tide me over until mine bloom. i even bought some impatiens...for my impatience - perfect.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">i really can't believe my patio is a garden! thanks to my amazing husband and his inability to take short cuts - ever! i finally learned the secret to starting seeds! i love that man. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">ps ~ happy summer solstice!</span>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-68253335224894286932012-03-14T14:07:00.001-06:002012-03-14T14:07:19.866-06:00granola and crackers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">a couple of weeks ago, i decided it was fine time to organize my pantry. i have an amazing pantry, but it was always so hard to find what i needed. i realized that i was experiencing food clutter! i didn't take before pictures, but if you remember what my electronic storage before picture looked like...imagine that in the form of baking supplies, dry goods, canned goods, and a host of miscellaneous items~big problem. i devoured blogs on the subject and wanted to buy pretty clear glass storage containers, label makers, shelf liners, and new mason jars, but my budget won't allow for it. so i spent an hour scrubbing off labels from store bought glass jars that i had on hand, masking tape will do the trick for labels, and in the spring i'll paint the shelves. i still have to find containers for my flours, sugars, and pastas and work out where to store the camping coolers, wine making supplies, and reusable grocery bags but here's what it looks like now. </span> </div>
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PANTRY AFTER (can you believe <i>this</i> is the improvement:) </div>
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after organizing the pantry i was inspired to use up some of my bulk dry goods. also, i hit my grocery store budget befoer i got to put multi-grain cheerios in the cart.<br />
my cousin-in-law (she's my husband's first cousin's wife) lindsay over at <a href="http://lindsay-mountainmama.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">mountain mama</a> made some of <a href="http://www.soulemama.com/" target="_blank">soulemama</a>'s granola (from 'cooking with whole foods' by cynthia layer) the last time we visited, and i'd been meaning to try the <a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2010/12/a-week-of-elving-tuesday.html" target="_blank">recipe</a> ever since.<br />
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like i always say...get out everything you need first. this picture is of the dry ingredients. the porridge mix already has flax seed added. the recipe calls for almonds and sesame seeds, but i used pistachios and flax because i had them on hand.<br />
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now for the wet ingredients. the recipe also calls for almond extract, but dan has a nut allergy so i left it out. (did you know pistachios are the single-seeded stone fruit of the pistachio tree?) i'm not really following the recipe am i? i used oil, maple syrup and apple juice too...all from the original recipe.<br />
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and voila! homemade granola</div>
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the other thing i didn't have room in my grocery budget for was crackers. my boys love ritz crackers. lately i've been worried about the amount of packaging that leaves my home. i'm pretty conscious about it, but still, i bring two grocery bags a week to the recycling bin. part of making my own granola and crackers, is reducing my household waste. who really knows what gets recycled or what goes to the landfill anyways? so back to the ritz crackers. i found stef over at <a href="http://www.cupcakeproject.com/" target="_blank">cupcake project</a><br />
who did all the trial and error for me, and so i tried her <a href="http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2011/03/homemade-ritz-crackers-recipe.html" target="_blank">recipe</a> i only made one change. her recipe called for 2/3 c. water, but i only used 1/3. the beauty of this recipe is that the whole thing is made in your food processor! my little helper winston loves kitchen appliances!<br />
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i didn't have fancy scalloped cracker size cookie cutters, so i used my shot glass...courtesy of my cousins colin and candice's wedding. best wedding favour ever!</div>
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not the prettiest crackers, but they sure taste good!</div>
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<br />TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-92049310705063318442012-03-13T03:47:00.000-06:002012-03-13T03:47:09.286-06:00i heart electronic cable storagei've missed you blog! i think about you everyday...but lately i'm in love with bloggers, and so with determination i write!<br />
today i organized my electrical cable storage. i know, i know...who cares! right? well, i've been working really hard around my home to 'get organized & stay that way' seriously, it's tons of work! but it is worth every "i wish i could just si'down and chill out!" moment. honest.<br />
i brought so many boxes of belongings to the sally ann in the past two weeks. it feels so good to let it all go. and you wouldn't believe how easy it is to keep the clutter hidden when there isn't any. my initial inspiration came from the book i <a href="http://authenticmama.blogspot.com/2012/01/simplify.html" target="_blank">blogged</a> about in january, i have crossed out a many 'to do' list items since reading it. but there was always more to add to the list of to-do's, and some items just got left behind. but then...amy from my h.s. 4x800 track & field relay team introduced me to jen over at <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">i heart organizing</a> on pinterest (if you do not know about <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">pinterest</a>...you better get on it!) and she has given me so much inspiration. i heart jen! i was secretly jealous of her too...until yesterday when she revealed her electronic storage! AH HA!!! she's just like you and me! she's got a to do list, she's learning, growing, and sharing tips along the way. that made me feel better, and i don't envy her any more. since electronic cable storage was one of those 'got left behind' items on my own to do list...well see for yourself.<br />
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then my girl dawn came over and she helped me move my crafting desk into my bedroom which free'd up space in the spare room ~turned office today~ for the computer desk, which left my living room looking so spacious and clutter free...my camera is on the fritz, so the pics are kinda shabby, and i wish i'd taken more time for all the before and after shinanigans...but i'll post what i've got, then catch ya up...when i solve my camera dilemma...<br />
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just you wait and see what this craft corner turns into...then starts to produce! my craft dreams are about to become a reality! i hope this post inspires you to organize your electronic cable storage and more...ha! i gotta get to bed.</div>
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the author must be spiritual 'cause at the end of each chapter is 'a simple prayer of thanks' this is the one after the chapter 'maximize mealtimes' <br />
dear god,thank you for the blessings of family & friends. Help my kitchen to become a place of refuge from the day and encouragement for facing whatever life brings tomorrow. fill our mealtimes with love & laughter. and help me to make changes that will make it fun to be at my house. amen.<br />
i like the part about my kitchen being a place to find refuge and encouragement. i want that. and luckily for me i already have fun at my house. if you're reading this and you don't have fun at your house you might want to try this prayer out;)<br />
my family planner is the best! everything in one mobile spot. i got mine at polar peeks books & treasures.<br />
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that boy's all mine.</div>
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when you gonna send</div>
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so my soul guardianship</div>
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i see my soul son </div>
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reach his wholesome manhood</div>
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so in a moment i don't!</div>
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stop!</div>
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breathe in peace, breathe out love</div>
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rise above</div>
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thanks and praise</div>
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for my journey today</div>
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our own damn souls</div>
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me, myself, and i!</div>
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all the while</div>
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<br /></div>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-22036035879665023702012-01-10T09:51:00.000-07:002012-01-10T09:51:38.487-07:00a day in a life...another day, another blog post, another new year's resolution. to write...simply~write. it happens so fast. one minute you're rising, the next you're hitting the sac. the days fly by and i struggle to capture small moments...glimpses of my life that become cherished memories. so this year...2012 i intend to capture these moments with my words. it's not hard...just make time to write~something i love to do. so authentic mama breathes life again, and it's up to you..yes YOU to keep me motivated. please post a comment if you believe in a mama who wants to s...l...o...w...down and give story to her life.<br />
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in the fall of 2011 i participated in the 30 day yoga challenge at essential yoga studio here in fernie, bc. the challenge? 30 days of yoga in 40 days time. i feel compelled to write about this experience today, because well...i want to capture it. i was so proud of myself after the challenge was over. it was hard getting to the studio nearly everyday, but i bent over backwards (no pun intended) and got there, and completed the challenge with one day to spare! wow! you can do anything you put your mind to..and yoga is a great way to help clear your mind. <br />
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i couldn't have known how much i need yoga in my life if i hadn't signed up for the challenge. being at the studio everyday became ritual, and now practicing yoga is ritual. i rise i salute the sun...it makes me feel like i've taken some time to connect with my mind, body, spirit...and our life force the sun. after the challenge i didn't have a lot of money to spend on classes at the studio...another wish for 2012. but i found a fantastic website that i find really affordable that has some great classes. my personal fave is forest yoga with cher. if you're in a similar situation check out <a href="http://yogadownload.com/">yogadownload.com</a> there are even some free 20 minute classes! don't get carried away though...be sure to get back to the studio and connect with your local yogis. <br />
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okay...the time is now. this is my latest affirmation and mantra. i have a few messages to myself in random spots in my kitchen. the time is now. a reminder of the book...'the power of now' by eckhart tolle. everything is okay right now. in this moment, this action, right now. in 2012 i intend to live in the now as much as possible. <br />
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fingertips at home row<br />
delivering the flow<br />
of my mind<br />
it's time to stop the rewind<br />
quit being behind<br />
the time<br />
the past is gone <br />
the future is strong <br />
but the now belongs<br />
in the music<br />
of your songs<br />
like my freestyle<br />
it's been a while<br />
but i'ma make ya smile<br />
with my lyrical steez<br />
urban dictionaries<br />
if you don't follow with ease<br />
like my rhymes come to me<br />
i type to slow to catch the flow<br />
of my lyrics<br />
for now you hear it<br />
in the now<br />
don't fear it...<br />
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i gotta do that more often. i'm asleep. if you want to write spoken word, just do it. sit down and write. see what comes to mind. it's all good writing if you take the time to do it. don't fall asleep.<br />
i'm putting together a show..."when i grow up" an evening of spoken word with tanya malcolm. <br />
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<br />TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-73919028768889294582011-10-06T11:07:00.000-06:002011-10-06T11:07:37.199-06:00Fave OCCUPY postslove this post...<br />
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the chickens are coming home to roost!<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/30/1021758/-We-Are-the-99-Percent-A-Photo-Diary-That-Will-Bring-Tears">"We are the 99%"</a>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-44720829157586142682011-09-29T04:52:00.000-06:002011-09-29T04:52:43.804-06:00for caroli answered the phone only to hear my father's upset voice..."listen! carol just died!" all the air in my lungs escaped and before i could inhale i gasped "shut up!" and for those of you who don't know my father - he's not a man who easily does that- but he did. and so over phone lines i knew his message was true. over phone lines we shared silence, the stillness of allowing our hearts to take on a different shape. expanding with love and shuddering with the notion of life without carol. remind me to ask my dad to work on his delivery skills. then i knew i had to write- write this piece to honour her. but carol can't lose her life because carol is life! just say her name...carol...it exudes an energy that won't ever leave this realm. carol is many things but mainly carol is.<br />
i was lucky to spend a couple of years with her - roommates. i was 19 she was 45. what a blessing that was to be mothered so subtly to grow a friendship that led to her becoming my tell everything aunt, my inspiration, my trust in the creator, my maid of honour, my rock.<br />
i always looked forward to hearing her at the end of the line with her vibrant greeting "how ya doin' kiddo?!" and even though i never hesitated to connect with her the thing about having a rock like carol is when you call her to declare the injustice of some particular experience you can count on her to be loyal to fairness - it never failed- the sentence that inevitably began with "in all fairness..." which in most cases has you analyzing the situation in an entirely different perspective that usually points out your over-reaction. not exactly the outcome you were looking for but usually the advice you needed.<br />
carol is the definition of grit. that certain quality that motivated her to go above and beyond. it showed up in her passion for work and her love of her family, friends, colleagues and animals. she pushed through adversity no matter what. like 16 days without power in the ice storm of 1998. 9 of those days without telephone service and a scared silly niece trying to act brave in what seemed to me like a life or death situation but to carol it was more like winter camping. she relocated the entire contents of her fridge and freezer into dugout compartments in the snowbanks of the path to her home-did i mention her aptitude for being thrifty? she started dinner at 6 am in her dutch oven on top of her wood stove, hauled bucket by bucket of water for the "nags" from the creek by snowshoe! encouraging her very reluctant and fashion conscious niece to try a pair on, then boosting my esteem with her signature cheer " atta girl!" she cooked eggs outside on her coleman stove, beaming and reminding me to thank my grandmother and all the hardworking women of our past. <br />
oh! and the sight of carol swiftly travelling by moonlight from the barn to the house only wearing a small towel and snowshoes, entering the house soaking wet, shampoo in her hair, laughing hysterically trying to ask me where the jerry can was because the generator had run out of gas while she tried to shower....and me horrified that she'd die of hypothermia and leave me alone in the sheer disaster that was this ice storm!<br />
but no. she had only lessons of survival and stories of grandma in the height of the feminist movement telling her she was crazy because just when women had all they need, laundry service, dishwashers, microwaves, food processors and tupperware she wanted to work outside the home! and on days when we'd be up at 5:30 just to get to work on time after chores we'd laugh and agree - maybe grandma was right?!<br />
we all have our memories, glimpses of special moments- many that occurred at precisely 9 o'clock each evening when carol would connect with her sister robin. too many phone calls to remember - but what always inspired me was the commitment to their sisterhood. they were each others constants, sure as the stars in the night sky...sometimes full of surprises - like carol hollering for me at 2 am in the dead of winter to "get down here!" confused, half asleep, protesting she's pushing me out the door in duck boots and a down coat insisting "just trust me!" the two of us shivering in our night gowns, sitting on top of fences that some of you helped us build. staring up at the night sky - dancing green, blue and pink - the northern lights.<br />
i was a confused young woman who wound up on burnt lands road. an experienced farm hand, but also a real pain in the butt! carol always believed in the genuine good in people and trusted with her whole heart that goodness would prevail. my time on her farm shaped who i am today. one particular night over young love heartache, tears and home brew she was trying to convince me "he wasn't worth it." she said " just wait until you're in your thirties! your thirties are the best time in your life! you're still as hot as you were in your twenties, but you'll have all the confidence you're lacking now." i like to think she was right again...really though, that was seriously good advice. i expected confidence.<br />
when i first started sharing stories of romance on the campus of ottawa u she'd soak them up and say she was living vicariously through me. but shortly after i arrived on the farm tom showed up. slowly over dinners the conversation shifted. she'd share a few stories and tom...she was smitten.<br />
it was the happiest i remember her. she said it over and over again "that man brings out the best in me." thank you tom for being just what she needed - because for a little while all that vicariously living talk made me a tad bit nervous...<br />
last weekend i spoke with carol. she said she was proud of me, proud of who i've become. at the time i laughed it off, no response. partly because it meant so much to me to hear her say that, and partly because i thought it was funny! i still had so much to learn before i felt i would be anything like her. the woman i always hoped to turn out like. now that's something to be proud of.<br />
carol took care of me. you are all here for the same reason. carol is the most reliable person in the universe. if you need her, she'll be there. i'm sure she'd want me to say...nothing has changed. <br />
carol will still be our rock. love does not come to an end.TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-31495839718824064232011-05-14T13:20:00.001-06:002011-05-14T13:34:03.664-06:00pick yourself up...dust yourself off...start all over againthe title of this post are lyrics to the chorus of a great peter tosh song. it's a song that i listen to when i need a reminder to find gratitude in the face of adversity..(i almost wrote disaster)<br />
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GIVE A MAN A FISH...<br />
i have never known disaster. just like i have never known hunger or poverty.<br />
yesterday nesta asked me "are we were poor?"<br />
i said "no".<br />
he said "i heard you say that on the phone."<br />
i said "mom most not have been thinking straight." <br />
he said " you said it..." then he said..."well we're not rich."<br />
i said "it depends on what you value."<br />
he said "money is value isn't it?"<br />
oh boy....i could continue to transcribe our conversation but i think i'll try and capture the moment with my own words.<br />
i told him the things i value...family, love,peace, being comfortable. that's what we are: comfortable. there's just enough money. and i'm happy being comfortable. i told him that i know nothing about poverty. i've never faced the fear and struggle to find food and shelter. or had to wear shoes until there was nothing left but a sole tied around my bare foot with a frayed shoelace. i've never prepared a meal from the dumpster outside a restaurant, or slept under a bridge. i've never traveled mile after mile under the hot sun to fetch water, and then travel again only to fetch wood so i could boil the water so i don't get sick from drinking it. so yes i'm comfortable. and i hope we stay comfortable for all my days. and i hope to the gods that i never again hear myself nonchalantly saying "we're poor."<br />
nesta said "me too."<br />
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WRITING DOWN THE BONES<br />
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it's been a while since i've been here. i'm always thinking about great blog posts, and never seem to have time to write. so today...sunny saturday afternoon at womb to grow...i write.<br />
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HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS<br />
i met gordon neufeld!!!! do know who that is? author of one of the most amazing books i have ever read 'hold on to your kids'<br />
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relationship matters. it's not how much you love your child...it's how much your child loves you. more and more our culture is shifting into a culture that does not support attachment based parenting. it's starting to sound so cliche. attachment parenting...oooo it's so trendy, and it's all about the crunchy, granola, earth mothers. no, i'm sorry you're wrong. main stream early parenting practices should be what's considered "alternative" and attachment based parenting should have stayed the norm. but the shift has happened and it's our job as mature adults to become informed, and do what's best for our children. it's going to take all of you to pick up one book, and see if you can connect with it's message...if so we have a chance.<br />
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TRUMP IT<br />
one parenting practice that dr.neufled encourages parents to try out is so simple and makes so much sense. when a child offers you a token of love and affection...no matter what! no matter what kind of crappy day you had at work, or how many collections agencies left messages on your phone, or that there's nothing to make for dinner...no matter what! YOU'VE GOT TO TRUMP IT!!<br />
that mean's for every hug..you hug back ten times harder. for every kiss you give back kisses all over, for every "i love you" you scream " I LOVE YOU MORE!!" try it...see what a difference it makes!those kids just soak it up.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dVGIdgCVcMSny5jHVsZa99Yqwo2gEBD4SO5KB7dmQfT9wr5khO4dRkZEqUPtw0RRjeuoUYz0MEZpMQbzFArVcNPA4jTmk4kMdT5cBMGKPeLJtfrZXusorUPmG0CKSygGL9485aFVKmff/s1600/DSCF9852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dVGIdgCVcMSny5jHVsZa99Yqwo2gEBD4SO5KB7dmQfT9wr5khO4dRkZEqUPtw0RRjeuoUYz0MEZpMQbzFArVcNPA4jTmk4kMdT5cBMGKPeLJtfrZXusorUPmG0CKSygGL9485aFVKmff/s320/DSCF9852.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-79785673246166527402011-04-02T16:46:00.000-06:002011-04-02T16:46:29.257-06:00fernie foodie fri(sat)day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do you have any idea the amount of dedication and intelligence it takes to meal plan? if this was a subject in university i'd have a phd! yeah doctor dinner is served! speaking of which...what happened to home economics? do they even teach that in school anymore? i'm thirty two years old, and i just learned how to create a household budget! what is wrong with that statement? i took home economics, economics, business, finance, and a host of 'electives' and no where a long the way did anyone ever mention personal spending analysis or household budget...that is <i>messed</i> up! wheeeeew...okay on to my week in the kitchen. on monday i was down to the bare minimum in the pantry..ya'll know the feeling? i ended up making a mushroom beef casserole and house salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIiUbZvttGtip-lA7wuJbjkPau6h4bs5GodHkWo7bmblrvE6Gk-Jv_RgASBb4bwLp67-zU1Oh6xfzfXYrWp_Q-K5OIv7w2YR-B2lhpjdbao0dO-Nko-cewZbth91WBjcJEwi3YIf8ATye/s320/DSCF9486.JPG" width="240" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>you guys know the routine...get it all out. look at this photo, i'm working with the scraps here!in the bowl is frozen spinach.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6U5-9kOwny0mvL_-zxGvDwsyO80ah17ul7pYpBtZE68nAvQLeWLdtlt2nxqjlJa4ZV6z_ckbUb59eSBB8RpeCmxloVGs1u8hiHaux0Ic9NVwSnuf7xMNF_7olriQwDh9KRZrObptdBak/s1600/DSCF9482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6U5-9kOwny0mvL_-zxGvDwsyO80ah17ul7pYpBtZE68nAvQLeWLdtlt2nxqjlJa4ZV6z_ckbUb59eSBB8RpeCmxloVGs1u8hiHaux0Ic9NVwSnuf7xMNF_7olriQwDh9KRZrObptdBak/s320/DSCF9482.JPG" width="240" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">popped it in the oven, made the salad and...dinner is served. see? phd material...and i'm still a believer in minimalism with food waste, so even though i didn't have enough veggie scraps for stock, i zip-loc it 'till i do.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoE9SnJ7FxswhdPvNF5RSrVa7FDnOqfLXKsA00GasYSnL9k5jm54cujTLKWyLPjtOsXuSC1SqtIqHpKN1Kj1LEAnzz0SID10W5NOCBwaIb6KLC5_jKK-7nWQXaHHt2UIy-LhPwDpXLKY-/s1600/DSCF9483.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoE9SnJ7FxswhdPvNF5RSrVa7FDnOqfLXKsA00GasYSnL9k5jm54cujTLKWyLPjtOsXuSC1SqtIqHpKN1Kj1LEAnzz0SID10W5NOCBwaIb6KLC5_jKK-7nWQXaHHt2UIy-LhPwDpXLKY-/s320/DSCF9483.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by tuesday night i still hadn't gone to the grocery store, although i asked everyone i saw that day what they were making for dinner. my friend ally said " it's ten dollar tuesday at the pizza shoppe!" i told her about my new job and then i said " we're trying to save money, so i don't want to spend even ten dollars on pizza" when she left that day she handed me twenty bucks and said "here let me buy you dinner order a couple of pizzas" you can imagine my refusal! still i ended up with that twenty in my pocket and she would not take it back. so thanks ally, but you should know i didn't buy pizza. i bought flour, pizza sauce, mozzarella and yeast. i had planned on bringing her a homemade pizza, but they didn't last long, so i'll have to do that another time. i asked my friend carrie what she was making and she promptly replied "steak" i thought....good idea. simple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div><span id="goog_973019172"></span><span id="goog_973019173"></span>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-63514767952943120452011-03-31T12:40:00.000-06:002011-03-31T12:40:54.836-06:00this place...i'm back. *sigh* authentic mama how i've missed you! i've promised a proper update and i've missed a foodie friday, and here i am being authentic saying..."this blog can add stress to my life" so when i make it to this place, i'll do so with love and pride, and when i don't make it to this place..i don't! simple.<br />
i'm learning how to express myself better. did you know that i can be a very defensive woman? i can. so i'm working on that. i'm working on listening or rather 'hearing.' what i tend to do, is listen to the first sentence or two and then tune the rest out and work on my rebutal...not the makings of a very successful debate. so i've started hearing what people are trying to say to me, and sometimes realizing that i need to apologize. the other thing that i've started doing is owning my feelings. so if i'm hurt and someone apologizes i bite my tongue and don't say "it's okay" because you know what? it's not okay. instead i say " i forgive you" wow! that feels so much better. ya'll should try that.<br />
the other thing i've been working on is asking for help...especially at home. i'm the type of person who thinks everyone around me should know what i need just by taking a peek...so then there i am multi tasking my a** off and nobody is stepping in to lend a hand, so i start huffing and puffing, or slaming cupboards, generally trying to appear flabbergasted...when really i should just ask for help. simple. i also learned that asking for help is okay, and doesn't have to make me feel like i can't cope, especially when the help is presented as a choice. example: "would you rather take out the garbage or set the table?" simple.<br />
the other night i felt like my family was turning into the family i vowed to never become. television and video games constantly providing entertainment. hardly any creative games, or artwork being done. never enough time to play with my boys. so i told dan how i was feeling, and after a lot of discussion we agreed to try and make some changes. the tv hasn't been on since sunday night, we've played scrabble and uno and lego and checkers. we're making meals together as a family, and i feel great. i'll check in this weekend and see how the rest of the family has experienced the change...hopefully everyone is happy.<br />
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last sunday i ran 18 km and last night i ran 9. i'm training 4 times a week right now, and it has just dawned on me that dan is going to trade school a month before the race...that's going to make getting out on my runs a bit more complicated. it looks like my jogger stroller is going to get some use again, and nesta's gonna get some clicks on that mountain bike! i'm determined to finish my training.<br />
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i haven't been documenting my meals this week, partly because dan and i decided we'd do meals together, and partly because i've felt lazy and uninspired...last night we made chilli...but last week, i was still on my kick, so i think i'll post the meals tomorrow and i'll decide if fernie foodie friday lives on after that.<br />
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here's some photos from our trip to canmore a couple of weekends ago...<br />
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that was just a glimpse of the fun we had that weekend, it was so nice to be back on our old stomping grounds, although i have a renewed appreciation for the sleepy little town that is fernie. canmore is beautiful, but it has the hustle and bustle of the city that i am always trying to avoid. having said that, if i had to choose canmore over calgary...that mountain town would win hands down. the beauty of the rockies is in your backyard!TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-62156754765213894562011-03-24T14:14:00.003-06:002011-03-24T14:45:04.801-06:00breathe in peace....breathe out love...dan was right...i'm losing it! did you ever look in the mirror and you can't recognize your own reflection? that's me right now! i'm restless and i can't figure out what's missing. don't you hate that? i'm on the phone with my girl sonia yesterday, explaining all of this and she says...take some deep breaths. then i continue to chatter..."i know i gotta slow down, relax, find gratitude...blah blah blah" and she says "did you take a few deep breaths?" she meant right then, at that moment. and there i was letting that moment pass by.<br />
so many mothers come into womb to grow for advice, and usually after much discussion they figure out, that they have the answers, that they need to trust their own intuition. i still maintain, conscious mothers can do no wrong. it is important to define 'conscious mother' i love mary haskells's quote...i live by this, and it is in my opinion the philosophy of 'conscious mamas'<br />
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"nothing you become will disappoint me; i have no preconception that i'd like to see you be or do. i have no desire to foresee you, only to discover you. you cannot disappoint me."<br />
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so what's up with<i> me</i>? i <i>know</i> all of this, and this past week i have been <i>unconscious</i>. let's start with monday. lazy day after our road trip (i'll post about another time...very positive trip) unpacking, organizing and tidying...notice i didn't write <i>cleaning</i> there's a difference, and i was definitely tidying. so i look at the clock, and it's four flippin' oclock! the boys have been playing together, watching tv, snacking and generally without my attention ALL DAY! so i say..."okay guys lets go outside and play" groans and grumbles from the little people, and eventually i talk them into it by suggesting road hockey. so we're all playing road hockey and nesta wants to play an actual game where we keep score and everything. so we set up goals, him and winston vs. mum. we're having a great time, but as i gain a few goals on them, nesta starts changing the rules. no high shots. it has to hit the curb to count. we face off after each goal. so i get frustrated and start trying harder! do you see the problem with that? i never communicated that i was frustrated with all the rule changing! i just became an eight year old and thought...well your rules can't stop me. so i win seven to six. and nesta throws his hockey stick down then throws his gloves down throws his arms up in the air yelling "that's not fair!" and starts stomping back home. (after he threw his gloves off i said...oh? you wanna fight?) that cracked a bit of a smile between all the fuss. so i say... "what's not fair?" and he says "take it easy on me, your thirty two and i'm only eight!" and i go on to explain about how life is tough and you can't always expect to succeed and sometimes you have to just face your opponent and congratulate her blah blah blah and how he won't keep many of his friends if he changes the rules of the game or he can't learn to lose and by the time i'm finished my freakin' speech i realize i'm screaming at the top of my lungs! so i mentally acknowledge that i've gone nuts and start to approach him more consciously and he wants nothing to do with me. he's crying and says i don't love him and that he wishes i was more like dan (who apparently let's nesta win:) and now i don't know what to do anymore. so i say "i'm sorry nesta i should have told you i was getting frustrated come on let's go inside" and he shoots me such a hateful look, and says "leave me alone!" so i leave him alone and i take winston in side. as we're approaching the house winston throws his hockey stick and gloves down and shouts "leave me alone!" and goes and sits down beside nesta. now i'm really confused and i start to think what would have happened if i had just accepted the rule changes, taken it easy on him, lost by one and took one for the team! that team being the components of my MENTAL HEALTH! so i sit on the steps waiting for the boys to be ready to come inside and i hear winston consoling nesta...and i think, in winston's eyes nesta cannot disappoint him, he has no preconception that he'd like to see nesta be or do, he has no desire to foresee his big brother, only to discover him, and i know that in situations like this one i have to be less like an eight year old and more like a two and a half year old when i'm mothering. eventually i call them in, and they come. we all make up, have hot chocolate and it's time to get on with dan's arrival from work, making dinner, going for my run, and bedtime routines. i fall asleep while putting winston down, i wake up to nesta kissing my forehead and whispering "sorry about our fight" i pretend to be sleeping and i feel like the biggest asshole...<br />
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it's spring break at nesta's school. i've been struggling with accepting that i have to be at womb to grow instead of spending time with nesta. every now and then i realize that although i'm happy to be self employed and pursuing my vision of this space that is womb to grow i'm sacraficing a lot of time with my kids. i'm trying with all my soul to find balance that seems to teeter totter constantly. needless to say nesta has spent the larger part of his break at 'play dates' with friends. on tuesday and wednesday he spent time with one of his closest friends connor. after tuesday's play date nesta asked if connor could come to our house, so i said no problem. i'm puttering about the kitchen, and all three boys are playing some violent game of weaponry with weapons of mass destruction that can shoot bullets of any kind. i end the game when nesta shouts "tsunami wave bullet! your whole world is shattered!" the following weapon of mass destruction was my voice! "that's enough! what kind of sick child are you? do you have any idea how horrible you just sounded? the tsunami in japan is nothing to make fun of or include into your little game of cops and robbers! how dare you insult the people of japan with a comment like that! find something else to play right now! when i'm finished the three boys are staring at me like a couple of wet dogs ho know their in trouble for walking on the carpet. they're deflated and confused and i realize i've over reacted. so then i find myself trying to explain how we shouldn't use the suffering of other people in our games so nonchalantly and how i feel horrible about the tsunami wave and how hard it must be for the people of japan, and that's why i reacted so harshly...in the end i still don't think they understood, but at least i tried to explain. how did my household become such a host for childhood warfare? it's beyond me...<br />
then yesterday when i went to pick nesta up from his play date two more of his classmates were also there, so connor's mother suggested i come back at five o'clock so nesta could enjoy the group play date. so i go home start supper and a whole other project (you'll see on my fernie foodie friday post tomorrow) and before you know it it's five o'clock. so winston and i return to pick up nesta, he's says good bye to his friends, and from the doorway of connor's home to the car i see this shift in his mood. he pronounces "i'm hungry!" i reply "that's good, because we're going home, and you can have a snack there." i start to strap winston into his car seat and i hear sniffling, and pouting coming from the front seat then in a very whiny voice " is diner almost ready?" and i lose it?!...again....going on about how i haven't seen him for almost eight hours and the first thing he asks me is if dinner is ready and if that's all i am to him is a chef!? and once again i'm screaming at him! and he starts to cry and he says "but i'm hungry..." and at the time i think as if that's an excuse to be a jerk to me. so i go on again about how i understand that he's hungry but does he understand how it makes me feel when i can see he's happy five minutes ago and all of a sudden there's a gloom over him like his world is coming to an end all because he needs a snack? then i call him a jerk. and he looks at me like he's been destroyed and he screams "i am not a jerk!" and he says again..."i'm just hungry..." i when he says that i see red, and i can't believe he's still using that as an excuse for not even greeting me, or saying hello to his younger brother and i'm yelling more and then i realize that we're home. i'm sitting in the driveway trying to get it through his head that i'd appreciated it if the first words out of his mouth when i see him were NOT "is dinner almost ready?!" now i'm unstrapping winston, i take a moment and look at him and he looks petrified. i realize i'm practically ripping his arms out of the stupid cars seat and i take a second...breathe in peace...breathe out love..."i whisper i'm sorry winston, i'll be more gentle." and he says "be gentle with nesta" and i start to cry. i look out of the car window and nesta is sitting on the steps to our place having a serious meltdown. i want to take it all back, go back to that moment when he asked about dinner and say "no dinner's not almost ready, but there's lots we can snack on until it is...how was your day?"<br />
but that moment is long gone, and now i have to deal with a tsunami bullet of another kind...a wave of emotional turmoil. once again i find myself trying to approach my son and he yells " i can't be near you!" now winston is wriggling free from my arms and he goes up to nesta and shouts " i can be near you!" and he sits next to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. and nesta rests his head on winstons arm and says "thank you winston at least <i>you</i> love me" now i'm crying harder and i say "i'm sorry nesta, i don't know what's wrong with me..." and he says "just go away!" so i leave and i feel about as small as i have ever felt in my whole life and i think to myself ...what the hell is going on?... i wait and i wait and finally the boys come inside. i try to explain myself and nesta doesn't care, he just wants food. so i make them both a sandwich and nesta devours it and i remember what that feels like. i remember being a kid and feeling so hungry i could eat my arm, and being told to wait for supper...and i'm mad that i'm remembering all of that <i>way too late</i>. and nesta looks up and asks for another sandwich, i don't hesitate to make him another one, and i'm trying to figure out what to say to him that could possibly justify my behaviour, i hand him another sandwich, he finishes it in about two minutes, he looks up from his plate and says.."i feel better now, i'll try and remember to ask about your day, before i ask about dinner next time mum" and then he gets up and gives me a hug...<i>was that the lesson?</i> i'm such a schmuck! now i'm really crying and hugging him like i never want to let go and i apologize for all my mistakes, yelling, and name calling, and general hysteria, and he says it's okay mum i know you're just trying to teach me well...and i'm back to mary haskell she always has the right answer and i say with the most confident effort "you can never disappoint me..."<br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvY6Ar8SuY3x7wWBEvFWhsVkII-PmH3-k9JwWy7dpJnn1cUdzuSmehKwxZZe9EspPc8oF3TCsFIjMixQPvbReNnuHr8_N3mCe4CBnDqpDOhyphenhyphenrmQWwjzAlI7HnJq7qOp4kISVV0HMTIq8TG/s320/DSCF9267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">i pulled some chicken from the freezer before i left for work. you're probably wondering why i'm posting pictures of raw chicken. trust me, there's a reason. i always use separate cutting boards for meats and vegetables. i think it's a great habit to get into, and i know my vegetarian friends appreciate it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrUAE4JSMlfNTWL5I2WsIq_4imKZuotxMR_wT9RmmkDeYToDf8C57pLsfTCTg_qXNkSShuJMjgnP7GL-pbP79BwVwo_pAVItJP4U85gF71ATNIBwh1Xm8FSwQ0Qq26WhR02QF49uDPHBU/s1600/DSCF9269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije6EowX_-DKGj1rtn0rYL49knyo5k0mgIOPe9b5umVL4Mnt_y_M3ZbKfvjIRjsbutB14OwACCo7ttk1SVtTKsw2Dke9Ow0tzRGDsG2jP90rgjGdObOag-NrN2owBuJTr9JqhfkhtHBiyH/s1600/DSCF9271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije6EowX_-DKGj1rtn0rYL49knyo5k0mgIOPe9b5umVL4Mnt_y_M3ZbKfvjIRjsbutB14OwACCo7ttk1SVtTKsw2Dke9Ow0tzRGDsG2jP90rgjGdObOag-NrN2owBuJTr9JqhfkhtHBiyH/s320/DSCF9271.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none;">are ya feelin' me here? look at the colour of that squash! honestly, some people think buying organic is some sort of trend...if that's so than i'm a trendy woman! sometimes i hesitate because of the price of certain items...and if that's similar to you, let me help you to have the courage to put it in your basket. this is what goes through my mind when i'm buying expensive organic products..."I'M WORTHY OF REAL FOOD!" not to mention, i have a real connection with my food when i'm preparing it, and eating it i value it. and most importantly...you would not believe the difference in taste!</div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr0GhSabFdyrMSaipK5jCyg6oCQQwupd2kxLRaNg_T8DhKccmSqCSJMF3aH5saxTuCmrjeQc-hfQX3SBB-fILMklvEREE8R53Hv_t9FBPpbkGQuMHbf0jiR4kz_4bWD4hoGu88r347Yh4/s1600/DSCF9273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAr0GhSabFdyrMSaipK5jCyg6oCQQwupd2kxLRaNg_T8DhKccmSqCSJMF3aH5saxTuCmrjeQc-hfQX3SBB-fILMklvEREE8R53Hv_t9FBPpbkGQuMHbf0jiR4kz_4bWD4hoGu88r347Yh4/s320/DSCF9273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none; text-align: center;">my curry is never the same twice. this time it's chicken, ginger, garlic, green onions, yellow curry powder</div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65zuibNeg8Nh4w75oAFCkISS9maIJAZVc-PcCzNmIPx_IsjQM1b78hPBgUZV6nJMnSWGLpWA7F6NimUFvPmm8cUhm13RICIX1iA1hZ4osyn9Sail1wrrsnj1M1gFgAX4AhyD0MbpXNUM-/s1600/DSCF9278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65zuibNeg8Nh4w75oAFCkISS9maIJAZVc-PcCzNmIPx_IsjQM1b78hPBgUZV6nJMnSWGLpWA7F6NimUFvPmm8cUhm13RICIX1iA1hZ4osyn9Sail1wrrsnj1M1gFgAX4AhyD0MbpXNUM-/s320/DSCF9278.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">squash, carrots, red potatoes, cauliflower & kale</div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38eGiRpqueWSKa72L-9sTMCvjh786h4KfE8t_iKbmHxYSpYCXzUWgakx3EAfzucE1QNQ3aeR1QTY2eHJ5QS86c-uD53VrzZ6P6YZ95CMODYMeZBsBHFKPgL5i9LXmOcGj4SPeWBxT7hBq/s1600/DSCF9279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38eGiRpqueWSKa72L-9sTMCvjh786h4KfE8t_iKbmHxYSpYCXzUWgakx3EAfzucE1QNQ3aeR1QTY2eHJ5QS86c-uD53VrzZ6P6YZ95CMODYMeZBsBHFKPgL5i9LXmOcGj4SPeWBxT7hBq/s320/DSCF9279.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbca6gPNQbSwF9sHRJ_i6rI_ZAQJBklS71eyUDk8pcmUCdGn3XqDg22T81YsbA-qkDtu8xeKwE-5rB2B0rEqRYaOsXqBQ1RZU5whHBQYtAFxEfXnL_Z-Db-f76iXv2m7-XZbT_RQRkdsj/s1600/DSCF9280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbca6gPNQbSwF9sHRJ_i6rI_ZAQJBklS71eyUDk8pcmUCdGn3XqDg22T81YsbA-qkDtu8xeKwE-5rB2B0rEqRYaOsXqBQ1RZU5whHBQYtAFxEfXnL_Z-Db-f76iXv2m7-XZbT_RQRkdsj/s320/DSCF9280.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">at this point dan came home from work. you can imagine his expression when he saw me photographing a couple of cans of food. (coconut milk & garbonzo beans to be exact) it definitely had the feel of 'i knew it...she's really lost it' so i look up, shrug, and say "my blog" which he doesn't even read anyways. "give me that" he says reaching for my camera. and then he did something really nice...</div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipiKKAv_1nBoanPPVhnz2of2dukuzKxGCUiAgFTEBtgxPv3erIWqzFBRVYINFAO18OAeovukIpRGiSjsPXwxKVOx-z9nhUp5ZtWUJ5_pK1K81Yrv_DY_QHrGeXC175Os6skaoQ3BE8cc4v/s1600/DSCF9282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipiKKAv_1nBoanPPVhnz2of2dukuzKxGCUiAgFTEBtgxPv3erIWqzFBRVYINFAO18OAeovukIpRGiSjsPXwxKVOx-z9nhUp5ZtWUJ5_pK1K81Yrv_DY_QHrGeXC175Os6skaoQ3BE8cc4v/s320/DSCF9282.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">he takes my picture and says "you should have more pictures of yourself on your blog" maybe he does read it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b_xu367CA08W3WV2r4kUrhf0hnQDMpgTtk3nDeDjt5YjH9mPdIo0Ly-W4y5pxQLsZc69gv1t2H4k54r4heVfeqwUMVrjrhO0lR-GDu8flMHqOWzZKC7ap5B8uSYfXxzGVHDojXvrVMJK/s1600/DSCF9283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1b_xu367CA08W3WV2r4kUrhf0hnQDMpgTtk3nDeDjt5YjH9mPdIo0Ly-W4y5pxQLsZc69gv1t2H4k54r4heVfeqwUMVrjrhO0lR-GDu8flMHqOWzZKC7ap5B8uSYfXxzGVHDojXvrVMJK/s320/DSCF9283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">add the coconut milk and chick peas and simmer 'till your ready to eat~ at least 20 minutes. the only thing i usually add to my curry that i didn't have on hand this week is raisins. that adds a nice surprise of sweetness. moving on to the naan bread. i use spelt flour, because it's wholesome and it only needs water and salt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfxrXsTQVo6-fpUr5glmlwX7j9r7bwfwWtqk3_Y_T6UTSsFtaO-Gp7VBJIsAw1D20QhtgF1C0AOfRpzUBhe2Gq2_kfXHng3ab7GxR2sh1TYznNiFzUMooMqChLLylRzhkeVHeZ6TE6gv9/s1600/DSCF9285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPm0PpDhyphenhyphen8giflOIQdpFq6lBG3LeGmsNtAdEwb9zBy_8rBSzIPf70JKjdKYGZk3MCwINYBGlqdS5kTzbzyWXfA5Y_vR3sEPy-Ns9Jgvsq_GXZMAClbHuZ3CMOVN_Cnf_qM-AxEaUWbOLt/s1600/DSCF9292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPm0PpDhyphenhyphen8giflOIQdpFq6lBG3LeGmsNtAdEwb9zBy_8rBSzIPf70JKjdKYGZk3MCwINYBGlqdS5kTzbzyWXfA5Y_vR3sEPy-Ns9Jgvsq_GXZMAClbHuZ3CMOVN_Cnf_qM-AxEaUWbOLt/s320/DSCF9292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we had leftover rice and salad from lunch so the meal came together nicely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3v-nVKrTU9IkVTuEurI_gATanjSS14o3myvOM6V60pXt85QuN4UwCbuZ58UdEPBaoF4KvWY5xVVyOsd2ga3QtDIwg0f6o5uG-tVxR3fhPsR3XfOdfsEcE_O2yeIy7526IsUdL63l-iIqa/s1600/DSCF9340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3v-nVKrTU9IkVTuEurI_gATanjSS14o3myvOM6V60pXt85QuN4UwCbuZ58UdEPBaoF4KvWY5xVVyOsd2ga3QtDIwg0f6o5uG-tVxR3fhPsR3XfOdfsEcE_O2yeIy7526IsUdL63l-iIqa/s320/DSCF9340.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">same gig new night...get out all the ingredients. especially with buttermilk pancakes, because they have a lot of ingredients. but it is entirely worth making buttermilk pancakes from scratch...they just melt in your mouth. if you want my recipe post a comment, because it's precise.</div><div class="separator" style="border: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxSkWnLFTGenCQmNrp0GBGv-rNy6F1g2Q8EcCWsOD7n5QeyKRzhGxCwVg0tAY882jK8FRidv0EDC5cdaK1BR46Mbbg8G2pmgFKiDaPHVFJgBXRXCLAEypjPhnZqHOKY_T5NuXo2eCpnAD/s1600/DSCF9328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxSkWnLFTGenCQmNrp0GBGv-rNy6F1g2Q8EcCWsOD7n5QeyKRzhGxCwVg0tAY882jK8FRidv0EDC5cdaK1BR46Mbbg8G2pmgFKiDaPHVFJgBXRXCLAEypjPhnZqHOKY_T5NuXo2eCpnAD/s320/DSCF9328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>on monday the organic strawberries at overwaitea were on sale for $2.99. that's $3.00 off! so get yourselves over there and pick some up...scrumptious!<br />
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i boil my sausages and then bake 'em...but honestly i think frying them is probably the most decadent way to go about it. i figure if i bake 'em then i can really smother the butter and syrup on my pancakes;)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">moving right along...the pantry was starting to look a little bare, and the fridge wasn't much better...since we knew we were going away for the weekend, it was time to start shopping from home. ya'll do that right? for the past ten years i've been known to call my mum. i tell her what i have on hand, and she tells me what meal to make...but i'm noticing that i have started to develop my own gift for the art of...hmmm what to call this skill...cooking from nothing! i'm always thinking about the next meal, so after breakfast for dinner, i notice leftover spaghetti sauce, and tomato sauce from the pizza i made for lunch on monday. then i look to the freezer and there's some ground beef, so i pull it, then i look to the pantry and we've got sushi rice. no, no no, i'm not gonna make some weird sushi rolls! i'm gonna make cabbage rolls! so after work on wednesday i picked up a head of cabbage, it cost me $1.94 and we can stock up our fridge, freezer and pantry when we get back from the city...maybe we'll even hit up costco while we're there...but a trip to costco is a whole 'nother blog post isn't it? so before i show you my cabbage rolls you should all know that i have a 'baba' in the family. yup, baba rose. and her cabbage rolls are to die for! she uses all the butter, onions, and pork you can handle, and they just melt in your mouth. she always makes a porkless version for me because well...quite frankly. i don't dine on swine. in the future i'll document her version of this polish/ukrainian dish, and you'll want to make them every night. for now here's the african/canadian version;)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilyeDIyGXFHAqJRllWKolhuqmhfHQ4Cwz8A9XQfX69pfGzlZvXAZCvFcmctF5gIrjOWYDfmBK-sJSFnx8NQ9J7k9mjCUiu6krv4JjFNBQoKrgiLh7AFddWAmrn9LU4t96cKHqr4ACmcIk/s1600/DSCF9381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilyeDIyGXFHAqJRllWKolhuqmhfHQ4Cwz8A9XQfX69pfGzlZvXAZCvFcmctF5gIrjOWYDfmBK-sJSFnx8NQ9J7k9mjCUiu6krv4JjFNBQoKrgiLh7AFddWAmrn9LU4t96cKHqr4ACmcIk/s320/DSCF9381.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGruI3O6ujZbE66ykYzDtkyug-uTdlhDt_H1hHSmVsZv7QPD5GcTluPsOIpwkEyAtDFqXnBuDDHbvCUoc0GBwMDlOP0_-0kBsLGTcTsCgLqfFoRzlI5lnFqSDrR2J5NPZY3BMLakfEPn3/s1600/DSCF9379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGruI3O6ujZbE66ykYzDtkyug-uTdlhDt_H1hHSmVsZv7QPD5GcTluPsOIpwkEyAtDFqXnBuDDHbvCUoc0GBwMDlOP0_-0kBsLGTcTsCgLqfFoRzlI5lnFqSDrR2J5NPZY3BMLakfEPn3/s320/DSCF9379.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so that winds up the meals i made this week. after dinner i went to the market and picked up supplies to pack our cooler for the road trip. in a future post i'll be getting into the changes i've been making to track our spending, and keep a household budget. the trip to canmore and calagry challenges me to find ways to keep the spending limited, convenience store purchases on road trips are an unnecessary way of blowing a ton of cash, so i was determined to bring everything we needed for snacks in our cooler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQpc1G84l1U1KGcpASG6t0FNCQOWwgfM9b8dWygyIBDjKb3ABI1wJfTgbmtPzFxCIXrtjC1awkw3exL_Ak92XFxnuzbQtD7gdEJM2Y01tP1MuSAoLisqBXImadAAl85rzjuCWMjWRSvkb/s1600/DSCF9393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQpc1G84l1U1KGcpASG6t0FNCQOWwgfM9b8dWygyIBDjKb3ABI1wJfTgbmtPzFxCIXrtjC1awkw3exL_Ak92XFxnuzbQtD7gdEJM2Y01tP1MuSAoLisqBXImadAAl85rzjuCWMjWRSvkb/s320/DSCF9393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> we've got whole wheat tuna wraps (already had the cans of tuna in the pantry) carrots and snap peas. (instead of springing for baby carrots i bought a 5lb bag and cut them up myself) below those is another container of celery and cauliflower (already had those in the fridge) i bought organic clementines and granny smith apples. honey garlic beef jerky, grape juice boxes, gummy bears from the bulk bins, and i popped popcorn with my air popper, and divided it into ziplocs for each of us. i thought we should have one more type of snack, so the last thing i did before going to bed was make granola bars. i have been making my own for a couple of months now, and the savings on my snacks category of my grocery budget is HUGE! this recipe is fantastic, and it it is super easy and fast, which is why i didn't hesitate starting it at 10pm on wednesday night. if you want the recipe post a comment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL7BlavXIi6NzL7U3AiOdrcsR7hHzVYDvXKUE5YcnedtgDuna3atvdt3Bb79TjJuDf1qFcUXwBabh0yRLscm1ZOOiDekoshMM1Wd8KPkiE5QykLWTP3zgb5O8MI3ZybGn88vjFJyD5CZc/s1600/DSCF9392.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL7BlavXIi6NzL7U3AiOdrcsR7hHzVYDvXKUE5YcnedtgDuna3atvdt3Bb79TjJuDf1qFcUXwBabh0yRLscm1ZOOiDekoshMM1Wd8KPkiE5QykLWTP3zgb5O8MI3ZybGn88vjFJyD5CZc/s320/DSCF9392.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">same as always...get everything out ahead of time! it makes life so much easier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhKqvPeAmYU48ODW4LFMZZwxCcy4z6EO6gjrDcy5xCcTaZdp8k8c8CvVNApSGuzGVnsJ3kU3yUjKv7jlQO69kUCghuF4pc0bNDmLBsxoc-HhmTkcuYJwsX0aIat1lXwOphGlG2AmYGbHN/s1600/DSCF9383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhKqvPeAmYU48ODW4LFMZZwxCcy4z6EO6gjrDcy5xCcTaZdp8k8c8CvVNApSGuzGVnsJ3kU3yUjKv7jlQO69kUCghuF4pc0bNDmLBsxoc-HhmTkcuYJwsX0aIat1lXwOphGlG2AmYGbHN/s320/DSCF9383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>that's rolled oats, flour, ground flax, shredded coconut, wheat germ, brown sugar, raisins, and dried cranberries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXrthawrng1xAHHUDAuVOuhFTaaKi9QSUvZjdMfnpQeiO0ao-8joA7INuAYexdgYgZRnN2WqqLpZiExsw4Nj35enJEwFBbFSmjAKDxEgFMA6erFxsFUUAZH863OT4I6IUJXHvkDF9tDu7/s1600/DSCF9384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXrthawrng1xAHHUDAuVOuhFTaaKi9QSUvZjdMfnpQeiO0ao-8joA7INuAYexdgYgZRnN2WqqLpZiExsw4Nj35enJEwFBbFSmjAKDxEgFMA6erFxsFUUAZH863OT4I6IUJXHvkDF9tDu7/s320/DSCF9384.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: medium none;"> mix together dry ingredients, make well in the center and add canola oil, honey and a lightly beaten egg.(you'll remember when i gave you my juicer pulp muffins recipe that i said i always substitute the sugar for honey) this recipe has both brown sugar and honey. i tried to take out the brown sugar and increase the honey, but it made granola instead of granola bars...they just didn't stick together. so i reduced the brown sugar amount from a packed cup to a loose 1/2 cup and it works. they are still incredibly sweet, so adjust to your own liking...<br />
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</div>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-53860589571607104662011-03-17T14:16:00.000-06:002011-03-17T14:16:00.626-06:00sunny day slideshowall this talk about my youth, i have been neglecting my present. it is really sunny outside today...perfect day for a road trip to canmore. i thought i'd post some random photos that i took over the past few days that will give you a glimpse of my days in fernie. bc...here goes.<br />
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on fernie foodie friday i mentioned that i cook four nights a week, but then i only posted three meals...ya'll didn't even notice! i made tuna melts and greek salad one night last week, took the photos and everything so might as well post 'em now. i'll skip the tutorial..it's tuna melts for heavens sake!<br />
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i got the job by the way, so if you're in town i'll be seeing you around on ten dollar tuesday! on my way home i stopped into the organic market and bought the most amazing carrots!<br />
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this morning i woke up and made a phone call to aspen, colorado. it seems my glory days are becoming a reoccurring theme. it's sue's birthday today. she's one of my oldest friends. i was thinking about it after i got off the phone with her. i've known her 17 years. we met at <a href="http://www.lemoynedolphins.com/sports/wbkb/index">lemoyne college basketball</a> camp and never looked back. i told her today that i owe my love for mountain towns to her. you see, where we grew up in upstate new york there's mountains, but what we didn't know when we we're kids is that they are just hills. we'd spend our entire summers romping around the 'back country' that was our backyard. seriously...we'd leave in the morning and be back just before dinner. sometimes we'd come down from the 'mountain' and we'd me a mile or two from home. but those are some of my best memories. she had this cat...and he'd follow us the entire way. what was his name? i can't remember. i think i called him 'dracula' because i remember he had two of each of his upper canines...very suspicious. he's in both of the below photos. and that's sue at maybe 14 or 15 years old! </div>
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some ravine we stumbled upon on one of our outings...they're not joking when they say kids don't know how to play anymore! we just explored, and made fun of each other, and complained about the injustices of our existence (like our mother's trying to get us to take these honkin' cell phones with us), then went to school on monday. simple.</div>
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then i moved back to canada, she wrote me tons of letters about all the parties i was missing, and that she'd picked out a college in colorado. so there i was in my second year at ottawa U, trying to figure out what to do for reading week and i decide to take the amtrak to glenwood springs colorado to see what all the fuss is about!...well, that my friends is why i live in fernie. bc. that train ride was the most eye opening experience of my adolescence! and when i arrived in colorado sue was an amazing host... from then on the mountains were in my blood!<br />
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i had such a great time in colorado, that i took a semester off the next year and did a whole season! brought in the new year of 2000 in the fastest ski town in north america....whoowhee that was a thrilling four months of my life!<br />
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and i haven't seen her in almost 9 years! happy birthday sue! thanks for being a swell pal back in the day! and most importantly introducing me to the pace and spirit of mountain town life...although we sure did explore the 'moutain town' of tully, new york in our youth didn't we...TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304153763246781971.post-87590441642466630832011-03-11T23:47:00.001-07:002011-03-11T23:49:49.149-07:00fernie foodie fridayi have decided to dedicate friday's posts to food. hiphiphooray! here's the situation. i cook a lot! and i think i'm good at it, so i'm gonna share my talents with those of you who care to spend some time in my virtual kitchen. now for the history behind the title of my post. <br />
this year the <a href="http://www.ferniewomenscentre.com/">fernie women's resource centre</a> published a cookbook of recipes created by locals. for a few months the board debated over the title of the cookbook. the most popular title tossed around was 'fernie foodies' foodie ~ adj. one who is passionate about food.<br />
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i really regret this...i'm very disappointed. so on friday's i will recap the food i've made in the week. usually i make dinner monday to thursday nights and dan makes food on the weekends. he works four ten hour days so he always has three day weekends. it's great. so here we go...<br />
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when i was a kid i remember asking my mum to teach me to cook. i don't know how many lessons we had, but i do remember that she emphasised one thing..."no matter what you're making you always start with butter, onions, garlic, celery leaves, fresh ground pepper, and if appropriate ginger!" she said that a lot.<br />
thinking back i probably didn't need to ask for lessons, i was soaking a lot in just by being there. i have only just recently perfected the art of dicing onions. the way my mother does that is. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i think that took about forty minutes, and everyone liked it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">on tuesday night i made pasta. rotinni with beef sauce. which i didn't bother documenting, but i will note that i put kale in the sauce and it gave it a fantastic texture and fresh flavour. i was so nervous about my performance for women's day i could hardly eat it, but it did make for a great lunch on wednesday. speaking of which...we ate veggie shepard's pie on wednesday night. you remember i visited the new organic market?...well i picked up some produce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd-xFUJ7sHZLRU-t_WCWrun_bBCIr80uhWECvGAuyUa0XgB1lbVVarGHznHkbHLyDlxEfrfxTV16jkgzBccauQrt1YLQoeLo0NjM7g-UxXAZsTkHQwAdKbI9tZeCl04HJP8K0SIseT7PE/s1600/DSCF9159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd-xFUJ7sHZLRU-t_WCWrun_bBCIr80uhWECvGAuyUa0XgB1lbVVarGHznHkbHLyDlxEfrfxTV16jkgzBccauQrt1YLQoeLo0NjM7g-UxXAZsTkHQwAdKbI9tZeCl04HJP8K0SIseT7PE/s320/DSCF9159.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9XJ7C1BTs1mVaNST-CdZ5BtjbwZsgCdoNVTyJc-cYUFk1jqy3pJ6kTheiygKoJg0vJNijCPdZY2Pjg6fe1-L64kcA-Y-DP2CN2q1dyjmTSw1IY_Uqj6lUrr68qMo5YM0DH4UTWRu74s5/s1600/DSCF9192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9XJ7C1BTs1mVaNST-CdZ5BtjbwZsgCdoNVTyJc-cYUFk1jqy3pJ6kTheiygKoJg0vJNijCPdZY2Pjg6fe1-L64kcA-Y-DP2CN2q1dyjmTSw1IY_Uqj6lUrr68qMo5YM0DH4UTWRu74s5/s320/DSCF9192.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i think the best part about this meal was that i made it in 45 minutes. here's the 5 minute version:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2rFYo_7_kjDt-EGuMw1g_3bH1BFqFlLZ9EuYYu9Su29Jh1hlqh8sRNsPV6FOOKBcsdgmXIOvfiO2CY6fdJDQZNuqk74kQXt-v-PElPfg0O3nsCdAo2QFHdxQY9eYq2bFXE_L-VjfQucM/s1600/DSCF9164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2rFYo_7_kjDt-EGuMw1g_3bH1BFqFlLZ9EuYYu9Su29Jh1hlqh8sRNsPV6FOOKBcsdgmXIOvfiO2CY6fdJDQZNuqk74kQXt-v-PElPfg0O3nsCdAo2QFHdxQY9eYq2bFXE_L-VjfQucM/s320/DSCF9164.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>preheat oven to 350. chop and boil potatoes. ( i don't peel 'em 'cause it saves time and the skin is full of important nutrients...don't ask me which ones;) <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">chop the veggies for the base...this time i used kale, cauliflower, onions, garlic, ginger, red peppers & celery leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaYFRKdqMkfURoEzgwS7u9psOgDzwKg6dZNmAPamgQBdODKfHYovykIG98MIUUU_L6BKu-K-yNQO3cZK1E5_dMRegVn0Q53hBp9xnX-MMFrLxatcKjHfXzDesQpNY5HlLTqk3zDJS6Kiz/s1600/DSCF9166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaYFRKdqMkfURoEzgwS7u9psOgDzwKg6dZNmAPamgQBdODKfHYovykIG98MIUUU_L6BKu-K-yNQO3cZK1E5_dMRegVn0Q53hBp9xnX-MMFrLxatcKjHfXzDesQpNY5HlLTqk3zDJS6Kiz/s320/DSCF9166.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">cook it up! once the veggies start smelling really yummy, and the onions start turning translucent add your seasoning. this time i chose, salt, pepper, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala">garam masala</a>. then right before the veggies were done i added garbonzo beans. the veggies don't bond the way ground beef does, so i scooped some of the water from my pot of boiling potatoes, added some potato starch to it, and poured it over the stir fry.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9n_7fPm74ZsyK98yt8No3FVV3YRUd0_XSzzdgA4x04q5zzKmmEO03Q8e0R1mp21VNanjXNeojyz61aswcN1A_hrfPsDp0DqXlHLGUK1FhxW-Rg44mZlU7M80Jwa8NDPBZCkbBep8i19Y/s1600/DSCF9168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9n_7fPm74ZsyK98yt8No3FVV3YRUd0_XSzzdgA4x04q5zzKmmEO03Q8e0R1mp21VNanjXNeojyz61aswcN1A_hrfPsDp0DqXlHLGUK1FhxW-Rg44mZlU7M80Jwa8NDPBZCkbBep8i19Y/s320/DSCF9168.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXhLsABP7HJ_pNAYH8T1uFFijXO8tyuBk0Rjgk3qVrypOr1ulb9cyF1915K-9Oom56aApkNuXgrfKGoCF28LXsGXrlC4Iy6N7W1E9HnNH7Qyqkf1OpQ1DhPoRpLohoXHCIuYZ8a3Bik5R/s1600/DSCF9169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXhLsABP7HJ_pNAYH8T1uFFijXO8tyuBk0Rjgk3qVrypOr1ulb9cyF1915K-9Oom56aApkNuXgrfKGoCF28LXsGXrlC4Iy6N7W1E9HnNH7Qyqkf1OpQ1DhPoRpLohoXHCIuYZ8a3Bik5R/s320/DSCF9169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>now for the layers...veggies, corn, mahed potatoes and cheddar. <br />
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do you juice? we are in love with our juicer around here! if you have a juicer sitting in one of your cupboards pull it out and make some juice. my favourite recipe is a beet, green apple, orange, carrot and ginger! the best way to start a day if you ask me. it tastes heavenly. but what to do with this?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-75uT9J1ibuqG7PnI-6RT1zkJNwqrlbmYEwDji2sMjjJ_S-KCWlnhTzI1T8B0NU93yySA-KK2R1oF_ei7TeRcGcxkBKu5e1eE_hL-HPCKppqrFb5l2faKsufvWCZ6nDyI9hGCQcUc2Mz/s1600/DSCF9186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-75uT9J1ibuqG7PnI-6RT1zkJNwqrlbmYEwDji2sMjjJ_S-KCWlnhTzI1T8B0NU93yySA-KK2R1oF_ei7TeRcGcxkBKu5e1eE_hL-HPCKppqrFb5l2faKsufvWCZ6nDyI9hGCQcUc2Mz/s320/DSCF9186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>the pulp? i thought i'd try muffins. i have a cookbook called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Family-Baker-Never-Let-You-Down-Basic-Recipes/dp/0767902610">'the family baker'</a> i improvised (cut the sugar in half and replaced with honey...i always do this when i bake. ie. 1 cup granulated sugar = 1/2 cup honey...and added dried cranberries) a recipe called morning glory muffins and it worked like magic!<br />
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i have to say the highlight of the night, for myself, was when the community choir sang 'lean on me' the harmony was magnificent, and the diversity of the women in that choir lit up the stage! sonia's solo was cool..and i mean cool, like funky, jazzy, sunglasses in a candle lit cafe...'just call on me <em>sistas</em> when you need a hand...' actually i cried. i took video, and unfortunately my battery died before their version of 'lean on me' but this french song was fun too!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwttvzxm0qQpLD-xrE0T7-U89C9J5l1dnWtLcOjQ_pVFz7RhBEKwfo7f7nQQwOAobrv_wxVMtAdX8gbcDBGdA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>so sonia is my best friend...and she also gives me singing lessons. well, they aren't really formal lessons, it's just when we are together we usually end up singing, and then i ask her for help, and she gives me fantastic advice. so i was working on this piece for the event by ani difraco called 'both hands' i sang it to her the other afternoon while we're out walking and she gives me some pointers and then tells me that on the day of the performance i'm not allowed to sing it..not at all, not one measly little time! she said "sing anything else you want to sing, but not that song, that way when you perform on stage it will be pure, fresh & organic" so i'm playing a whole bunch of <em>other </em>songs that day and i realize that my version of bob marley's 'redemption song' is pretty good. so i change my entire set and decide to open with this piece. about an hour before the show my belly starts feeling really strange... my hands start sweating, i feel just horrible! butterflies! terminal butterflies! these butterflies are going to kill me! so i call sonia..<br />
" i am so nervous!!!!!" and what do i get...her beautiful laugh and a big sigh...not exactly the words of encouragement i was hoping for. so i continue " i don't know if i can sing my song?!" (that is in a super frantic voice.) again *sigh* then finally she says "take that energy in your belly and harvest it...store it...'cause you're gonna need it...you'll be great!" (that's more like it)<br />
well i don't know if i did any of what she said because honestly when i tried to sing both my songs nothing seemed to go right! which is why i titled this post 'both hands' because neither of my hands would follow the directions my brain was sending! it was the most bizarre feeling...good thing i can deliver the spoken werd...'cause those rhymes saved my set! here's the photos<br />
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okay...so today was jam packed! get the boys ready..then decide winston should stay with me for the day because his cold isn't getting better, go to the ECD (early childhood development) meeting hosted by jodie parker. do y'all know about the website <a href="http://www.ekkids.ca/fernie">ekkids</a>? check it out for anything kid related in the east kootenays. then off to womb to grow. 2pm early dismissal at nesta's school for parent teacher conferences...oh ya i'm blogging now, and so i've started carrying my camera everywhere...so here's a glimpse of nesta's classroom, teacher, and a few of these amazing murals painted throughout the entire interior of his school I.D.E.S<br />
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so naturally the parent teacher conferences are a breeze;) continuing on with my day...earth day planning committee meeting at the tea house! where supabuttafly dawn deydey and her trashy but flashy partner in crime megan realized it is the 5th anniversary of the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trashy-but-Flashy-Fashion-Show/72819493451?v=wall">trashy but flashy fashion show</a>! so get your creative juices flowing, find some trash and enter a costume into the show! this year's earth day event is gonna be the best yet...in fact we're celebrating a whole week! so keep you eye out for the schedule of events April 18th through 22nd!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here's dawn and megan...the gals who started it all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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i almost started crying! it was the highlight of my international women's day. and to think that i didn't take their pictures for you. oh well.<br />
as i posted on my other blog i think that having a day to call our own signifies that if we can universally celebrate women on this one day, than in reality we have every right to celebrate women all the time. so take your feeling for other women on this day to tomorrow, and the day after that. connect with the women you pass by each day as intensely as you connect with those women in your life you are close to. we are the divine and we should see that always in each other.<br />
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I'm reading 'The Witch of Portobello' at the moment. Last night i highlighted a couple of passages that I really connected to in honour of my authentic self, and my struggle with feminist theory...<br />
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'When you're washing up, pray. Be thankful that there are plates to be washed; that means there was food, that you fed someone, that you lavished care on one or more people, that you cooked and laid the table. Imagine the millions of people at this moment who have absolutely nothing to was up an no one for whom to lay the table.<br />
There are women who say: I'm not going to do the washing up, let the men do it. Fine, let the men do it if they want to, but that has nothing to do with equality. Nonsense! As if washing up or wearing a bra or having someone open or close a door could be humiliating to me as a woman. The fact is, I love it when a man opens the door for me. According to etiquette this means, "She needs me to do this because she's fragile," but in my soul is written: "I'm being treated like a goddess. I'm a queen." Both men and women are a manifestation of the Mother, the Divine Unity. No one can be greater than that.'<br />
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come by the arts station 7 to 9 pm and celebrate the divine...here's a shot from last years event.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">he looked very confused. it was a beautiful morning though.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe_gzhXg99VgcCnjezu5jgvBwAkItmWnbEV6j10pKLOOCoQqADA5-r1y-eK6XKs7nWRPkA3bVH8F-ThnAnkU64WDlhPuj-Wa16FntH_EgvLhtVdmLnMbuzQVdG6J4dBA2OOxX_jULzIR-/s1600/DSCF9032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQe_gzhXg99VgcCnjezu5jgvBwAkItmWnbEV6j10pKLOOCoQqADA5-r1y-eK6XKs7nWRPkA3bVH8F-ThnAnkU64WDlhPuj-Wa16FntH_EgvLhtVdmLnMbuzQVdG6J4dBA2OOxX_jULzIR-/s320/DSCF9032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">we started the day off without the chocolate today. both my boys wanted fruit. the mornings can often be very rushed, but this morning we had time to enjoy each other, and spend some time talking over breakfast.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxw85g8zbZ4GQFnHomQG813sy6a_GT88GGWTud8iyHTHE4JcJzA5CMsYKNqJsLpur2MnfdbfAkrVJUbZunFx7YLn8YaCn2i5zNqX9789sjCx90bf060uAtVDVpUTEBzTCIjiT4U-KXOyG/s1600/DSCF9030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxw85g8zbZ4GQFnHomQG813sy6a_GT88GGWTud8iyHTHE4JcJzA5CMsYKNqJsLpur2MnfdbfAkrVJUbZunFx7YLn8YaCn2i5zNqX9789sjCx90bf060uAtVDVpUTEBzTCIjiT4U-KXOyG/s320/DSCF9030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm really enjoying writing authentic mama. and i'm taking way more pictures than i normally would. capturing little moments that i fear i may have taken for granted before wanting to share them with you.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">sunday monday are my days off my 'paid' job. i always highlight the fact that just because i'm not at 'work' doesn't mean i'm not 'working' there's a spoken werd piece developing on that subject in my mind, but it hasn't come yet...too bad because it would be perfect for tomorrow night's international women's day event that i'm performing at. it's the 100th anniversary of women's day! that blows my mind! in 1911 some bad ass women had it together enough to demand a day! internationally recognized at that! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">yesterday i got crafty. part of writing this blog is to give me inspiration to get in touch with my artistic side. and i want to do more sewing. when i was a kid my mum used to get me to thread her sewing machine for her, because her eyes were bad...i remember rolling my eyes at this, but let me tell you, i had some serious nostalgia yesterday trying to get the damn thread through the eye of that needle.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">i'm not really feeling very creative, so i took out a book on sewing at the library that includes some projects...can you guess who it's written by?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BMIMXE8bYT7-d-DCQJ2Sl2v3gw4gkVE2tUVpTn9w0uGM0QOqq-u-chBEohXB-7sqOw25FFoCK8zj1cGgfnGi36I1f5iqYGwSwWh3poyBtH-hh2KV1h_NkdxtMy18rSMCFcaCDd3zxdkV/s1600/DSCF9014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BMIMXE8bYT7-d-DCQJ2Sl2v3gw4gkVE2tUVpTn9w0uGM0QOqq-u-chBEohXB-7sqOw25FFoCK8zj1cGgfnGi36I1f5iqYGwSwWh3poyBtH-hh2KV1h_NkdxtMy18rSMCFcaCDd3zxdkV/s320/DSCF9014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">oh martha...i love you. so i'm making this new duvet cover. i have a sweet cover that i LOVE but it's brown with these funky polkadot circles spattered on it and i want something a bit more fresh for spring. so..martha says get yourself a couple of flat sheets the same size as your duvet sew 'em together and bam! new duvet cover! i got my sheets at the sally ann.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJAJtMWHtRUa2gBPdVNSQ-k76d32gAJdkU3y-EEGkLxYBZRy9LviOQWGpcY1VapSyy3ygv2T-uPOGj47Ndxr5fZknSuNCfLFP5GC9SsQVFg-TYH-9KzMIHe7kk4Ce4IZ4YtAEv11ePSYS/s1600/DSCF9019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJAJtMWHtRUa2gBPdVNSQ-k76d32gAJdkU3y-EEGkLxYBZRy9LviOQWGpcY1VapSyy3ygv2T-uPOGj47Ndxr5fZknSuNCfLFP5GC9SsQVFg-TYH-9KzMIHe7kk4Ce4IZ4YtAEv11ePSYS/s320/DSCF9019.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and at the end of the day just before dinner, my boys spent some time together...maybe even spoke to the sun...who knows?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONBB7UJ2EtS35l4ar9oHxDk4Loz6_0v6BWPvFnEoahf0zLIuOVYOI_sgqtTZS3Z8guyfqyzpEaMoNDNaSr4Iaai1m8cKufYULgVOLaibpzR62pQwvBiSalZIXCwBWRPmmGuGIXd50OnoB/s1600/DSCF9025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">last night the snowflakes were huge! after dinner we decided to head outdoors and play in the snow. now, for apartment dwellers, you may ask where we played? the most amazing opportunity has presented itself in the past few months...across the back alley of our place is an empty lot. i tracked down the owner and it turns out it's my recently retired dentist! so i find out his email address, ask his permission to use his lot as our backyard and to garden on this summer and he replies enthusiastically yes! this arrangement provides the perfect solution for the pitfalls of apartment living. a whole city lot as my playground. wow?so here are the pictures i took of my clan enjoying our newly borrowed winter wonderland! i haven't figured out the settings for my camera at night so please excuse the artistic style...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuaj6GXA_oEvA9THf5kqoEraMCYgNKX6d37V_swYq4DEMwRq-vgpVFnfDz4OmSEBIZwMTc4jPTjwnvO0UzW-pxChE6Ro14zEr_rz3DOJYe8G_TPHf3lb0SBgKO_J8lXiyzsxgm_D56jLg/s1600/DSCF8990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuaj6GXA_oEvA9THf5kqoEraMCYgNKX6d37V_swYq4DEMwRq-vgpVFnfDz4OmSEBIZwMTc4jPTjwnvO0UzW-pxChE6Ro14zEr_rz3DOJYe8G_TPHf3lb0SBgKO_J8lXiyzsxgm_D56jLg/s320/DSCF8990.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">it's my day off, i'm going to make a duvet cover and go for a run...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>TanyaMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09865950467180903035noreply@blogger.com0