gasland

Trailer

watched this last night on hbo after hearing about it on npr yesterday afternoon.  frightening.  everyone should watch it.

bread

back around mother's day i requested and recieved Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking and today i ran across this video on youtube accompanying Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients 

super easy and fast!

now i need to find a cheap plastic(although i wish i could find a glass one that was big enough... like 4-6 qt) bucket with a lid.

update 6.28.10:  so this is definitely a cinch and a great alternative to the no-knead bread we love so dearly(i think with a little butter this could give great harvest a little competition...) when you forget to start dough 20 hours earlier...  i halved the recipe and let it rise 1 1/2 hours, shaped it into a large boule, slashed it, let it rise on parchment 30 minutes more, and baked it 35 minutes.  it smells and tastes great.  we dipped it in split pea soup.  omg.

cinco

happy 5th anniversary, buddy!

ten things

these ten things are bringing me great joy right now:

1. getting back into the groove of baking bread on a regular basis

2. the stack of books i have waiting for some spare moment to read them

3. ezra learning how to roll his body across the floor without putting weight on his leg(finally he's not stuck somewhere!)

4. getting father's day taken care of

5. friends returning from faraway lands to my arms

6. spring produce and the anticipation of what(little) we will be able to harvest

7. cleaning my car

8. an upcoming kids-free-night to celebrate 5 years of marriage to a man who never ceases to surpass my expectations and meet me where i am needy(i love you!)

9.  sunshine after being rained in yesterday

10.  trying a new cookie recipe and watching them being devoured by 6 boys last night

proverbial quilt

i want to make a proverbial quilt!  

 

 melissa is working on one and i love the fabrics she picked.

i saw it a while ago and am becoming increasingly attached to the idea of making one for our bed.

oh my goodness i don't have time for this right now.

the adventures of ezra and the broken femur

i know this is kinda hard to see in this size, but this is the top of his femur

bottom of femur(at knee)

so thursday morning fairly soon after breakfast, isaac and ezra put some couch pillows on the floor and were jumping on and off of them(a common morning activity) while i did breakfast dishes and started bread.  out of the corner of my eye i saw ezra fall on his right hip and start crying but i told him he was okay and asked him if he wanted some ice on it and where did it hurt.  i scooped him up and sat him on my lap and put some ice on his hip.  he screamed louder.  thankfully i had my hand around his right thigh and had pushed down a little with my thumb on the top of his leg and felt bone move.  so we quickly threw on shoes(and some of us clothes) and drove to the hospital(around 10am).  they sent us to get an xray almost right away(thankfully screaming babes get ER priority) and confirmed he had fractured his femur.  they gave him some motrin and we proceeded to wait until 6:30pm for the surgeon(who had other surgeries scheduled) to set his leg.  they took him into the operating room(even though they didn't have to cut him open or anything) to give him general anesthesia, re-set his leg, and cast him.  meanwhile uncle matt and aunt julie and caleb brought us subway in the waiting room(thank you thank you thank you!).  once he woke up we gave him some apple juice and took him home.  he slept throught the night(woke up once crying but i told him it wasn't morning yet and he went back to sleep).  yesterday morning and this morning he has been VERY ANGRY about being in a cast.  i think in his sleep he forgets it is there and that leads to a very rude awakening.  when he gets mad about it he tenses his whole body which makes his leg hurt and he starts screaming again.  he's also very frustrated about not being able to use the toilet.  we had been potty training for the past two weeks with wonderful success and not being quite in a sitting or laying down position means i have to hold him over the toilet(he weighs a ton! great time to be pregnant...) and try to aim him.  his cast has an opening to stuff feminine pads for him to pee on, but he hates them and would rather still use the bathroom.  adam told me i was crazy for even thinking about using cloth diaper soakers instead.  this is going to be quite a fun six weeks.

he actually fell asleep waiting in the emergency room

(as long as i didn't move him)

what a toughie!

isaac the comic relief

the nurse gave him a beanie baby snake(great distraction) and we watched A LOT of animal planet when it was needed

and then it was finally time to go into the OR

the grand finale

fermentation, continuum, marc-y marc

ordered Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods(yay for making vinegar!!) and The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development)(because i've been meaning to) over the weekend, not that i really have room to start a fermentation lab or anything...

i leave you with this little nugget(he's one of my faves)

good thing i'm pregnant and don't have extra money lying around or i'd totally get something of his in tattoo form...

memorial weekend

a few leach men at the ballgame(last weekend)

the most delicious white bean dip EVER. seriously.

adam's grandpa

ez and great grandpa

i think memorial day was the most beautiful at 8am.

this weekend, isaac went on his first solo camping trip(i was an emotional wreck) with daddy.  he had a blast and i think the boys are both having to transition back into having a sibling.  ezra and i seized this one-on-one opportunity to begin potty training(!!!!) and he's doing pretty well so far(thank you, run-around-naked-method).  there's really no rush, but i've done two in diapers before and do not intend to do it again.