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Name or Pseudonym:: Country Dawn

About Me:: I'm a wife and mother of four, a writer, doula, psychologist... let's see... how many more hats can I get on my head, here? :) We just moved from the city to the country, and we've got two dogs, two cats, 6 acres, and I'm planning to own chickens by next spring... that's right, chickens. And I'm going to start my own organic garden. Uh huh. Yes, I am! This, from a city girl who adores indoor plumbing, detests dirt, goes catatonic at the sight of spiders, and thinks all bugs should be banned... should be interesting, huh!?

Blog:: countrydawn.blogspot.com

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Shirley Temple

When I was little, my mom would put my hair in those sponge rollers at night and in the morning, I'd wake up looking like orphan Annie (my hair was practically orange when I was a kid.) Grandma gave Miss Zoe a pack of sponge rollers when we were over there for Mother's Day, and of course she insisted we try them out. So, after a bath, I rolled her all up. And warned her: "They aren't fun to sleep in!"

But she thought the results were worth it!

I thought she looked like Shirley Temple!

Her brother remarked, "How come girls always want the sort of hair they don't already have?"

"What do you mean?"

"Curly haired girls want straight hair, straight haired girls want curly hair. Why can't they be happy with the hair they already have?"

Ha. Good point. From a five-year-old, yet.

Beauty is confusing and painful, kid.

What can I say? :)

Gridlock

We've got grids on the garden beds! I can see why creating the square foot grids are really going to help with planting. I'm glad we went through the work to do them.

It was a perfect day for it, not windy, about seventy degrees, and Dmitri and Zoe helped a lot!

We drilled holes, screwed in eyelets, and then threaded twine through the holes and tied it off. The eyelets were Michael's idea - so no one would scrape themselves on nails or screws. And they worked out brilliantly! He also gave me the idea to thread the twine through instead of tying each individual piece of twine off. I love being married to such a smart man. ;)

Turned out pretty good!

I can handle this sort of gridlock!

Tomorrow, we plant... weather permitting.

Business of the Month

This yellow sign is found hanging on our little town's designated "Business of the Month." I think every business gets one chance a year to be the "Business of the Month," and it's pretty much done on a rotating basis... ;)

Drugged Popcorn

This is an actual bag of popcorn my husband brought home, left for the psychiatrist at his work by the drug rep. Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. Now I've seen everything! Note the "Contains No Active Drug" written on the package.

The popcorn was good, though. :)

Robin's Egg Blue

Dmitri came into the house cradling this the other day. Gives a solid definition to "robin's egg blue" doesn't it? There's still baby bird-gunk on it and everything! I put it away for him, so he can take it in for show and tell on his day. Very chagrined at first, Zoe went out determined to find her own. And look at that - she did!

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At 7:16am on November 15th, 2007, Nancy farrell said…: Thanks for the add.

At 12:47pm on November 13th, 2007, Bill Gathen said…: Thanks for checking out my blog... and thanks for subscribing! I'm off to check out your 6 acres right now. Mother of 4...damn...when do you find any time to write?

At 4:18pm on November 9th, 2007, Jamie said…: Hi Country Dawn,

Welcome to Creative Bloggers!

What a big adventure changing to a country lifestyle. I imagine it takes great courage and tenacity.

And I am so with you on the bug thing!

At 10:22pm on November 7th, 2007, Adriana said…: Hi Dawn. I am answering to your post in one of the groups. I didn't want to answer it there because the spot was just for introductions. You are fortunate to have a large family. I wish I could have more kids myself. I think you are living my dream life. In the country, lots of land, starting your own organic garden, cats and dogs. Ahhhh to live in your shoes! lol