The Hippie Moose

In honour of my Dreadlock Anniversary last week I took a look at the blogs I read that just happen to be written by fellow dready's. They are some pretty amazing people! SO....a shout out to all my fellow dready momma's in blogland. Amazing women like Sara at Walk Slowly, Live Wildly. The Organic Sister Tara and her new wandering tales... the amazing pictures at Boho Photography.

From The Hippie Moose

I was in the middle of painting my bike so unfortunately I'm sporting my favorite painting shirt.

I'm pretty thrilled that my dreads are starting to grow. They spent the first year locking up and getting shorter (ggrrrr).

Question asked most often..... how do I clean them. I'm glad you asked!

Fill a sink or container with:

1/2 cup baking soda
8 drop tea tree oil*
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. sea salt.
Fill with really hot water... as hot as you can handle.
Soak for 10 min.
Leave for another 30 min wrapped in a towel.
Rinse.

* If you are not a fan of tea tree oil sub in something you love the smell of!

May 04, 2010 7 comments

In honour of my 100th post I thought I would ramble about my weekend. My husband has been away for three days and it rained for two of them. Nice. In case he doesn't believe me I took a few pictures....

I learned that I seem to get WAY more done when he's gone than when he's here. Odd. I had a few unfinished projects I decided to tackle in his absence. The first was a chair that I bought at a junk shop (for lack of a better term) at least 10 years ago... OK 15 but who's counting. I was inspired to do this by Brenda. I read THIS blog posting the day Dave left and was completely in awe of her ability.

I learned that I can break my own rules...I have a rule against painting wood. So I stained it with blue milk paint. You can still see the grain and details through it... but it's blue. I consider this a fair compromise. I learned that boys are a great help sanding. Staining.. not so much. Going with the grain seems completely and genetically beyond them. I blame my husbands DNA for this.

I also learned that even though they are boys the have very decided opinions on fabric so a 5 min. trip to the fabric store turned into 35. The stripes were the compromise between the vision of three different personalities. I also learned that stapling fabric with a electric staple/brad gun is pretty scary stuff with an 7 and 8 year old "helping" you.

I learned that tea tastes better in my new mug. No.. it's not all in my head. It really does.

I learned that once I start to paint it's REALLY hard to stop.

I learned that when trying to fix your plastic dog head with expanding foam because your adorable sons smashed his nose in...... less is more. There's a reason they call it expanding.

Finally, I learned that I really miss my man when he's gone.

April 12, 2010 11 comments

Ok, so the cookies were amazing. The kids didn't love them but I was in heaven.
They turned out just like they were supposed to, crunchy on the outside, hollow on the inside. I added a few tbsp. of cocoa powder which made them look a bit more like rocks.

Unfortunately I didn't get a picture because they were gone SO quick!

For the Instructions SEE HERE!

April 08, 2010 5 comments

Empty Tomb Cookies - 220621 - Recipezaar

To celebrate Easter we will be making these cookies tonight to be ready on Easter Monday morning!

April 04, 2010 1 comments

Spring is for Maple Syrup!

We checked out the Sugar Shack at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation area with the Williams Family and their Aussie friends Julia and Bryce.

March 27, 2010 5 comments

Over the March break my sister came down with her two boys and in an effort to keep them all amused we decided on a ferry ride. It was a pretty cold day and this offered a lot of amusement for free.

The bonus in it all was that I finally got over to the Wolfe Island Wind Farm to see the turbines up close. They are amazing.

The kids even enjoyed following the route the energy takes from turbine to Joe Smiths home. They had it all mapped out at the information hut. I love the unexpected lessons that we can take home and do more research on!

March 22, 2010 1 comments

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm not Irish but will celebrate just about anything.

To mark this special day my sons and I made Peppermint Patties from "How it all Vegan".

These things were SUPER easy to make and very yummy.

We tried to make hearts and shamrocks but once they were dipped it was really hard to tell. So do yourself a favour and go with round balls, much easier to shape and dip.

The filling is SOOO easy:

2 cups of powdered sugar

1 tbsp. vegan marj.

2 tsp peppermint extract

2 tbsp vegan milk ( I used rice milk)

Blend it all together until its a paste, form into balls, freeze 15 min. Dip into melted chocolate with a bit or margarine. SWEET!

March 17, 2010 3 comments

This coming Saturday is the seed sale in Kingston, Ontario. Check out Seeds of Diversity for sales all over:

http://www.seeds.ca/ev/events.php

Here is all the info for Saturdays event:

Kingston Public Library Central Branch

Saturday March 13, 2010 10-3
Kingston's 3rd Annual Seedy Saturday invites you to a seed networking and education event for both novice and experienced gardeners. If you are interested in open-pollinated and heritage seed, seed saving, biodiversity in your garden and food security, this is the place for you! Attendees are encouraged to bring their own well-labeled, saved seed to trade at the seed exchange table. Seed from "Seed Savers Exchange" and a select number of local seed companies will be available for purchase along with several varieties of Canadian-bred foundation seed. Join us in discussing the possibility of creating a living community seed bank. Lunch will be available as well as children's activities. Admission $1. Learn more about garlic, dahlias, foundation seed, and what the future of food may be for us in these interesting times:
10:00 "The Story of Food" & "Banking Diversity" - USC Films
11:00 "The Small-Trial Garlic Bulbil Project and Leek Moth Control" - Paul Pospisil, The Garlic News, Beaver Pond Estates
12:00 "Good Foundations: Building Community Seed Security" - Jennifer Hutson, True North Seeds Trust, Journal of Culinary Garden Research, Seeds of Diversity
1:00 "Dahlias to Dazzle" - Margaret Pyke, Wolfe Island
2:00 "The Future of Food: Sustainable Local or Industrial Biotech? It's About Seed" - Andrew McCann, Seed, Farm and Food Activist
Contact: Katherine Rothermel 613-385-8569

March 11, 2010 No comments

Every night at bedtime three dogs jockey for position in our room for the best dog bed. When they were younger they didn't seem to care where they slept, but as they age everyone wants the soft bed. I can relate.

On a seemingly different topic, I had a garbage bag full of old pillows that I was debating on what to do with. I had replaced a bunch of old pillows at Christmas time but was having a really hard time sending them to a landfill. So there they sat, waiting for inspiration to strike.

Yesterday it struck.

I pulled out my sewing machine, stitched two pillows together, grabbed a bunch of fleece I had sitting around (also waiting for inspiration to strike) and made some really big pillow cases!

I also made drawstring bags out of unbleached cotton. Why? To fill with cedar chips. The bag will get shoved inside the "pillow case" to keep the beds smelling nice and more importantly... repel fleas. Fleas hate cedar.

Ginger has claimed the cow print one for herself and has been spotted dragging it around the room. I'm guessing she's trying to break it in. Boda Zapha is looking pretty regal on his new red bed. And Zeke is still trying to sneak onto our bed at every opportunity but is still satisfied with his big jean bed.

Don't they look well rested......

March 10, 2010 3 comments

I just finished reading "Ignore Everybody; and 39 other keys to creativity." by Hugh MacLeod. It's actually an extension of his blog: Gaping Void

I really loved Chapter 7 about getting our crayons back. Somewhere along the line of "growing up" our crayons are taken away and we need to demand them back. To do art for the sheer enjoyment of the process and not the possible outcome of the endeavor.

I also REALLY love his art, very real life and he does it all on the back of business cards. Brilliant. Check out his gallery at: http://gapingvoidgallery.com/

February 26, 2010 No comments

I just found a pretty cool book at the library. If you have boys, or girls of a certain personality, you should give it a look! It's called "100% Pure Fake". There are instructions on how to make fake blood, puke, poop, brains, etc. My boys are lovin' it. It certainly brings out their disgusting- joke nature. So far we have made fake blood, a dead finger in a box, and fake pee which is appropriate since we have three dogs. Next up, edible dog poop made of oatmeal, cocoa powder, green food colouring, etc.

February 02, 2010 2 comments

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