Archive for April, 2013

homes on the range

Posted on April 30th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We went house hunting this weekend, up a ways north of here.  We aren’t looking for a ranch, but we would like some acreage.  Somehow most of the land we looked at up there housed working ranches with animals–right down to this meaty buffalo. Cute, right?  Too bad babies grow up. This house sits right […]



{this moment}

Posted on April 26th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

Linking up with SouleMama…a moment from our week.



salt spa

Posted on April 24th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

I first read about salt therapy just after Cash was born, and I’ve been wanting to try it ever since. It’s good for allergies, asthma, chronic cough, and nearly any other type of respiratory problem. Since salt is antibacterial and antimicrobial, it kills mold, bacteria, and other funk, and when you breathe salt in, it […]



strawberry shortcake

Posted on April 21st, 2013 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

We found some ripe organic strawberries at Whole Foods yesterday, and I got a hankering for strawberry shortcake.  I love strawberry shortcake.  It carries warm childhood memories of my 6th birthday, when my mother made it for my birthday cake, and surprised me with handmade Strawberry Shortcake curtains for my bedroom. I had a Strawberry […]



the empty space

Posted on April 20th, 2013 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

We have a girl here with a hole in her smile!  The tooth came out this morning with the fateful bite of an apple.  She’s very excited and keeps talking about a tooth fairy or something. We’ll just have to see about that… (BTW, that lovely scratch on the nose is from a close encounter […]