tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89263187744465356392024-02-18T17:56:43.962-08:00Do Love DoDo what you love....love what you doRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-8118169854438671142012-10-03T18:19:00.001-07:002012-10-03T18:51:29.699-07:00K-mart Deals!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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K-mart is having a 50% off sale on all their clearance toys. I went to 2 K-mart stores and got these 18 toys for $85.82! Woot! I am almost done buying Christmas gifts and birthday gifts for everyone on my list!</div>
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Check it out now thru October 8th!</div>
<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-75021185668426668932012-10-01T18:45:00.000-07:002012-10-03T18:51:12.896-07:00Menu Monday - Oct 1Sunday: Chicken, Squash*, Green Beans*, Potatoes*<br />
Monday: FYOD (leftovers)<br />
Tuesday: <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-cheesy-mexican-rice-bake-recipe.html">Mexican Chicken Caserole</a><br />
Wednesday: Po'boys, Kale*, and Corn*<br />
Thursday: ?<br />
Friday: Pizza and salad*<br />
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We FINALLY got around to harvesting our tomatoes from our raised bed garden. We planted Early Girl and Black Price heirlooms and got quite a load! This last batch was picked just before our first frost, so I had to do something with them FAST. Since I haven't figured out canning yet, I decided to dice them and freeze them for winter.</div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-2506042185979236832012-09-24T20:25:00.000-07:002012-09-26T05:39:24.452-07:00Menu Monday - 9/24Ah, what has happen to the the last month! I have lots of photos to blog about, so I will be posting a bunch of catch up posts soon!<br />
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Here is this weeks menu:<br />
Monday: <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/corn-and-crab-chowder-recipe/index.html">Shrimp Corn* Chowder</a> (corn, potato, onion all from CSA)<br />
Tuesday: Eggplant* Parm<br />
Wednesday: FYOD<br />
Thursday: <a href="http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html">Chinese</a><br />
Friday: <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-pizza.html">Pizza</a><br />
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I'm also starting to store some CSA and garden food in the freezer, so I will post my process tomorrow!Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-17544031745606477762012-08-20T19:36:00.000-07:002012-10-03T18:51:48.399-07:00Menu Monday - 8/20<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tuesday: </b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.harvestlandbrand.com/products/product_details.asp?productID=54286">Bourbon Turkey Tenderloin</a> kabobs, saute swiss chard*, and leftover potato salad.</span></span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Wednesday:</b> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Shrimp, pasta, alfredo with <a href="http://www.stepheniefarm.com/130-eggplant-saute-with-basil.html">eggplant and basil</a>*</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Thursday:</b> Tuna Sandwiches, corn* and <a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/green-bean-tomato-salad-10000001995723/">green bean*/tomato* salad</a></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Friday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Travel</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Saturday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Travel</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">Sunday: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Steak with broccoli and potato</span></span></span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UXNjY02wngY" width="560"></iframe>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-23263027825916557862012-08-16T19:01:00.001-07:002012-08-16T19:01:44.894-07:00Love it!: Pinterest Review<a href="http://pinterest.com/dolovedo/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKB09-xlR6CafPiBohtLSJGwL-ZD74L36IzJqYiRfc5K1-oXMuAA1mBQ-DwV45y8Yx6B7GuzNKPx12TLRKB0VssnsMvVQgO4HbXJW6yz7xmNMeuI97fL8VWsokwAU1TXH4PoR2sQsSQPj/s320/remodel_pin.jpg" width="260" /></a>Yes, I am one of those people. I spend hours browsing <a href="http://pinterest.com/dolovedo/">Pinterest</a> looking for the perfect kitchen color, perfect living room decor, and perfect kids room. I have my dream house pinned on Pinterest! <br />
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<b>What is it?</b> Pinterest is an online bulletin board for your interests. You "pin" your "interests!" Remember when you ripped out pages of a magazine of the perfect kitchen or bedroom color and put them in a notebook or up on a bulletin board? No more! Now have the whole internet as your inspiration. You just <a href="http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/">"Pin it" </a>when you see a photo or article you like and it's saved to one of your Pinterest "boards.<br />
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<b>Rating:</b> <b><span style="color: lime;"> Love it!</span></b><br />
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<b>Pros: </b> All your ideas are all in one place. It <i>almost </i>takes the place of website bookmarks. I still bookmark my favorite sites, but if I find a great recipie or craft tutorial, I pin in and a photo of the craft or recipie is saved along with the link. It couldn't me easier! You can also follow your facebook friends and see what they are pinning. I steal all my best ideas from friends!<b><br /></b>
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<b>Cons: </b>There are few privacy settings to limit people from seeing your pins. Once you pin something, the whole world can see it and repin it (repin means they can save it to their board.) So if you pin a gift for your friend and call it "Great idea for Sally's birthday," it is likely that Sally will see it if she is a member of pinterest. <br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-19755802514235692762012-08-15T18:59:00.000-07:002012-08-15T18:59:00.542-07:00Do: Cheesy Mexican Rice Bake RecipeI made this up for dinner Monday, and it was so yummy. Pure comfort food!<br />
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1 cup dry white rice<br />
1 can red or black beans<br />
1 can corn<br />
1 can cream of chicken soup<br />
1 cup of salsa<br />
2 cups of cooked boneless chicken breast or thigh, cubed<br />
1 cup shreaded Mexican blend cheese, divided<br />
1/2 tsp cumin<br />
1/2 tsp dried cilantro (fresh would be better!)<br />
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Preheat oven to 350. Cook your rice according to the package directions. In a 9x13 casserole pan, mix the beans, corn, cream of chicken soup, salsa, chicken, 1/2 cup of cheese, and spices. Add cooked rice and stir until blended. Top with remaining cheese. Bake for 30 minutes or until warm and bubbly. <br />
Serve with avocado, sour cream, or diced scallions.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Enjoy!</i></span></b>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-71983378249563842422012-08-14T18:34:00.000-07:002012-08-15T08:16:18.948-07:00Cloth Diapers - The Basics!<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>I promise this won't be a cloth diaper blog! But I wanted to share some Q and As I often get from my friends who don't cloth diaper.</b><br />
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<b><i>Q. Why do you cloth diaper JD?</i></b><br />
Mainly to save money, but also for environmental reasons. When I was pregnant, I researched EVERYTHING! I discovered this whole community of cloth diapering parents and they taught me that modern cloth diapers are functional, affordable, and cute! I did a quick calculation on the "return on investment" of a cloth diaper stash and I got 8 months! After 8 months we will diaper JD for FREE! I was sold. <br />
I won't bore you with all the statistics about disposable diaper trash, but I didn't want to contribute any more trash than I had to. Cloth diapering, even part time, can drastically reduce your trash! Full disclosure time: we do use disposables at night, when we travel and when JD was a newborn (see below), but most days we use cloth.</div>
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<i><b>Q: What did you do when JD was a newborn?</b></i><br />
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A: For the first few weeks of JD's life, we used a case <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Earths-Best-TenderCare-Chlorine-Diapers/dp/B001TUZI34/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_4">Earth's Best newborn disposable <span class="il">diapers</span></a> because we didn't want to have to learn to be parents while trying to figure out the whole <span class="il">cloth</span> <span class="il">diaper</span> thing (sign up for Amazon Mom and you can order a case of <span class="il">diapers</span> super cheap!) .<br />
We skipped buying a full stash of newborn <span class="il">cloth</span> <span class="il">diapers</span> because we knew he would outgrow them so fast! A friend gave me 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kissaluvs-Cotton-Fleece-Fitted-Unbleached/dp/B002UD6BZS/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344906171&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=kisseluvs%2C+size+0">Kissaluvs, size 0</a> and a few Bummis newborn covers that worked great from the start, but I was too chicken to go full time with cloth until JD was about 6 weeks old! Knowing what I know now, I could have gone fulltime cloth a LOT earlier. Maybe we will for #2!<br />
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At 6 weeks, and about 9-10 lbs,we finally got a good fit with our one-size diapers and started diapering full time with <a href="http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?products_id=1828" target="_blank">Bumgenius One-Size All-in-One Elemental <span class="il">diapers and </span></a><a href="http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=98&products_id=2424" target="_blank">Bumgenius 4.0 One-Size Stay Dry Pocket <span class="il">Diapers</span></a>. <br />
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<i><b>Q. How to you wash the diapers and deal with the Poop!?</b></i><br />
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A. We have the washing routine down and it really isn't that much work. We bought a <a href="http://www.diaperjunction.com/cloth-diaper-pail-odor-package.html">diaper care kit </a>to get us started. It has everything you need to clean the <span class="il">diapers</span> except the pail (any trash can with a tight lid will work)<br />
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Wet <span class="il">diapers</span> just get thrown into a <span class="il">diaper</span> pail that has a washable liner. Poopy <span class="il">diapers</span> get rinsed off with a <span class="il">diaper</span>
sprayer (comes with the kit) that is attached to the toilet, then tossed in the pail. Every
3rd day, we take the liner out of the pail and toss the whole thing in
the washer. One cold wash Tide original powder to remove any remaining poop, then a
hot wash with Charlies soap, followed by another hot wash without soap. We dry the inserts and all-in ones on medium heat,
then toss in all the covers on low heat. It takes 2 rounds in the dryer
to get the all in one <span class="il">diapers</span> dry.<br />
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<b><i>Q. Do you touch Poop?</i></b><br />
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A. To be honest, I think I have to deal with more poop with
disposables because the are more likely to leak and I have to not only
change the <span class="il">diaper</span>, but his clothes too! There have been so few leaks with the <span class="il">cloth</span> <span class="il">diapers</span> that I am tempted to start traveling with them! <br />
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<i><b>Q. Don't cloth diapers cost a lot of money?</b></i><br />
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A. We've spent about $350 on our <span class="il">diapers</span>,
laundry soap, and washing kit (we should broke even when JD hits 8
months! After that, it's all gravy!). We bought most of our <span class="il">diapers</span>
on e-bay, as seconds or used. This saved a ton of money.
Cottonbabies.com has clearance sales every few months that includes
<a href="http://www.cottonbabies.com/index.php?cPath=51">seconds and returned </a>diapers. Ebay is great and you can find new <span class="il">diapers</span> for cheap (lots of people try <span class="il">cloth</span> <span class="il">diapers</span> and give up - then sell off their <span class="il">diapers</span> for 1/2 the price). From my <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-2-poopy-day.html">flats challenge post</a> you can see how you can cloth diaper for under $100!<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Gently Used Diapers websites</span></b><a href="http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/products/clothdiapers/gentlyused" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">http://www.jilliansdrawers.<wbr></wbr></a><br />
com/products/clothdiapers/<wbr></wbr>gentlyused<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" /><a href="http://www.diaperjunction.com/used-cloth-diapers.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">http://www.diaperjunction.com/<wbr></wbr></a><br />
used-cloth-diapers.html<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><b>Other Websites to browse</b></span><br />
<a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/cloth-diaper-video-reviews/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">ht</a><a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/cloth-diaper-video-reviews/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">tp://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/<wbr></wbr></a><br />
cloth-diaper-video-reviews/<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" /><a href="http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a16235/cloth_diapering" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">http://community.babycenter.<wbr></wbr></a><br />
com/groups/a16235/cloth_<wbr></wbr>diapering<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" /><a href="http://www.jilliansdrawers.com/products/clothdiapers/tryclothfor10" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">http://www.jilliansdrawers.<wbr></wbr></a><br />
com/products/clothdiapers/<wbr></wbr>tryclothfor10
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-72569072720235068142012-08-13T16:51:00.003-07:002012-08-16T19:25:03.412-07:00Menu Monday - 8/13<br />
Here was last week's menu.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leftover Lobster + Mayo = AWESOME LOBSTER ROLL!</td></tr>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Monday:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Lobster Roll with left over lobster!</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tuesday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?recipeId=50780">Easy Chicken Enchilada</a></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Wednesday:</b> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://gortons.com/recipe/open-face-beer-batter-sandwich">Fish Sandwich</a>, corn* and Cole Slaw*</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Thursday: </b>Fried Eggplant* Parmesan</span> and salad*<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Friday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-pizza.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6666cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Pizza</a> and salad*<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Saturday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">FYOD</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(Find your own Dinner - Leftovers in our house!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">Sunday: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Burgers, salad*, and <a href="http://dishingwithleslie.blogspot.com/2012/06/loaded-baked-potato-salad.html">Loaded Potato* Salad</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">*Food from our CSA share</span><br />
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-26232851252170390752012-08-10T17:46:00.000-07:002012-08-13T17:51:04.218-07:00Happy Birthday Nana!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-87952841913012550212012-08-07T18:44:00.000-07:002012-08-07T18:44:00.483-07:00Do: Fried eggplant and/or Zucchini RecipeSummer is here, so it's time to make fried zucchini with all the extra zucchini you have coming out of your garden! Actually, this is the first time we are making fried zucchini this year because our zucchini plants got trampled...so sad. But that is a story for another day! We just got our first zucchini and eggplant from our <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/buy-local-with-community-supported.html">CSA</a> so it was time to make this yummy family recipe. It's so easy and SOOOOOO good. <br />
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<b>Ingredients:</b><br />
1-2 zucchini (big ones work great!)<br />
and/or eggplant (peel the eggplant because it's tough)<br />
3 eggs (I use about 1 egg per zucchini//eggplant)<br />
1-2 c. flour<br />
grated parmesan cheese<br />
lemon<br />
vegetable oil<br />
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In a large frying pan, add enough oil to cover the bottom of your pan. Warm oil on medium-high heat.<br />
Cut your zucchini and eggplant into thin slices. Make sure you peel your eggplant.<br />
In a shallow bowl, scramble your eggs. Pour 1 cup of flour in another shallow bowl. Once your oil is hot enough (I drop a little water in the pan and if it sizzles, it's hot!,) dip your zucchini slices in the egg wash first, coating both sides. Then dip the slices in the flour, coating completely. Place in pan in one layer. After about 2 minutes (or when golden brown,) turn with a fork. Cook 2 more minutes. Place on a paper towel to cool. Sprinkle with lemon and grated parmesan cheese while still hot. Continue until you cook all your zucchini/eggplant. It usually takes 3-4 rounds to finish it all. Make sure you add the lemon and cheese after every round.<br />
Serve with pasta and red sauce.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Enjoy!</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></b>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-69003842884535807912012-08-06T18:16:00.000-07:002012-08-06T18:57:13.373-07:00Menu Monday-8/6Here was last week's menu. I hope to post the fried zucchini recipe tomorrow.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tuesday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Burgers, broccoli* and corn*</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-fried-eggplant-andor-zucchini-recipe.html">Fried eggplant* and Zucchini*</a> with pasta</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Thursday: </b>Chicken with Mushrooms, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20px;">green beans* </span>and Rice<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Friday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-pizza.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6666cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Pizza</a> and caprese salad<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Saturday: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Lobster (It's $3.99/lb!) and corn</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;">Sunday: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">FYOD (Find your own Dinner - Leftovers in our house!)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">*Food from our CSA share</span>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-4536056365545198692012-08-04T18:35:00.004-07:002012-08-04T18:35:52.390-07:00Do: Pizza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I was in high school I worked at a pizza joint and I still love to toss pizza! Every Friday we have pizza at our house.....here is how we do it.</div>
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<b>Ingredients:</b></div>
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1 pizza dough ball from the Deli</div>
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Dusting of Flour</div>
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1 8oz can of tomato sauce</div>
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Sprinkle of dried basil and oregano</div>
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Fresh mozzarella or shredded mozzarella</div>
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Toppings of your choice: We usually do 1/3 cheese,1/3 meat, 1/3 veggie.</div>
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<b>Do:</b></div>
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<i>First you need to thaw your dough for about 8 hours if it is frozen. Frozen dough works just as well as dough from your deli.</i> </div>
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Preheat your oven to 450. I unwrap my dough ball and dunk it in the flour, coating it on all sides. On a floured surface, flatten out your dough ball, working out all the air bubbles. If you leave in the air bubbles, you may get one of those giant bubbles on your cooked pizza. Then I toss it. I'm sure you can find a youtube video on this....I may try to make one net week!</div>
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After your dough is stretched to the size of your pizza pan, spread out your sauce. I like to use the back of a spoon to spread it around.</div>
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Then I give a generous sprinkle of basil and oregano (use your best judgement.)</div>
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Once the sauce is on, I like to lay out my toppings, then the cheese. Some people like the toppings on top of the cheese, this is your choice. JD likes shredded cheese, so his chunk is shredded, while the rest is slices of fresh mozzarella.<br />
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Bake for 12 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown. <br />
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Wait about 5 minutes before cutting so the cheese can set.<br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-46883519641236407742012-08-03T18:33:00.002-07:002012-08-03T18:33:48.731-07:00Read of the Week:HonesttoddlerThis is sooooo JD! <br />
Enjoy the read!<br />
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<a href="http://honesttoddler.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/recipes/">http://honesttoddler.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/recipes/</a>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-66586976284788735152012-08-02T18:15:00.000-07:002012-08-15T08:15:24.566-07:00Love it!: Bumgenius 3.0/4.0 Stay Dry Pocket DiaperHere is my first "Love it!" product review! Since I migrated all my <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-1-handwashing.html">Flat Diaper/Handwashing Challenge</a> posts over from Domestic Dirt, I thought I'd start with a cloth diaper review! <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=98&products_id=2424">Bumgenius 3.0/4.0 Stay Dry Pocket <span class="il">Diaper</span></a></b><br />
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<b><span class="il"><a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/p/ratings.html">Rating:</a> <span style="color: lime;">Love it! (snaps)</span><span style="color: yellow;"> Like it (hook and loop)</span></span></b><br />
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<b>What is it?:</b> Bumgenius 3.0/4.0 stay dry pocket <span class="il">diapers</span> are modern cloth diapers have a pocket made of suedecloth (soft) that you stuff absorbent inserts into. The 3.0 versions come in velcro (hook and loop) and the 4.0 version comes in both snap and hook and loop. In my experience, they fit from about 9-10 lbs to 35lbs. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is JD in a 4.0 snap version on the middle rise at 4 months and about 17 lbs.</td></tr>
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Bumgenius retail for $17.95,but often are on sale for $14.50 each when you buy 6. I bought several of JD's new, but over half of my stash are "last chance" diapers that cottonbabies.com offers occasionally. These
"last chance" diapers are used and in need of repair, but cost only $1-2! <br />
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<b>Pros: </b>Bumgenius are trim and they work! What more can you ask for in a diaper! The suedecloth wicks the wetness away from the baby so they feel dry.
JD seems to like the stay dry better than having wet cotton against
his skin. It's more like a disposable <span class="il">diaper</span> where all the wetness gets locked into the inside of the <span class="il">diaper</span>! The hook and loop versions are very easy to put
on (especially in the middle of the night!) I like that you can customize the
amount of absorbency by stuffing it with different kinds of inserts. The come with 2 microfiber inserts, but at 21 months, we now stuff all JD's Bumgenius with one pad folded flat and a 3-layer bamboo insert. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is JD in a Bumgenius 3.0 at 17 months and 30 lbs.</td></tr>
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<b>Cons: </b> Like most pocket diapers, you have to take out the microfiber insert before you wash it
and then stuff it back in again after the wash. Just an extra step,
which when you are tired seems like a mountain of work! <br />
The hook and look versions haven't held up over time. After about 8 months of use, the hook and loop started to fray, and lost their stickiness. I have replaced the
hook and loop on several of my diapers which costs about $3 in supplies to accomplish. I also bought snap pliers and some KAM snaps and converted some to snaps to avoid the
hook and loop issues in the future. A set of pliers cost about $20 and snaps run about $5 set, which will fix 5 diapers.<br />
The biggest con with Bumgenius is the microfiber inserts. They hold a TON of liquid, but get stinky over time. I've stripped them with dawn, beached them, changed my laundry soup, but they still stink. Ever since I took the <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-1-handwashing.html">Flat Diaper/Handwashing Challenge</a> in May, we have used only cotton flats and bamboo inserts in my Bumgenius and they work great. <br />
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<i>Disclaimer: I was not paid or "perked" to give this review. I bought all my Bumgenius from cottonbabies.com or the cloth diaper swap on babycenter.com.</i><br />
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-32147134381901112992012-08-01T18:41:00.001-07:002012-08-01T19:16:33.449-07:00Buy Local with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;">
By now most people have heard of CSA or Community Supported Agriculture. <br />
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<em>Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is a partnership between consumers and farmers in which members buy shares of the farm’s harvest and enjoy regular allotments of food throughout the growing season. For farmers, this provides much needed cash flow for the beginning of the season, as well as a ready market and community of supporters. Shareholders join in the risks of the growing season but reap the benefits of the harvest.</em></div>
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Source: <a href="http://seacoasteatlocal.org/">http://seacoasteatlocal.org/</a></div>
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When I moved to New Hampshire 6 years ago, I had no idea CSA shares existed. I often went to the local farmers market and bought what I liked (tomatoes, lettuce, beans) and kinda squinted strangely at things with names like kohlrabi and kale. By mid-summer that first year, I noticed some of the farmers at the market had grocery bags of food set aside that people would come pick up. I drooled over the plump red tomatoes and corn on the cob in the bags set to the side. The remaining vegetables for sale at the stand were pretty picked over and there was a sign that they were out of corn. This confused me. So I asked one of the farmers how I could get some of the bagged veggies. She explained that those were farm shares that people pre-bought at the beginning of the year. She also explained that by buying a share, you get the "first picked" and the best. You are guaranteed a bag of food every week for 20 weeks and you will get a little of everything to try. Wow, that sounded great! Too bad it was July and the shares sell out in March. <br />
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Fast forward 5 years, I finally got my act together in March and bought a "half share" at<a href="http://heronpondfarm.com/"> Heron Pond Farm</a> in S. Hampton, NH. Before I picked <u><span style="color: #0066cc;">Heron Pond Farm</span></u>, I went our winter farmers market CSA fair in January, talked with some farmers there, and looked at their brochures. I discovered there were 10 farms that delivered to my local area! After a little more research, I decided on <u><span style="color: #0066cc;">Heron Pond Farm </span></u>because they offered a half share, which was cheaper and about 1/2 the food. A half share sounds like the best plan because I was afraid I would get overwhelmed with all the food!<br />
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Like all CSAs, I had to prepay for my farm share, but over 20 weeks, it averages $17 a week. With the increase cost of food at the grocery store, that's not too bad! Here is what we picked up Monday: 2 tomatoes, 2 peaches, 1 lb potatoes, 1/2 lb beans', 2 ears sweet corn, 1 eggplant, 1 onion, 1 bunch carrots, 1 head broccoli, 1 pepper, and a bag of greens. What a haul! <br />
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<em>Why do we love our CSA? </em>Not only do CSA support local farmers and the local economy, but we are eating fresher, more sustainably grown food. Our farm share isn't certified organic, but they are low spray and I am confident in their farming practices because I talk to the farmer every week! We also get to try a variety of foods I would normally buy just browsing the farmers market. <br />
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<i>Anyone try a CSA this season? Do you love it?</i></div>
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<i>Ingredients:</i><br />
1 lb box pasta (ziti or other shape)<br />
1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce (it's good with Newman's sausage sauce or homemade meat sauce!)<br />
16oz container ricotta<br />
1 egg<br />
1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese <br />
salt and pepper<br />
8 oz fresh mozzarella<br />
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Preheat oven to 350. Boil past according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix egg and parm. Add ricotta and salt and pepper to taste. <br />
In a 9x13 casserole dish, pour a small amount of sauce on the bottom of the pan. Add 1/2 of your cooked pasta, and 3/4 jar of sauce. Then top with the ricotta mixture. Add the remaining pasta, sauce and top with thin slices of fresh mozzarella. Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly.<br />
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<b>Monday:</b> Grilled Salmon in a foil packet with Zucchini and Rice (make twice as much for tomorrow!)<br />
<b>Tuesday: </b><a href="http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-with-fried.html">Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice</a>(used the leftover rice)<br />
<b>Wednesday: </b>FYOD (Find your own Dinner = leftovers)<br />
<b>Thursday: </b><a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-baked-ziti.html">Baked Ziti</a><br />
<b>Friday: </b> <a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/08/do-pizza.html">Pizza</a><br />
<b>Saturday: </b>Beef Burritos<br />
<b>Sunday: </b>Shrimp and Broccoli Alfredo<br />
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<br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-60699074052030852072012-07-29T06:03:00.000-07:002012-08-01T17:49:20.612-07:00Blog migrationSo I finally finished merging my 3 debunked blogs into one! Domestic Dirt, <a href="http://juststartrunning.blogspot.com/">Just Start Running </a>and Lily Mountain are all now <b>Do Love Do</b>! I was too complicated to maintain a family blog, a running blog, and a craft blog.....so here is my everything blog!<br />
I brought over posts from Domestic Dirt and Lily Mountain that I thought worked with the new blog. <a href="http://juststartrunning.blogspot.com/">Just Start Running</a> will be live until blogger kicks me out! There were just too many posts to migrate!<br />
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As I figure out this new format, I want to start with some weekly
topics. Here is a rough idea of my plan (subject to change of course!):<br />
Monday: Menu Planning Monday<br />
Tuesday: "Do" it Tuesday....tutorial/recipe<br />
Wednesday: Home/Family update<br />
Thursday: "Love It" product review (sometimes it will be a "Leave It" review!)<br />
Friday: Read of the week - something online that is worth reading <br />
Sat/Sun: anything random that comes to me!<br />
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<b><i>So buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride! </i></b>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-9760952866817811462012-05-27T07:49:00.000-07:002012-08-22T19:31:51.702-07:00Flats Challenge Day 7: We are DONE!<br />
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Want to recap?</div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-1-handwashing.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flats Challenge Day 1: Handwashing Diapers…I must be mad!</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-2-poopy-day.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flats Challenge Day 2: Poopy Day!</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flat-challenge-day-3-pad-folding-flats.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flat Challenge Day 3: Pad folding flats</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-4-handwashing-status.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flats Challenge Day 4: Handwashing Status</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-5-tips-and-tricks.html" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flats Challenge Day 5: Tips and Tricks</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dolovedo.blogspot.com/2012/05/flats-challenge-day-6-in-groove.html" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flats Challenge Day 6: In a Groove</span></a></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So after 7 days, would I recommend flats?</strong> – YES! The are very absorbent, trim, and cheap. Check out <a href="http://domesticdirt.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/poop/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 2 </a>for a cost breakdown. I think we will be putting flats into our regular rotation as pocket inserts!</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favorite flat fold?</strong> The PAD FOLD! We stuck to pad folding flats 99.9% of the time, but I did learn a new fold that even I can manage. <a href="http://pepperplaceblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-fold-flat-using-jo-fold.html" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Check out the Jo fold!</a> It works GREAT (even held a very messy corn poop!!)<br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Would I recommend handwashing diapers?</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> – Maybe. In the last 7 days, I’ve learned a lot about what it would take to handwash diapers. If I had to choose between food and diapers, I would use flats and handwash in a heartbeat. With that said, it is very time consuming to properly handwash flat diapers. If you work long hours, or work outside of the home, like I do, washing diapers at the end of a day is A LOT of work and time. I’m happy to be blessed with a house and new washer/dryer. I was 32 before I had a washer and dryer in my home If JD came earlier in our life, I’m not sure I would be using cloth diapers.</span></div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-23063831190115875442012-05-26T07:47:00.000-07:002012-07-29T07:49:31.647-07:00Flats Challenge Day 6: In a groove<br />
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<br /><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We just finished <a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/2nd-annual-flats-and-handwashing-challenge-day-6-going-out-babysitters-and-husbands/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 6 of the Dirty Diaper Laundry Flats and Handwashing Challenge</a>. I can see the light! Our family is ONLY using flat cloth diapers this week and have to ditch the washer and dryer in favor of good ol’ fashioned handwashing. There are close to 500 participants this year and many are blogging their journey. You can find their posts linked at the end.</em></div>
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After 6 days of handwashing flats, I’m getting in a groove! I washing today’s load in about 35 minutes from start to finish (including putting JD to bed while they soaked!)</div>
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I realized I haven’t outline our handwashing routine, so here we go: Once JD is in his PJs and nighttime diaper, I take all the diapers (in a 5 gallon pail) to the tub, fill the bucket with warm water, and give it a few swirls with an old gdiaper swish stick. I dump that (nasty!) water and shake open all the flats. I fill the bucket again with hot water and a 1/2 tsp of Tide. I return all the wet diapers and covers to the pail. Before I put in the pockets, I scrub the suedecloth with a nail brush and a little paste of Tide soap and water. <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After the stink we had day 4, I want to make sure the pockets are clean!</em></div>
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Once everything is in, I hand agitate everything for about 2-3 minutes. Then I leave it to soak while I put JD to bed (usually 20 minutes). After the soak, I dump it all and rinse each piece individually under running water. Then I fill the bucket again with warm water and agitate them again for about a minute to make sure they are rinsed. I then wring them out, roll the covers in a towel to get out all the extra water, and hang to dry. I was hanging them on the shower curtain rod, but after washing 13 flats on Day 4, I needed more room! I now use our HUGE drying rack that I moved from basement to the dining room so it can dry under the ceiling fan. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My only laundry problem now is getting the diaper cream off the fleece liners….any thoughts from the blogesphere?</strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;">I know this week is about learning, so I tried an </span><a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/how-to-fold-a-flat-origami-style/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">origami fold</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> on JD today….it didn’t leak, but it wasn’t pretty! I also tried a </span><a href="http://www.boingobaby.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Boingo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> for the first time. This fold was hard to fasten with 2 Boingos, so I ended up using just one on the side. Of course, I didn’t get a picture until I was changing it so it’s wet here:</span></div>
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Even though it worked, I think I’m going to stick with pad folded flats in pockets and the occasional Flip cover. I did hear about a <a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/2nd-annual-flats-challenge-the-jo-fold-tutorial-in-pictures-and-video/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jo fold</a>, which looked pretty easy. I might try that tomorrow – the LAST day of the challenge. Before this challenge, I would never have thought to use flats in Bumgenius Pocket diapers, but I think I’m starting to like them more than the microfiber! No stink, they’re trim, they dry fast, and cheap!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;">We made it to day 5! When I cut my thumb on day 3, I almost threw in the towel, but I’m glad we stuck to it! As you probably know by now, I am taking the</span><a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/2nd-annual-flats-and-handwashing-challenge-day-5-what-have-we-learned-so-far/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dirty Diaper Laundry Flats and Handwashing Challenge.</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> By joining this challenge, I agreed that I will only use flat cloth diapers on JD for</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">7 DAYS</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;">and can only handwash and air dry them.</span></div>
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Handwashing Update: All those diapers I washed last night were “almost dry” this morning. Those stretchy tabs on the flip covers and bumGenius pockets are drying VERY slow, but I have a few tips for that below! Also, those 4 pockets that were still stained were a little stinky this morning, so I’m rewashing them using the nailbrush/soap paste method. Now they are clean! Tonight I handwashed:<br />
7 Flats<br />
4 Fleece Liners<br />
8 BumGenius Pockets (4 from yesterday)<br />
1 Bummis Wet Bag<br />
(My Flip covers were rinsed and are air drying for tomorrow)</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are a few Tips and Tricks for using Flats and Handwashing:</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wash every day or when you have about 7 dirty flats! If you have more than that, you will have to do 2 “loads.”</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To clean pockets, make a paste of laundry soap and water and scrub the suede cloth with a nail brush and a little soap paste – hand agitation did not get the pockets clean!</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have a diaper sprayer, use it to get off all the poop before trying to handwash.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Avoid diaper cream if possible. I cannot get the diaper cream off my fleece liners by handwashing.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rinse each flat under running water. This is much faster than trying to rinsing an entire bucket!</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roll the covers in a towel to remove extra water (great tip from Kim @ DDL!)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you have aplex/velcro covers or pockets, make sure you dry them with the aplex unfastened from the laundry tabs so air can dry the inside (see photo below)!</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You don’t have to use a complicate fold…Pad fold works great!</li>
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</div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-50734741071448092932012-05-24T07:43:00.000-07:002012-07-29T07:45:49.101-07:00Flats Challenge Day 4: Handwashing Status<br />
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How are we doing??……Well…..I skipped washing diapers last night because of my cut thumb, so tonight I had to handwash:<br />
13 Flats (at least 6 poopy!)<br />
8 Bumgenius Pockets<br />
4 Fleece Liners<br />
1 Flip Cover<br />
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Handwashing had been pretty easy the last 2 times, but this load was a mess from the start! First, there were WAY too many diapers in the pail! After my initial rinse, I realized I couldn’t agitate them because the bucket was so full! (I am hand agitating them) I split the load in half and wash each individually. My dream of saving time by skipping a wash day was lost in having to wash 2 loads! It took me almost 2 hours to wash them all and I think 3 or 4 of my pockets are still stained with poopy. I think I’m gong to have to rewash them – tomorrow. <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> So lesson learned, when hand washing diapers , wash every day!</strong></span></div>
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Overall, using flats in our pocket diapers and Flip covers haven’t changed our daily diaper routine that much. Daddy Dirt is happy with the pockets (he’s use to them) and we’ve has zero leaks! I’m beginning to think that using Flats exclusively is soooo doable if you are dedicated to handwashing daily.</div>
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</div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09733549952554069791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926318774446535639.post-70683650180367012542012-05-23T08:45:00.000-07:002012-08-22T19:32:11.445-07:00Flat Challenge Day 3: Pad folding flats<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’m lazy when it comes to cl</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">oth diapering. Give me a pocket or all in one and I’m happy! When I signed up for the <a href="http://dirtydiaperlaundry.com/second-annual-flats-and-handwashing-challenge-may-21-27-sign-up/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dirty Diaper Laundry Flats and Handwashing Challenge </a>I started to panic when I realized I might have to fold these flat pieces of fabric into complicated shapes to work. I tried to “fold” a flat into various origami crane like shapes (epic fail), but in the end it’s the Pad fold that won me over. It’s so simple! Here is a short video of me folding our flat into a 10 layer pad folded insert for a BumGenius pocket diaper (or Flip cover)</span></div>
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Day 3 of the Challenge was going great until I cut my thumb while making dinner. Not pretty! My left hand hurt so bad from the cut, that I decided to skip washing diapers tonight (you can see a cameo appearance of my giant bandaged thumb in the video!). I have enough flats to go two days, so I will defer washing til tomorrow. I’ve heard having lots of diapers to wash can make it harder to wash, but washing every other day is probably more realistic over the long term, so we’ll see how it goes tomorrow!</div>
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Want to know how the other bloggers in the challenge fold their flats? Check out this linky: <a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/wpview.php?id=157176" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" src="http://www.inlinkz.com/wpImg.php?id=157176" style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 97.5%;" /></a></div>
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