tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65341738664722681022024-03-05T05:12:37.666-06:00Mississippi Hippie MamaThe musings and ramblings of this Mississippi hippie mama of two and housewife extraordinaire.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-74916109332633998712015-04-06T10:39:00.004-05:002016-10-16T11:21:58.319-05:00Prepared Childbirth Classes 2015
* 2016 schedule update below *
Here I sit nailing down a start schedule for class. Finally. It's only been on my to-do list since last summer. When I taught Building Blocks for Birth with Bianca, she was amazing about posting our Better Beginnings schedule. That was a couple of years ago, and I'm finally settled here in Mobile. It's time to get organized again.
Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-16334616736758973722014-09-01T13:11:00.003-05:002014-09-01T13:11:50.409-05:00Selfie--Inside vs. Out
Selfies aren't my thing. I don't do it much, but I'm fascinated sometimes with what I see in the mirror compared to what the camera captures in a split second. Not even a second apart from my viewed reflection, the two are most often vastly different. Which is truer? My perception or the concrete image captured? Is one right and the other wrong?
Had I not startedKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-22853721040975993692014-07-23T14:00:00.000-05:002014-07-24T06:30:05.408-05:00Time IS on Your Side
Preparing for class is always enjoyable for me. This morning, I've been reviewing my materials for class 2 where we focus on the early or "latent" phase of the first stage of labor. In doing so, I've been reading up on Frieman's Labor Curve and the new ACOG recommendation to reduce primary cesareans. It all centers around time--how long is normal, what risks are associated withKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-15197179082130260282014-07-22T05:45:00.001-05:002014-07-24T06:27:46.154-05:00HaitchesThe Rain in Spain reduces me to giggles still. Children have made it even funnier. Their mispronunciations and grammatical faux pas butcher the English language as much as Audrey Hepburn's put-on Cockney. True Cockney is as unintelligible as the Cajun coach on Waterboy, just pray you catch a few key words and are an apt student of body language. It's your only hope.
Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-34614419767522335732014-07-12T21:12:00.001-05:002014-07-24T06:28:42.086-05:00Beer and Emergency BirthThose two things do not fit together. I can see it, too. I'm southern. I chit chat. People tell me things. Odd topics get related. We talk about who our people are. We make connections. It's like a game.
Abita Mardi Gras beer--does it get much better? Well, if you get to talk to an EMT about catching babies because of it, yes.
Here's how it Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-26174407749571775202014-02-26T18:48:00.002-06:002014-02-26T18:48:34.749-06:00This Week's Meals
I've just gotten home from the grocery store. There is
only one thing that sends me to the store at 3:30 on a weekday
afternoon. Coffee! I'm cutting back and maybe forgoing it for Lent.
Hey, it's my only addiction, so at 31 I think I'm doing pretty well.
The mess in my kitchen does not look like progress or planning, but it is both. Between food and artwork, theKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-52106360071397537892014-02-20T07:44:00.001-06:002014-02-20T08:05:56.277-06:00Cultured KidsAs in probiotics, active cultures, microorganisms that are beneficial to our guts not art museums, violin lessons, and cotillion. I am not a scientist or a nutritionist, but I get the whole gut flora thing. I don't always do things 100% right to keep ours healthy, but I understand why it's important. If the little bugs that live inside you and keep things inside happy are not Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-33949084778616307992014-02-18T12:09:00.002-06:002014-02-18T13:41:24.785-06:00Monday, MondayBa-da, ba-da-da-da.... How about just another manic Monday? There are lots of song lyrics about Mondays. We all know why. Yesterday was a very Monday Monday. Despite that, I finished up several things and have a precious float almost ready for tomorrow's Mini Gras parade. Such a Monday was it that I here I sit on Tuesday typing what I wanted to post yesterday.
One of my Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-41248748169784416802014-02-05T20:29:00.001-06:002014-02-05T20:33:52.316-06:00Banana OatmealThis is short and sweet. So much so that it's almost embarrassing to write down as an actual recipe. Truth be told, it's a go-to for me. Both kids LOVE it, like yell, "Yay! Oatmeal!" after asking, "What's for dinner?" It's just this kind of no-brainer meal that is sanity-saving for me after a long day when I have not planned well and have two exhausted children who Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-13127944121236948342014-02-05T19:39:00.000-06:002014-02-05T20:33:12.243-06:00Simple Tomato Sauce
Oops! Forgot to put the garlic in the shot.
There are so many different ways to concoct this based on what I have on hand that it's challenging to write down. It's the first thing that turned out delicious consistently with no outside recipe in hand. It's the dumbed down friend of my all time favorite red sauce recipe--Marcella Hazan's Ragu alla Bolognese. I Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-58950156040582672912014-02-03T16:06:00.001-06:002014-02-04T06:28:11.938-06:00Soaked Bean ChiliIt's that time of day when I'm either prepping what I can of the pre-planned dinner or scrambling to thaw what I've decided to throw together. This means I have to have a fairly decent stock of basic items. Tonight we are having Paleo Almond Chicken Tenders (if my chicken breasts thaw in time), baked sweet potatoes, and something green that has yet to be decided. They are Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-62578061547834411882014-02-02T19:19:00.000-06:002014-02-04T06:28:59.260-06:00EDD: Egg Deposit Deadline
First egg ever
6 egg day
23 September 2013
One of our six chickens has just begun laying. Her first egg appeared two weeks ago today. The first few were small, the last few have been about the size of a store bought large egg. They are all delicious.
She's been giving us one a day, usually mid-morning, so I've gotten in the habit of expecting one in the Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-9528159966604097272014-02-01T10:07:00.001-06:002014-02-04T06:29:42.156-06:00Hearing TruthToday is my thirty-first birthday. Tonight, actually, marks my unexpectedly early arrival and the beginning of me, my story that has become inextricably interwoven with the people and places around me. Reading Under the Tuscan Sun years ago, a single sentence about the essence of being Southern sticks with me--how I define myself is deeply rooted in place. She means location, Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-65183189462942156162013-10-03T09:07:00.002-05:002014-07-17T09:32:37.670-05:00The DanceSo often the metaphor of a dance is used to describe breastfeeding. It calls to mind ballroom dancers sweeping across a polished floor dressed to the nines and moving like one. Of course there were sweet, irreplaceable moments of cuddling my newborns as they head bobbed, smacked their lips, licked their hands, and slowly unfolded to make their way to my breast. There were also Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-50240160336790368182013-09-04T17:25:00.000-05:002014-02-04T06:31:19.615-06:00Fennel & Cardamom Braised Pork LoinPushing a double jogger towards a towering thundercloud certainly counts as spitting in fate's eye. I love the almost queasy feeling of an iffy course of action decided upon--if we make it home dry, it'll be a fast, fun race; if the bottom falls out, we'll be soaked and find a spot to wait it out. Today, we were far enough from our street that a terra cotta tiled roof caught my eye.&Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-29306350921742214672013-04-25T11:57:00.000-05:002013-04-25T13:16:19.007-05:00On Slowing Down<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Today has been a day full of errands. Odd runs here and there disjointed like the movements of a piano concerto. Somehow the closing of the piece ties together all of the loose ends. It all fits and makes sense. There is no more dissonance, only resolution.
The random running began with a well-earned trip to the Disney store with Isabelle. She'd never been before.&Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-65829258185320289612013-03-31T19:31:00.000-05:002013-04-02T06:15:49.102-05:00Shedding Skins<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-57102059295404920762013-01-01T13:30:00.000-06:002013-01-01T14:19:47.316-06:00Last Call 2012
Trite though it seems, I spent yesterday reflecting on the year soon drawing to a close. What have I done well or not? How can I improve myself and thereby the daily lives of my family members? Here's what I narrowed it down to:
Personal: Self Control and Discipline
Nutrition--More plant-based whole foods. Less meat, and the meat we eat will be local, fresh, and/or Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-15762161221007707252013-01-01T08:30:00.001-06:002013-01-01T14:20:32.021-06:00Week Two***8 Power Vinyasa Flow 5 was a fun flow. I got lower in forward fold and worked to stay lifted and strong in poses rather than collapse to get a hand to the floor. Each of these classes is really different, and I never know what kind of pose series the instructor is going to take me through. Sometimes I am looking forward to something that isn't included; sometimes they pull out Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-7382164507486558612012-12-25T20:17:00.001-06:002012-12-25T22:10:15.432-06:00Mary's Birth Story: What MattersSo often when we get caught up criticizing each other, bemoaning the typical standard of care in hospitals, and talking to death what evidence-based maternity care looks like, we are overlooking something big. For the eons that humans have walked this earth, women have been having babies. Many women and babies died; many did not as evidenced by the current world population. We are moving Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-7903075461337461592012-12-06T21:03:00.001-06:002013-01-01T14:21:17.865-06:00Kitchen Sink Granola In all fairness, I only measure out the oats, nuts, and applesauce. Everything else gets the family recipe treatment--a handfull of this, a pinch of that, sprinkle, drizzle, glob, etc.... The trick is to be sure to get the wet ingredients evenly onto every bit of the drys and bake watchfully until perfectly golden. Thanks again to a dear friend of my mother's for posting her deliciousKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-88147660559680306632012-12-03T15:40:00.002-06:002012-12-07T14:38:22.232-06:00First Week of AdventFirst Week:
1 Detox Yoga #3 from
was challenging. There is no way I can get into the cool arm balances
(well, except for Bakasana/Crow), bind my side angle, or take those
optional pushups en route to Adho Mukha Svanasana/Down Dog. Lots of
twisting and hip stretches--tight hips, back, and shoulders needed it. I
stuck with it and stayed calm even with the kids Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-5916358815206852572012-12-01T18:05:00.000-06:002012-12-03T15:41:05.695-06:00Advent: Cultivating CalmSince early this past summer, I've been psyching myself up to do yoga daily for a month, a whole month. It always starts at the end of one month, and I think to myself, "This is it. I'm going to do it." In my mind's eye, I see the it happening: The house is silent and dark. I wake early and come to my mat to begin the day in sweaty devotion--devotion in the sense of Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534173866472268102.post-47886964644953480232012-10-21T15:30:00.000-05:002012-10-21T15:31:45.393-05:00Morning Glory Muffins--Preserved for Posterity
Blogging between batches with a Lazy Magnolia in hand. Lovely Sunday afternoon--pumpkins on the porch, the sounds of football and a whirring washing machine in the background. This is a favorite recipe of mine, well for the whole house and many friends actually. Supposedly it's from Broadstreet Bakery in Jackson, MS. It may have come from a Mississippi Magazine years Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02107288354506015068noreply@blogger.com0