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I came across this post, by Jojoebi, just a little while ago. And it was something that definitely caught my attention.

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A German company, called Kaufda, is promising to plant one tree in cooperation with The Arbor Day Foundation for every blog that participates in their “My blog is carbon neutral” campaign.

According to Kaufda:

For every single one of the participating blogs, “Make it Green” and “Arbor Day Foundation” are planting a tree in Plumas National Forest. With your support, we are helping reforest Plumas National Forest with as much trees as possible. In the spring of 2010, Douglas-fir, red and white firs, and incense cedars will be planted alongside ponderosa pine and sugar pine trees. These new trees will help prevent soot and soil runoff into Plumas’ precious water supplies. Now, we are reforesting it with your help!

We plant trees, both in Germany (in the upper Harz region) and in Northern California. Why are we doing this? Because the reduction of carbon emissions by planting trees has the same effect, regardless of where in the world the trees are planted. It involves all of us to give something back to our environment.

If you’d like to participate, please click the button above or to the right.

Happy!

I received some amazing news yesterday!

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Unfortunately I can’t really say yet, but I can say that it means I’ll have more reasons to blog soon. Not that I don’t now.

It’s been so beautiful in little Queen Creek lately. Just warm enough to stay outside, but cool enough to debate a jacket. For Pete’s Sake, I even cleaned my exterior porch and garage lights today because I wanted to stay outside so bad. AND! We cleaned the garage yesterday. Go me! (And thanks bunches Dad. He’s a great packer.)

The boys have rediscovered sidewalk chalk. I would have taken a picture of my chalk covered kids and dog, but D’s in the potty. He told me he’d be out in 3 hours. I’m not waiting on that, because, well, he’s probably right.

Stay tuned for the great news, which is about 3 weeks off. But you can pretend that it could be any minute and keep checking back obsessively. :D Or you can guess what it is in the comments. No fair giving it away if you already know though.

And no, there’s no need to start crocheting, as my Grandma asked. I’m not pregnant. As far as I know. And I should know. Hopefully.

Jaunty Green Kitchen

Yep, you heard right. My plain jane kitchen has had a facelift. :D

Kitchen Before by RunawayOctober

Here she is before, looking pretty… neutral.

Jaunty Green Kitchen by RunawayOctober

And after! A couple washings with TSP, a couple coats of Valspar Jaunty Green, and doesn’t she look so pretty? To the left of the fridge is where the chalkboard wall will be. I’m excited to get that done. But first I need to fill in the knockdown wall texture and slap on some thick coats of primer before even THINKING about starting that endeavor.

Jaunty Green Kitchen by RunawayOctober

Rowan's being coy.

I didn’t paint the wall with the window and sink in it because it’s one continuous wall the goes into the boys classroom. I don’t think I could handle THAT much bright green.

Jaunty Green Kitchen by RunawayOctober

Oh hey! Why yes, yes I am wearing only underwear, a hoodie and Ketchup.

If you look closely at  the first after picture there is a very small space above the upper cabinets that’s useless still unpainted. I think I’ve decided it needs to be painted too, even though the only thing small enough to fit up there are the cats.

So there ya have it. My other color thoughts for this room were an aqua (but that seems to be my first thought for every room) or a smoky purple. What would you have done?

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(Not so) Wordless Wednesday

Pinecone Bird feeders

Pinecone Bird feeders

Pinecone Bird feeders

Pinecone Bird feeders

These little guys were willing to brave the Arizona rain to get at the pinecone bird feeders the boys and I made the other day. The first batch sat for a week or two before the birds found them, but now it’s like Templeton at the Fair.

Rowan on Tetter Totter

And this little boy was willing to brave the rain too!

Fable in the Sun

Good thing Fable was keeping this spot warm for him.

Cascade Scarf

Finished this scarf today. Can’t decide if I like it nor not? It’s at least 8 foot long, and I’m not even going to mention what my brother said about it. Well, maybe. He compared it to parts of the female anatomy. What a butthead.

Sourdough Bread Rising

Sourdough

Made my first batch of Sourdough Bread ever today. It’s so yummy. One of the least finnicky breads I’ve worked with, surprisingly.

I went to check my email and one of the loaves was hoovered down in seconds flat. Mostly by aforementioned brother. Butthead.

Homemade Jam packaged up so cute!

There is NO Typo. :/

And last, but not least, I finally got around to packaging up a Valentine’s Day Surprise for a certain special someone. Do you know who you are? :D

And this concludes our semi-rainy Wednesday  stuck at home. Tell me about yours!

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A Favor to Ask

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Alright guys, I have a favor to ask.

Somehwere along my internetty travels, I came across a sweepstakes of sorts. Prilosec OTC, the heartburn medication, is offering a sponsorship. For anyone, for any reason. According to the FAQs, it’s for around $1000, which isn’t much but is $1000 more than I can use on my hobbies right now. :D

The selection criteria has 4 sections: Passions, Creativity, VOTES, and Community.

So what I’m asking from you is your vote for little humble ol’ me. You do have to register to vote, but it should only take a few minutes of your time to vote and leave a comment. And if your nice enough to vote and I win, most likely you’ll benefit in a round about way, come birthdays and Christmas. :D

Oh, and don’t read my dorky profile, I’m so bad at filling out these things.

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