February 2010

Second Chances

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 26 February 2010 Family Centered Living

Searching for a farm has become, once again, a part of our weekly routine.  Looking at listings for land and for established farms has become part of *my* daily routine.  I look at listings from Kentucky, and because the children are dyed-in-the-wool New Englanders, I’m also looking here in Massachusetts, and in New Hampshire and [...]

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For your dining pleasure…

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 19 February 2010 Family Centered Living

I have begun posting recipes.  Today we have Braised Chicken with Apples and Cabbage or a lovely Lamb Stew. Recipes are for a rather large bunch (like ours), you may want to halve them if you are a smaller family.  I’ll try to upload a photo of that lamb stew tomorrow.

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They Say

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 18 February 2010 Family Centered Living

…that when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. So the children and I went out to the shops today for a little group retail therapy (a VERY rare occurrence).  It served the dual purpose of reducing the stress of so many changes happening simultaneously, and giving us a change of scene.  We’ve done [...]

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Portrait of a Lady

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 18 February 2010 Family Centered Living

… who is expecting her eighth child, as drawn by her 4-year-old daughter. Sophie as she sees her mother.  That little dark circle in the center of my body is our new little baby.  See how happy I am?  She captured that beautifully.  And she also captured my awesomely bad hair day.  We’re keeping it [...]

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Here we are!

by Brian and Nissa Gadbois 10 February 2010 Family Centered Living

It’s been a long while since I blogged anything.  We’ve been so, so busy.  We *thought* we were going to move to a farm we’d fallen in love with.  In fact, we had a contract on it, but the seller either couldn’t or wouldn’t wait for our financing to come through.  Ironically, our financing came [...]

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