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Monday, November 01, 2010

Back from Costa Rica...


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a little of this

parenting, quilting, crafting, and the big move from the east coast to the midwest

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Nikki
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
36 year old mother to 6 1/2 year old Talia, 3 yr old Alex, and 7 month old Shayna. I retired from Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing in 2007. My family moved from Philadelphia to Madison, Wisconsin in July 07. I love to craft, quilt, cook and read. Spending time with my kids is ok too! In the last few years I've gotten into green living by trying to eat local, compost, cloth diaper and garden. As a family we are enjoying exploring Madison and transitioning from being East Coast people to Midwesterners. (Updated 09/10)
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Books I've Been Reading

  • Freedom by Jonathon Franzen
  • A Scattered Life by Karen McQuestion
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
  • The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
  • Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
  • Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
  • The Cross-Country Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini (audio)
  • The Story of a Marriage: A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer
  • How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill (audio)
  • The Quilter's Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini (audio)
  • This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper
  • Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (audio)
  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
  • The Believers by Zoe Heller
  • What is the What by Dave Eggers
  • Omnivore's Dilemma by MIchael Pollan
  • Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
  • Waiter Rant by the Waiter
  • A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  • Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander
  • Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids and 102 Recipes by Emily Franklin
  • Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
  • The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
  • The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
  • The Saffron Kitchen (Audio) by Yasmin Crowther
  • The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
  • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
  • Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
  • Driving with Dead People by Monica Holloway
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • Well Enough Alone by Jennifer Traig
  • I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
  • Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
  • The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
  • Plenty--One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon
  • Cancer Is a Bitch by Gail Konop Baker
  • Indignation by Philip Roth
  • The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
  • Driftless by David Rhodes
  • Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
  • More Than It Hurts You by Darin Strauss
  • Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
  • Family History by Dani Shapiro
  • The Palace of Illusions: A Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • The Year of Living Biblically by AJ Jacobs
  • The Known World by Edward P. Jones
  • Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
  • Keeping the House: A Novel by Ellen Baker
  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • Round Robin by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • Special Topic in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
  • Walden- Henry David Thoreau
  • Quite a Year for Plums- Bailey White
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
  • The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies by Lucy Kaylin
  • Loving without Spoiling : And 100 Other Timeless Tips for Raising Terrific Kids: by Nancy Samalin and Catherine Whitney
  • Sister Salty, Sister Sweet: A Memoir of Sibling Rivalry -Shannon Kring Biró & Natalie Kring
  • black girl/ white girl- joyce carol oates
  • A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
  • The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka
  • eat, pray, love- Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Snow- Orhan Pamuk
  • Love, Work, Children by Cheryl Mendelson
  • The Emperor's Children by Claire Mesud

Blogs of People I Actually Know

  • Jo's blog, my sister's blog about new food items
  • Princess Baking School, Louisa's homeschooling blog
  • Local or Express, Robin's mostly political blog
  • Homebase, Jessi's Blog
  • Christine's Blog
  • Ann's Rants
  • Holly Needs a Hobby
  • Lunch in Paris
  • Sustainable Soapbox

Madison Blogs

  • As good as it gets
  • Craft Therapy: make time to make.
  • Eat, Sleep, Kids
  • Mom in Madison
  • Susan B. Anderson
  • ten finger workshop
  • The Thinking Mom
  • What geeks eat...

Blogs I Enjoy Reading...

  • ...that Silly Girl
  • 101 Cookbooks
  • A Little Imagination and a Pile of Junk
  • angry chicken
  • Anna Maria Horner
  • Bella Dia
  • by small means
  • Cake Wrecks
  • cakies
  • CRAFT Magazine
  • creative little daisy
  • Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish
  • Frog And Toad Are Still Friends
  • Greetings from the Shady Grove
  • happythings
  • HELLOmynameisHeather
  • hop skip jump
  • house on hill road
  • Luckybeans
  • My Craft Evolution
  • My Little Loves
  • Orangette
  • Pink Chalk Studio
  • play is the thing
  • Sew,Mama,Sew! Blog
  • shimandsons
  • SouleMama
  • The Shape of a Mother
  • The Wednesday Chef
  • two straight lines
  • Wee Wonderfuls
  • Wise Craft

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