Newparent Milestones: A Guide to The First Three Months

Congratulations! You’re a newparent. As with any newparent, you’re probably wondering how your development should progress. Here’s a general guide to week-and-month milestones through your first three months. Note: all newparents develop at their own rate, so you may not reach these milestones within the approximate timespan. If more than one or two days were spent . . . → Read More: Newparent Milestones: A Guide to The First Three Months

Stocking a Tiny Kitchen: Mastering the Art of Pantry Cooking

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been posting Notes to my Facebook page about my adventures in cooking. I’ve reading the Julie/Julia Project blog online, and when I got some terrible news about a friend of mine, I threw my energies and focus into cooking ridiculous meals from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Since those . . . → Read More: Stocking a Tiny Kitchen: Mastering the Art of Pantry Cooking

DIY Magnet Board, or When One Runneth Out Of Space, Layer

Abierto!

Cerrado!

As promised, back to the whole point of RocketCityDigs: making the galaxy livable for small-space dwellers. Since we converted the office into the nursery (and we swears, we’ll finish that and post photos eventually), our magnet board has been woefully leaning against the wall in our sunroom. The magnet board itself is a DIY job: . . . → Read More: DIY Magnet Board, or When One Runneth Out Of Space, Layer

Two months down, two to go.

Engaging in idle activity

It’s October 1, folks, which means I am officially into my third month of maternity leave (it unexpectedly started July 27, a week early). August was a haze; September was a mad rush of a short vacation, family visits, and Fixing Up the Apartment. Halfway through September I decided to extend my maternity leave a month, . . . → Read More: Two months down, two to go.