tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32865021130778902532024-03-13T07:51:33.811-04:00Cori Living a Charmed LifeCori Gilkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537360170357234281noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286502113077890253.post-58482915628846379172013-03-04T19:07:00.001-05:002013-03-04T19:07:04.737-05:00cori gilkey<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><a href="http://www.mylperu.com/wflvfu/kzigrnktzesgqs">http://www.mylperu.com/wflvfu/kzigrnktzesgqs</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">cori gilkey<br></span></div></div>Cori Gilkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537360170357234281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286502113077890253.post-51626122868526033042011-03-07T06:54:00.001-05:002011-03-07T06:56:09.850-05:00Sustainable Happiness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IvEQbvXc6fk/TXTCuhUNbQI/AAAAAAAACBc/B_bQ09vhK6w/s1600/qaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IvEQbvXc6fk/TXTCuhUNbQI/AAAAAAAACBc/B_bQ09vhK6w/s320/qaf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It's been three and a half months since I have journaled on this blog. Life, as usual, had different things in store for me. However, I am back...looking to write about my daily adventures on living more sustainably. I have big plans....huge...and they are beginning to take shape. Even though I am an urban dweller at this point in time....that is not stopping me from converting my back yard into somewhat of an urban farm. People do it everyday. Take for instance the author Spring Warren, from <a href="http://thequarteracrefarm.com/about/">the Quarter Acre Farm</a>...she wanted to grow 75% of her families food in her own backyard. She just published this book to document her tale. I just bought it on Amazon and it's great. <br />
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I have my ongoing list that I am slowly hacking away at. Take a look:<br />
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Plant three lasagna gardens- In process<br />
Purchase 5 araucana chickens - completed<br />
Make a rain barrel<br />
Order two new queens for my bee hive- completed<br />
Order one more beehive- Completed<br />
Order worm composter for the house<br />
Get supplies for solar wax melter- Completed<br />
Order new cheese making supplies<br />
Get canning equipment<br />
Purchase crock to make sauerkraut and pickles<br />
Make 100% of my own cleaning products<br />
Make candles and soap<br />
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See the list is long....extensive....there is always more...but it's such of feeling of accomplishment I tell ya!<br />
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Well tomorrow Eat Pray Love is released on DVD. I loved this movie and book. So much that I have investigated going to take a trip to Bali myself. I was tickled when I saw this knitting book being released.<br />
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I have pre-ordered it on Amazon and anxiously await it's arrival. My goal is to have a whole drawer filled with handmade socks by the end of the year. Maybe a pair a month?Cori Gilkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537360170357234281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286502113077890253.post-15892464804149309592010-11-22T17:56:00.000-05:002010-11-22T17:56:51.535-05:00New Yarn - Much Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYWNAL_vCx0/TOr0av1LhkI/AAAAAAAACAs/Aimy705TVCY/s1600/IMG_1453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYWNAL_vCx0/TOr0av1LhkI/AAAAAAAACAs/Aimy705TVCY/s400/IMG_1453.JPG" width="298" /></a></div>While at Rhinebeck this year, my mom and I stumbled upon a vendor that was surrounded by people. So many people we could barely get in to see what the hype was about. When we managed to push inside we were in awe. It was the <a href="http://www.sanguinegryphon.com/catalog/index.php">Sanguine Gryphon</a>...based out of Maryland with luscious colors and cool yarn names to boot. <br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYWNAL_vCx0/TN6CWm1oEJI/AAAAAAAACAA/GAxgdMQmZlY/s1600/ra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qYWNAL_vCx0/TN6CWm1oEJI/AAAAAAAACAA/GAxgdMQmZlY/s1600/ra.jpg" /></a>While shopping at Ward's last week, I finally bought a jar of<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.kestrelgrowth.com/Red-Ape-Cinnamon/">Red Ape Cinnamon </a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.kestrelgrowth.com/Red-Ape-Cinnamon/"></a></span>to try. I have looked at it many times, but 6.00 for cinnamon seemed steep. However, I am a big fan of sustainably harvested foods and such. Let me tell you that it is well worth the price. The quality is unmistakable. The color is a lighter reddish brown...different from the knock off stuff. The company only uses the inner pure cinnamon bark from cassia cinnamon trees that are at least twenty years old. <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">These older tree have a higher Volatile Oil</div> count that makes the quality of the cinnamon higher also. Another plus is the 5% of their profits go to the protection and restoration of the orangutan habitat in Indonesia. Bravo! Well worth the splurge.Cori Gilkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01537360170357234281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3286502113077890253.post-20580358489993063702010-11-12T05:47:00.002-05:002010-11-13T17:45:17.109-05:00Santa Baby<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;"><b><i><br />
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Now my friends at work tease me that my type of guy looks like they have Hep. C. That's a bunch of nurses for you. Not every long haired, tattooed, biker man is infectious girls. But this look is my type of guy. Sam is not tatted up, does not have long hair, but he is far from the clean cut look that does nothing for me. He's got a long beard, burley, and a rugged look which I love.<br />
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Anyways, back to the Sons. This show is awesome. I have become a little obsessed, if that's what you want to call a 40 something year old woman that has downloaded every song and episode from the show, plus the Iphone application. Someone that reads every interview, looks at pictures, even re-watches favorite episodes. Yikes...I am scaring myself. I have even managed to suck my daughter, son and Sam into the vortex. However, I don't think Sam is fantasizing about biker dudes with long hair....however, there are sexy chicks in the show.<br />
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The show is on FX. It's about an outlaw mc in California that is bad, but good. Katie Sagal rocks as the mom and matriarch of the family. She is bad ass, but loves her family. Only two more episodes left from season three. I have no earthly idea how I will manage until fall....sniff, sniff. <br />
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Check out this pure awesomeness:)<br />
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