Picked up my CSA box yesterday. The contents: three med-large eggplant, 5 large tomatoes, green beans (lots, and nice ones, too!), 1 head garlic, 3 sm-med zucchini, 5 medium yellow squash, 1 patty pan squash, a HUGE bunch of basil, 1 bunch parsley, 5-6 sm-med onions (various types (red, white, yellow)), a bunch of cucumbers (6-7 med-large!) and ( Read more... )

Sleep-deprivation, I think, caused me to do something really stupid on Tuesday. Having just returned from a long weekend traveling to NM and dancing, I returned to work Tuesday morning... late that afternoon, surprised that I was feeling so good (the aforementioned arm strength, and not feeling sleepy), my fatigue manifested itself in the following ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, I picked up veggies (from my CSA - www.johnsonsbackyardgarden.com) for the first time in a while... here's what the box held:
1 bag arugula (this will become green soup for I dislike eating it raw, but it makes a great savory smoothie of sorts!), 3 heads lettuce (red leaf, green leaf, romaine), 1 bag escarole (at least, I think ( Read more... )

Whaaa. My gas mileage went down, probably due to getting turned around (aka lost) on at least two occasions (which requires forgoing hypermiling in order to reach the destination in time (one instance was to get to a movie theater; we can never remember which exit or which way to go once off the highway; no one to blame but ourselves there...), and ( Read more... )

Update on Thing About Which I Often Post: My most recent fuel efficiency? Sucky, at 38mpg. I attribute this to lots of extra trips where hypermiling wasn't an option. Those trips did yield some fun life experiences, though, so it was worthwhile drop in gas mileage. The CSA: picked up yesterday (three weeks from prior pickup). In the box: dill, ( Read more... )

My friend R and I went to the City Theatre (Austin) on Thursday night for a Neil Simon play. We didn't enjoy the play that much, but the acting was pretty awesome. We saw almost everything our acting instructor had taught us at work in their performance; so she wasn't lying! :-) For those of you who don't know - heck, I haven't been posting much ( Read more... )

And now for an informational post. I like these kinds of posts the way I like filling in bubbles at the top of a standardized test. It's sort of rote, the entry of such trivia, the black and white of one's name, SSN, etc. But in this calm-before-the-storm, the time before the test when, for just a few moments, there are no wrong answers - just the ( Read more... )

I spent the Labor Day weekend at a wedding in rural Montana, in the Swan Valley area, with A. We traveled with another couple from Austin, flying into Spokane, WA and driving about five hours east, through Missoula, to the ranch, which the wedding party (32 guests total, including bride and groom) took over for the weekend. The journey to and from ( Read more... )

It's hot. I had a hard, non-stop busy day at work. I am going to see Food, Inc. tonight with some friends. I feel like I've hardly been home since like Saturday; just a lot of out-of-the-house activities. I'll compensate by recharging with some home/alone time this weekend (though even then I have some stuff planned - I'll keep it balanced, though ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my first day back after my six-day vacation. My neck and upper back are very sore, and my chiropractor was able to see me yesterday afternoon. After the adjustment, I feel worse, but he says that it'll get better. Ouch. Sleeping was fitful and difficult, as I am a side-sleeper and every position hurt (as did changing position; A came ( Read more... )