I have my first yellow squash blossom! Ee! And six strawberries growing ( Read more... )

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My detox month without meat is nearly over. Just four days to go.

And I am craving bacon. Bacon, of all things.

I even emailed AQIS about the possibility of mail ordering an American candy bar composed of peanut brittle and bacon - only in America.

Smoky crunchy chewy salty greasy BACON.

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The funny thing is that I don't even like ( Read more... )

I can tell I'm better when I'm restless. Still a little weak from post-viral blah, but not impaired in function. I'm glad I had yesterday off, even if it did send the boss into a tizzy trying to cover that shift. I'm back tonight ( Read more... )

Yes, I've seen it too. Just showed two good friends the extremely NSFW latest Rammstein video. It was hilarious and good to see that a band like that can laugh at themselves. Very, very silly ( Read more... )

This has not been a peachy day ( Read more... )

I have been learning a few things about going vegetarian. Never really appreciated how much harder it was to do than I thought. I keep getting frustrated that my first peckish impulses all involve meat, and I'm getting sick of cheese and egg. (Never thought I would see the day, honestly.) I don't really miss meat - yet - so much as the broader ( Read more... )

Went for a Chinese massage to unfreeze a stiff neck and shoulder, and frustrated the masseur with how knotty the muscle was. She suggested a little cupping to raise the circulation in the area. I had never tried it before, but after being assured that it wouldn't actually hurt, I thought, "What the hell, I'll give it a whirl ( Read more... )

So Housemate has H1N1 too ( Read more... )

Feeling achy.

Also pre-viral, and after a killer PT session.

So what did I do today? Well, my beloved TigerEyes and mandragora2003 got together to help me do a metric buttload of yardwork. The big blue skip bin I had ordered had arrived yesterday morning, and all we had put in it so far was an old mattress of the Housemate's.

While TigerEyes pruned the ( Read more... )

Got back from the Red Cross, and am happy for once ( Read more... )