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Oh, bother
My sewing machine went out today. It hasn't been serviced for a while, so I guess it's time for a sewing machine spa day. Still, I hope it's a little embarrassed that it failed on quilting cotton.
I've pulled out Moriven's brute of a machine, so I'm not totally without. Still, it's not the sleek, quiet hum that I'm used to. -
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I got to cook tonight! That almost never happens.
Tonight was garden pasta - roma and yellow tomatoes, zucchini, beans, oregano, rosemary, and basil from the garden, sauteed with olive oil and purchased onions, then tossed over angel hair pasta with parmesan. Good stuff. I added the beans last and their barely-cooked flavor made the dish zing for me.
I also took the other ~50 romas (we only have ( Read more... ) -
Garden Update
Yesterday, the neighbors took out one of the trres that was overshadowing and dropping leaves all over my veggies! Sure, they were just clearing a volunteer that was growing too close to their shed, but it was a boon to my maters.
Speaking of tomatoes, the plants are happily putting out fruit now that the brocolli is gone. My reading since this ( Read more... ) -
While I'm on happy news,
The landlords were by this weekend and let us pick out the color of the new roof, (Hooray! New roof!) And said that I (er, we) could pick the housepaint color, too, since that needs to be redone. Yay! I like decorating!
Also, we're the best tenants ever because we never call and bug them. :-) -
antifungal musings
Dear fungicide manufacturer ( Read more... ) -
Condiment heirarchy
Had a discussion tonight about the heirarchy of condiments. As well as we can determine it's:- ketchup
- mustard
- mayo
- ranch dressing
- barbecue sauce
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Garden Update
We had brocolli fresh picked from the garden and steamed to perfection tonight. Yum! Even the little broc which was almost eaten to death by bugs made a turn around and put out a tiny head. Aw! We'll have a couple nights more of happy broccies. Hopefully we'll get a second round off the plants ( Read more... ) -
Random thought
We went to SoCal over the weekend for my cousin's wedding. (Yay!) It was a long drive. (Ugh.) So I had lots of time to think. So, random road question: if you had the opportunity to name a newly-discovered element, what would you call it? Would you use the common -ium ending (Plutonium, Helium, Californium)? Try for the sexy -gen ending (Nitrogen, ( Read more... )