Off to Mt. Rainier now! Have a good weekend everyone, I'll be back Sunday night.

I finally made the rosemary focaccia tonight.... it is cooling now. Because I'm crazy, and didn't end up starting it till a bit after 8, because my future roommate came over to give me a check and get keys and such things. And I was showing her some things, and we talked some. Then while the dough was rising, I made chocolate raspberry cookies ( Read more... )

I am on a quest to 1) eat out less, 2) eat healthily and 3) keep Orthodox fasts more or less properly (I'm not picky about oil right now).

So, pursuit of this quest, I decided I needed fasting food for lunch tomorrow at work. And I just made this. It is really really good. I am eating it instead of the beef/bean/barley stew leftovers, which I should ( Read more... )

I’m going to have a roommate! I was talking to potential roommates and trying to find someone, and now I have. She’s a grad student, and will be moving in next weekend. I think we will get along fine, and I’m glad to have found someone.

I had a busy weekend. At least it feels that way. On Saturday I didn’t do a whole lot-I went to the store and ( Read more... )

Last night (well, Thursday, I guess now it's technically Saturday morning) I made Rosemary Focaccia bread from Veganomicon. Really yummy bread, and it was super easy. Takes about two hours from start to finish, but hardly any of that time is active. I started it, left it to rise, picked four cups of blackberries outside the back of the house, came ( Read more... )

The summer is almost over, and I haven't done half the things I wanted to do in it.  My family and I are going to Mt. Rainier at the end of September though,  I think, and that is exciting. I am hoping to go camping, probably the first weekend of September, since I am going to a conference for work next weekend, and Labor Day will be so crowded ( Read more... )

 Happy late birthday,
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Produce stands are the best. I bought 4 peaches, 4 nectarines, 3 plums, and 11 ounces of spinach for $5.30 yesterday. Given current prices, I think this was pretty good.

I don't know if produce stands exist in other parts of the country, they are half outdoor market type buildings that sell fruits and vegetables and occasionally a few grocery items ( Read more... )

First Russian post--if you don't read Russian, I will just note that it is an introduction and completely uninteresting! :)

Как написала в прошлом посте, мне хочется писать иногда здесь по-русски. Когда училась в университете, очень не любила писать по-русски (хотя и на русском факультете училась!)-мне казалось, что совершенно не понятно, как ( Read more... )

Recently, I have been reading in Russian quite a bit, and trying to practice. One of the hardest things for me about Russian has always been writing. The words you use when writing are different than when speaking, and when speaking it's easier to work around things, and still sound okay, and be able to communicate. Ever since I stopped writing ( Read more... )