It's Aug 9 today, National Leave a Zucchini on Your Neighbour's Porch Day! I got up last night around 3AM and put one on my neighbors' porch, with a pink ribbon on it and everything. I've been awaiting this since we planted our zucchini in April. Only thing is, we've developed a taste for zucchini noodles in chicken soup, so we've been keeping up ( Read more... )

Spontaneous beachiness is awesome! Waves! Salt! Crazy seawater afro scaring people around me! Woot!

Yum. New Jim Butcher. Won't come up for air for the rest of the day. Hooray for Harry!

Watching Jaws and sorting coupons tonight. Strangely apropos. Not good enough for TV, still good enough for my family. :)

E and I have some of the most amazing conversations walking to school. Today I mentioned that I hadn't bought something in Mass because of the tax there. He asked why there are taxes ( Read more... )

Thinking of doing these for his birthday. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/april-fools-sushi-rice-krispies-nuggets-recipe/index.html

I might be just a teensy bit insane.

Just went out and made my first harvest of the year- some absolutely luscious, tender red lettuce! Officially best salad ever! And I totally can't wait til my radishes are ready next week. I found a neat recipe in the paper where you sauté them in butter and a bit of pepper. I've only ever had them raw (yum!) but I'm excited about trying them a new ( Read more... )

Congratulations to his Grace, Duke Gregor and his lovely consort Baroness Kiena, Prince and Princess of the East! Long live romance!

Did my 5K speed intervals today. If I had a choice, I would have left my brain on a street corner about a half mle into the process, it was being such a whiny little bitch. Finished it though- and have a new personal best for the mile ( Read more... )

Found a 4 leaf clover cooling down from my run today. Also found two 5 leaf clovers. Guess this'll be my lucky day!