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newly wed
We did it. We got married. Now it's back to life as usual. Photos soon. We are still busy recovering from the exhausting weekend and trying to rearrange the furniture into place. -
busy busy
I got a promotion.
I am the office manager of a bakery. I answer phones. I create invoices in Quickbooks. I run end-of-day reports. I calculate bread production schedules for the bakers in this giant spreadsheet. I listen to employees complain. I try to help customers. I deal with wedding cake orders. I talk to chefs at restaurants who have ( Read more... ) -
a machete and a shotgun and aunt jemima
On the way home, I got honked at. A passenger turned around and yelled out the window, "Git off da road, b#$%#$!" followed by a two-syllable "daa-aamn!" Indeed, I was guilty of being in the road.
Resigned to it, I finished my ride home. Once in the safety of my air-conditioned living room, I tried to lower my pressure by watching the Waffle Bike ( Read more... ) -
night cycling
The bike co-op mechanics went for a nine o'clock ride last night along the tobacco trail. It was really nice to see fireflies, bats, owls, opossum, and deer. My super bright LED headlight would occasionally flash on some animal eyes in the dark.
I made it home at midnight after hanging out at the bar where there was mention of future plans for a ( Read more... ) -
cars + cell phones = evil
I witnessed two more reasons why driving while talking on cell phones should be illegal.
One, a guy ran a red light today and almost killed me. I stopped just short of the intersection, a split second before the man who ran the red light zipped past my front wheel. As I caught my breath and flipped the guy a full arm up-yours gesture, my light ( Read more... ) -
with age comes hilarity
Today at the bakery I was visited by two crazy septegenarian men.
The first man was wearing a 101st Infantry jacket.
I said, "Have a good Fourth of July."
He replied, "I'll have to find somebody to shoot. Maybe I'll shoot my neighbor!"
The second man caused my manager to run and hide, signalling to me from the back corner that he was crazy ( Read more... ) -
garden update
This week we decided to move some plants around. The rains have ceased. Our container garden is beginning to look a little sad, struggling with hot, dry conditions. We harvested the rest of the beans and carrots, and were pleasantly surprised with our sweet red-core babies. ( Check out the photos behind the cut ) -
plein air
I really love landscapes. I have a new one to research right now. A foreground of yellow and green grasses with the occasional blush of alizarin crimson smeared across the upper layers to indicate some type of flora, four round trees in the mid-ground, two figures (measuring 1cm tall), a white sailboat in the background on a river, with a long bank ( Read more... ) -
June garden update
I am long overdue for a garden update. Out of all the things we planted, very few did poorly. We got no peppermint growing on the side yard, probably from lack of sun. Everything else is doing amazingly well. ( Check out the June photos ) -
bike co-op joy
Yesterday I went to wrench at the bike co-op for the first Sunday in a long time. I was graced with one sweet dreadlocked girl and her mom, who brought in two Raleighs. I can't begin to express what joy I feel fixing someone's bike that's been in the basement for three decades, especially a bike that is so lovely to work on.
Be forewarned, I am ( Read more... )