A gorgeous day, sitting with some of my favorite people, listening to a cover band do some of my favorite songs from years ago, daquiri in hand, beads around my neck, and a rose in my hair, and watching the crowd go crazy.

Not bad for a Mardi Gras weekend Sunday, not bad at all.

After completing the move, (and moving dozens of boxes of things we probably should just toss) my # 1 goal for the coming year, in fact, for the next decade, is to streamline ( Read more... )

We've been busily moving.  It feels good to sit down.

This is the first post from the new house. Internet is up, which, along with a place to sleep, is the highest priority for actually living in the new house.

Currently posting from a haphazard setup involving nightstands as desks, with a drawer pulled out as the keyboard rest. Only furniture ( Read more... )

As you may know by now, Avatar was absolutely epic ( Read more... )

Got my hair done. It's now above the shoulders, with a bit of curl. Dyed it red, a dark semi-natural red shade. Oh, and I have bangs now. Feels weird. At 29 years old, I finally am trying out bangs ( Read more... )

We're moving!

Gave the landlord notice.  That what he gets for not painting the fence or fixing the bedroom door.  Serves his cheap ass right.

We'll be out in mid- December.

In preparation for moving, we're..erm...unpacking?  Well, yeah.  About 25 boxes still in storage waiting to be unpacked from our move here, never brought them into the tiny ( Read more... )

CSA season is almost over.  I'll be off the hook for about 12 weeks, but it also means I don't want to waste anything from what we are getting.

With cauliflower, butternut squash, little apples, carrots, and leeks in the CSA box this week, (and more)  I went a little overboard, trying to get ahead of the game and use a bunch of stuff at once.

The ( Read more... )

What does one do, given a big bunch of collards?  I went south for inspiration.

Dinner yesterday was collard greens, hush puppies, and fried chicken tenders.  Before anyone makes comments about "soul food," I just want to say that, to me, this is just -food.-   Good food, yes, but these are flavors from my early childhood.

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Yesterday I was cutting carrots, yellow squash, zucchini, and a couple leeks into thin strips. Oh, and chopping up cilantro ( Read more... )

Made a Cassoulet few days ago.  Awesome way to use up autumn root vegetables.  Mine had potatoes, turnips, carrots, and fennel, lots of garlic, tomatoes and some sausage bits.

How awesome was it?  Kevin takes a few bites and goes...  "We need to add this to the regular rotation."

Why am I mentioning it now, since I made it a few days ago?

Because ( Read more... )