it's been a week without the bottle ( Read more... )

i cut the tip of my finger off last night while i was chopping up some chantrelle mushrooms. fresh chantrelle mushrooms... now that i've gone farmer's market, i don't think i'll ever go back. i'm cooking again, i'm eating well, i'm happy... well, for the most part i'm satisfied. i guess there's a distinction to be made here. i'm not necessarily ( Read more... )

i made a whole bunch of marinara sauce from scratch this weekend. it's quite possibly the best sauce i've ever had ( Read more... )

i'm going to go to the farmer's market on top of queen anne today after work. i've been looking forward to incorporating more locally-grown organic produce in my diet. tonight i get to work out the details of actually following through on that idea. on the one hand, i really hope i have a good time and find a lot of things that i end up eating and ( Read more... )

all moved in ( Read more... )

i have to remember that, just like me, diddy puts his pants on one leg at a time. it's just that once his pants are on, stupid things start flying out of his face.

my "kind of" boss told me that i did excellent work today.

there is apparently a minor push/pull between my actual boss and my kind of boss for my time. however, the decision on how to divide my time was left completely in my hands. in the end, my kind of boss told me to do what i thought was interesting and to have fun.

i think i love my job.

i think the days are starting to get a little darker and the nights are coming on a little sooner. i have a few short weeks to pull out some lake dives, embark on epic bike rides, and catch some awesome sunsets across the sound ( Read more... )

i've been inspired to alter my diet again. i'm going to make a conscious effort to include more vegetables, grains, and olive oil in my diet - pushing out perennial favorites such as fried foods, hot dogs, and previously fried foods that just require baking to heat up (e.g. - store bought tater tots and french fries). i'm also going to try to hit ( Read more... )

the only reason i'm posting in this thing is because of my intense hunger... not emotional hunger or some meta-physical hunger left unsatisfied from my childhood, but just plain old empty stomach. big time ( Read more... )