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Terribly excited about cupcakes
I have a long and unpleasant history with baking. I've been known for The Painfully Salty Bread that Mom Made Us Eat Anyway; the assorted chocolate chip cookies without necessary ingredients, the Brownies with Creamy-Creamy-Buttery-Slightly-Chocolatey Soup; the infamous Butt Cake*; Water Brownies; Egg Brownies; No Sugar Ultra Darkest Unsweetened ( Read more... ) -
aglomeration of rants
First thing's first. Not a rant: my family is going to Alaska in 15 days! We travel to Austin to see my lil sister get her bachelor's degree, then fly to Vancouver for a few days, then get on a cruise boat for a week to see glaciers, whales, forests, eat ourselves silly, and whatever else happens in a cruise. Couple reasons we chose this trip... ( Read more... ) -
well, that didn't last long
whilst hardening this afternoon, the cucumbers and chiles were forgotten. My mistake. it is rather cold this eve AND the little monster-dog got my trays, and I'm sure she had a blast shredding them. plus, she may have gotten in the carrots. I should have known better than be optimistic! -
drip drip drip goes the water
SO I planted some seeds over the last month: chiles and cucumbers and Herbs and eggplants. They're still alive!! The herbs, eggplants chiles will go in the planter with the sage and lavendar and butterfly bush and low water area. This weekend, I built a little 8 foot box for the veggies, and planted some beets and carrot seeds (Tomatoes to come ( Read more... ) -
oh weekends...
Weekend WIN! Gardening! I planted sage, lavender, and a big happy tri-colored butterfly bush in the planter filled with dirt that I helped make. Yay compost pile!!
Weekend FAIL: being ridiculously pale and hating sunscreen.
Weekend WIN! I wore a hat and covered my shoulders!
Weekend FAIL: the backs of my calves were not covered. New Mexico sun, ( Read more... ) -
running log - at least I know what it is now.
After 3 physical therapy sessions, (which will have been RATHER expensive if my insurance decides not to cover them!!) I think she finally figured it out on the last session: iliotibial band. It's the leg stabilizer that hooks your hip to your femur to your tibia. Too tight. I've been stretching it, when I think of it and definitely before and ( Read more... ) -
plants
I have a black or brown thumb. Most plants I try to grow, die. In the yard, I've probably tried to plant at least 10 plants. Currently, of those, 2 (possibly only one lives). I've tried seeds countless times (sunflowers in the watered lawn are the exception that lived to flower ( Read more... ) -
completely perfect weekend/ completely retched 1st day back
I traveled to Wolf Creek this weekend, accompanied by some old friends and new friends. It was absolutely remarkable how much fun it was. The biggest decisions that were made were along the lines of "which run should we do next?" and "should we bring bagels and PB&J or salami & cheese for lunch?" and "which game should we play?" and "is it bed ( Read more... ) -
Apple! you win!!!
My power connector on the laptop has been messed up for a while. The cord got tangled in my toes and I yanked it and it's never been the same. With some finesse, I was able to get the computer to charge, so I've been living with it. My trackpad button has also been busted for a while, but it's nice to use a mouse for a lot of things anyway, so I ( Read more... )