I have been taking classes at a bikram yoga studio, and it's really quite awesome. During the week, the classes are offered conveniently at 4:30 and 7, and there's also a morning a class. They are right around the corner from my store, so it's often easy to go there right after work, or if I stay late I can go to the later class ( Read more... )

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My goodness, I've been busy. I started at my new store yesterday and am still figuring out how I intend to progress. Last week I wrapped up at Oak Brook, and that whole process ended up being more emotional than I'd expected. My job there is to kind of be a bitch sometimes, and as a result I really have to distance myself from people, keep clear ( Read more... )

I got a dress to wear to next weekend's wedding. It's chocolate brown with sort of camel-colored dots on it. It's sleeveless but has a high enough neck that I don't have to keep sticking the girls back in like I did with the blue shift. It's made out of a crepe material that flows really nicely and has gathers in the material that I don't really ( Read more... )

Don't ask me where this genius inspiration originated, but if you melt a little butter and drizzle it over popcorn, then shake over it a bunch of Buttermilk Dressing Base from The Spice House, truly mind-boggling things will happen. You'll want a second bowl. You'll feel guilty that your husband is coming home in two hours and is looking forward to ( Read more... )

I'm making dinner after work tomorrow, trying to figure that all out. I think there'll be corn on the cob and a salad of heirloom tomatoes and some little green beans, maybe with pesto. There'll be a plate of cheeses. Do I need to toast some crusty bread? Oh, maybe, but not if I have new potatoes, and I do. Hmmm. Bread or no bread? Bread or no ( Read more... )

By 9:30 this morning (mind you, I slept in 'til after 8), I was pretty exhausted already. Earlier I had walked down to the farmers' market by myself, and hauled back the kind of load that N & I usually carry together: a dozen ears of corn, a few tomatoes, a few peppers, two pints of tiny new potatoes, two bunches of beets, a baguette, two pints of ( Read more... )

Wow, lots of stuff going on. Last night N & I went out to see The Dark Knight, and I'll tell you what: I think I'm too old to watch blockbusters on the big screen. They're too loud, I can't handle all the violence, the crazy scenes involving heights when they're so superbig. That said, it was a good movie, well executed. It was so hyped that I didn ( Read more... )

Last night I brought home some split chicken breasts, gorgeous and huge, that I somehow found for a song. I'm guessing that they were approaching their date of turning, but no matter, we had them right away. I marinated them in red wine vinegar and lemon salt for a couple of hours, then N threw them on the grill. Next I boiled beets which I sliced ( Read more... )

I'm feeling kind of uninspired today, which is too bad, as there's lots to do. I went out and watered the garden, and picked me some nice ripe tomatoes! There are tiny, tiny beans that will be ready in a week. I'd say two weeks at least on the snap peas. The basil and thyme are growing like mad, and there are peppers just barely starting to fruit: ( Read more... )