On the left side of the sanity bell curve
This year’s garden had three unexpected residents: crooked neck squash. I like squash just fine (sautéed in bacon grease with onions, thankyouverymuch) but Cara and Ollie hadn’t ever been exposed to the vegetable. This was a “teaching moment” and the kids would grow to love the bumpy, funny shaped, yummy, yellow things. Little problem though.… Continue reading You’re Now Part of the Inner Squash Thing Circle
There’s a double-edged sword thing when it comes to being diagnosed as “cyclothymic.” On the one hand, I count my damn blessings I’m not Bipolar I or II; I cycle too quickly to meet the criteria for either. On the other hand/edge/whatever, I’m still left with murmurs of the aforementioned disorders and they still dick… Continue reading Channeling the Ant: I Promise It’s Not What You’re Expecting
Last year’s garden was all that awesome. The soil an idiot at Lowe’s recommended to me was essentially softwood and “wood products” mulch which caused weird deficiencies in the plants and when paired with me planting all of my seedlings too early…well… Eventually the garden got its act together and the plants started to rally;… Continue reading The 2013 Garden Update: Not As Lame As You’re Expecting
Specifically, I removed all of my junk from our bathroom counter. I don’t remember the last time I could see my sink. Somehow stuff started migrating to my sink and eventually filled it and then started spilling over to Tucker’s side. Sometimes it would get to Tucker and he would shove all of my stuff… Continue reading I Organized the Bathroom
The garden has become somewhat of an epic fail. Correction: what’s doing awesome is REALLY doing awesome and what’s sucking is REALLY sucking. The purple basil is something I’m proud of. I managed to raise one plant from seed and the second plant came from me pruning the first. I don’t use this type in… Continue reading Garden Update Bug Edition
I was talking with Heather earlier and she mentioned she had #HomeChat coming up tonight on Twitter and I inquired as to what these homechatters would be discussing. Raw foods. Hold on, here. Raw? People aren’t supposed to eat raw bacon. Doesn’t Heather Solos know this?! Now this is funny to me but Heather will be… Continue reading Raw Food Recipe: Avocado and Rainbow Swiss Chard Salad
