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Jun

18

2009

There’s something new in the garden every single day. baby tomato! baby banana pepper! squash blossoms baby broccoli! corn, nearly a foot tall beets on a pile of spinach dinner makings The spinach has bolted, so I finally gave in and pulled all the plants. It took almost an hour to clean it all, dry it, and package it in ...

and the livin’ is easy 2

Jun

10

2009

We went all crazy with the birthday gift cards last night. The Target one landed season 3 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia* and some solar pathway lights for our sidewalk. The Bachmans gift card bought me a bunch of flowers to put in the galvanized planters we got at CB2 in Chicago. (Did you notice that Matt managed to ...

nutbox

Jun

1

2009

We’re really good at weekends. For people who take their chillaxation seriously, we always manage to get a lot done. Friday was the pre-season edition of Friday Night Meats. We figure the season really hasn’t started til Ryan hosts (we’re the alternate location when he’s out of town). But who knows when that will be? We decided to get it ...

4 day weekend!

May

21

2009

What’s been going on in the last week besides hanging with hippies named Onyx and betting on horses? Well, I’ll tell you. – We got a Costco membership. We own a lot of paper towels now. Costco is awesome. – Our yard has become even better. We had firewood delivered on Sunday, and yesterday I finished my planting: tomatoes and ...