Someday I won’t work at K2. Maybe, just maybe, someday I won’t even have to GO to a workplace, too. Dream on.
Seeing these cute books so badly makes me want to open up an Etsy shop. I have thousands of ideas but not enough time to make them a reality.
How much fun would it be to step into my online shop and find:
-monster pillows
-knitted goods (scarves, mittens, hats, blankets)
-handmade notebooks
-magnets
-makeup bags
-grocery bags made out of oilcloth
-greeting cards that are either one-of-a-kind or prints from paintings
-handmade purses that are either knit or made from fun textiles, with wooden or plastic handles
I am in love!
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Three things I like about today:
1. Bryan comes home.
2. Crisp apples from the Farmer’s Market.
3. My latest Cook’s magazine, which features tasty soups & stews.
Though the last one leaves me really wanting a Le Creuset french cooker. And we don’t have $240 lying around to fund it. Ah, well!
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January 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
During our vacation in Sayulita (photos here), I read a book called “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver. It was – and this might sound dramatic – revolutionary. It opened my eyes to just how much of a footprint our eating habits have stretched. We haven’t bought avocados or bananas or anything citrus to keep at home that wasn’t produced in the USA since we’ve been back. Which also means we haven’t bought avocados or bananas – they always come from at least Mexico, which is far outside our new goal: buy food that was produced within 500 miles from Seattle. Others that we’ve bought sparingly include tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini… we’ve been thrown into a crash-course in what it means to cook with winter produce like kale, collard greens, parsnips, carrots, potatoes and other root vegetables. It’s actually been quite tasty!
Yes we still buy olive oil and other things that we justify using. We decided to ween ourselves off the 500+mile range items slowly.
Though bread can be found here in Seattle and all over, having a bread maker was woven into this book I read. It’s not going to reduce our footprint by much – I can’t say for sure where my flour comes from, but it will cut down on food costs. We spend probably $40/mo on bread, between sandwich loaves and pizza crusts, hamburger buns and muffins, it all adds up.
Making bread is incredibly easy. And I don’t think our family & friends will complain when gifted with a fresh, tasty loaf.
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I’ve gotten the itch to clean up my office. It’s not even in disarray. But I came across these zip disks and hard drives (didn’t they used to be called “floppy”??). I was curious about what might be on them, but looks like my PC doesn’t even HAVE a floppy drive anymore. Hmm. They’re in the trash now.
I’m heading home shortly after 5pm so that Bryan and I can have dinner together. Surely it will be less-than-fab, as we’re down to canned beans and the last slices of bread in the cupboard. Then he’s off to have Happy Hour with some boys, and I’m meeting some girlfriends for KIB – our knitting group.
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