I’ve been thinking and dreaming of a new camera for a while. I feel like I’ve exceeded the capability of my current camera, I’m ready for something more complex, and I want to be able to use the Nikon lenses that I already have. So I figured out what I wanted (d90), then figured out [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Arg
Posted in Photog, tagged camera on 29 Oct 2008 | 5 Comments »
Second time’s a charm?
Posted in Food, Gluten-Free, House and Home on 27 Oct 2008 | 4 Comments »
Tonight for dinner (since I got home early after a work meeting in Decatur), I made a simple pork roast and risotto with edemame again. I made it a month ago with mild success. Last time, the roast took about two hours longer than the recipe said it would, since it gave absolute times, and [...]
Friday thoughts
Posted in General, House and Home, tagged garden, socks, thoughts on 24 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some thoughts I had this week that weren’t enough for a blog post on their own
A house in our neighborhood has tiny plastic easter eggs on sticks in their “by the mailbox” area.
One of my black running socks keeps falling into my shoe when I run. I think it’s time to replace the pair.
Something ate [...]
Sample
Posted in General, tagged GA, sample ballot, voting on 21 Oct 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for a sample GA ballot before heading out to vote early? Here’s the League of Women Voters’ sample ballot, which also has answers to interview questions from the candidates, allowing you to compare the choices for each office, and the option to fill out the sample ballot and email it to yourself.
Fruits, err.. Veggies of our Labor
Posted in Food, Gluten-Free, House and Home, tagged garden, home-grown, salad, veggies on 19 Oct 2008 | 1 Comment »
We had a tasty salad tonight, with chopped tomato and cucumber from our garden. With the way the romaine lettuce is growing, we’ll have some all-our-garden salads soon!
Cheaper Joy
Posted in Food, the ATL, tagged coupon, frozen foods, Joy of Cooking on 19 Oct 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you use a printed-off-the website JoCFF coupon, be prepared to go to customer service to get your $1.50 (or whatever) off if the checkout lady isn’t competent doesn’t know how to type it in. It doesn’t scan well.
Grrr…
Posted in Food, House and Home, tagged broccoli, critter, garden, varmint on 19 Oct 2008 | 1 Comment »
Something has eaten all of the broccoli that I planted. It got all of the grouped broccoli first, and finally came back for the lone broccoli plant that wasn’t near the other bunch (ran out of room for spacing.)
All of the lettuce is still safe and the three in pots out front are taking off [...]
