OK, so clearly I haven't held up my side of the bargain...blogging more frequently. I feel like I have a good excuse. I am pregnant, I can barely put two coherent thoughts together right now :-) I am hoping that this little baby wants to come out soon though, because her mama is getting slightly impatient. I am kind of on bed rest...well...if I do too much I swell to the size of a large elephant, and then it ends up taking me at least 3 hours to deflate a bit. Figures. I have gained way more weight than any normal person should during pregnancy. OK, so it hasn't been nearly that bad. I mean, I didn't have any morning sickness! Severe back pain, yes, contractions since 24 weeks...sure...but no morning sickness!
So I'm not working now. And I think that is a good thing. I think that my body was really telling me to stop. I have had fewer contractions in the past couple weeks, and that makes me happy, of course now I want the contractions to be coming on nice and strong...unfortunately not happening. But what do I do when I don't work? Well, let's see...I go on the internet. I don't just go on the internet for entertainment news anymore...ahhh the naivety of a previous life. Nope, now I am on the internet researching everything bad in the world. I have become some crazy extremist I believe. I think that it must be partially hormonal though.
Since last year I have spent a lot of time researching the relocalization of food, peak oil, being kinder to the environment. I'm sure everyone that has read this blog actually sees what a struggle it has been for me. Yet, now, I am starting to freak out even more. It seems like everything I have been spewing off to my co-workers and friends and family about food shortages etc. really is happening. Yesterday I heard that Costco and Sam's Club are both limiting (rationing) the amount of rice you can buy. But, they assure us there is no shortage of rice. That I don't understand. Then this morning...the Wall Street Journal posts an article about how it is time to start stockpiling food. Yeah...that is bad. The Wall Street Journal? It is a publication that I find truly unbiased, which is nice considering I am a conservative republican baptist green mama. :-)
See I don't think that the media is treating this in the best way at all. All week the Today show has talked about the rising food prices and the shortages that we are starting to have. This causes people to panic and stockpile food, which causes shortages and prices to go up. That is not going to help us. Instead, I wish that the media actually gave ideas how to deal with these types of problems. Yes, it is good to prepare for a disaster, but not everyone all at once. Gradually, over time, is what is needed. Instead, I think that they need to get into information about how to grow some of your own food. How it is important to eat seasonal local food and stop relying on food from California. I mean, I live in Maine, we produce quite a bit of food in Maine. Potatoes for one thing, it is a huge crop for the northern part of our state. Yes, I can find Maine potatoes at the grocery store, but more often than not they are buried under the Idaho potatoes...is there a reason we need Idaho potatoes when we produce plenty in Maine as it is? Maybe we don't actually produce enough potatoes in Maine to feed the state, but I would expect we do. And another thing, maple syrup...we have plenty of Maine made maple syrup, yet, it is most likely overpowered on the shelves by the stuff from Vermont. Why is that? OK, so these are probably petty examples...but I don't get it.
I am so thankful that we are joining the CSA this year. I think it is going to be a very difficult summer with buying food from the grocery store...oil prices are through the roof, gas prices keep going higher and higher. What is next? I am seriously concerned about bringing my daughter into this world, and how we are going to provide for her. (this is where the hormones come in) So Matt works an hour away from our house...that is 50 miles...so 100 miles a day on the car, that is filling up twice a week. At least our little yaris gets good gas mileage. But, at what point is it not worth it anymore? When do we sell everything and move into an apartment? OK, we have a ways to go before that would need to happen. It is still a concern though. Do we sell the other car? Try and pay down some of our debt? Well Dave Ramsey would say absolutely...and so would I. But, how do you sell all of this stuff in a time of economic downturn? Part of me feels guilty unloading our possessions on someone else who may not really realize what is going on. At the same time, having less debt is always a plus.
We are looking into getting a wood stove...and also turning part of the upstairs of our house into a studio apartment. It might be able to help us with the oil prices next year. I keep telling my brother and sister-in-law to move in with us. No one listens to me though, and really, I'm kind of crazy, so I'm sure they want to stay as far away from us as possible. I have been talking about a commune, get some cute little goats and chickens and have a community living experience with the rest of my family. It may eventually come to that. Maybe it won't. And will my poor husband be able to keep up with me and all my craziness? Who knows :-) I'm hoping that things just all of a sudden become clear to me and soon, because I feel like I am going in circles and am at a stand still as to what I should do next.
For the time being I am planning on getting all of my jars ready for a major canning extravaganza this summer/fall, and hopefully I will be able to preserve a lot of what we receive from the CSA. Other than that, it is trying to figure out how to afford to install a wood stove in a house with no working chimney, and how to afford to finish fixing up the upstairs of the house so it is livable. Then I can work on calming myself down a bit...I do know that God will always provide for me, but sometimes not knowing how is the worst part for any person to deal with.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
wow
I never seem to write anymore. Not that I don't have a million things to say, it's just that I don't know how to get them down in a post. Everyday seems to be the same for me now. I wake up and think about money, I go to work and think about money, I come home and think about money. Not just about money either. How can I live without money? How can I become more self-sufficient? How can I budget my life and what we actually need vs. what we "think" we need? It is a never ending struggle I swear. And of course I am a serious pessimist. Meaning, I think that we are in a food shortage, I think I won't be able to afford to get oil anymore (that's a problem living in the Northeast by the way), I can't feed my family good wholesome food that is produced at least in the country (organic peppers from Israel, what?) It is all very stressful.
Now, am I just oversensitive because I am in my 3rd trimester and ready to give birth at really any moment? Maybe. Or is it because I have spent the past year seriously reading all of the ridiculous information that is out now on Peak Oil, sustainability, food shortages, water shortages? It's probably a good combination of both. It is that never ending stream of information though. The fact that I feel 100 times more educated on food production now than I did last year at this time. It's crazy. And I know that there is even more information out there that I haven't read yet. What happens when I read that? Am I going to build a bomb shelter and become a hermit? Well, I am one for extremes...
So what now? Everything I read on the economy is depressing. Every single elective class for my business major I took in college was in economics, so I feel pretty confident when reading the Fed's reports or listening to speeches on the economy. Not that I am an expert by any means. I am very conservative as far as my political views go, yet, as soon as I start thinking about food and how my little family can support itself and not be so reliant on "the man," it just doesn't jive well. I know that God will provide for us everything that we need. I know that I will never be given a challenge or face some situation that I cannot handle. My loving Savior is not out to get me. But, can I get out of my own way before something else does?
We have been going through a lot of changes in the past year. Becoming more aware of what we put into our bodies, where the food is coming from. How to conserve more energy, keeping the heat down low and barely turning lights on ever. Yet, I feel like it isn't enough. Oil prices keep going up. This is probably the biggest issue. In Maine, a big part of your utilities is the heating oil. There are few ways around it unless you are blessed with a house that has a wood stove. Unfortunately ours was not. In fact the chimney isn't even functional. So, in order to become less dependent on oil, we need to shell out quite a bit of money to get a wood stove and either build a new chimney, get some type of venting system, or redo the old chimney...yeah...have you seen how much a mason costs? But, once we have the wood stove, then maybe we can have the house warmer than 55 degrees during the winter. Although keeping the heat down this winter hasn't been nearly as bad as I expected. Yes, there have been some days where we have had to turn up the heat (mainly when relatives come to visit), but our bodies have acclimated to the cold. The problem for next year? Having a baby does not give us the same luxury of just sucking it up. See! I'm already stressed.
I feel like I do a lot of talking about what we can do to change, but we never actually get to that point. Is that normal? How can I get out of this funk and actually take a step in the right direction? I think that part of it is my "planning" nature. I mean, I really need to plan the crap out of something before I do it. Not always a bad thing of course, but maybe in this situation I need to talk less and do more. At the same time I am feeling a lot better about how we are living now. We are all signed up for our CSA, something I am extremely excited about. I buy organic free range meat from a farm close to my work. We are keeping the heat down and keeping the lights off. I'm even making my own bread each week! Maybe it is about baby steps. One thing at a time. Once you get comfortable, move on to the next thing. But, I don't want to take too long to get to all these steps!
I have a lot more to say on all things money/food related, but I think I will wrap up this jumbled post right now. Someday I will be able to have coherent thoughts on these subjects, but for now, just random ramblings. I kind of like it like that :-)
Now, am I just oversensitive because I am in my 3rd trimester and ready to give birth at really any moment? Maybe. Or is it because I have spent the past year seriously reading all of the ridiculous information that is out now on Peak Oil, sustainability, food shortages, water shortages? It's probably a good combination of both. It is that never ending stream of information though. The fact that I feel 100 times more educated on food production now than I did last year at this time. It's crazy. And I know that there is even more information out there that I haven't read yet. What happens when I read that? Am I going to build a bomb shelter and become a hermit? Well, I am one for extremes...
So what now? Everything I read on the economy is depressing. Every single elective class for my business major I took in college was in economics, so I feel pretty confident when reading the Fed's reports or listening to speeches on the economy. Not that I am an expert by any means. I am very conservative as far as my political views go, yet, as soon as I start thinking about food and how my little family can support itself and not be so reliant on "the man," it just doesn't jive well. I know that God will provide for us everything that we need. I know that I will never be given a challenge or face some situation that I cannot handle. My loving Savior is not out to get me. But, can I get out of my own way before something else does?
We have been going through a lot of changes in the past year. Becoming more aware of what we put into our bodies, where the food is coming from. How to conserve more energy, keeping the heat down low and barely turning lights on ever. Yet, I feel like it isn't enough. Oil prices keep going up. This is probably the biggest issue. In Maine, a big part of your utilities is the heating oil. There are few ways around it unless you are blessed with a house that has a wood stove. Unfortunately ours was not. In fact the chimney isn't even functional. So, in order to become less dependent on oil, we need to shell out quite a bit of money to get a wood stove and either build a new chimney, get some type of venting system, or redo the old chimney...yeah...have you seen how much a mason costs? But, once we have the wood stove, then maybe we can have the house warmer than 55 degrees during the winter. Although keeping the heat down this winter hasn't been nearly as bad as I expected. Yes, there have been some days where we have had to turn up the heat (mainly when relatives come to visit), but our bodies have acclimated to the cold. The problem for next year? Having a baby does not give us the same luxury of just sucking it up. See! I'm already stressed.
I feel like I do a lot of talking about what we can do to change, but we never actually get to that point. Is that normal? How can I get out of this funk and actually take a step in the right direction? I think that part of it is my "planning" nature. I mean, I really need to plan the crap out of something before I do it. Not always a bad thing of course, but maybe in this situation I need to talk less and do more. At the same time I am feeling a lot better about how we are living now. We are all signed up for our CSA, something I am extremely excited about. I buy organic free range meat from a farm close to my work. We are keeping the heat down and keeping the lights off. I'm even making my own bread each week! Maybe it is about baby steps. One thing at a time. Once you get comfortable, move on to the next thing. But, I don't want to take too long to get to all these steps!
I have a lot more to say on all things money/food related, but I think I will wrap up this jumbled post right now. Someday I will be able to have coherent thoughts on these subjects, but for now, just random ramblings. I kind of like it like that :-)
Friday, August 31, 2007
it has happened...
Something is eating my tomatoes...my tomatoes that are on a second floor balcony 15 feet off the ground. What is it?! And not only are they eating my tomatoes, they are leaving their mark IN my pots...their mark? Yes, poop. I can't figure out what the heck it is. It must be squirrels, it definitely isn't mouse poop. So for the past two days I have been spending quite a bit of time on google searching for every animal I can think of, and not just looking up the animal, but looking up what the poop for these animals looks like. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything that looks like what I have seen. I thought about taking a picture and posting it here, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it...maybe that's why I can't find a picture of it online. Although, there are an awful lot of pictures of poop out there.
The good thing? They are only attacking 2 of my plants right now, the two furthest down on the steps. So, I am just leaving those plants there, and probably tonight and tomorrow I will pick all the other tomatoes I have, and ripen them inside. I hate to do that, but I don't want to lose the rest of my tomatoes! The bad thing? These were my two best tomato plants, producing perfect looking tomatoes and ripening to perfection. I knew it was only a matter of time...
Oh, and with this lovely bought of warm weather we have had recently, all of my pepper plants have decided to bud again and I have little peppers all over the place...would be nice if they could get to a normal size and then we can eat them. And I thought they were dead :-)
UPDATE:
So I asked my all knowing garden friend at work what might be causing this poop infestation around my tomato plants, and she promptly tells me that it is tomato horn worms. I look them up on google, and yup, that's definitely what the poop looked like. I proceed to call my mother to have her go look and see if she can see them, and she calls back "YES! THAT IS DEFINITELY IT!" Apparently these little guys, are not so little. My mom said she saw one that was at least 3 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter. Pretty much I am so skived out right now, but at least it isn't some weird rodent crawling up my stairs!
The good thing? They are only attacking 2 of my plants right now, the two furthest down on the steps. So, I am just leaving those plants there, and probably tonight and tomorrow I will pick all the other tomatoes I have, and ripen them inside. I hate to do that, but I don't want to lose the rest of my tomatoes! The bad thing? These were my two best tomato plants, producing perfect looking tomatoes and ripening to perfection. I knew it was only a matter of time...
Oh, and with this lovely bought of warm weather we have had recently, all of my pepper plants have decided to bud again and I have little peppers all over the place...would be nice if they could get to a normal size and then we can eat them. And I thought they were dead :-)
UPDATE:
So I asked my all knowing garden friend at work what might be causing this poop infestation around my tomato plants, and she promptly tells me that it is tomato horn worms. I look them up on google, and yup, that's definitely what the poop looked like. I proceed to call my mother to have her go look and see if she can see them, and she calls back "YES! THAT IS DEFINITELY IT!" Apparently these little guys, are not so little. My mom said she saw one that was at least 3 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter. Pretty much I am so skived out right now, but at least it isn't some weird rodent crawling up my stairs!
Monday, July 16, 2007
garden update
My garden is doing so well! I am super excited about it. I can't wait to actually be able to pick more from my garden. I have been picking the herbs constantly, but no actual vegetables. Well...I did have that little green pepper that I just couldn't manage to wait to pick :-) I am so happy that nothing is dead yet though!
Friday I came home from work and looked up at the step and deck where all of my plants are, it looked a little different though, so I went around to the front of the steps to see properly. I looked up the steps, and there were my two cherry tomato plants, completely tipped over and out of their pots. I almost dropped at the foot of the stairs. I ran up to look at them, and most of the little tomatoes that had been on the plant had been snapped off.
Luckily I was able to get the whole plant back in the pot, and some of the tomatoes are still on there. I am just hoping that it doesn't die. I think the saving grace was that I had cages around those two plants, so when the wind blew them over, they kind of got stuck upside down on the step, and weren't able to go anywhere else. If they had completely fallen down all the steps...well it would have been all over.
Tomato cages...well...I only had 3 tomato cages, so most of my tomatoes seem to be growing like a forest currently. Is that bad? Are they not going to grow well? I can't imagine that is the case, because all of my tomato plants have tons of tomatoes on them. I planted 13 tomato plants so that in case I killed most of them, I would still be able to have a few tomatoes for salads and maybe to make a little sauce to throw in the freezer. How was I to know that my tomato plants would take off and I would have enough tomatoes to feed me for at least 2 years? Well here are my pictures then:
Friday I came home from work and looked up at the step and deck where all of my plants are, it looked a little different though, so I went around to the front of the steps to see properly. I looked up the steps, and there were my two cherry tomato plants, completely tipped over and out of their pots. I almost dropped at the foot of the stairs. I ran up to look at them, and most of the little tomatoes that had been on the plant had been snapped off.
Luckily I was able to get the whole plant back in the pot, and some of the tomatoes are still on there. I am just hoping that it doesn't die. I think the saving grace was that I had cages around those two plants, so when the wind blew them over, they kind of got stuck upside down on the step, and weren't able to go anywhere else. If they had completely fallen down all the steps...well it would have been all over.
Tomato cages...well...I only had 3 tomato cages, so most of my tomatoes seem to be growing like a forest currently. Is that bad? Are they not going to grow well? I can't imagine that is the case, because all of my tomato plants have tons of tomatoes on them. I planted 13 tomato plants so that in case I killed most of them, I would still be able to have a few tomatoes for salads and maybe to make a little sauce to throw in the freezer. How was I to know that my tomato plants would take off and I would have enough tomatoes to feed me for at least 2 years? Well here are my pictures then:
Saturday, June 30, 2007
strawberries part 2!
Well, today has been extremely eventful. I was able to get a ton of stuff at the farmers market, which I am always happy about, and also got all of my many pounds of strawberries processed. Here is the breakdown:
4 quarts whole strawberries in the freezer (I love smoothies, pop a couple strawberries some oj a banana and some plain nonfat yogurt...yum!)
3 quarts sliced strawberries in sugar, also in the freezer
3 pints sliced strawberries in syrup, again, in the freezer
18 pints of strawberry jam, on my counter hanging out
1 big bowl of fresh strawberries left, which will be used for strawberry shortcake tomorrow (my mom's b-day) and for snacking the rest of the week.
And to top it all off?! My husband is cleaning up because I have been working hard all day :-) Love him!
4 quarts whole strawberries in the freezer (I love smoothies, pop a couple strawberries some oj a banana and some plain nonfat yogurt...yum!)
3 quarts sliced strawberries in sugar, also in the freezer
3 pints sliced strawberries in syrup, again, in the freezer
18 pints of strawberry jam, on my counter hanging out
1 big bowl of fresh strawberries left, which will be used for strawberry shortcake tomorrow (my mom's b-day) and for snacking the rest of the week.
And to top it all off?! My husband is cleaning up because I have been working hard all day :-) Love him!
Friday, June 29, 2007
container garden update
OK, so here it is the end of June and my container garden has taken over the upstairs deck. I love it! I don't have anything that I can eat yet, but I feel by the end of the summer I am going to have more than enough tomatoes, cukes and peppers to do whatever canning I attempt :-) I am so excited about how well they are doing, and I am just praying that whatever I am doing keeps working. Actually, I must confess, all I am doing is watering the plants. I think that because they are in direct sunlight all day long is what really works for them, and being on an upstairs deck away from any pests...and woodchucks (we have a lovely family living next door) also helps :-)
My little herb experiment is working out quite nicely as well. I have plenty of basil, parsley, and cilantro. I end up picking the basil every couple days and then making paninis or this fresh tomato sauce: chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese cubed, olive oil and salt. I like to heat it in the microwave a bit to get the cheese to melt some, and then I eat it plain. Matt puts it over his pasta, and it is sooooo good :-) I did make some guacamole the other day with our cilantro and I couldn't get over how amazing it smelled! I love the smell of freshly cut herbs!
So here are some pictures, they didn't come out great, but it gives you all an idea of how my container garden experiment is going :-)
my first green pepper!
Roma tomato plant...I think anyways...long and skinny looks like a roma to me :-)
My pepper plants being taken over by cucumbers. I didn't get the memo about spacing requirements for planting a garden :-/
All the herbs seemed to grow towards one side of the pot...and I thought I planted them in the middle...oh well, they still taste yummy!
Tomato plants
Some more tomato plants...I planted a lot of tomatoes :-)
My first cherry tomato, can you see it? It's like the size of a pea or something...
My little herb experiment is working out quite nicely as well. I have plenty of basil, parsley, and cilantro. I end up picking the basil every couple days and then making paninis or this fresh tomato sauce: chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese cubed, olive oil and salt. I like to heat it in the microwave a bit to get the cheese to melt some, and then I eat it plain. Matt puts it over his pasta, and it is sooooo good :-) I did make some guacamole the other day with our cilantro and I couldn't get over how amazing it smelled! I love the smell of freshly cut herbs!
So here are some pictures, they didn't come out great, but it gives you all an idea of how my container garden experiment is going :-)
my first green pepper!
Roma tomato plant...I think anyways...long and skinny looks like a roma to me :-)
My pepper plants being taken over by cucumbers. I didn't get the memo about spacing requirements for planting a garden :-/
All the herbs seemed to grow towards one side of the pot...and I thought I planted them in the middle...oh well, they still taste yummy!
Tomato plants
Some more tomato plants...I planted a lot of tomatoes :-)
My first cherry tomato, can you see it? It's like the size of a pea or something...
Friday, June 15, 2007
homesteading
I would like to be a homesteader. Is that possible? I have no idea. I guess I just keep telling myself that I need to take baby steps. The husband and I have taken some gigantic leaps in the last year. We bought a nice 2 acre plot of land...then we bought a cute new car - a Toyota Yaris which gets 42 miles to the gallon, not quite a Prius, but also half as expensive. Then when my father in law broke his back, the husband and I decided to back off on our plans for taking out a ridiculous mortgage to build a home that wasn't even going to be our dream home. Then a house on the same street I grew up on went on the market...and here we are...in that home...in town...and on .22 acres of land. We still own the land, but now are getting a little nervous about how we can continue paying for all of this stuff when I would like to be at home after we have kids.
So this summer I started my own little "urban homestead" project. I decided to do some container gardening. Well container gardening took on a life of it's own. I have 12 tomato plants, a jalapeno plant, a red pepper plant, green pepper plant, 3 cuke plants, basil, cilantro, and parsley. It is kind of crazy to look at the steps going to the upstairs, and then the little deck up there, completely covered with pots of plants. I am hoping that I can get something from the tomato plants, and figured the more I plant, the better chance I have :-)
Now, I would really love to have goats. I used to be in 4-H when I was little and had goats at that time. They never lived at my house, but I went and took care of them everyday. I milked them and showed them at the Windsor Fair. It was a lot of fun. However, I don't think they will let you have goats in town anymore. So, I thought, well maybe we can get some chickens. I can get a few, enough for keeping us supplied with eggs. Nope, the town won't let you keep chickens either. I haven't figured out why yet, but I am sure they have some "good" reason.
That leaves me with just the gardening, which maybe a good thing at this point. I tend to jump in full throttle without really knowing what I am doing. I think my little container garden is a good start. And to satisfy my need for animals, I think that we will get a dog in the fall :-) My hope is that I can take a lot of the produce that I *hopefully* get from my plants, and learn how to can.
I love tomatoes. They are in just about every recipe that I make. I can't get enough of them. I always make huge pots of chili, or meat sauce, or veg sauce. I love to have it in my house. I love to make pico de gallo. I love salsa, and will put it on most everything. I like them in sandwiches and raw and in soup. So because of all this, and because of the ridiculous amount of money I spend on tomato products each week, I am hoping that I can can a lot of tomatoes. And I guess that if my plants don't produce enough fruit, I will hit up the farmer's markets and just buy as many as I can :-)
I am sure this post was all over the place, but that's where I am at right now with my little projects. I am hoping for big outcomes, but preparing for big losses :-) Now I just feel like I need to make a list of things that I am currently doing to cut my energy consumption, and what I would like to do down the road. Maybe that is later though, since I really can't think this early in the morning!
So this summer I started my own little "urban homestead" project. I decided to do some container gardening. Well container gardening took on a life of it's own. I have 12 tomato plants, a jalapeno plant, a red pepper plant, green pepper plant, 3 cuke plants, basil, cilantro, and parsley. It is kind of crazy to look at the steps going to the upstairs, and then the little deck up there, completely covered with pots of plants. I am hoping that I can get something from the tomato plants, and figured the more I plant, the better chance I have :-)
Now, I would really love to have goats. I used to be in 4-H when I was little and had goats at that time. They never lived at my house, but I went and took care of them everyday. I milked them and showed them at the Windsor Fair. It was a lot of fun. However, I don't think they will let you have goats in town anymore. So, I thought, well maybe we can get some chickens. I can get a few, enough for keeping us supplied with eggs. Nope, the town won't let you keep chickens either. I haven't figured out why yet, but I am sure they have some "good" reason.
That leaves me with just the gardening, which maybe a good thing at this point. I tend to jump in full throttle without really knowing what I am doing. I think my little container garden is a good start. And to satisfy my need for animals, I think that we will get a dog in the fall :-) My hope is that I can take a lot of the produce that I *hopefully* get from my plants, and learn how to can.
I love tomatoes. They are in just about every recipe that I make. I can't get enough of them. I always make huge pots of chili, or meat sauce, or veg sauce. I love to have it in my house. I love to make pico de gallo. I love salsa, and will put it on most everything. I like them in sandwiches and raw and in soup. So because of all this, and because of the ridiculous amount of money I spend on tomato products each week, I am hoping that I can can a lot of tomatoes. And I guess that if my plants don't produce enough fruit, I will hit up the farmer's markets and just buy as many as I can :-)
I am sure this post was all over the place, but that's where I am at right now with my little projects. I am hoping for big outcomes, but preparing for big losses :-) Now I just feel like I need to make a list of things that I am currently doing to cut my energy consumption, and what I would like to do down the road. Maybe that is later though, since I really can't think this early in the morning!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
One Local Summer
Well, I guess I didn't even think about others finding my blog...but then I went and posted some links, and of course people can track links. You would think that I would think of things like that before I just put it all out there, but maybe it is better this way. It can be a way of keeping myself accountable.
Speaking of accountability, Liz left a comment to see if I would do One Local Summer. I can't really think of a good reason not to, to tell you the truth. Although I don't have nearly as much knowledge of local food as Liz, I have to be able to find one meal a week that is local. So I will do One Local Summer, and hope for the best.
Now, hopefully people won't view me as crazy and fanatical if they do happen upon my little blog. It is still in it's beginning stages, and like I said, I have so many thoughts going through my mind, I just can't keep up with at all. So, thank you again Liz for pulling me out of the woodwork :-) I will gladly do your One Local Summer, and hope to not fail miserably. Now off to post a comment on her site to really sign myself up :-)
Speaking of accountability, Liz left a comment to see if I would do One Local Summer. I can't really think of a good reason not to, to tell you the truth. Although I don't have nearly as much knowledge of local food as Liz, I have to be able to find one meal a week that is local. So I will do One Local Summer, and hope for the best.
Now, hopefully people won't view me as crazy and fanatical if they do happen upon my little blog. It is still in it's beginning stages, and like I said, I have so many thoughts going through my mind, I just can't keep up with at all. So, thank you again Liz for pulling me out of the woodwork :-) I will gladly do your One Local Summer, and hope to not fail miserably. Now off to post a comment on her site to really sign myself up :-)
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