Tuesday Has No Phones

This weekend I:

* Pulled weeds
* Set up a small brick path to the crawlspace
* Had a headache
* Went to the RenFaire
* Did laundry
* Canned tomatoes

Other than the headache, not so bad I'd say.

Breakfast today was toasted rustic bread, creamy raw-milk cheese, fried eggs, and proper tea. Other than the tea all the components came from local farms. To say it was yummy is an understatement. And I can now attest from personal experience that yes, eggs that have recently come from a chicken are leagues better than what you get off the shelves in the store. Once I blow through the remaining store-bought eggs in my fridge I'll be doing farm fresh from now on.

The movement towards sustainability and locavoring (if that's not a word, I declare it to be one now) has spawned a new service in my area where a woman goes to farms in my state, asks them what they have on offer this week, then for a $15 dollar fee will deliver whatever of those items that you want (plus the cost of the food, obviously). This is the second time I've used the service and I LOVE it. She delivers to houses and restaurants and the food is amazing. It's like a CSA excpet you only buy what you want, or a farmer's market only with more options on what you can have.

Plus one of the farms sells yarn. Yarn. YARN DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME ALMOST DIRECTLY FROM THE SHEEP. Also donuts. Theoretically there is no need for me to leave my house ever again.

All that's left is for you to think good thoughts about the tomatoes I got. Because naturally the year I finally decide to try caning due to finding out how to can tomatoes without a pressure cooker is the year that local tomatoes have been hit by blight. The grape tomatoes on my porch are doing okay but those aren't exactly canable. Plus I haven't had a tomato yet that has that orgasmic "OMGYES" summer tomato taste to it. Hopefully there's a farm around here that's had some luck, or else I'm going to be very pouty.

Also on the topic of sustainability and roughing it, I'm going to be making use of some of the tricks I've learned this weekend as the hot water heater for my entire complex is broken and we're being told it won't be fixed until Monday. Nothing like old skool water-heating tricks to figure out how to do pesky things like bathe so you can make it into work and not immediately be fired on the basis of smell alone.

I also have laundry to do but fortunately it's all stuff that can be run through a cold wash. It'll get hung outside to dry so I should probably get cracking on that before it decides to rain again.

Gave myself a four-day weekend. I got so much done as far as cleaning, organizing, and creating that I am amazed I'm not dead yet. At this point going into the office will be comparatively relaxing. (...famous last words)

It was, of course, way too frakking hot outside. Though that did have the benefit of making my laundry dry quickly. I'm telling ya, that's about the only thing I like about hot days.

Amongst my many things done this weekend was weeding what amounts to my garden. A surprising number (read: any) of plants have survived the winter! And now they are growing! I assure you this is purely by accident and none of my doing. Though I did help by yanking out the weeds that tried to take over. Agressive little buggers!

Speaking of plants, question for the gardeners in the crowd: Is it possible to buy moonflowers and/or morning glories as seedlings? I ask because my apartment is not condusive to starting plants from seed. Seedlings, however, are no problem. My hope is to use them to cover up a patch near my apt that's currently nothing but a cement wall. Hardly pretty.

And as long as I'm asking questions, why can't I find icons for The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency? The internet needs to step up on that right now!