cassidyrose | sunshine and the zoo (Reply)

I just got home from spending four hours plus at the zoo with S. It was a beautiful day and I so glad we spent it outside. We had a good time and he walked the whole trip today--no stroller. He somewhat surprised me by eating the raw red onions on his bean burger before he ate the burger, but he is funny like that. We rode the train and he rode the car ride a couple of times and he was very happy with it all. We saw one of my sister's friends and former co-workers there and said hello--that was nice.

ptor had a phone screen for one job earlier today and he is now on an in-person interview for another. They are both in SF which kind of sucks, but we are beyond being that picky. We are hoping something comes through and soon.

Not too much else going on here. Just hammering away at house clean-up/organization. I have containers for all my assorted flours (bread, wheat, all purpose, pastry, gluten, chickpea, light rye, dark rye and semolina) and I am finally getting all my baking supplies duly sorted. I am on day seven of the great sourdough starter experiment and it is, well, festery, which seems appropriate. I am unreasonably excited about it.

I made chickpea cutlets from Veganomicon the other night and we really liked them. They are being added to the list of things to make and freeze for lunches and dinners. I am also quite pleased with their recipe for black bean burgers. I also finally figured out how to modify their lemon-roasted potatoes recipe so that the damned potatoes would could and crisp. I parboiled them then broiled the fuckers. That did the trick. So, so good.

We have starts to put in the garden but we need to break up the ground first. Lots to do in the yard.

Now I need to figure out dinner for tonight. I am feeling less than enthusiastic. But I have asparagus AND artichokes, so life is good.