Oh, ouch, Barb--I hope nothing's wrong!!

I'm in the middle of doing my waaay overdue laundry right now. I had to wait since someone else beat me to the washers, but finally got in an hour later.

It cuteness news, my kitty has taken to "loafing" on a pile of pillows. She looks like "The Princess and the Pea".

Mine did two things she's never done before today. One wasn't so good (she horked up on the couch--luckily, I caught it soon after said horkage occurred), but the other was really cute. I had the bottom drawer of my chest open to pull out a sweatshirt (it got really cold when the cold front moved in this afternoon), and she couldn't resist the drawer being open about four inches and finally got her whole body in to lay down on the sweats. She was only in there a minute or so, but oh so adorable!

Try a little cheese or a handful of almonds or walnuts just before your predicted blood sugar drop, Teppy. Protein and fat--just a little--can help stabilize your glucose.

Barb, ow. I hope nothing's damaged.

lisah, I have no idea what to tell you, I've never dealt with a diabetic cat. But you and he have my stable overnight health wishes.

Erin, you're absolutely beautiful in those pictures. Well, all the time, but especially on your wedding day.

I think I'm going to cook some whole wheat penne pasta and then toss a ton of veg in there. Baby spinach, grape tomatoes, cucumber, red and green onion, sugar snap peas, bell pepper, and top it off with garlic, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.

I've been looking for dresses, partly because of What Not To Wear and partly because my coworker is getting married next month and the only dresses I own are black. I ordered this in green and also this dress. And some denim pencil skirts. I hope they fit.

The green dress is so cute- I wanted to order it, but they didn't have my size.

I am making broccoli, egg noodles, butter and garlic. With vermouth.

This conversation has made me look into CSAs here. There's one that will give you 10 lb of organic beef a month for $55. There's one dedicated solely to root crops, and a few others. There's also an organic food co-op that does weekly boxes, and delivers to your door.

It's tempting, because I wouldn't have to schlepp to the farmers market unless I have to, but I fear the spoilage.

I like the greens in both of those, shrift.

Today I went on a local farm tour with a friend. The nearby hippie coop grocery organizes it every spring, and I think 30 or so farms participate. We were able to get to four. Still, I got to pet an angora bunny and watch baby goats and sheep bounce about. And there was a wine tasting and a bunch of growing things. It was a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Tonight's dinner was a salad of lettuce and radishes from my CSA, avocados and tomato from the above mentioned hippie grocery, and olives, croutons, and blue cheese dressing. Now I'm gonna take some local strawberries, drizzle some cream over them, and nom nom nom.

I totally would have ordered that green dress if they'd had it in my size.

Shrift, they are both cute, but I totally love that linen one.

I just put some broccoli and cauliflower on to roast but I haven't figured out what to have with it yet.

I love the green in that second one. I just painted my bathroom almost that color.

I can't remember where I read it, but at least one nutritionist blog I follow says that whole wheat pasta is bullshit and not to bother. (Basically that the word "whole" is only health-relevent when it refers to an intact grain - aka brown rice - and nsm when the grain has been processed, purified, and then had the individual elements reconstituted to approximate the same germ-to-bran-to-hull proportions of a whole grain.)

Tonight we had lamb sausages with a chickpea and tomato salad.

With the optional fruit and egg shares (veggies are mandatory), my CSA is about $600 for the season, and a full share is enough for 4 omnivores (or 2 pretty hungry vegetarians) every week. Splitting a full share is a much better deal than buying a half-share for me - the pickup for half shares is every other week, and there are sometimes things that the half shares just don't get.