New pics

It started out as us both reading the newspaper(couldn't get the camera out fast enough), then he got bored with the paper and moved to seed catalogs....yumm squash

If he wasn't a Rock Star he wouldn't be my boyfriend

Come here and give your mother a kiss!!!

I'll have what he's having....

Dear James,


You know how we had that convo last week about you and your need to motivate? and how I yelled at you and told you to get your shit together? Yeah...Tonight I am in need of one of those talks. Lets make that happen soon...I need some good motivation.


Love,
Angel



I feel like shit!! I have had this weird non sinus, sinus drainage thing going on for like 4 or 5 days now and a pretty good fever. yuck! Thursday I took off work and slept ALL day. OK from like 8 to 2 but still. I am sitting here now blogging instead of working on my paper that is due Wednesday or reading anything...I can't focus at all tonight. I think I might call it a night and bust ass tomorrow and get shit done!



I bought an acorn squash this weekend just because I have never had acorn squash before. Really the little things in life make all the difference.



Tommy's grandma passed away this weekend. He seems pretty bummed. I think we are going out to Chicago next week. I have never been. I hope Jake does OK on a plane.



Makes me miss my grandma.



Tasha bridal shower was fun. All of her and Mark's family think I am some sort of bad ass. Makes me giggle. I had to admit to my Mom a couple of things I had done today. Like the liquor we stole(from her) for senior week and hid in the spare tire compartment of my trunk. I'm 24 you can't ground me now! "Oh I've heard about you" that's all I heard today. I bought Tasha a bunch of naughty gifts....hehe...my present didn't get opened in front of everyone :) God I hope I never have to open lingerie that my mother in law gives to me as a gift. WEIRD!



We took our second trip to Maymont (http://www.maymont.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=217&srcid=-2) Saturday. I LOVE Maymont!! Tommy and I got quite the workout while Jake got to explore the park. There is SO much there to do, its 10 minutes away and its free. LOVE IT! I want to work there. I would pick up trash as long as I got to wander around the park all day. I check like 3 times a week for job openings at the park. One day.......

I promised myself I would get to bed by 11 tonight. I got 5 minutes.

things I need to do

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any one got a couple hundred dollars of so I can have?? Damnit!

randomness of the evening

I don't really feel like getting into a long essay like post this evening. My brain is just not there. Here is where I am at:

I am really into this song -
Marc Broussard 'Lonely Night In Georgia' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI2WfD2i4HM)

I made Pepper sauce tonight for dinner. Out of The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest (http://http//www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Broccoli-Katzens-Classic-Cooking/dp/1580081266). I thought it was pretty yummy! I think it could of been better with some feta, but I like feta in anything. We added flank steak to the recipe. Tommy is not down with my idea of having 1 or 2 vegetarian meals a week for dinner(starting slow). "I like meat!" so Jake and I will be going at it without him. I am pretty sure he will come around once he sees the wonderfulness that I will be producing! I don't think I could handle being full fledged vegetarian. The reason I want to start incorporating more full vegetarian meals into our diet is because I want to live out of our garden most of the year if not all year, and we don't have seeds that grow cows or pigs. I am looking into the cost benefits of buying a whole cow at a time. To help Tommy satisfy his love affair with red meat. We have a farm close by(Brookview Farm -http://www.brookviewfarm.com/Home.html ) that has grass feed certified organic beef for purchase and I was told that they would sell me a cow at a time. hmmm....now all I need is a deep freezer. $$$. I wonder if my landlord would go in with me on getting a couple of cows. I need milk too, and a goat so Jake could have milk (lactose intolerant) He already said I could get chickens!! We need to start working on our chicken tractor! (http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/tractors.html). I am more excited about having chickens then you would believe...DORK! Bill my landlord, was excited and a little nervous after I showed him my permaculture plan from class last semester. I showed him just because I was proud of it, but he thinks its my plan for the yard. I'm going with it, I glad he is so open to what I want to do!

Tuesday I ventured into chemical free skin care. Oatmeal Orange face wash. Good stuff! Ground Oatmeal and Orange Peel that's it! I dried the orange peel in the oven, made the house smell lovely! if it can handle the oil slick that is my skin then its damn good! My skin is very soft... and smells great.

The farmers market is not a grocery store. People that act like it is irk me. Tell me where bananas grow in VA or why vendors have Dole bananas for sale in the first place. Also just because it's local doesn't mean it's grown organic. Talk to your farmers! ask them about their farms! support Local Organic growers!

I want an ibook.

My family is falling to pieces. I read a quote today out of Skirt magazine(http://www.skirt.com/). "Drop out of family drama and let them work it out or go to war without you." Sorry everyone, but that just about sums up how I feel about it. Selfish, maybe to you, but to me and my sanity it is the best remedy. I will be here to support and love you, but I will not give up my life, my focus, or my happiness any longer.

That's about all I got for tonight. I need to get some rest.