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.