Archive for September, 2010

Oct 2 Saturday 9am-3pm and Oct 3 Sunday 12-3pm Merritt College Horticulture Club 12500 Campus Drive Oakland www.merrittlandhort.com I’ll be there helping you carry plants to your car on Sunday. Go me… I guess.

I just realized I don’t know anyone else going to BlogHer Food. Anyone?

Some one who lived here a long time ago liked roses and plum trees. The roses are hoary and gigantic and the plum trees are so old that they are dying and will never produce fruit again. Actually we had an arborist come in today and he cut down most of the plum trees, some [...]

This week is my week to cook for Jack’s new school, which I will blog about a bit later. I have to cook a meal, and transport it, for 9 toddlers and 4 adults. This is stressing me out on a few levels. First of all, we just moved like 2 days ago and I [...]

Fast easy way to infuse alcohol (or whatever) with fun flavors. I blogged a while back about making Earl Grey infused Vodka (I highly recommend this!) and you can use this iSi Cream Whipper method to do it quickly on the spot. Fun! This article by the Cooking Issues Blog gives very detailed instructions on [...]

Cat update

V’ger seems to be doing slightly better. She can walk again and her appetite is mostly back. so, YAY! She’s so brave!

Before and In-Progress

Welp. I’ve been busy y’all. Very-so busy. Our absurd first time home owner dreams of waiting to move in to our new house until the renovations were complete were totaly horse shit as I’m sure season home owners knew. As if we could plan and coordinate like 4 million contractors all in 1.5 months. WTH? [...]

My cat had a stroke last night (I think). She couldn’t really walk. Today she seems a tiny bit better but is still listing to one side and sort of staggering. Since she’s seeming a little better this afternoon I am no longer frantically looking up at-home pet euthanasia. Which is a great idea, no? [...]