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Tomato Seeds
Hooray! It’s time to start planting seeds (at least in Houston it is…).According to Year Round Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers for Metro Houston, it’s time to plant tomato seeds indoors. I used those expanding peat moss seed growing things. They are fun to watch expand!
Perhaps I should not actually feature my gardening endeavors on this blog, since I have pretty much no idea what I am doing. I try to read books as much as I can, but when those books tell me things I don’t want to hear, then I’m forced to ignore them. For example, apparently, you need to raise tomato seeds under fluorescent lights instead … Read More
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Getting Back on Track
Okay, I have gained approximately six pounds since Christmas. And I feel it. I feel it when I squeeze into my pants, get them buttoned, and then my belly inches over the waistband. I feel it when I run and my butt jiggles so much it hurts. Seriously. (I apologize for being so graphic.)I think the problem is two-fold (or maybe three-fold?). First, I do best with routines and habits. We had a two-week winter vacation which was awesome, but we did not follow our normal routines and habits. We ate out a lot. We snacked a lot. We ate a lot of dessert.
Secondly, I’ve been focusing more … Read More
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Cheese & Chocolate Fondue Party
Matt and I host monthly potlucks for the Houston Heights Time Bank. This year we made a new year’s resolution to: a) make the potlucks more innovative and interesting and b) to expand the guest list by inviting some of our favorite friends.Our first one of the new year was a cheese and chocolate fondue party. Mmm, mmm, good!
Making cheese fondue from scratch can be quite expensive, so we opted for a pre-packed kind from Whole Foods. Matt picked it up on his way home from work, and he reports that it cost something like $6. What a deal! People complimented the cheese fondue, so I will … Read More
