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March 06, 2009

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Coloring My Sisterlocks

November 14, 2013

Call me vain, but I hate the gray. I am by no means ready to "grow old gracefully". I'm not even middle-aged yet!

When I got my locs installed they told me I should either color right before installation or I would have to wait a year. A year! I thought I could stick it out, I didn't want any chemicals on my hair before installation (at this point henna hadn't even crossed my radar). Back in July I had colored dark brown and within a month my roots were bad.
I've been artfully doing a side-part to hide the worst of it. But at my two-month tightening my loctitian made a random comment about the colors in my hair.

Last week I contacted my loctitian and didn't exactly beg, but was possibly persuasive enough that she gave me the go-ahead to use henna a week before my re-ti (CAUTION!!!! This is not recommended!!!! My locs are only three months old and all responsibility for anything negative that happens is my own damn impatient fault).

I ordered this kit and …

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NASA - Moon Phases: 6000 Year Catalog

September 24, 2005

Wow! This site is cool! I asked a friend for a good place to plot the phases of the moon, since not all calendars include it now.
The tables available though the links below give the date and time (Universal Time) of all phases of the Moon for the six thousand year period -1999 to 3000 (2000 BCE to 4000 CE). This data is provided primarily to assist in historical research projects. For the year 2000, the length of the mean synodic month (New Moon to New Moon) is 29.530588 days (=29d12h44m03s). However, the length of any one synodic month can vary from 29.26 to 29.80 days due to the perturbing effects of the Sun's gravity on the Moon's eccentric orbit.

Each one hundred-year phase table also indicates when an eclipse of the Sun or Moon takes place. An eclipse of the Sun can occur only at New Moon, while an eclipse of the Moon can occur only at Full Moon.

Historians should note that the astronomical dating system used in these tables includes the year "0" while the tr…

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Menu Plan Monday: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

August 02, 2015

I might have stocked up on chicken parts last week (or maybe two weeks ago), and the items on that menu plan made lots of leftovers, plus a trip to NOLA, and I haven't had to go grocery shopping in a while. After taking stock of what meat was still in the freezer, this trip will mainly be veggies and side dishes.

Sunday: Pineapple Ceviche - inspired by the yellowfin tuna cones at SoBou. So good! I still need to write up that trip. Maybe I will while noshing on ceviche.

Monday: Jerk Chicken and Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Tuesday: Chicken Cacciatore (Whole30) Wednesday: Pecan Crusted Chicken (no breadcrumbs) Thursday: Casablanca Chutney Chicken
Friday: Early birthday trip, I better not have to cook dinner. Saturday: Still celebrating. I'll probably post all my delicious eats on Foodspotting.

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Menu Plan Monday: Out of Time

May 21, 2018

Unfortunately, not R.E.M nor Denzel related. I just don’t have enough time in the day to get things done. I need a few clones of myself. So here I am, taking a few minutes at the end of the work day, before I start my commute, trying to scramble on menu planning and debating the energy-draining thoughts of driving my commute, grocery shopping, and then cooking dinner.

Eff that.
But rather than order out (so tempting!!!), I decided that it was worth my time and sanity to have someone else grocery shop for me.
Instacart is worth my sanity this week: https://t.co/E4DpnpBQdD — Annette (@daNanner) May 21, 2018
With my daughter still restricted to a FODMAPS diet, I had to pick things that everyone liked and wouldn't require me to be a short-order cook like I have been for the last few weeks. For the record, I try to stick to Paleo/Paleo AIP. She's FODMAPs, and he's Keto.
So - here's this week's FODMAP/Paleo/Keto Friendly Dinner Menu
Monday: Primal Jambalaya
Tuesday: Br…

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40 Days of Clean Eating - Part 1

March 05, 2018

I didn't want to completely re-invent the wheel so I scavenged my blog and social media posts for recipes with photos. Almost everything here should be able to prepped and cooked within 30 minutes or less.
Days 1-10
Spinach FrittataMy omelets always tend to get messy, so I learned to cover the pan and let the steam cook the top instead of trying (and failing) to flip them properly without breakfast falling on the floor. This is filled with Crimini mushrooms, diced onions, garlic, baby spinach and a yummy shaved cheese blend of Toscano, cheddar and aged Parmesan.

Grilled steak and brown butter thyme butternut squash
What do you eat after donating blood? Coffee-rubbed (TraderJoe'ss coffee and garlic) grilled steak and brown butter thyme butternut squash. Mmmm butter. Kerrygold so it's all paleo compliant.

Recipe:Butternut Squash with Browned Butter and ThymePan roasted brussels sprouts and squash with chicken sausage (Whole 30, pg 286)

Eggplant heavy Ratatouille (Whole 30 pg 28…

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Menu Plan Monday: Downsized

April 14, 2013

My daughter is spending most of the week at her dad's this week (at least that's how it seems) and last week I think I only cooked twice. So I don't have recipes this week. Sunday and Monday

Sunday: Baked Fried Chicken (recipe coming) with mashed sweet potatoes (paleo friendly, had to figure out how to replace the butter, personally tweaked recipe coming) and (Fresh & Easy) Mediterranean Roasting Vegetables
Monday: White Bean Chicken Chili (recipe coming)
Tuesday: Salad
Wednesday: TBD
Thursday: Dinner out
Friday: Steak Fajitas
Saturday: Leftovers

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Every Day is a New Day

February 06, 2018

To make new mistakes or fix yesterday's

I told myself "February's Goal - No Unnecessary Spending."
I wasn't going to spend any money this month (on shopping) and that I was going to get my budget under control.

I told two people so that I could be held accountable. I also did a shitton of shopping at the end of January for everything I thought I might need in February, canceled my Amazon Subscribe and Save products for the month (we're backlogged two months and running out of storage anyway) and paid off a bunch of bills.

And then I went to Target two mornings in a row. I blame a post I saw on FB for planting the idea. I mean, it's semi-justifiable shopping. I was in some serious need of B-Vitamins after the SuperBowl, and there was a coupon. And with some other stuff going on, I've been emo-eating brown sugar pop tarts at work, so I bought a box because that's cheaper than buying singles at work every day. And Thermacare. This cold is killing my…

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It's the simple things that make technology seem like magic

January 10, 2018

This morning's pre-coffee adventure involved looking for something that I have seen time and time again and yet couldn't find. My reserved Zipcar!

In this case, one reserved at the Rozzie Village Commuter Rail stop. I have seen the cars multiple times as I ride the train. You look out the window, and there they are. I swear, I couldn't find the car this morning. Part of the confusion, now that I am looking at the map, is that in the app it just says
"Fit Bride / Roslindale Village Commuter Rail" The actual website has detailed information, but who would have thought to use that???? I was, of course, in the lower (South) lot. It was the only one I knew from driving into the Village Square.

If you follow me on twitter or Instagram, you may be thinking, "Wait, you have a Jeep, why do you need a Zipcar???" Well, sometimes you just need a second car. H needed to travel today for work, and normally in the spring or summer, commuter rail would have worked, b…

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Podcast Anniversary: Rebecca & James Hicks & The Roomba From Hell

January 29, 2018

About a year ago I got to have a great conversation with some old-time friends of a friend (long story) - Rebecca and James Hicks on The Geek Questioner Podcast. Rebecca is the author of the webcomic "Little Vampires".

This week we interview the dynamic duo behind the Tiny Little Vampires web comic and geek out over all manner of things. From a close encounter with Carrie Fisher to space vampires, rogue space probes, superhero TV shows, games like the Witcher 3, summer homes in Rivendell, living in the Cars universe, and more!
Have a listen and don't mind the giggling:

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Green Twitter - Environmental Resources

June 23, 2008

Sent to you by 'Nette via Google Reader: Green Twitter - Environmental Resources via (Anti) Social Development by Kim Woodbridge on 6/6/08

photo credit: TeamEki On May 21, 2008 many Twitter users participated in a Twit-Out in protest to the many problems the service has been having recently. In response Sarah Perez, of ReadWriteWeb, wrote How to Use Social Media for Social Change. Sarah thought that the anger users were displaying toward the Twitter outages and instability could have been directed in a more positive manner toward social causes.I was pleased to see this article because I was feeling the same sentiment. I am addicted to and dependent on Twitter but it is a free service. And then I think about everything going on in the world and realize that Twitter hiccups are trivial in light of war, famine, food and gas prices, and the degradation of the environment. Personally, I'm trying to stay focused on the big picturePostings on Twitter, however, are just a, hopefully, smal…

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