Getting Things Done flexibly

Web Worker Daily has finished posting a three-part interview with David Allen, author of Getting Things Done. I found the second and third parts very interesting, as David mentions how some people think they have to subscribe to every detail of the system described in in the book and give up on the whole thing. [...]

Freezer shortcuts

The freezer can be a great tool for saving time in the kitchen or for saving money… or both! I like to buy in bulk and also pre-prep some foods, store it in the freezer, and pull things out when I need them. Here are some of the things I like to do: Meat freezer [...]

In which we go out of town and buy a house

One of my groundhog day resolutions this year was to buy a house. Check! It resolved rather quickly, although the build-up took a while: Last year, I receive a letter about low-income housing that will be available specifically for small-business owners. I check the income level. We are over. But some of our good friends [...]

Nutmeg sleeps.

On the way to the kitchen for a snack, I found Nutmeg draped over the “hill” of blanket, with her face buried in a fold: A couple hours later, she had slid down the hill of blanket: And even later, had apparently rearranged herself to be even more comfortable:

YummyDummy chocolate

I’ve been awfully quiet on the blog. No, the baby hasn’t come two months early — I’ve just gotten a lot of work all of a sudden and we’ve had some event-filled weeks recently! Related to both of those changes, I’ve also been cooking less and we’ve been eating out more with visiting friends, so [...]

Reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Finished reading: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan – Another must-read on my list! One of the main food issue books out there by journalist Michael Pollan, who follows the “natural history of four meals” in great detail. Each main section of the book (there are three sections, but four meals, which confused me until [...]

CSA Box: Many meals

I’m giving up on the day-by-day post idea, but still intend to post photos and formal and informal “recipes” or meal descriptions as I work through our CSA box contents. Using up the remaining items from our first CSA box, I made potato-leek soup using a recipe from America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook with Farmer’s [...]

7 year old sings National Anthem

Incredible. Via Orson Scott Card’s Hatrack.com.

Dave’s Groundhog Day Forms

Dave Seah now has two different forms that you can use to create and keep track of Groundhog Day resolutions. The first helps you list your goals and figure out tangible results and specific tasks. The second is a version of his Compact Calendar to rough out a schedule of when you want things to [...]

Happy Groundhog Day!

I had a fun and rather unproductive time over the holidays and it has nearly taken all of January for me to get back into the flow of things. Now that it’s Groundhog Day, I’m ready to set some goals for the year (or at least the next few months) using Dave Seah’s Groundhog Day [...]