2011 July

Why yes…

July 24, 2011 by Peabody · 15 Comments

...my BBQ spatula IS a goalie mask! Would I have it any other way. Did you BBQ this weekend? … [Read more...]

Dear Seattle, I still love you. I realize that I am one of the few that does but want you to know that. Please ignore all the people whining that they are not getting a summer. They are confused. Summer is not a weather pattern, but a season this year starting June 21st and lasting until September 23rd. So we are getting a summer, some of us understand this. Those of us who understand this also don’t complain about it, because as far as I know, no one can change the weather. You have whatever weather you are feeling Seattle. Maybe you recently broke up with someone and a little gray and rain are what is getting you through the day. Dear fellow Seattleites, Please stop actually praying for sunshine. Of all the things that are going on in the world, the weather seems like the most frivolous of things to worry about. If you are saying that you only get two months of good weather and you feel you are being robbed, other parts of the country are quite warm. Take a vacation. Or move. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: candy, chocolate, Fun Food · Tagged With: chocolate, Marshmallow, Nutella, Quit Complaining, S'mores, Seattle

You can take the girl out of the trailer…

July 20, 2011 by Peabody · 26 Comments

My gym has a cardio theater, if you don’t know what that is, large movie screen with cardio equipment in there so you can watch a movie and work out. It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because if it’s a good movie and you really get involved then you can have a long workout and a curse because I rarely do a hard workout because I am busy watching the movie. The other day they had on Sweet Home Alabama. It had just started and I got sucked into the whole movie. The scene where McDreamy’s mom tells Reese’s mom in the movie to go back to her double wide and fry something, and Reese turns around and punches her got me thinking. She fought so hard to move out and on with her life, but in the end her roots brought her back. So I ask, you can take the girl out of the trailer BUT you can you take the trash out of the girl? And before I get the hate mail on this, I know there are perfectly good mobile homes, you know exactly what I am talking about. I always laugh that my … [Read more...]

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Contain This: Setbacks

July 19, 2011 by Peabody · 15 Comments

Well, I am 3 months into my Home Farm project and even with some recent setbacks I can say that I am still overjoyed with what my Home Farm has taught me (and produced) this summer. Setbacks you say? Yep. My first setback was one I didn’t account for as I always assumed that sun and warmth would be a good thing. And while they are to some degree, we had one really warm day which produced me a TON of snap peas (peas for Peabody!!!) but also caused my broccoli to form flowers. :( Once the broccoli grows flowers you can’t eat it. As you can see from the picture I got flowers. Luckily for me though I still had quite a few other stalks, though I panicked at the idea of not getting to use them. So I probably prematurely chopped some of them to make soup. But I wasn’t missing my chance to make Broccoli Cheddar Soup with broccoli from my very own patio! So even though many of my plants when planted said that they needed 5-6 hours of sun, they seem to like the rainy overcast weather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Better Homes and Gardens, Home Farming, soup, Triscuit ·