Well, new house, so I’m planting a new garden.  Since it’s late summer already, my options are slim.  So far, I’ve got lettuce, spinach, basil and peppers.  I’m planning for cabbage, but I still have to find the seeds or seedlings for those.  Anyway, here are some early pictures of Garden 2.0:

That’s not a dirt pie you see, readers.  (Although it was in the oven earlier - for sterilization.)  It’s potential.

Seedling bed

I guess you can tell I’m definitely back in Manhattan when even the basil plants are purple.

And here, something a little further along:

Poblanos - to ensure my food will have a nice kick.

More of the new garden to follow.  Don’t miss out!  Yes, it is that thrilling!!!

I just found this awesome video and thought I’d share it.

It’s amazing to see on such a crazy scale, just how insignificant we really are compared to everything else in the universe?!  Blows my mind every time.

Unbelievable.  This is my fourth try at making the same stupid loaf of baguette.  And I’m 0 for 4 for actually having something that people would consistently be able to eat without fear of breaking a tooth off with a mouthful of stone/bread.  So far it seems I have a better chance of discovering the philosopher’s stone and turning lead to gold than of being able to make something edible.  I present the following video:

Riley County 4-H Grand Champion Baker Tina came over yesterday, and we baked some bread!  And it was real bread, unlike my previous attempts.

We tried to figure out what I was doing so wrong before, and it seems like I was burning the yeast.  So, now I know what to do, eh, sort of.  “The water should be the temperature of a baby’s bottle,” Tina says.  Because I know what that is…  Anyway, hopefully this means that I’ll be able to get some other loaves going, instead of baking concrete.

Tina would like to say some words:

I’m sure this post’s title sounds like I’ll be doing something gross.  That’s sort of true.

This morning as I was sitting in bed I heard this report on shampooing hair.  To paraphrase, washing your hair every day is not necessary.  Your sebaceous glands adapt and stop producing oil all the time, instead only producing enough to establish the right amount.  It’s not the first time I’ve heard that, and you might say I’ve been mulling it over in the back of my head for a while now.  Now I’ve got to pat myself on the back/head here, because I’m lucky enough to have some really decent hair going on when I wash it every day.  I don’t use expensive shampoos and conditioners, partly because I’m poor, but partly because I don’t really have to use them to have nice hair.  Basically I’m starting off at a good point.  So I’ll pose that age old question - What’s the worst that can happen?!

Anyway, I’m already on an every other day schedule, so I’m bumping it up.  Today is day 3, and I’m not gonna lie, it’s a little greasy.  I’m not going to be able to keep it down, that’s for sure.  Not that I actually keep my hair down a lot these days anyway, it’s too easy just to throw it up in a ponytail or something because I don’t really go to work or anything.  It almost makes me want to experiment with cutting my own hair, but that’s a conversation for another day.  Moving along!

Anyway, I’m planning on a 4-5 day routine for a while, but I’ll definitely wash it if I have to do something that requires some dandy hair.  I’ve also got some Bumble & Bumble Hair Powder going on today too, so it’s really not that bad.

Day 3

What?  I’m unemployed.  What else am I gonna do all day?!

UPDATE:

Day 4 is here, and it’s no beauty contest, that’s for sure.

Day 4

Definitely a ponytail kind of day, not that I’m sad about it.  The best part was when I was about to get in the shower and I was brushing my hair back to pull up, and it just stayed there.  It looks like when I was 12 and I got into my mom’s hair gel without knowing what I was doing, and I just put a ton of it on.  It doesn’t feel too bad though, as long as I pile it up on my head and ignore it.  Check back next week for the continuing drama.