Apartment 2024

• Pots and Pans

  When I was in senior in college, I found a massive Le Creuset pot at a thrift store for $10. It was bright yellow and I was instantly smitten with it. I remember trying to talk my small town thrift store into discounting the price, but even they knew what [...]
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  Fetched: November 06, 2009, 6:02am EST
  

• NaBloPoMo – Unofficially

  You may have noticed that there's been more activity on this blog in the last few days than in the whole previous month. That's because it's NaBloPoMo, the month during which people all across the world commit to post on their personal blogs every day for 30 days straight. Thing [...]
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  Fetched: November 04, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  

• Pick a Sports Columnist, Any Sports Columnist

  Tonight I got home a little later from work than normal, which means that I saw a different crop of people waiting for the elevators than I typically do (funny how when you travel along well-rutted time paths, how you always encounter the same faces). There were two people talking [...]
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  Fetched: November 04, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  

• Clean Laundry Mountain

  In my family, my mother is the chief laundry officer. She takes the movement of clothing from clean to dirty to clean and folded once more very seriously. Tee-shirts get folded so that they stack precisely and fit most efficiently in the drawers. Pants are vigorously shaken before being smoothed [...]
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  Fetched: November 04, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  

• Applesauce

  I spent the day doing a variety of kitchen-based activities. The thing I'm most delighted with? The ten pints of applesauce this pot yielded. Soon, a recipe (actually, more of a technique) will be up on Food in Jars, but for now, I'm just reveling in the satisfying abundance of [...]
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  Fetched: November 04, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  

• End of July check-in

  Wow. What happened to July? I am positively gobsmacked by the speed with which time is passing. I realize I should be used to it now, life has been accelerating ever since I graduated from college, but I still can't help but be startled by it. What's new? Well, I was' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Garden Update

  My garden has been in the ground for just about a month now, and it's really starting to catch up with the other plots around me. I've got one little zucchini and bunches of flowers that make me hopeful for many more. The cucumbers are taking over and are blooming' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Wedding Vows

  Scott and I got married to one another on Saturday, September 26th. It was an amazing day and while the weather wasn't quite as warm as I would have liked, the rain held off until just after we finished cleaning up. The food our friends and family brought to share' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• New Jar Storage

  There's a wall in my kitchen that, when rapped strongly, always sounded hollow. The storage space in my little galley comes at a premium and so I've frequently wished that I could bash into that empty space and add a few more shelves. Well, this week, my dream is coming' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Wedding Weather

  Right now, this is the weather forecast for the day of our wedding. This is perfect. I need it to stay exactly like this. If you are so inclined (and if you believe in such things), I would so appreciate positive thoughts and prayers in the direction of the weather, [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Camp Tockwogh 2009

  It pains me that this site has become nearly defunct in recent days, but at the moment, the bulk of my energy is going into maintaining Food in Jars, making things to feature over there and getting everything ready for the wedding. However, I've got a few moments right now and' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Sending Back the Sigg

  I've carried a water bottle with me since high school. Back in those early days, I reused a large disposable bottle that I carried around in an insulated carrier I picked up at Eddie Bauer (EB was way cool during the 1990s in Portland, OR). When I went to college,' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Ruined kettle

  I don't lose things and I rarely break things. Ever since I was a kid, I've taken really good care of my stuff. That's why when I do get distracted and ruin something, sort of rocks my world and sends me racing to repair or replace the damaged object. A couple [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• A New Fork You! (Fork Off 1)

  Back in the days before getting married to one another was even a remote possibility, Scott and I spent a lot of time together making a series of silly cooking videos. Once we finally got our heads out of respective asses and figured out that being together made an enormous [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST
  

• Post-Wedding Processing

  In the two weeks since Scott and I returned from our honeymoon, I've been feeling a little lost. For so many months, my energy and focus was directed towards making everything come together for September 26th that once the day was past, I felt a little uncertain, directionless. I realize' [...]
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  Fetched: November 01, 2009, 12:01pm EST