laurenisms

We just wrapped up selling our previous house, which was somewhat of an ordeal. We never listed it — the offer was unsolicited — so we didn’t ever go through the push to get it cleaned up and ready to sell. That push happened over the last couple of weeks; the sale closed on the [...]

Our poor little Max cat got a little smushed by a car on Thursday night. His pelvis is broken, which is not great.

The Friday morning vet said we were looking at $3500+ of surgery to realign and pin everything. Or, if we choose not to do surgery, but instead let it heal naturally, the [...]

So she joined Facebook. She will approve your friend request!

Glasses, left in the men’s restroom.
An iPhone
A rosary, left in “the library.”

Says the guy across the table from me, “that’s two communication devices lost today!”

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Lunch, originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

BI oysters with mignonette made from local Red Dog Farm shallots; Salumi salami and mole salami, homegrown goat cheddar, storebought manchego, and two Mt. Townsend cheeses; homemade crackers; homemade goat [...]

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Green garlic kimchi, originally uploaded by laurenipsum.

After this recipe for ramp greens kimchi, except with homegrown green garlic. The peppers (paprika and cayenne) were also last year’s homegrown. Ginger, soy sauce, and sesame oil [...]

I have been reading about it forever, but I finally tried the “no ‘poo” baking soda and vinegar hair wash thingy. I followed this basic recipe (FYI that site crashed my Firefox for some reason, and really slowed down Chrome, and was OK but slow in Safari). So far — 9 hours in — I [...]