Etc – Page 7 – Project Palermo

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2012by Marti1 Comment

Three quick items to share: 1) Meat! I picked up our fourth meatload from Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm (see #1 and #2 - I didn't get a picture of #3 because it occurred on moving day). We receive a share every other month and it's plenty for our meat-cooking needs. Look at that giant rack of ribs! [...]

Cats, Etc

Fancy Cats

August 12, 2011August 12, 2011by Marti2 Comments

If you've ever wondered what sort of amenities the super wealthy are able to offer their cats, this week's NYT's article "Life in a Belgian Water Tower" can give you a few clues. Photos by Andreas Meichsner for The New York Times Our cats would go berserker over that living room tree. The New York [...]

Etc

Welcome, new readers!

August 5, 2011January 23, 2012by Marti9 Comments

I was excited to see my bathroom makeover featured on WordPress.com's Freshly Pressed today. If I had known this would happen, I probably would have learned to use my new camera's white balance function before posting pictures. Nevertheless, I'm very happy you're here and really appreciate all of the nice comments. This is the first [...]

Etc, Maplewood Apartment

Git-R-Done

July 25, 2011by MartiLeave a Comment

The Routh family will be descending upon Maplewood next weekend for Cora's first birthday (robot-themed!). It will serve as good motivation for me to wrap up various projects. This is my working to-do list - I'm hampered by being out of town for three days this coming weekend, so I'm keeping the list achievable and [...]