Week 2, Day 4 "Dishes are Done, Man!"

For those of you not on Facebook, or missed that Status update, can you name the movie that quote is from?? (I thought it was Dishes are Done, Dude, but was corrected)

....another day older and deeper in debt.  HAH!

So, what have I been up to?

Finishing yesterday, I DID manage to unload and reload the dishwasher, but still had many pans that can't go in the dishwasher.  I DID manage to watch Fringe, which was pretty good.  I THEN went to pick up the BBB, and to Acupuncture at our crazy Asian doctor's new office.  Love the guy.  When we left, I said goodbye, he said "Hello!  Have a good week!"  Love him.

Then home - had to rush in and out because I had to go to Band Practice.  Of course, rushing doesn't happen when you have a BBB.  The poor thing.  Love her to death.  She hates this right now, cuz she can't do anything.  I mean, she just can't CARRY anything, because she has to walk with crutches and put NO weight on the broken foot.  So, she can't just go get a drink and bring it to the living room, unless she seals it in a travel mug and carries it in a plastic bag!  poor thing!  SO, I got her dinner, tea, PJ's, set her up on the couch, and out I went!

Practice was good.  First time we've played in a month!  Didn't get home until about 11pm.

Watched LOST, which was, well, good enough, but not a lot happened, really.  Just plodded along.  Started to watch Lie to Me, and passed the hell out in the chair.  

THURSDAY - 

slept in a LOT!  The BBB decided, due to a tad bit of oversleeping, to work from home today!  Which means I did not have to drive!  and it was FREAKING FREEZING, LIKE 12 DEGREES TODAY!!!  I did build her a fire in the morning (Barely, since i didn't get outta bed till 11am) and kept the fire going all day!  It's still burning now, at 2 am!

So, what the hell did I do today.  I'm actually struggling to remember.  OK

Made coffee in my french press.  I am trying out Trader Joe's Soy creamer, and I'll tell you, it works.  Unlike putting S0ymilk in your coffee, this ish is just like HalfnHalf.  Loves it!

at probably noon, I sat down with my coffee and watched Lie to Me.  It was pretty good.  I'm enjoying the show, and I think Tim Roth is spectacular in it.  

After that, well, I didn't want to waste the day watching TV, and the BBB was working, so that wouldn't work either.  

So, I cleaned all the dishes that needed cleaning.

Oh, and I made lunch, which was a smoothie of ice, banana, peanut butter, protein powder, and soy milk.  Really damn good!

Umm, what else did I do.  

continuous runs out to get firewood and take out the trash.

finally put the Tuscan White Bean soup through the Blender.  Nice.

Took all the root vegetables we had and..well....DIGRESSION!

If you live in Boston, and like organic produce, you must check out Boston Organics

Every other week (or every week if you want), Boston Organics delivers a bin of produce to my front step.  ANDDDDDD, its delivered by bicycle!  

This is a fantastic service, and another fine point of living in the city.  Don't waste gas and pollute going to the store, and they don't add pollution by delivering on a bike!

The boxes come in different sizes, and you choose a percentage of fruit versus veggies.  You also make lists of stuff you never want, and substitutions.  And you can order extra stuff to come with it whenever you want, like bread, coffee, chocolate, cookies, and tons more.

And, everything is ORGANIC!  They also try to keep it as local as possible, but that is difficult to do.  

The newest box is called the DOGMA box, and this box is entirely local.  The demand is exceeding the supply, so there are restrictions, like no NO lists.  So, its winter in New England, yr getting a lot of root vegetables and apples.  But hey, they're good too!   

Try it out!

END DIGRESSION

So, I had a bunch of carrots, parsnips, and sweet potatoes lying around, and I needed to use them.  MMMMM, roasted root veggies.  Chopped em all up, and mixed em together in 2 different bowls.

One bowl, I drizzled olive oil, and added Kosher salt, a bit of thyme, and a bunch of fresh rosemary.

The other bowl, I grated 2 tablespoons of fresh ginger (FRESH GINGER SUCKS TO GRATE!!!!!  HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT), added 1/4 cup Maple syrup, 1/3 cup olive oil, kosher salt, cinnamon, allspice, and mixed it all together.

Laid each one out in its own cookie sheet, and roasted at 350 for about 45 minutes, stirring half way through.  

And, I must say, they both came out pretty friggen good!  

I also sauteed some Kale in olive oil, lotsa garlic, and some lemon juice.  Also pretty good.

AND NOW,  A BUNCH MORE DISHES TO CLEAN!  Which I did, because i'm trying to be a good house husband so i don't have to go back to work!!!!  Hence, its 2 am!

didn't really watch anymore TV, but did turn on the computer and rip a bunch of CD's to iTunes.  I'm reburning my entire collection in the biggest file size possible.  This is taking time.  I have GOT to set up that new laptop to speed the process.

I also finally cleaned up the cat's waterfountain that has been sitting in the bathroom sink for a few days.  CAT OWNERS, YOU NEED THIS PRODUCT!!!!   Its a perpetual waterfall that circulates and filters the water for the cats, and they LOVE it.  Plus, you only need to refill it once a week or so, and it has a little water tank to keep it full longer.  It really kicks ass.

I WAS going to watch Hells Kitchen, but while I was busy cooking away, the BBB started it without me.  Sigh.  and now its 22o am, too late to watch it!  I guess there's always tomorrow!