Monthly Archives: July 2009

Seasons

By Erin | Published: July 31, 2009

I am ready for fall. For several reasons, but here are a few: 1. It’s just too darn hot. 2. The AC in my car is broken, and cool air only comes out of the defroster vents, which fogs up my windshield and does little to cool the car. See #1. 3. Squash bugs have [...]

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A post in which I anger some, except for Sue, who is awesome.

By Erin | Published: July 29, 2009

Last night, it took me the longest time to fall asleep. It’s like my mind was on a loop, and it just cycled through all the things I’ve been thinking about or doing or not doing, one right after another, and I flopped around, thinking while lying on my left side, thinking while on my [...]

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Let’s talk about lard.

By Erin | Published: July 28, 2009

My mom sent me a food care package from an organic farm in Pennsylvania that raises pastured beef and milk-fed pigs and sends out all kinds of goodness. She sent a couple pounds of hamburger (which went into the nachos and the stroganoff and had the silkiest, softest texture), a dozen eggs (huge brown ones [...]

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Eating Chicken with a Spork

By Erin | Published: July 27, 2009

We finally got our KFC “rain check” coupons in the mail and had a two-week span to use them. So, Friday we went to “Un-Think” KFC and try their new grilled chicken…which was basically on the level with their fried chicken, except with a little less taste. And I’ve never seen such a small drumstick, [...]

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A post in which I become distracted by nachos

By Erin | Published: July 23, 2009

It doesn’t really feel like this week has happened. I mean, the days have passed, and each one was what it was. But it’s Thursday? Right? And it doesn’t feel like almost a whole week has passed. I guess that’s one reason I’ve been so quiet on here lately. It feels like I just posted [...]

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