Mr Husband
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weekend rain, and sun
What I learned this weekend: that clothes on a clothesline do not dry in the rain. That clothes left overnight on the clothesline, dry or wet, end up as playthings for raccoons. That wet clothes that get wetter in the rain will break the clothesline. Now I have just one clothesline. Quite annoying. Because it rained on Saturday, I saved a lot of energy by not doing much laundry, and attempting to hang out what I did wash…when it wasn’t raining. That didn’t work so well. Hey, live and learn.We did not use the heater at all this weekend, though it was chilly and damp (relative to the rest of…
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Weekend Warrior…
…not! Getting ready to do a fat lotta nothin this weekend, which is not how it will turn out. I know I’m having a fledgling writers’ group here on Sunday to get them kick-started. It will be fun to help them gain some momentum. That means — gulp — clean up the living room and bake something. The Boy was ill all week but no one else here is ill, so he must not have been too contagious. Health-wise, I’m gonna try to make it to yoga tomorrow. I may get a financial report out of the way if I’m in the mood, although I tend to procrastinate on those…
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Eco-Mama’s Muse
…or…My Eco-Conscious Day: An Accounting Drove the Boy to school. NOT eco (but not late, either) Drove home and rousted college daughter out of bed and into car on the toe of my boot: NOT eco. Not late for class, but almost. Brought my lunch to work, consisting of all the stuff I put into two kids’ lunches for the past three days that they refused to eat = half a container of Annie’s bunny crackers, half container of raisins, raw carrots and pea pods (organic!) in a Tupperware without a lid, container of cinnamon organic baby cereal (good snacking). Plus assorted stuff in my desk at work (crackers, hot…
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about Pebble Beach, a bit late
We spent Labor Day weekend at Pebble Beach in a McMansion, or maybe it is just a plain old mansion, I don’t know, not having that much experience with mansions of any sort. I’d like to say it was a bit of a test of my ability to relax and enjoy myself and try to keep my Compact (environmental and frugal) ideals intact. I wonder if any of y’all have had this experience — where you’re so busy looking at the waste/energy usage/and whatever is the opposite of green and frugal that you can’t enjoy whatever it is? It feels very Puritanical in spirit to me…trying to “judge not” and…
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The Amazing Patrick’s Triathlon
Yahoo, he did it! Here’s Mr Fabulous Husband swimming, biking and running on Sunday in Belvedere-Tiburon — he’s our hero! Getting ready to get in the bay — brrr! He’s the guy in the sleeveless wetsuit, center. Above, getting out at the end of the water course. Getting onto his bike, left. Coming into the finish, below. Crossing the finish line (left) and taking a well-deserved Gatorade break after.
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