post number 2

fifteen minutes starting 9:30a.m.

when i start a new blog/journal/writing project, i find myself thinking about what to write ALL THE TIME. it's really annoying in that my thoughts take on a narrative quality that i don't appreciate.

i forgot to mention two other changes we've made in the 'recently' category:
~using only reusable bags for most of our shopping (sometimes i forget to bring one)
~i went shopping at a thrift store on friday for the first time in aaaaaages, and i bought us some cloth napkins as well as an outfit to wear to liz and craig's wedding. it's pretty.
~i've been picking up 2 recycleable containers on my walk from the train for the last two days (two because that's what i can carry in one hand. i'm considering bringing a bag to pick up more, but i do a lot of thinking before i do any doing... in general)

that's not two things. hmm.

flylady is big on progress rather than perfection. and i like that idea, but i can also see how my habit of perfectionist thinking could get me in trouble with the eco-changes. i can see myself possibly getting burnt out on the walking everywhere thing. pay attention, anna.

no impact man posted his bread recipe today! it's very exciting and doesn't require me to buy yeast. it does require several days' worth of time, but most of it is non-intensive time. there's a lot of "let it sit for several hours/days". i can do that. it also requires a lot of flour. i'd love LOVE to find some local flour i could buy around here. colin says he uses local flour, but a ten-minute google search around the nyc area yielded very little in terms of leads on that. hopefully since someone asked for colin's source of flour in the comments of his post, he'll provide a contact.

i like eating local. today i have a tuna sandwich (not local tuna), with green pea sprouts on it (those ARE local). who knew you could eat baby green pea plants? and they taste a lot like green peas. pretty darn cool. next year when we plant peas and have to pare down the ones that came up, we can have them on a salad or a sandwich. yum.

speaking of yum, i tried tempeh the other night for the first time. the texture is kind of like veggie-burger. i cut it into bite-sized rectangles and cooked it in an oiled skillet with some soy sauce and a touch of water when the soy cooked down to nothing. then i served it over a bed of the very same green pea sprouts. muy tasty. i want to look into other sources of organic/local groceries besides whole foods, though. the sheer amount of packaging and advertising in that store is ridiculous. and to think that's the ALTERNATIVE to the norm! *shudder*

you'd think because my boss is out of town that things here would be quiet, but it was very busy yesterday, and today looks to be similar.

oh, one other 'recently' and a 'not so recently':
~i've quit using paper towels and napkins at work. i have a washcloth with me that does that job instead.
~the diva cup rocks my socks off. get one. unless you're a guy. then talk your ladies into getting one.

it's totally weird to me that women in our world are quite so squeamish about their bodies that they don't want to even think about something that requires them to touch and/or insert something up THERE. i think it's a sign of our disconnection.

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