rainy monday weekend recap

starting 10:31 a.m.

rain glorious rain. it started to sprinkle yesterday afternoon (after about half of our laundry was dry), and it modulated between gentle rain and downpour through the night and into today. it's been a long time since i was happy that it was raining. yesterday after it had been sprinkling for a couple hours i went out in it and emptied the compost. the dirt under the first 1/8 inch was dry as a bone. it hasn't rained in at least the last three weeks. beautiful rain.

we had a[nother] nice low key weekend. several small victories were had :)

-we got to the farmer's market early and made one round of the place, buying everything they had. kidding, but it felt like that. $70 worth of local food, 15 different items, a half hour of time. when we got there, the first thing we saw was that there were STRAWBERRIES! so exciting! perfect for the rhubarb we got at the csa! it was also exciting to see pea pods and green garlic available. eating seasonally seems like a much more exciting way to do it.

-when we got home, erin and i split up and i took my bike to the bike shop to get fixed up and she headed to the post office on her bike.

-i started the dough for oatmeal/oat flour/whole wheat sourdough bread for the week.

-we napped (personally, this is the best part of these low key weekends).

-we headed out to the brooklyn museum for their free first saturday thing. there was square dancing! the one guy who seemed to have previous dancing experience sought me out and asked me to dance. go figure :)

-we didn't take a cab home even though it was late and the G line was a mile away and that only led to a bus (which ended up leading to another bus because this one was only going half the route cos it was late). it wasn't an easy trip home, but we did it and didn't give in to convenience!

-when we did get home (at roughly a quarter to midnight), i kneaded my bread dough and made it into loaves to rise overnight. it's big when i do something instead of just going to bed. i love sleep.

-sunday morning i baked my bread,

-erin made pie crust dough,

-we went and washed laundry and hung it up,

-erin made pie filling and we started baking our very own strawberry rhubarb pie :D

-i quick soaked beans and then cooked them for the week's lunches (or however long a 16oz bag of kidney beans lasts with two people eating them every day),

-we pulled in the laundry as it was beginning to rain a little, hanging the not-quite-dry bits on whatever we could find (bannister, backs of chairs, shower curtain rod, hangers upstairs),

-we walked to the store in the gentle rain,

-we bought FIVE things at the store, spending $18! that's a big one for me because when we were doing all our shopping at the stop n shop, we were spending some $200 each week on completely non-local things.

-after walking home in the rain, we made a nice dinner of local veggies and rice and lentils, watched a disappointing movie, and went to bed.

not a bad weekend at all :)

time's up!