I think the swimming has taken care of that... It's weird how I notice the increased strength at times. Like 35 lbs of catlitter isn't as hard to haul up the stairs. Or the a/c units.

The scraping does give me all sorts of weird aches and pains. Mainly my hands and toes(?! Probably because of the way I perch on the stairs.) I notice it especially in the pool, when they're being all pulled about.

I made pico de gallo and guacamole and roasted some sweet corn and then made a corn and cheese omelette and sweet baby Jesus my dinner is awesome.

I want this spice thingie so much ... but not for $26.99. Damn it.

corn and cheese omelette

That sounds delicious. I'm still hungry, too.

That's adorable but I'd need like six of them.

I roasted corn and combined it with peppers from my deck and black rice and lime and omg my mouth is on fire. But nomily.

That's adorable but I'd need like six of them.

I would keep it on the counter just for the everyday, often used stuff. Cinnamon, sea salt, stuff like that. But not at that price.

Oooh, I forgot I got another couple of ears of corn today (can't beat 2 for a dollar. Cheaper to buy more, but I won't go through it.) From the crazy farmers. Seriously, this guy looks like a freaking viking, dressed in camo gear (once he was actually wearing waders and a wifebeater, no kidding!) long, long blond hair, a weathered face and swear to god, has no filter. The cats apparently had been sleeping on the shirt I put on (didn't notice until halfway to the market...it was 8 am.) "So what kinda critter you been wrestling?" Uh, my cats slept on my clean laundry. He then proceeds to tell me how his dog caught a fish and buried it in his grandson's laundry basket of clean laundry and they didn't notice for 2 days. "How many kitties you got?" Uh, 3. "Which one did that?" I look at the fur: Diabetic, deaf, 17 year old cat. "That's not a cat, that's a goldurned miracle!" Lady walking by burst into laughter, apologizing to me for laughing at my cat, but I was laughing too.

His partner is an older and even rougher looking dude, unkempt beard and muddy colored overalls most weekends. Looks like the stereotypical miner who changes his long underwear twice a year when he bathes and only puts his teeth in for special occasions. Like his funeral.

They're such a interesting pair, and their produces is fantastic. They are the ones to go to for asparagus and corn, from what I've heard. There is always a line (and everyone gets the special bizarre conversation treatment.)

Someday I have to visit NOLA. Both cause so many here love it and because "Treme" the show is so Made of Awesome.

This Parasol's not really being Parasol's is very disturbing. I mean, I'm a Domilise's girl, but still! Name-changing and location-changing, well, maybe, but someone else using the Parasol's name is Not Right.

My folks brought their truck over and we loaded it full of old fence lumber. I think everything that is left is smallish scraps that I can fit in my garbage bin. I did not really think I would ever actually get that wood out of my yard. Monday we take it out to the landfill and practice the caber toss, whee!

After loading all the wood we went out for dinner and I had a steak and OMG it was good! I haven't had a steak in I don't know how long. So delicious.

I noticed that Whole Foods had vegan sugar. Do I want to know why regular sugar wouldn't be vegan?

Just googled for you megan, cause I was curious when you said that, since I couldn't figure it out:

Over half of the cane refineries in the United States use bone char (charcoal made from animal bones) as their activated carbon source. The bone char used in this filtering process is so far removed from its animal source that cane sugar processed in this method is deemed kosher pareve, which, according to Jewish dietary laws, means that it contains no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient. A number of vegans disagree with this perspective.