Hit up the Clintonville Market again. Not too hot, and some nice fruit coming in. Scored cherries, teeny tiny summer squash, raspberries, peas and more. Click the snapshot below to see our bounty in hi res goodness.
Add comment June 14th, 2009
Not much to say here, just wanted to put up some pictures of our small-scale gardening. It’s almost embarrassing when so many of my friends and acquaintances have killer gardens and compost bins. We had planned to go BIG this year, but something came up…
Add comment June 6th, 2009
Earlier this week, what I think was a starling flew in through the chimney, leading to this:
Weird, but not too unusual. Now I’m starting to think something is up.
Not long after returning from the market today, I noticed a smallish (adolescent?) Blue Jay in the yard. He obviously couldn’t fly, and seemed really calm considering he was probably a goner soon. I couldn’t conceive a way to help it other than keeping an eye out for kittykittykittys, so I photographed and observed before leaving it alone for a few minutes. When I came back…it was gone. I sure do hope it’s OK…with parenthood looming I’m becoming ever more sensitive to these matters. You should really click on the photos to get the experience, I got some nice macro shots in.
Incidentally, I think this may be his dad. I snapped it last week when I was obsessing over the bird feeder.
Add comment June 6th, 2009
Didn’t wake up crazy early today, and decided to have a nice double espresso con panna at Cup O’ Joe before shopping. Tori came with to grab a sweet treat of her own. We grabbed the C-Dubs and headed to Clintonville Market. We missed strawberries (easily rectified by stopping at Weiland’s afterwords) and the sexy, sexy produce was minimal.
Mixed (chicken) eggs, broccoli, lettuce (lolla rosa & mixed oaks and leafs), new potatoes, green beans, pulled pork from Oink Moo Cluck, teeny tiny scallions, asparagus, Blue Jacket chevre, carrots (small and swwet, my favorite!), kale, the aforementioned strawberries from Wielands, and Blue Jacket feta.
1 comment June 6th, 2009
Woke up early and headed to the first Clintonville Farmer’s Market with a friend this morning. Loaded up on goodies!
Add comment May 23rd, 2009
I’m home sick with a stomach bug today, and since I’m already on the couch I figured a bit of blogging would make me feel productive.
We “did” our registry a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t have an idea what we were planing on doing for diapers. We’ve leaned towards cloth, but really needed some help to figure everything out. When we went to Sprout Soup in Clintonville to shop for a friends shower, it didn’t make a lick of sense, even with a list in our hands! We bought a sprayer and a gift certificate, figuring that mommy and daddy could make the calls on all-in-one, prefold, PUL covers and whatever else they need. One of the owners pointed out that there was a class coming up next week, so we signed up. Tori and I returned to Sprout Soup for the Cloth Diaper 101 class last week, and it may be the best decision we’ve made yet. Our options are a lot clearer now, and we feel like we have a handle on it. I still think it’s overwhelming for the average, non-diapering people, so I don’t think we’ll actually set up a registry there.
When you get down to it, we think cloth is a better option for baby’s well being, and our pocketbook. There’s a link here for anyone who cares to look into this more, but it seems like cloth provides a substantial savings over the first few years. To get going, we’ll just need about 40 unbleached prefolds, some water”proof” wool or fleece pants, some snappis, a diaper pail and some good clean soap. Hell, if that jerkass Dave Matthews can do it, so can we…
Here are some links if you’re interested…
Add comment May 11th, 2009
Wow, it’s been a great weekend. I’m happiest when feeling both accomplished and entertained, and my needs were satisfied over the past two days. Friday was 78 degrees out by the time i walked out of the house. We made the call to get our baby shower registry done, thinking that it’d be easier to maneuver the stores on a weekday. While driving up to Dublin, we were overcome with the desire to eat something on a patio somewhere. For me, it was all about the experience, but Tori has been getting more and more preggy and I knew she needed food. We stopped at the Winking Lizard and had a great bite to get the afternoon started. Then off to Target and Babies R Us. We were smart and had done a bit of homework, so the process was relatively pain free. I’ll admit that I enjoy shopping, but hours in the same damn store can really get to a dude! Calmer heads prevailed, though, and we were done at both stores in a few hours. We combined the stuff we’ve read about in the past few months with Alpha Mom’s tips (Starting at week 23 of her week-by-week guide, she stats throwing on registry/shopping advice) and we’re pretty happy with how it turned out. By 5, we were both exhausted from the heat and the fluorescent sting of the stores and headed home. The night wound down over late night conversation about our friends shower that we’re planning. I can’t remember the last time we were both up until after midnight!
Yesterday was all about house prep. Next week is a planned visit to Ikea for furniture (baby and otherwise). I had planned to work soley on the nursery; patching, priming, painting…but was relegated to the office to de-clutter instead. I didn’t get into the nursery until it was 2PM and 85 degrees out. My main issue is the seam on the north wall where it juts up to the ceiling. Some jackass tried to caulk it years ago and did a horrendous job. I scraped all the old caulk out, re-seamed and re-caulked it. At some point this week I need to put a 90 degree angle in the joint, install a dimmer switch and start sanding and priming. I’m glad we agree on the colors and such, this should be a real straightforward project. We ended the night with our first dinner outside, just the two of us and capped it all off with a Clintonville canine walk in the (much) cooler evening.
I really can’t believe how fortunate we’ve been. Tori has had little discomfort so far outside of some gnarly heartburn (thanks for the Zantac, Dr. Murnane!) and our spirits have been easy going so far. I can spend a lot of time just staring at her face, imagining life in a few years with Tiny E running around. We have just about 15 weeks to go before we meet our baby!
Add comment April 26th, 2009
Thanks to @bayinghound for letting me know that there will be an Eco-friendly craft show next month in Clintonville! Fun crafts and live music at Whetstone park. Details here.
Add comment April 11th, 2009
If you read my earlier post, you’ll want to read this. A random encounter with a neighbor down the street led to an in home meeting with one of the CPDs finest. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say I’m not the only one who noticed some crazy stuff in the ‘hood as of late. Tori, a few neighbors and I all sat down for a few minutes with the officer to explain the situation. Long story short from the cop: keep track of vehicles make/model, time of visits and anything else that might help the CPD. If action picks up again (it’s slowed this week) email or call and we’ll try to get some traffic stops around the house. Don’t do anything stupid. (Funny sidebar: when I was entering this officers info into my iPhone, he saw me taking his picture for a contact icon and flipped out. Never thought I’d scare a cop! I guess he was worried that the whole meeting would get put on the youtubes.) Anyway, things have mellowed out around here. I’ve painted over my graffitied garage, and the recent burst of nice weather has people outside keeping an eye on everything. We did find out that the last person we know that rented the troubled house moved out a couple of months ago…glad to know it wasn’t him, I would have felt a little bad for narcing on him. We’re also in the process of talking with the landlord, who we know doesn’t like shady stuff going on at her houses.
The really great thing is that it only took talking to some neighbors and getting a little organized! It’s amazing the positive things that can happen when you strike up a conversation on your street…
Add comment March 13th, 2009
Today is day one of my stay-at-home vacation, and the morning started with a phone call from the guys delivering my brand spanking new washer & dryer. I had been dreading this for some time, as unusual angles and shoddy tile work have left a tiny gap to cram a big box through. The two men had no problems, though, and by 9 AM I had our first load going. They used these things to move the appliances around, and it looked like they led to minimal struggling and grunting. At some point this week, I’ll be returning to the basement to restructure it for organization, in an effort to get the nursery ready.
For now, though, I’ve moved to my backyard. Columbus had an early cold snap that prevented me from doing half the stuff I wanted to do before the spring, so I’m getting a late start. I cut down the old ornamental grasses (we leave them up for the winter, they look so pretty…) and raked the yard of eleventy billion locust pods. I’ve been burning all my waste, due to the city not renewing it’s contract with Rumpke for yard waste recycling. While I was out tending the fire, my mind started to list what needs done out there:
I only have four days, and there’s plenty to do in the house, as well. Fortunatly, I have three gigantic Phish shows to keep my ears happy. Wish me luck!
Add comment March 10th, 2009
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