I was in the middle of writing this kick-ass post about how I’ve discovered I can get over 30 miles to the gallon (city) in my 2007 Saturn Ion by simply driving the speed limit. But that’s really all there is to it. The rest of the post was simply a list of the new [...]
Archive for the ‘Tannenbaum Farm’ Category
19 May
Darling, you look radishing
I haven’t read the book “The $64 Tomato” but after this weekend, I can tell you what it’s about by only reading the title. People (like me!) move out of the city to the country, look at space in their backyard and think, “why bother going to the store to buy my vegetables? I can [...]
30 Apr
Yeah, it’s different
I made it through all of April without eating Ramen noodles or telling you that {redacted} and {redacted} were the people featured in my header photo. So to celebrate, I changed the template a little, too. Someday I might learn how to really design something, but for now I hope you enjoy this new standard [...]
7 Mar
They Paved Paradise
Do you remember what you were doing on August 14, 2003? I was working as a non-paid production assistant on a low, low budget movie that still has not been finished, and will likely never see the light of day. The whole production was a bit of a disaster, except for the part where I [...]
5 Mar
Spring Can’t Come Soon Enough (Like my last date?)
Here are 5 things that I’m going to love when winter is finally over: If I have an itch on my arm, I can just scratch my skin instead of trying to reach it through a layer of coat, sweater and undershirt. When “Patience” by Guns and Roses comes on the radio, I can whistle [...]
12 Feb
On this day…
Two years ago, I moved to the Christmas tree farm. Sort of. And I started this blog. Sort of. See, I wasn’t actually able to move in right away, because the quaint cottage I rented turned out to be a shithole, and took about three weeks of hard labor before it was deemed livable. And [...]
9 Jan
Why yes, you can snake my toilet.
I’m not at work today because I’ve been waiting for the plumber. Two months of sleeping on the kitchen floor right next to the bathroom made me realize just how badly my toilet smelled. Like, real bad. And since getting a plumber in here means calling the landlesbian, and having a conversation that’s heavy on [...]
30 Oct
It was a graveyard smash
I got all Birmingham on my cottage the other day and cleaned the hell out of it, even taking a moment to scrub the burners on the stove. They don’t even touch food! (FYI for those of you who don’t know it, when it comes to personal living space, Birmingham is the cleanest person I’ve [...]
24 Oct
This is not a normal rental
Monday night the landlesbian had her annual “I’m going away for the winter so I thought we should spend an evening pretending we all get along” soirée which she holds for the tenants of the farm. I must admit that as much as I sometimes find her antics a bit crazy and the walls a [...]
5 Oct
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
I took the day off from work yesterday, so I could 1) recover from a night of wicked passion with Birmingham, 2) get the oil changed in my car and 3) be home when the 3 men from the oil company came to fix my furnace. (It’s now fiery, hence the title). I got home [...]
