Yesterday I gave the final exam for my summer session. Spending a good 5-6 hours per day, 4 days in a row every week, for 8 weeks, with my students meant that I got to know them really well and was able to get most of them through with a passing grade. It also meant that by this week, I was dead out of patience, even snapping a few times at roomie D and el señor B. I really like my summer students and I am really glad to not see any of them perhaps ever again.
Today I have to grade those final exams and edit the lab experiments for the fall semester. Then I've got 3 weeks to get ready for next semester, in which I will again be teaching chemistry, and also ALGEBRA!!!! and also be the director for an engineering transfer program. I'm pretty nervous but excited to try some new things and have a full-time salary again, at least for a while.
This week I finished a 3-Monday night mosaics class with my friend S. She made a really cool serving platter and I made a window hanging. It's fun to do crafty stuff even just a little. We were trying to have craft night once a week this past winter but once spring hit we got too busy with gardens and yards and the like.
Also enjoyed many evenings with el señor B, roomie D, popcorn and re-watching Deadwood. It sounds a little boring but I'm a homebody at heart and would rather be sitting at home with a couple choice friends rather than go do something "exciting". That said, have been going out on the occasional martini/beer date with lady-friends, and that has also been nice, and of course there is still Zumba.
To wrap it up, on this week's tRBC menu:
summer vegetable gratin
garden greens with bacon
sausage and olive-stuffed italian peppers
slow-cooked pork roast
el señor B's veggie slaw
homemade sour cream (a little sourer this time, but we still haven't got it quite down)
beef and broccoli stir-fry
mashed root veggies
smoked salmon with soba and yu choi
"primal" (no flour) "pumpkin" (can't find pumpkin right now, used a sweet potato) muffins
Yellow squash, zucchini, italian frying peppers, kale and collards all came from the garden. For the second week in a row I forgot that we have shallots from the garden and bought some.
The muffins turned out really good, although with 6 eggs to 1/2 c. coconut flour were more soufflé than pastry and stuck like mofos to my non-stick muffin pans, even though I had larded them liberally. I think I'll try a modified version with almond flour and the teensiest bit of wheat flour this weekend, and might get some silicone muffin pans.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Catch of the week...
I'm very pleased with tRBC's menu this week:
The green beans, parsley, sage, basil, thyme, oregano, squash, jalapeños, anise hyssop, kale and chard that went into stuff all came from our garden. The mosquitos really suck this summer, but we did a lot of work early on in the garden so even with weeds - I can usually pull up about three before I get chased back inside - it's really producing. I've even got some baby okras!
- watermelon
- fruit salad
- grilled salmon
- squash bread
- sage water and anise hyssop tea
- iced herbal tea
- thai-style chicken coconut soup
- garlic and herb green beans
- pulled pork
- brussels sprouts
- delicious protein bars
- coconut cauliflower
- talkin'-like-a-sausage stew
- cole slaw
- homemade sour cream
- jalapeño mustard
The green beans, parsley, sage, basil, thyme, oregano, squash, jalapeños, anise hyssop, kale and chard that went into stuff all came from our garden. The mosquitos really suck this summer, but we did a lot of work early on in the garden so even with weeds - I can usually pull up about three before I get chased back inside - it's really producing. I've even got some baby okras!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Too sweet
So a few months ago roomie D stopped washing his hair with shampoo entirely, sort of as an experiment. His hair was pretty greasy-looking for about a month, but then his scalp adjusted and now his hair is beautiful again. One problem is that we have hard water, and it kind of builds up on your hair, so he's been using vinegar to dissolve those damn carbonate deposits.
Currently I've reduced my shampooing to twice weekly, and in the 3-week break between semesters also plan to do away with it entirely. The first month I switched from what was approximately 4-times to 2-times per week, I had some greasiness issues as well but then that quieted down.
That was all really just a build-up to this: last night I soaked my own hair in vinegar to de-lime, then washed it regularly with shampoo and conditioner. Still though, my hair smelled all vinegary when I went to bed with it wet.
Whether out of good judgment or simply because it came naturally, el señor B, instead of telling me that I stunk like old sweat (which I did), said I smelled like an Easter egg. Too too sweet.
Currently I've reduced my shampooing to twice weekly, and in the 3-week break between semesters also plan to do away with it entirely. The first month I switched from what was approximately 4-times to 2-times per week, I had some greasiness issues as well but then that quieted down.
That was all really just a build-up to this: last night I soaked my own hair in vinegar to de-lime, then washed it regularly with shampoo and conditioner. Still though, my hair smelled all vinegary when I went to bed with it wet.
Whether out of good judgment or simply because it came naturally, el señor B, instead of telling me that I stunk like old sweat (which I did), said I smelled like an Easter egg. Too too sweet.
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