Farmers Market

Ann on April 23rd, 2013

Yesterday was Earth Day. What did you do to celebrate? My company is hosting Earth Week this week. Yesterday we had a Farmer’s Market; today is eWaste disposal for a free lunch; tomorrow–Wellness Walk; Thursday–a sustainability quiz (not quite sure what that means); and a Vendor Fair on Friday, which I will miss since I [...]

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Ann on August 17th, 2012

Growing up in the Southwest I ate a lot of Mexican food, especially my mom’s cooking. She never used nopales to cook, which are prickly pear cactus. I have had it a few times. On Monday when Curt and I had lunch at a cafe both of our meals came with nopales. Curt had a [...]

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Ann on May 5th, 2012

I love Eggplant Parmigiana. It is so delicious but so unhealthy with it being fried and all. I also love eggplant. Lucky for me I like most vegetables (and fruit). At Monday’s Earth Day event at work there was a mini Farmer’s Market. I bought some eggplant, which I normally steam in my rice cooker/steamer and [...]

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Ann on April 30th, 2012

I consider myself environmentally conscious and environmentally friendly. Nothing extreme. I just try to be aware. When I first moved to Oregon recycling was a big deal. And dividing each item was important as well: cardboard; paper; brown glass; green glass; etc. At the apartment complex I first lived in there were bins for each [...]

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Ann on July 15th, 2010

This week has been a tough one at work. A particular project plus everything else I have to do is keeping me rather busy and slightly frazzled. At some point in the early afternoon I knew there was no way I was going to make my 5:30 spin class. I just accepted it and moved [...]

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Ann on July 1st, 2010

June was a good month at the gym. Out of 30 days in June I worked out 24 of them. I usually take Sundays off as my rest day. I missed two regular work out days. One was because a friend was in town and I left work early to spend a girls’ day together. [...]

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