This first update is going to be short. I am on the road. So I will cheat. Here’s little Brown Olibear.
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Author: Annie Jo
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Daily updates, coming soon
Though it seems NaBloPoMo is no longer limited to just the month of November, I am going to participate next month, as I did last year.
This time around I have an Ace in the hole because I could just post a picture of adorable Oliver any time I can’t think of something to write about.
Don’t think I’ve forgotten about the meat poll. Also don’t think that I base decisions about my health on a poll of my friends and loved ones, but most people felt a little meat might do me some good. I agree. I will give it another try. Sometime.
For the second weekend in a row, I headed out of the city for some harvest fun. Davis Farmland Mega Maze delivered. This tube slide alone was worth the trip.
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| From Corn Maze |
Laura, Peter and Katie try to figure out what the heck we’re doing.
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| From Mega Maze |
The goal was to make it through the maze, crossing 11 bridges in the process. I think we managed 6 or 7 bridges. I was happy just to make it back out.
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| From Mega Maze |
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Mom’s visit
Though Grammy Linda (as my Mom is now known) was only here for a long weekend, we got a lot of fun accomplished. Actually, we (meaning Mom) got a lot of chores accomplished too. She irons, she washes dishes, she mends and tailors clothes, she helps make Halloween cookies, and she helps fix vacuum cleaners!
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| From Taken on October 10th, 2008 |
We went for a hayride, picked some pumpkins and drank cider in Harvard, MA.
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| From boston |
We took a stroll around Walden Pond.
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| From boston |
Come back any time, Mom! And I’m not just saying that because of all the work you did while you were here.
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Meat, no meat, meat, no meat
Time to admit the truth. I ate a turkey sandwich on my trip to the Pacific coast. Okay, okay, it was a club sandwich, bacon piled high atop the turkey.
In case anybody is unawares, I haven’t been eating meat for about four years now. Being off the wagon (or back on, depending on your point of view) left me feeling ill. Now that could also be attributed to the copious amounts of bacon I had at breakfast the following morning. Or to my generally unbalanced stomach. Add traveling into the mix and I can’t be certain how much the meat eating contributed to my getting a little sick.
I will say that the meat kept me feeling full for a really, really long time. So, even though I will most likely be giving meat another try, what do you think?
{democracy:6}
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| From Oliver – 9 months |
Little Oliver was in high spirits all day. Lots of rolling, smiling and kicking. He also sprinkled in some airplane noises after dinner.
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Twilight
The vampire book. The teen vampire book. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. I read it. I liked it. I will read the sequel.
Sure, the writing isn’t something to savor, but it’d just be a waste anyways, considering how fast I whizzed through the pages. This is most definitely a page-turner.
The final book in this series just came out last month and the hype surrounding its release is actually what tipped me off to this phenomenon.
If you like vampires or enjoy a little teen drama, definitely give this one a go.
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Sports weekend
Since it is almost a new weekend already, I better get this post up about last weekend’s sports extravaganza. Friday night was Red Sox versus White Sox. Saturday night was New England Revs versus Beckham’s LA Galaxy.
No camera at Fenway, but the Fan Foto folks snapped a shot. Take a look.
Beckham packed Gillette Stadium, which made for a lively game. Katie caught him kicking.
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| From Sports Weekend |
The Red Sox won 8-0 and the Revs tied 2-2.
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Gardenburger, you disappoint me
On my trip to the Great Northwest last month, I hit up the Tides Tavern for my whiskey burger, minus the beef, plus the Gardenburger. What came out was a Boca patty. Yuck. There was no notice on the menu. Just a sly replacement. I tried for a Gardenburger at another restaurant but got denied, the waitress citing a recall as the reason. This was what tipped me off to a top secret shift in the world of Gardenburger.
The whole story has yet to be uncovered as far as I can tell, but there was a “voluntary withdrawal” followed by scarce supply. Irregularities were behind this non-recall, apparently due to Kellog purchasing the Gardenburger.
Over the weekend I stopped by Whole Foods and finally found a box of Gardenburgers after coming up empty handed at every grocery store for weeks. The packaging looked the same, but the burgers are totally different. They are not tasty. What gives?
Well I’ll tell you what gives. I did a little investigative journalism. Here are the results.
From my box of Gardenburgers:
From gardenburger.com:
Even their own website hasn’t been informed of the change of ingredients. I would appreciate an explanation for the totally new and far inferior Gardenburger. Actually I would rather just have the old delicious Gardenburger back. “The Original” is nothing like the original and I am not pleased.
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Morning scoot
I finally put the ‘action mount’ for my Flip camera to use and filmed a little scoot around the block. It’s a little jiggly so watch out if you get motion sickness.