fennel

As if things weren’t bad enough, the hot water in our new apartment isn’t working so it’s been cold showers for 2 days… so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.

On the bright side, Isaac’s parents are amazing! His dad and I went running tonight, I totally look up to him and his running abilites. This is a man who started running later in life and is now in is 60′s and still runs. He has ran many many marathons, 50 mile marathons, and 2 hundred mile marathons. 100 miles… you read it right!! So we ran 4 miles tonight, which is probably absolutely nothing to him. We’re going running again tomorrow with a group of his running buddies who call themselves the “old and in the way” group, but yet all of them can run like 7 minute miles on the regular. So I’m going to be the one in the way… and when I say in the way, i mean in the way back.

And then there is Isaac’s mom.. who is just lovely and made me dinner tonight. I searched online for jobs while she cooked. She made the orange and basil tofu dish that I made earlier this week. It was fine because hers turned out a lot less spicy than mine so it had a totally different taste. We also had salad and cous cous. It was nice to take photos at her house so I could have some different bowls for a change.

Earlier today Isaac’s dad went picking blackberries. I read on Kath’s blog a few days ago that she tought the blackberry season was ending. I was thinking ohhh noo… I missed the blackberries from Isaac’s. Then I realized she lives in NC – and the Virginia blackberries are just getting started so I will have blackberries for a while longer…..here’s the massive bowl of blackberries!! I had them for dessert this evening.

And here’s a few in my special K cereal this morning- with almond milk. I had it for the first time today. I liked it a lot actually. I may need to buy myself some.

I’m off to go to bed so that I can wake up and go to work in the am. I have a small job tomorrow of going to a lady’s house to be there while a cleaning company cleans her carpet and cleans a couch that she is giving to me. She said she will pay me to be there though – I’m glad because I need to make money doing something. I am thinking I might try to do some free lancing or temp work until a job I really want comes available – that way I don’t feel pressured to take the first thing that comes along. We shall see. I will keep you all updated.

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Tonight for dinner I decided to try a recipe that Isaac’s mom recommended. It was one of her favorites when she was strictly vegetarian. I had never had fennel before and thought this would be a great way to try it, but apparently when the recipe says one large bulb of fennel it meant it about 1 lb of fennel. However, I bought organic fennel and they were all the same size and I thought it looked pretty large. Remember I have never had fennel before or purchased it so obviously I didn’t know what size was large for a fennel. But I do know that all organic things are usually smaller because all conventional things seem to be given growth hormones and are giant, so therefore, I should have realized the organic fennel I bought was wee. Unfortunately I didn’t and I also I didn’t read the recipe that carefully, at least the part about the 1 lb of fennel until after I got home. So my dish was more orange and basil tofu with a tiny bit of fennel when I think in reality the fennel should be the main component of the dish. I also used hot sesame oil so it turned out a bit spicy. I like to spice things up. Oh and my tofu is spotted because it is herb flavored. Isaac and I both enjoyed the dish… very good flavors. I want to make it again and use more fennel, and maybe I’ll go really crazy and add some other veggies like broccoli.