zip-a-dee due date
Nov. 13th, 2005 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moominmollyhappy due date to meeee
happy due date to meeeeeee!
happy due date, happy due date,
happy due date to me!
And now, the waiting.
I seem to have developed a problem with spicy foods in the past week or so, which makes me a little grumpy. They were fine up until about Thursday, at which point they started giving me trouble. I ate only unspicy things today, though, and had no reflux. Hurrah!
This week was our first week getting a delivery from Boston Organics. Friday, I came home from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fennel's to find a big green box on the doorstep. Inside were apples, tomatoes, bananas, oranges, pears, an avocado, a big butternut squash, some lettuce (eh), a couple of beets (what the heck do I do with beets other than pickle them?), a head of cauliflower, a tasty grapefruit, and a loaf of 7-grain bread. Jackpot! I recently decided to sign up for their every-other-week $25 delivery box because the idea of fresh fruits and vegetables coming to my door without me having to leave the house or even MAKE ANY CHOICES AT ALL was suddenly very appealing. And, so far, so good. I'm a bit disappointed that I got a head of lettuce, though -- I thought I'd marked "no" under all of the lettuce boxes and added "please substitute with non-lettuce greens
and bananas". Maybe I did, and they're just testing me. Anyway, I think this will be an excellent experiment. I know that starting the service as we go into the winter is a little silly, as soon everything they deliver will be from faraway farms, but hey, I'm still excited.
What else? I tried to move furniture withdilletante last night, but found that there were several things I couldn't carry. Now, this isn't because I didn't have the muscle, but rather because there's this gigantic LUMP right where I'd want to hold something against my belly to stabilize it. So, I carried some things, but mostly we called in ectophylla for some last-minute grunting. Now, we have a desk in our bedroom. Hooray!
I guess there's not much else to say. I just wanted to say hello to the world. Hello, the world!
happy due date to meeeeeee!
happy due date, happy due date,
happy due date to me!
And now, the waiting.
I seem to have developed a problem with spicy foods in the past week or so, which makes me a little grumpy. They were fine up until about Thursday, at which point they started giving me trouble. I ate only unspicy things today, though, and had no reflux. Hurrah!
This week was our first week getting a delivery from Boston Organics. Friday, I came home from
fennel's to find a big green box on the doorstep. Inside were apples, tomatoes, bananas, oranges, pears, an avocado, a big butternut squash, some lettuce (eh), a couple of beets (what the heck do I do with beets other than pickle them?), a head of cauliflower, a tasty grapefruit, and a loaf of 7-grain bread. Jackpot! I recently decided to sign up for their every-other-week $25 delivery box because the idea of fresh fruits and vegetables coming to my door without me having to leave the house or even MAKE ANY CHOICES AT ALL was suddenly very appealing. And, so far, so good. I'm a bit disappointed that I got a head of lettuce, though -- I thought I'd marked "no" under all of the lettuce boxes and added "please substitute with non-lettuce greensand bananas". Maybe I did, and they're just testing me. Anyway, I think this will be an excellent experiment. I know that starting the service as we go into the winter is a little silly, as soon everything they deliver will be from faraway farms, but hey, I'm still excited.
What else? I tried to move furniture with
dilletante last night, but found that there were several things I couldn't carry. Now, this isn't because I didn't have the muscle, but rather because there's this gigantic LUMP right where I'd want to hold something against my belly to stabilize it. So, I carried some things, but mostly we called in ectophylla for some last-minute grunting. Now, we have a desk in our bedroom. Hooray!I guess there's not much else to say. I just wanted to say hello to the world. Hello, the world!
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
One portion of the world says:
Date: 2005-11-14 01:24 am (UTC)Yay due date! :) More babeeez soooon! There are so many new wee ones on my friends list it's awesome.
My friend Deirdre was getting organics delivered too and she was incredibly happy with it. I'm thinking I might try it too.
My ex housemate two housemates ago used to make roast beets I think, roast with other rooty things. Or you could put them in juice, do you have a juicer?
Re: One portion of the world says:
Date: 2005-11-14 01:35 am (UTC)I think I have a mental block because I love pickled beets, and so I can't imagine them any other way. :)
Re: One portion of the world says:
Date: 2005-11-14 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:30 am (UTC)I tried Boston Organics and they were great. I stopped only because I couldn't eat all the stuff by myself before it went bad. I think you can check the "don't give me this" list on their website? They were excellent about my fairly extensive list when I tried them.
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:44 am (UTC)Beets
Date: 2005-11-14 01:35 am (UTC)Or there's always borscht...
9 days until the due date for me. My mother-in-law said she doesn't think he'll be early since I'm "not uncomfortable enough." I feel that I obviously don't whinge enough, since I'm perfectly uncomfortable, thank you very much! (Although I did go have a pedicure the other day -- a lifetime first, but since the lump gets in the way of foot-scrubbing it seemed a reasonable step. I hope you are being well-pampered!!)
Re: Beets
Date: 2005-11-14 01:42 am (UTC)A pedicure sounds like a dream to me, too, and I'm pretty certain I've never said those words before.
"Not uncomfortable enough"? Hah! Though, my uncomfortableness seems to be concentrated in the early-morning / late-night time periods. Once I get moving, I'm okay, but late at night I get a little creaky and cranky.
Re: Beets
Date: 2005-11-14 02:33 am (UTC)I third or fourth or whatever the suggestion to roast the beets -- we like roasting them in a bit of olive oil and rosemary, cut in thin slices. :) You can also make a good carrot-ginger-beet soup.
Congrats on due date! :)
Re: Beets
Date: 2005-11-14 07:40 am (UTC)I tend to not eat salads at home; instead, I prefer to steam greens and eat them hot. Hence the love for greens and not lettuce. Lettuce will just sit in my fridge until I toss it, usually. (
Re: Beets
Date: 2005-11-14 07:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:43 am (UTC)Seems that even when the baby's asleep in his crib, I can't type. :p
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:20 am (UTC)Lovely to meet you, too! And thank you again for the bounty of stuff! :)
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:50 am (UTC)i second
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 07:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:08 am (UTC)When I was just a Spawny, myself, my dad would take my mom out for a very special dinner for each week I was late. Kinda set up the wrong incentives for getting me to leave, but at least mom was happy while I was being stubborn :)
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:31 am (UTC)Ukelele Ukelele Ukelele Ukelele :)
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 02:48 am (UTC)And now, the waiting.
I kinda wondered when that was coming up, and here it is.
the idea of fresh fruits and vegetables coming to my door without me having to leave the house or even MAKE ANY CHOICES AT ALL was suddenly very appealing
Damn, yes it is.
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 07:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 03:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 04:11 am (UTC)congrats :) I said to Ben this morning, "I wonder if my friend Molly's had her baby yet?" I guess the answer's no.
and oh, yay beets. you could make borscht?
To Spawny:
Date: 2005-11-14 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 10:33 am (UTC)beet recipes from "The Root Vegetable Cookbook"
Date: 2005-11-14 12:42 pm (UTC)Ukranian Winter Borscht
Creamed Beet & Coriander Soup w/ OJ
Grated Raw Beet Salad Vinaigrette w/ Dill
Parslied Sweet Beets w/ Two Piquant Flavorings
Beets & Pearl Onions Pickled in Raspberry Vinegar & Wine
Chilled Beets & Green Beans w/ Scallion Vinaigrette
Fresh Beets in Lime Butter
Beetific Chocolate-Nut Torte
Re: beet recipes from "The Root Vegetable Cookbook"
Date: 2005-11-14 01:09 pm (UTC)Perk? I don't suppose you'd share the outline of that one? :)
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 06:56 pm (UTC)Yum!
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 08:41 pm (UTC)Yum! Beets! (I have no additional suggestions, other than tossing already roasted or steamed beets with balsamic and evoo, which is simple and delicious - yay! :)
no subject
Date: 2005-11-14 11:05 pm (UTC)Layer roast beets, goat cheese (or 1/2 goat cheese and 1/2 cream cheese) and steamed leeks (or asparagus)in a loaf pan, (cheese beets cheese leeks cheese) even more fun if you can have a layer of separately roasted yellow beets - you get a stained glass window effect. Cover with plastic and weight it down, let sit in fridge overnight to compress. Slice and serve.
toss roast beets, goat cheese, toasted hazelnuts over salad