I've had reason to look into the history of my house recently and came across this picture. I'm not sure when it was taken but the truck in the driveway is definitely old.

Our house was built in 1918 so it has a lot of history. I was informed a couple weeks ago that perhaps Ted Bundy may have lived in my house. It just so happened that I was told on the Friday that Ryan was going out of town for the weekend. Unsettling a little. Of coarse I found out about a half an hour after Ryan got home that he Did Not live here.

However, it was then mentioned that maybe Gary Gilmore lived in my house. That's a little better I'll take Cold Blooded Killer over Serial Killer any day. So finally I went to Girls Night Out and talked to a neighbor who knew the truth, which is...

Nicole Baker, Gary Gilmore's girlfriend who lived here. So I'm sure Gilmore was in my house from time to time. Norman Mailer wrote a book about him called The Executioner's song, and there was a made for TV movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Rosanna Arquette. My neighbor said they wanted to film at our house but whoever lived here at the time wouldn't let them. I watched the movie that was kind of long and slow but it had great shots of the area in the 80's and we were pretty sure there were a few shots on our street.

So our little house has some interesting history, I'm just glad it wasn't Ted Bundy.

I tried to delete this one after I posted it but I guess I have to face the fact that I'm fat. I am however working on remedying it so stay tuned for the after picture.

6-7-07

I finally got a copy of Food Rules by Michael Pollan. They have it on amazon.com for $5.00. Here are a list of the rules. In the book he goes into more detail with each but if you can't get a hold of the book at least have a read through the list. Hopefully it make you think about a few things. It has for me.

1. Eat food
2. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food
3. Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry
4. Avoid food products that contain high-fructose corn syrup
5. Avoid food products that have some form of sugar (or sweetener listed among) the top three ingredients
6. Avoid food products that have more than 5 ingredients
7. Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce
8. Avoid food products that make health claims
9. Avoid food products with the wordoid “lite” or the terms “low fat” or “nonfat” in their names
10. Avoid foods that are pretending to be something they are not
11. Avoid foods you see advertised on television
12. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle
13. Eat only foods that will eventually rot
14. Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature
15. Get out of the supermarket whenever you can
16. Buy your snacks at the farmers market
17. Eat only foods that have been cooked by humans
18. Don’t ingest foods made in places where everyone is required to wear a surgical cap
19. If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.
20. It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car
21. It’s not food if it’s called by the same name in every language (Think Big Mac, Cheetos or Pringles)
22. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves
23. Treat meat as a flavoring or special occasion food
24. Eating what stands on one leg [mushrooms and plant foods] is better than eating what stands on two legs [fowl], which is better than eating what stands on four legs [cows, pigs and other mammals].
25. Eat your colors
26. Drink the spinach water
27. Eat animals that have themselves eaten well
28. If you have space, buy a freezer
29. Eat like an omnivore
30. Eat well-grown food from healthy soil
31. Eat wild foods when you can
32. Don’t overlook the oily little fishes
33. Eat some foods that have been predigested by bacterial or fungi
34. Sweeten and salt your food yourself
35. Eat sweet foods as you find them in nature
36. Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk
37. The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead
38. Favor the kinds of oils and grains that have traditionally been stone-ground
39. Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself
40. Be the kind of person who takes supplements – then skip the supplements
41. Eat more lie the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.
42. Regard nontraditional foods with skepticism
43. Have a glass of wine with dinner
44. Pay more, eat less
45. Eat less
46. Stop eating before you’re full
47. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored
48. Consult your gut
49. Eat slowly
50. The banquet is in the first bite
51. Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it
52. Buy smaller plates and glasses
53. Serve a proper portion and don’t go back for seconds
54. Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like pauper
55. Eat meals
56. Limit your snacks to unprocessed plant foods
57. Don’t get your fuel from the same place your car does
58. Do all your eating at a table
59. Try not to eat alone
60. Treat treats as treats
61. Leave something on your plate
62. Plant a vegetable garden if you have space, a window box if you don’t
63. Cook
64. Break the rules once in a while

I have a problem with rule #39 I'm more than willing to make junk food every day. I get his theory, I just find a flaw in it.

It's time to start feeding him real food. This was one of the first attempts and as you can see it wasn't a complete success. But we'll keep trying.

I've also noticed all you bloggers out there having cool pictures lately and I figured there must be a website that helps with this and I finally found one called Picnik.com if anyone wants to share there cool pic secrets please share.

I don't know what's got into me but I've been in the mood to cook the last couple of days. Yesterday I made Hannah's Miracle Bread which was easy and actually turned out good for my first attempt which is a miracle! Then for Sunday dessert I made a German Chocolate Cake Trifle which was really good too.

I finally updated my Oranges and Biscuit blog which had been dormant for about 6 months. I even went through and labeled all the posts so its easier to find what you are looking for. I also discovered on the Real Simple website they set it up so you can blog the recipes really easy, just click the share link and pick 'blogger'. I had to copy and add the picture myself but that's easy. Thanks to Amy P for the suggestion to look and that site for recipes. Also my friend Anne somehow got me a 6 month subscription to the magazine that I'm totally stoked about. Maybe I shouldn't advertise that fact cause she probable doesn't want everyone hitting her up, but I just thought it was super nice of her.

Tonight I'm attempting to make Calzones with homemade pizza dough then filling it with Pesto, chicken, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella. Wish me luck.