I made Yogurt!

I used this professor's recipe, because it had nice instructions for sterilizing stuff, and I needed to use up some milk! I'm using it in shakes and breakfast. I definitely think that it isn't hard, I just had to control the temperature of the yogurt while it was making itself.

Day 4 Sprouts

day 3 sprouts

Sprouts!

So in case you were wondering, I make my own sprouts, I think they're cool because I can make them cheap and they're alive! I have two sprouting systems and this is Day 1 when I soak the seeds, which I get at the Greenstar Co-op in Ithaca, NY (they have the BEST, high quality sprouting seeds in nice, small quantities) Above is a siphoning tray that I bought at Greenstar, and below is a Mason Jar system. The siphoning trays have Mung Bean and alfalfa sprouts, and the Mason jar has broccoli sprouts.

No paranoia in falling w/YakTrax

Here I am with another product suggestion! I just got the glow in the dark version of YakTrax, and I was cruising through Northpoint Park with them above.

They work so well! Boston currently has a ton of rotten old snow that's been recently covered with more snow, then rain, which turned into ice overnight, so even if the neighbors did shovel their sidewalk, there is a slick, unseen, DANGEROUS coating of ice on the ground. And my sister had to walk to work this morning, so I let her borrow them, and they remove that fear of falling on ice and snow, and you don't lose time because you don't need to walk slower!

something new NOT to throw away, but not yet...

Long time no post-- In November I heard a presentation by a product development company that works with Recycline- a company that produces all of their plastic personal care and kitchen and serveware products out of recycled #5 plastic. Now you can go to a Whole Foods store and drop off used #5 plastic yogurt cups, etc. and brita water pitchers! About time those things had another place to go besides the trash!  

** Hey, I just stopped by Whole foods all ready to drop off my used Brita water filter, and nope, no place yet to deposit it for recycling. For those who are wondering, it's the River Street market in Cambridge, MA.

Buy one Shoe, get 1000 more!

My cousin wore some very unique shoes for her sister's wedding- they come with a wooden sole and a set of ribbons- the ribbons are tied any way you want through the elastic cords on the side of the shoe, so you can have a different pair of shoes all the time!