Inside The Perimeter

The roofer arrived yesterday later than expected. He is tasked with providing me with a quote for the work we talked about. Hopefully this won’t be crazy high. I need this to happen soon as I was informed by the insurance broker that no company will provide a policy for a house with a roof older than fifteen years old. The inmates now run the asylum…

Sometimes timing works for me, sometimes it works against me. Last Friday I found out about a conference called Spore to Store, which is all about mushroom growing, a subject in which I have much interest. This conference is being held in Griffin, GA this week on Thursday and Friday. On Friday I will be farmer cosplaying at the Organic Growers Schools Spring Conference in Mars Hill, NC. Dangen. If I hadn’t invested 600 non-refundable dollars I’d consider switching conferences. I looked into registration for the mushroom conference to see if I can attend Thursday’s sessions. It turns out that ticket sales have already ended, but I may drive down to Griffin on Thursday and take my chances. I’ve bookmarked their website and hopefully if they have the conference again next year I can attend.

Wordle: three, my starter was ROAST

As we’ve moved into March I realize that I somehow missed the boat on collecting a lot of leaves this winter. Perhaps this is because I was away around Thanksgiving when a lot of people raked their leaves, or perhaps more people decided to “leave the leaves” so there was less inventory for me to collect.

I think I will be eating a good Wee Little Farm salad this week since it appears that it will get so warm this week that my lettuce plants will begin to flower and go to seed.

Two games in and I’m worried about Atlanta United; they have lost both games and have yet to score a single goal.

I decided that rather than cook a recipe from one of my cookbooks tonight, I’d rather eat pizza. I made a dough yesterday and will be baking one later.

Wordle: three, my starter was PRIME

It will come as no surprise to read that admittedly, I am cheap. Sure, I can say that I am a spendthrift due to lack of income for nearly 4.5 years, but truth be told I like a bargain — it comes from my father.

That being said, these days the one item on which I find myself spending more money than most people is peanut butter. I have come to enjoy peanut butters that contain only peanuts and salt, no palm oils or sugar additives for me thankyouverymuch, and I am willing to pay more for it.

Don’t forget, 4x Kroger Fuel Points today!

Wordle: four, my starter was COUPE

I’ve previously mentioned that I am starting a project to be called “In Others’ Words” which will consist of words found in books/letters/postcards and photos of the items which contains the words. The other day I picked a book from my shelving and discovered it contained an index card with the following:

6/19 Winter Park
20 Universal
21 Gaylord
22 Mt. Dora
23 get to Tampa
24 Tampa
25 Tampa
26 leave Tampa

This tickled me given that it referenced areas of Florida through which I recently driven.

Wordle: three, my starter was ENTRY

I knew the bitter cold would drive up my natural gas bill, and I was unfortunately correct. Even with all of my miserly tendencies — dropping the setting on the thermostat, and wearing sweaters indoors — my upcoming bill is high. I’d hate to see what it would be had I not done these things.

Scana Energy, or more specifically their billing processor BillMatrix, says that I can pay using ApplePay, but I really can’t. Every time I attempt to make my natural gas payment using ApplePay it fails saying that they are unable to process my payment at this time.

Many more expenses ahead!

For dinner last night I made “Andouille and Chicken Jambalaya” from “Louisiana Real & Rustic” by Emeril Lagasse. It is a recipe I’ve made many times before, and it was predictably delicious.

Wordle: three, my starter was SPADE

Brr…

No recipe made last night. Even though it ended last Tuesday, I’m still in a Fat Tuesday mood, so I’m making jambalaya tonight.

Wordle: three, my starter was CURVE

Back in Atlanta. Back to being cold.
The weather app I use tells me how today’s weather compares to yesterday’s. Today it says “Today’s weather will be 35° colder than yesterday’s”. Oy! Of course I started yesterday in Orlando, Florida…

Wordle: five, my starter was PRIME

I think that I got the date correct today…

I’ve ordered another new pair of cycling shoes, this time mountain biking shoes. I don’t ride mountain bikes anymore, but these will be used for Spring Tune Up and BRAG. I am currently breaking in another new pair of mountain biking shoes that I bought at a thrift store, but these don’t seem rugged enough to be worn outside. Perhaps they were meant to be worn for Spinning classes?

Wordle: ???, my starter was SWARM. Playing Wordle later again today.

Coffee at Publix was $15.49 for a 12-ounce bag; the only reason I bought it was because it was BOGO, which in Florida means I had to get two bags. That my friends, fucking ridiculous. When I run out of the back stock of coffee I currently possess, I am going to see how I feel when I don’t drink it. I will switch to tea, because I refuse to pay these ridiculous prices.

Traffic in Orlando is horrible.

Wordle: ???, my starter was HABIT. Like yesterday, I will be playing later.

Hello from the armpit, or perhaps the taint, of the country. Regardless, it’s Florida. The traffic in the Orlando area is almost as shitty as it is in the Atlanta area. Combine that with the construction I witnessed along the way, and all I want to do is move to the middle of nowhere and die in peace.

Wordle: ???, my starter will be COUPE. I haven’t had the opportunity to Wordle yet. I will comment later with my result.

For those keeping track at home, SQUAD was the second Wordle repeated solution. Don’t fret, I won’t mention these occurrences each time.