Spring Time Once Again \ Farm Life

The weather starts perking up and no one blogs anymore. Figures. Then again, it's not like I've sat down to write a blog recently, either. Since my last inspirational writing, we've had a couple cookouts, late nights on the porch and ideas on how we want to spend our warm weather months. I forgot exactly how much I like Summer. I feel more energetic and stoked to get some stuff done.

Lately I've been on a whim of starting a garden and having a few chickens, geese, lambs, whatever. Granted the animals would have to be kept at my parents, it sounds like a ton of fun and quite rewarding. Mom and Dad, it'd probably be another excuse to visit, right? I think I've been in this mood for two reasons. First and most obviously, I'm pumped about summer. Secondly, I like the idea of making my own food from the ground up. It's a lost art, if you think of it. A good organically produced meal you tended to from the ground up. It's been replaced with what? eighty-eight cent TV dinners? Have people honestly become too busy to enjoy the simplicity all around us? Though it takes work to support a garden and livestock, in the end, I believe it's cheaper, healthier and more efficient.

It's most likely a hobby at the moment. Ideally, I'd like it to see it be an established lifestyle; the art of frugal spending, utilizing the resources around me in a non-wasteful, healthy manner and living a simple life. A lot of this mentality stems from my upbringing, I think. As a kid I liked to build stuff from ground-up, Rockets, Legos, 400-in-1 electronic kits, etc. My Dad had a pretty "Do it yourself" mentality and would figure out how stuff works, which I admire greatly, Mom was a health nut and we'd generally try lots of weird food together. All of that wrapped in a frugal mind-setting, it makes sense in my mind why I like to do what I do. I like to "Build" what I have. It's easy to pay someone else to do it, but it's not always as beneficial and you definitely lose the great feeling that you did it yourself.

I'm glad I have Jacinda to back me up with this stuff, too. I'm really blessed to have found someone as awesome as her to share ideas and get excited with. I love you, dear!
 

Tags: Archive_Blogger, diy, Food, Health, organic, simplicity, spring, Urban Farming

posted at 4/25/2007 Open this article in a new window. 0 Comments


Here Comes Another Health Streak

Jacinda and I recently made the choice to become health-nuts again. We are both sick of over-induldging and sitting around too much. We are extremely excited for this turn and are planning on keeping on track. We are laying a lot of accountability in the hand of others so that we can press on.

As far as excersize, we are attending Kick-boxing with Aaron Thomsen once a week, great work-out and stress reliever (not to mention fun). We also signed up to the YMCA, taking advantage of my Insurance plan. They give us a good discount on the membership as long as each of us goes at least 12 times a month. Three days a week? Of course! I also have my Tae Kwon Do, which does great work on my flexibility and endurance.

We are trying to cleanse our house of unhealthy foods, anything with an overwhelming amount of corn-syrups or unecessary fats. We'll keep a couple things around in case we feel induldgent, but so far it's looked unappealing. My mom recently gave us a ton of whole foods, such as Brown rice, freshly ground whole wheat flour and some weird 7 grain stuff (looks like bird food, cooks like malto-meal.) We've been using these as basics for our meals. I honestly feel amazing eating such simple foods. We are shooting for as natural/simple of a diet as possible.

I'm very excited to get in shape! yay. I'll probably write about it more from time to time, if not for my own benefit.

Tags: Archive_Blogger, Diet, Excersize, Food, Health

posted at 3/22/2007 Open this article in a new window. 0 Comments


Aesthetics of a Tab Can

Born in 1963, Tab was celebrated as the second diet soft drink to make the market and a great tasting alternative to Coca-Cola. Now-days, Tab is probably more famed for containing Saccharin. In this blog, however, I'm not going to go into much detail on the history, nor the taste, or even it's rich history in cancer scares. I would like to present to you exactly how sexy a can of Tab is. First, we will begin with the label itself:



This image definitely does not give you the full effect of exactly how beautiful a can of Tab is, but it gives you the general idea none-the-less. I would first like to point out the pink diagonal lines in the background. This is consistent around the whole can, unlike more popular sodas which have inconsistent backgrounds that are otherwise distracting. Secondly, the logo for Tab is beautiful. They have revised it many times in the past 40 years, but what they have now is very sharp and modern, yet does not stray from it's roots.

What I like most, however, is this: There is only three, well matching colors on the whole can. two pinkish-red shades, a dark one and a light one and then white for the logo and any printing on the can. Brilliant! It's minimal color selection makes for a beautiful, simplistic, yet sophisticated look. I also like the fact, since Tab isn't necessarily a popular soda by any means, it is free from all advertisements.

It is by far, the most beautiful can I have ever seen.

Tags: Archive_Blogger, Design, Food, Marketing

posted at 1/31/2007 Open this article in a new window. 0 Comments


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