I've been trying for a while to figure out how to sell my cute suckers. The problem is, I don't have an industrial kitchen, which means I can't do it legally. I recently found out about the Utah Cottage Food Industry Law, which says I can sell shelf-stable foods if my kitchen is certified. I have to have my kitchen inspected, and my recipe approved, and a food handler's permit, and my label created and approved. So, it is going to take a while.
Jeff and I have a goal to run a 10K sometimes this summer. I had plans to run the Smithfield Health Days 5K today, to get us thinking about what a 10K would really involve, but the registration was full. I was disappointed. Jeff, the trooper he is, agreed to a Family Fun Run today. We ran to the Zoo, then stopped to play on the playground, eat some snacks, we ran into some friends and chatted for a while. We toured the zoo and got balloons. Then we walked home. Actually I sprinted the last block, but Gabe still won ... he did have a bike, after all. It was fun.
This weather is PERFECT. Cool and beautiful. Blossoms everywhere. As Leo said when the snow first started melting, the world is getting color again! We walked through a local nursery called ... get ready for this .... the Green House. One of the greenhouses was filled with scarlet blossoms on the tables, and hanging baskets filled with yellow, pink and white. It was intoxicating. I could feel something going on inside of me as I walked through that place. Something waking up. It turned on my senses, gave me energy. I LOVE SPRING!
Books I've read recently:
Shakespeare Stealer series (liked it)
Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency series (really like it)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (To kids)
One lame one ... I can't even remember the title. I just picked it off a shelf at the library, thinking that I needed to expand my cannon. WWWWay lame.
The Botany of Desire. Nonfiction, but very entertaining.
I'm always on the lookout for more food writing. If you would pass along any that you come across in your reading, I'd appreciate it!
I have always been amazed that The Family Circus is still in print. Really, I've never even chuckled at it. The other day, I accidentally read it (yes, I still read newspaper comics every day), and thought with a shock, "this looks a lot like my blog! AAAAAaaaah!" For those of you who roll their eyes at the "cute" antics of Billy and the crew, I AM SORRY that my blog is reminiscent of Family Circus. Really, they are so much cuter when they are your own kids, and your own stories.
