tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53081871710498222562024-02-20T00:19:36.323-08:00Bundelz - Putting It All Together26 blogs and 15 websites - not counting the ones I disappeared. Time to consolidate into a one stop shopping sort of blog. Tying together the many aspects of my life into bundles.Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-65609483986721242632009-07-13T11:46:00.001-07:002009-07-13T11:46:31.046-07:00Our weekend out of town; The Story.Our weekend;   The Story.  I have a peridontist appointment about every three months, in a town about 2 + hours from where we live.  So we have turned it into a weekend getaway, and a visit with my mother who lives in a nearby town to the town where my peridontist is located. Had my peridontist appt Friday and the report was good - some small improvement actually.  Not Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-45596512210092054922008-12-26T09:11:00.001-08:002010-07-21T11:18:31.907-07:00Craftivism, what is it? Where did it come from? Who thought that one up?Well, whewww, someone put it together – activism + craft = craftivism.  That works for me!    Because it is possible to go beyond banners, email petitions and chants as ways of fighting for a cause you believe in. You could have a knit-in, papier-mache puppets, teach a crafty class for kids- all ways of turning that energy into a more positive, more useful, force. Atrocities areLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-46577427666682906782008-12-22T14:32:00.001-08:002008-12-22T14:32:13.395-08:00Making this blog work!Too many blogger template choices these days, and as the years keep passing, what people can now do with blogger compared to those early years…..why, I remember when you got the bare bones basics with blogger.  Then I learned enough html to be able to add to my blogger html template.  I thought I was doing pretty great, until the ‘feeds’ came along.  I couldn’t quite figure out howLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-61978490901269415492008-07-14T09:31:00.001-07:002008-07-14T09:31:56.971-07:00Who killed the electric car? - videoLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-37295217570442337872008-06-29T09:47:00.000-07:002008-06-29T10:15:36.759-07:00Independence Day Challenge 2008 - Good practice to get in better shape for food management challenges headed our way.I'm pleased to have found this great challenge and it is a challenge - Independence Day Challenge 2008 - at Casaubon's Book blog. The blog is full of useful information and worth a look. We (husband and I, oh and our dog and cat) are already into our efforts of trying to learn how to take care of ourselves (primarily feed ourselves) as the oil/food/economic crisis continues. And we recognize Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-59400971596750227832007-11-11T08:45:00.000-08:002007-11-11T08:47:15.927-08:00Doing Something Positive - The Urban Pioneers are doing it, so can we!Excellent video encapsulating wide array of concepts in Sustainable Living. These Urban Pioneers got a jumpstart back when it was called self-sufficiency- meaningful living, abundant living, simplistic living, getting off the grid. And they go even further back ... see the video below. Big hat tip to Path To Freedom Journal blog.from the Path to Freedom Journal blog 'about us'On 1/5th of an Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-54245614403167875562007-07-01T07:28:00.001-07:002007-07-01T07:30:12.409-07:00Fun video 'The Store Wars' May the Farm be with you.....'The Store Wars' May the Farm be with you. A fer fun video to offset the very serious video below. Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-19546262328209568052007-07-01T06:53:00.000-07:002007-07-01T06:57:56.214-07:00Nutricide - Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins, and HerbsThe video starts off looking like some lecture and I started to hit the stop button, but decided instead to hear it out for a bit, and then I was intrigued. Because she was talking about something as if I should already know what it is and I realized I hadn't even heard of it, let alone realize what it is, so I listened. Do you know what Codex Alimentarius is? And if you do, then you're ahead Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-64837221291113356582007-06-18T15:56:00.000-07:002007-06-18T17:14:57.116-07:00United States Food Supply in Danger?I'm not altogether sure that I agree with the slant or bent of why this was posted - as it has a somewhat anti-illegal immigrant cast to it , which I don't share. But the information pointed out about contaminated and compromised food, food recalls is pertinent. United States Food Supply in Danger? The latest in the craze of America 's food supplies being contaminated. Mini Chip Ahoy Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-27844591740856756782007-06-18T15:16:00.000-07:002007-06-18T15:33:33.441-07:00Disappearing Apple Varieties in the South - 1,400 to 200 1,400 apple varieties in the South - only 200 still known to existThe Genius of Apples; by Linda Burnham, Oct 2004There's a hearty band of hunters ransacking the South, says Lee Calhoun, hunting for old Southern apples. They are tracking down apple trees in the front yards of old country homes that may disappear tomorrow. Time is running out for these hunters. Of the 1,400 apple Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-89698329750181773382007-04-30T12:07:00.000-07:002007-04-30T12:10:20.365-07:00How much per week on food according to Dept of Labor stats?The Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out some very detailed statistics about how much Americans spend on different parts of their budget. Part of that, obviously, focuses on food. The most recent data that they have published is from 2005. 1 person in the family, one wage earner: $68 a week 2+ persons in the family, one wage earner: $121 a week 2+ persons in the family, Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-5391900515530648162007-04-07T08:25:00.000-07:002007-04-07T08:30:28.911-07:00Subprime Lending Crisis: Millions of Families Face Losing Their Homes to Foreclosurehttp://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/04/1343214 Subprime loans have led to one million American families losing their homes in the past decade, a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending has found. In the last ten years, the subprime loan industry has emerged as a major, and controversial, player in the housing market. We speak with an attorney at the Center for Responsible Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-50796044324604800382007-03-21T10:15:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:59:11.443-07:00Still Cooking Thai - the Asian grocery store where I live.I know, I know - I've neglected my blog(s). Quick update to my little adventure of learning to cook Thai (vegan Thai) and yes we are still eating pretty much strictly Thai. I won't add the latest recipes to this post, but I will be adding them to the blog shortly. It's been a month now - my - a month has passed since I began converting us to vegetarian. I've been cooking vegan Thai recipes Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-49966505196673973672007-03-21T09:43:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:15:29.250-07:00No Impact Man blog - urban New York family experiment - one year of no impactWell good for him and his wife and their small child. He decided to put into action and action plan to reduce his family impact on the environment - in the urban setting of New York city. Instead of mouthing all the assortment of platitudes, he decided to make a committment, reduce their environmental footpring and is blogging about it.While I self congratulate on the efforts we have made in Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-88734058014701597612007-03-04T09:22:00.000-08:002007-03-04T10:51:01.624-08:00Recipes This Week; Still Eating Thai!Catching up on the new recipes I made this week. See what happens when I miss one day of blogging the progression? It turns into two missed days, then three, then an entire week goes by and I find myself needing to write a 'super' sized blog entry. The order of the days we had the new eats isn't too relevant, but the grades and rating we gave the new recipes determines if we will have that Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-42800112029125213422007-03-01T11:18:00.000-08:002007-03-01T11:28:50.167-08:00The 'Victory Garden' still has meaning for today's generationI have long believed the WWll concept of everyone having a 'Victory Garden' of their own has more meaning for us now in these times in a quite different way. In the time of WWll, individuals grew Victory Gardens as a response to war-time rationing and as a united gesture of patriotic support. As 'living off the grid', becoming consumer-less, corporate farming, global warming, terminator Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-41575737478243344312007-02-28T10:10:00.000-08:002007-02-28T10:28:00.581-08:00'No Knead Bread 'recipe by Jim Lahey in the NY Times - apparantly it's all the rage, and it's just reaching me now.I'll leave a 'bread crumb trail' for how I came about finding the 'No Knead Bread' recipe that apparantly has caught fire and is making the rounds. I'm either oblivious, or it is still new enough that it hasn't reached my attention. But it has my attention now! Beginning with my bloglines morning reads, from not martha today is a list of fun recipes (I already added the kettle corn and sweet Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-91598885869836187102007-02-28T09:48:00.000-08:002007-02-28T10:02:02.646-08:00Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks with Rosemary - another 'snack' food - healthy sortaI haven't fixed this 'snack' yet, but I feel pretty confident having made roasted, seasoned potatos, and recently having made Eggplant Chips. So, putting the recipe here for reference and when I get more sweet potatoes, I'll be sure to make this one. I bought sweet potatoes at our last grocery outing, but they were intended for the Thai and vegetarian recipes I collected. I can recommend the Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-81471823870718648932007-02-28T09:37:00.000-08:002007-02-28T09:47:15.415-08:00Kettle Corn recipe - for those cravings when I cave in....Just a little not so healthy Kettle Corn recipe I came across today at Seattlest. Yes, from time to time, I give into my craving for kettle corn. I first tasted it when we lived in Mount Vernon, in Skagit County, Washington. I really liked the 'quaint' downtown and the annual street fair which included many vendors who brought along homecrafts. While I like where we live, I often find myselfLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-14081564812708472452007-02-25T08:35:00.000-08:002007-02-25T08:58:30.953-08:00Bottled Water likened to Driving a Hummer - think about it.Found this morning at Path to Freedom Journal and I just have to share this here....I so agree, I so agree. BOTTLED WATER IS LIKE DRIVING A HUMMERBe Part of the SolutionENDING BOTTLED WATER ADDICTION WILL SAVE MONEY & ENVIRONMENT {from Organic Consumer Association}BOTTLED WATER ISN'T NECESSARILY CLEANER: According to the San Francisco Chronicle and lawsuits from the Environmental Law Foundation,Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-43869350314445360162007-02-24T20:32:00.000-08:002014-12-09T12:55:43.415-08:00Three Soups, A big batch of Granola, and Eggplant Chips. What a day in the kitchen!Three Soups Tonight!New batch of Granola.Eggplant Chips. I got busy and made three different soups tonight to go with the big batch of rice I made yesterday. I also wanted to be sure that Sweetie would have 'leftovers' for the rest of the weekend and to take to work on Monday.If we had a bigger refridgerator, I'd do the weekend making up meals ahead, but there is no way with the two of us we Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-20686661867039769262007-02-23T09:12:00.000-08:002007-02-23T14:11:14.225-08:00Bonus Army and Ghosts of Abu Ghraib on tv last nightI watched Bonus Army on PBS, and then Ghosts of Abu Ghraib on HBO. It remains on my mind today, and I will likely blog on it at my Dying to Preserve the Lies blog and at Washblog. I mention it at this blog, because it is named Bundelz, an effort to have one place that is not a compartment of the many aspects of being me.Sweetie came home from work yesterday raving about the granola. It's time Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-16384970940830374642007-02-23T08:39:00.000-08:002007-02-23T09:04:17.869-08:00Flexible Thai Soup and it is 'flexible' !Last night it was Flexible Thai Soup. I am not sure how it is named 'flexible', likely because there is flexibility of vegetables used in the soup. We liked it, flavorful, great zing, good taste and I would make frequently. I didn't make the rice to go with the soup, so by itself, while filling, it was not a meal to hold us through the evening as we found ourselves in search of something to Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-44396166850191569532007-02-21T20:59:00.000-08:002007-02-21T21:09:00.515-08:00Oh - oops - Galangal is not gingerLesser Galangal (Alpinia officinarum)Wikipedia says otherwise and describes it this way; However, it tastes little like ginger; in its raw form, it has a soapy, earthy aroma and a pine-like flavor with a faint hint of citrus. .......A mixture of galangal and lime juice is used as a tonic in parts of Southeast Asia. Medicinally, it has the effect of an aphodisiac, and acts as a stimulant.More at Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5308187171049822256.post-48641399586836095142007-02-21T19:59:00.000-08:002007-02-22T11:10:10.297-08:00Thai Peanut Linguine - Lemongrass, Galangal, Kafir Lime - what does it all mean?Tonight it was Thai Peanut Linguine and I wasn't disappointed. I was eager to try one of the recipes using Thai Coconut Milk. However, it was too soon after the Vegan Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles that I made earlier this week. Now we have peanut noodle leftovers to last out the rest of the week. Good in as much as Sweetie has guaranteed lunches but more noodles than we are used to having in a Lietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.com0