Hm, I think I need to set up a schedule for my self so I have time to blog more often. Work has been going very well and I'm working a lot more hours than I had expected. Fortunately, it's the best job ever and I'm having lots of fun. Rob actually decided to work there part-time (as a second job) to pull in some extra cash. He was hired today and everyone seems to like him already. How could they not? =)

The local Tampa Bay Vegetarians group met for an enticing sample dinner at Leafy Greens Tuesday night. We prepared for them portions of our simple Romaine Salad, truly Hearty Lentil Soup, zesty Mediterranean Pizza, comforting Real Deal Sandwich, spectacular Zucchini Spaghetti, and decadent Banana Blast (that's a lot of adjectives!) for only $15 a head! 12 hours of work and I was still smiling as I limped barefoot to my car. And we get to do it again next Tuesday!

They gave me Wednesday off to recuperate and after Rob got home from work we had one of our always fulfilling errand-days. These have always been fun for us as we don't get much time together out of the house to do much of anything. So even simple things like running errands make great little outings. We first stopped off at the Clearwater Bait & Tackle Shop to pick up some red worms for our composting pile. I'd rather have gotten them from one of the local farms but it felt nice to give them a nutrient-rich home rather than leaving them to be dangled off a fisherman's hook.

From there we headed to Al's Meat & Deli to pick up a whopping $55 worth of meat for our 5 animals. Al, coincidentally, is from Albania and thinks its hysterical that we buy all this organic meat for our dogs. He bursted out with the typical "What do you mean you don't eat meat?!?" when he found out none of it was for us. Pretty funny. He's since gotten over this phenomena and told us to say hi to our puppies and kitties from the butcher.

Then to the Nature's Food Patch for some yummy raw superfoods. Whole Foods carries no where near the amount of raw (and local!) food that we find at this place so we go out of our way every month or so to pick up some delicious (and nutritious) treats. This time we bought lots of dried mango, sprouting seed mix, maca powder, and nori sheets. Its amazing how the good stuff adds up! But hey, my father always says, what else to spend money on if not your health?

We also stopped at John's Produce on Belcher and Nursery for some fresh goodies and were pleasantly surprised to find a huge furry green caterpillar who needed a place to munch on greenery away from cars and giant feet! So we scooped him up, named him Hank, took him home, and let him crawl into the bushes in front of our house.

So Wednesday was a bit of a crazy day! Thursday I worked 1-7 and loved every minute of it. Today I worked 9-6 and made onion bread, corn salsa, orange walnut cream, and many other raw delights. So excited to be working with Rob again (we both worked at Whole Foods together, just in different departments) and glad that this job is turning out to be everything I had hoped for. We're one step closer to our dream!