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My older sister got married on May 22nd, and I thought I might share a few highlights!
One of my duties was to make the groom’s cake… which was a fantastically successful experiment. This particular groom is on a strict no-HFCS diet, with some other requirements too. He loves Clif and Kashi bars though, so this was the perfect solution for him…
…a cake made from Clif Builder Bars and Kashi Chewy Bars. There were three layers–the bottom (not visible) was square and had a layer of chocolate Clif and one of peanut butter Clif, the second was peanut butter Kashi, and the third (the star–for the Air Force, it was a motif on the invitations as well) was oatmeal raisin Kashi. Basically, I crumbled the bars in a food processor (after removing the chewy layer on the Clif bars) and melted them down with some milk before placing them in various pans and freezing them until they were hard enough to safely remove from the pans. I then stacked them up and drizzled white chocolate (HFCS-free, of course) over the whole shebang. I actually never got a taste of it, but my uncle, who is also on a strict diet, thought he was cheating until I told him what the cake was actually made of. He said it tasted kind of like a brownie. So I think I did a pretty good job with that one.
Also, we went camping for the bachelorette party, and I petted a goat. I never knew they had such crazy eyes!
And in case you saw my new haircut in the last post, this is how much I cut off:
And of course, the happy couple (with my sister in her custom-designed wedding dress made by her fashion-school graduate friend):
For an incredibly simple way to cut down your shower time, water consumption, and product use, all you have to do is… cut your hair! I recently had easily over a foot of hair cut off and was amazed at the immediate changes in my morning routine. It’s fast, easy, and cool for the summertime. But I’m one of those girls with no emotional attachment to my hair (plus, I think the androgynous/boyish look is completely adorable). To the rest of you–it’s worth it to save the world, right??
See, it's not too hard, right?
And here are a few things that have caught my eye recently (or not so recently):
An encouraging post from Barbara at Tigers & Strawberries about Americans returning to the garden.
Two from No-Impact Man, Colin Beavan: A 90-second video from 350.org and a summary of Al Gore’s recent call for the US to move to 100% renewable energy by 2018.
This book looks amazing… and I want it. Badly.
So this scarf isn’t exactly new, but I LOVE it. Too bad my knitting skills are right about here and I have finished exactly one scarf in my life… maybe someday I will actually learn to do basic things like read the pattern for that scarf. We’ll see.
These look amazing… see: 
I told you.
This resource for finding local food producers looks very helpful… and kind of like something I was thinking about doing for my honors thesis… if I ever learn flash. I’ll probably explain that more later.
Small is Possible: Life in a Local Economy looks like a book worth reading. I’ll have to add it to my list.
An interview on Grist with the author of another book that looks worth reading: Bottlemania.
