Ok, it's been a long time since I've updated. Here is whats going on in my life:

Bryce and I sold one of our cars. Which means, I am totally dependent on my bike. Yikes. Last week I worked on acclimating myself to riding my bike again and this week I move onto phase two of my life makeover- stop eating so badly. I've been shopping and am almost ready for any weather that hits- I need some snow gloves and new rain boots, then I'll be good to go.

I'm also still doing music for Tom's church. It's been good. It's really odd to come back into Christian culture. I don't think I fit in. But I do know that it doesn't really matter if I have white teeth and am married to a pastor. I like that Bryce and I are different.

I'd like to go to Karaoke again soon. Please come with me.

Rain

Riding in the rain sucks. Especially when you are wearing jeans. I want... no, I need to get some rain pants. I'm not sure what kind to get though- I saw these women-style pants on REI.com but they were $100 and didn't have great reviews.

I am determined to be an all weather commuter. I just want to buy once, and buy right.

Any suggestions?

100 Foods You Should Eat
I stole this from a blog I lurk on. The bold items are things I've eaten. What about you?

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (mango lassi and sweet lassi)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects to in Pueblo, MX but I was sick.)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

I've been sick. Really sick.

I didn't ride my bike to work today because it was thunder and lightning. Last time I rode my bike in a storm I got bit by a dog.

Besides that I haven't barely eaten anything since last Tuesday.

There are two things I frequently see on my rides to and from work. Free piles and apples. And apples in free piles. I often wish I could take some of the stuff home but it's a little hard on my bike. I saw a sweet lamp today but no way could I have gotten it home.

I had Pabst Lite and Popsicles for dinner.

yes, it's hot.

OK color me stupid Cherise, but's what's a bracket??