Productivity!

Although my tomato plants are long gone, my mother has amassed a small army of tomato plants and therefore gave me about a zillion tomatoes yesterday. This has made me all kinds of giggly happy while at same time leaving me worried that they'll spoil before we can eat them all. So I got to making some fresh salsa:
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(The jar is reused.) This will go with our seitan & portobello fajitas tonight. (Which reminds me, time to get the seitan out of the freezer). I'm also thinking about making some marinara.

I also got around to making this Great Apple Cake, which is not made with tomatoes, but secretly contains a can of Great Northern beans:
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I meant to take a photo before we dug into it, but small people were shouting excitedly around me so I surrendered and gave them pieces to stop. It is so moist and good, I had to fight L. off of it to save some for dessert. :P

I am also cooking up some fresh vegetable stock (not pretty enough for a picture AT ALL), and working on drawing up the dinner menu.

My only other accomplishments today have involved a Week 5 run for C25k, mopping the kitchen, and washing the towels. I've been going back and forth between other work tasks and doing them bit-by-bit, as I really didn't want to work all weekend, but have some work-related stuff that needs to get done. *sigh*

Or you know, "Friends".

On Internet Friends and In-Person Friends, Or As They Are More Commonly Known, “Friends” -by Becky Chambers

As someone who finds it very hard to "get out" and socialize (not only due to the limitations of parenting and working, but due to the fact that I'm incredibly socially awkward in person, especially with people I'm just getting to know), I find all of that very exhausting instead of energizing. I loathe it at times. I'd guess that I have many more online friends that I do have "real life" friends - although those friendships are unique and special in their own ways.

My internet peeps have been with me through thick and thin. They've seen me no-holds-barred and they've seen me at my lowest and highest. There are people in "real life" that I can't say that for.

I love the relationships I've developed online over the years, and I can only hope to develop more. You guys are awesome.
♥