What’s the deal with Highway 169? It’s such an unpredictable road. I’ve tried over the past several days to navigate it from the same starting point to the same destination at the same time of day, and each day the drive takes me a different length of time – sometimes shorter, sometimes longer.

I would think that a road like that would be predictable!

Which roads can you set your watch by the travel time and which roads change travel times with the wind?

I was watching “Iron Chef America” the other night, and it really inspired me to try to eat more than just macaroni and cheese.

Just months after my 40-day recipe challenge, my eating is in a slump again. My general meals either come from a box or somehow incorporate tortillas and frozen vegetables. What can I say? I’m pretty tame in the kitchen. I never really venture outside my comfort zone of pizza-based foods. They’re good enough, so why try for something better?

I knew it would happen sooner or later, but I didn’t think it would be this soon.

Well, one day into week two and I’m already falling behind schedule. With five dishes in the pan, so to speak, I’ve got 35 to go and only 31 days to make and eat those recipes.