Happy New Year! I think of you both often. Have made the transition to vegetarianism. Maybe vegan one day. It’s a process. I love the challenge to be creative and the health benefits as well. Come to Austin and visit me sometime.
Karen
Okay, so I am coming to this way late, but I just wanted to commiserate on the Money Pit situation. We are considering selling our house next year just to avoid putting in a new roof and furnace. I know I don’t want to stay in this house for another five or so years, so I know we’d never get our money back (we’d have to finance those repairs). Well, there are other reasons why we want to sell but those are big ones. As it stands now we have a huge To Do list just to get the house ready to show. Ugh.
GREAT letter! But I was shocked to see the notebook paper with FIVE HOLES! At a Catholic school? No wonder you Mount Saint Joe’s/Joe Paradox chicks were completely out of control!
I would still love to do a little “wax on wax off” with Ralph Macchio.
Ever since my Granny’s house was torn down - it just hasn’t been the same when I visit my relatives. I visualize every detail - details that they have no recollection of or attachment to ... sad. :(
I had no idea your AC was out!!!
And I’m so glad we get to share the GLEE obsession together!!
I feel the exact same way about my grandparent’s house and it has been 3 or more years since it was sold. I still can’t drive by because I don’t want to see it without the milk tin on the front porch.
That is an excellent point. Wheat and soy-based ingredients are so prevalent in vegan cuisine, so to take those out of the mix could seem daunting. And, it’s a competition, so I’m betting nerves played a part, as well.
Ok, how awesome is Rick Bayless’ restaurant to be so accomodating? That says a lot about his leadership as the owner, and about his philosophy of feeding people.
What you’re saying about fake meat products is so true. From time to time, we overuse them for protein, because they cook up fast and are easy to add to one-pot meals. The most delicious meals are the ones which feature one key, flavorful ingredient, or those that require a bit more creativity than just opening a package.
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vegan. teacher. opinionated. loves books, shoes, hanson, ‘the amazing race’, the 80s, ‘waiting for guffman’, mid-afternoon naps, musicals and breakfast cereal. four cats. one redhead. hi.
I don’t think I can say it enough. I love Ikea. With the exception of about three things, our entire house is has been furnished by the good company of Sweden. Some of my favorite new purchases include this lamp and these chairs. In red, of course.
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The house next door to ours has an SUV parked in the driveway. For the last two weeks the car alarm has gone off between 1 and 3pm every single day. We know this because a) we hear it and b) our neighbors tell us it happens throughout the work week. Last weekend my neighbor called the police to come over and have a look, and this weekend I called for them to come back.
I don’t even know who lives in the house. I know it’s a rental, and I know who the owner of the property is, but that’s about it. I’ve never seen the people who live there (they just moved in about a month ago). There’s a flyer in the front door that’s been there for about two days, so it’s clear that no one has entered or left the house. The yard is totally overgrown and all the window blinds are closed.
It’s probable that these people are on vacation. The police officer who came today to check things out smelled the doors to see if there was any evidence of decomposing dead bodies inside. Nope. And because the SUV is parked in driveway, on private property, he couldn’t go under the hood and disable the alarm, or have the truck towed.
All this is fine. Better than fine, really. This is what I want from my police department. Unless there is clear and present evidence of any kind of foul play or danger, I want my privacy (and my neighbor’s) protected.
In the meantime, I also have to listen to this g.d. car alarm going off every day. It’s a nuisance. I feel badly for the people who have to listen to this all week long and the kids whose naps are interrupted by this crap.
When the police officer was here, he told me that the SUV was registered to another address, with an unlisted phone number. Dead end. I gave him the name of the homeowner. After thirty minutes, he rang my doorbell to tell me they were unable to locate the homeowner’s number (I gave him the names of two real estate offices I knew she worked out of).
After he left, I googled the homeowner’s name. The first result that came up was her real estate office. I called. She wasn’t there. The secretary transferred me to her cell and I left her a message.
Now, why is it that I could locate the homeowner’s number in a matter of five seconds and the police couldn’t do it in a half-hour? I’m confused. As Tony said, “All I want my police to do is shoot bad guys, not look up phone numbers. If they can’t look up phone numbers I can live with that.” I agree totally. But still. It shouldn’t be that hard. Maybe they couldn’t find the number because they had to fill out Form #4218 (Finding Phone Numbers) and have it approved by three supervisors first.
I don’t know why, but this story reminds me of the time I heard three loud bangs and made a call to my local police department. I felt like a real tool, but I was like, “It may have been gunshots. I don’t know.” I didn’t want to not call the police and have someone be dead like Kitty Genovese. Thankfully, nothing happened, but the cops did come zooming down the street moments later. It’s comforting to have good cops.
This is kind of sinister, really. Like you said, they’re probably just on vacation, but my mind of course immediately goes to “there are people being held captive in the basement/the house is a meth lab/baaaaaad things are happening there.”
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I don’t know why, but this story reminds me of the time I heard three loud bangs and made a call to my local police department. I felt like a real tool, but I was like, “It may have been gunshots. I don’t know.” I didn’t want to not call the police and have someone be dead like Kitty Genovese. Thankfully, nothing happened, but the cops did come zooming down the street moments later. It’s comforting to have good cops.
This is kind of sinister, really. Like you said, they’re probably just on vacation, but my mind of course immediately goes to “there are people being held captive in the basement/the house is a meth lab/baaaaaad things are happening there.”
The car alarm would REALLY piss me off, though.
We had a car like that in my neighborhood - the alarm was going off all the time and the owners never seemed to do anything about.
It ended up covered in broken raw eggs and canallini beans.
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