Started off Thursday with a 2.5 hour trip to Yakima for my grandfather’s memorial service. I managed to get sunscreen on my face, but neglected the rest of me. Apparently that wasn’t an issue except for one arm — I thought I’d found shade, but I guess I thought wrong. Oops. […]
Things: I have *no* impulse control, apparently, when left unchaperoned in a bookstore. To my credit, I only walked out with two books for me — one recommended by a co-worker (Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett) & one that I stumbled upon serendipitously (The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson). […]
The Creek House is no longer on the market. Maybe we’ll get the scoop on that from our agent when she gets back in town. I suppose not that it probably really matters. There’s a couple other houses that I guess we should go look at. I’m so completely over this […]
I made sourdough today. It’s the very best fresh out of the oven, crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside. OM NOM NOM NOM!
It’s been interesting watching the remaining kitties adjust to the lack of Siobhan. She was definitely our alpha female who ran the place. ‘Spew is […]
About a half hour until we leave to go look at some houses. M2 is running a fever (or was before I bribed her with an otter pop to take some tylenol). She ate some saltines & drank some juice & is coming around a little.
Thank you all for your kind […]
The congestion in my chest has moved entirely to my head. The snuffly head overflowing made me get up earlier than the rest of my body wanted to & from then until just now, I’ve been cleaning, trying to get this house into ‘on sale’ order. Oof with the cleaning & scrubbing & vacuuming & […]
Every night for the last five or six days, I’ve been reading A Wrinkle in Time to M1. On Friday night we ended up reading until about 9:40 — we kept getting sidetracked talking about Euclidean & non-Euclidean math/geometry. She’d had a frustrating day at school with math & yet there we were […]
I’ve had the worst cravings ever for the worst junk foods ever lately. Hmmm, what should I have for dinner? Well, what sounds good? Potato chips & french onion dip/sour cream stuff… popcorn… french fries (with mayo, preferably)… chips & salsa… Girl Scout cookies… ice cream… bread (home made, of course) with […]
There. 2007 taxes done & filed.
I started looking at house financing things, USAA vs a friend who is a broker (but only for family/friends now). Brain go melty. I need to talk to broker friend, but iirc, she flat out said last time USAA would match/beat what she could provide… but with these complicated big […]
Tomorrow at 9pm the house comes off the market for the time being & it’s the end of our contingency on the house we wanted to buy. We’ll try again in the spring. There is apparently currently someone on the fence as to whether or not to put in an offer. There […]