others just like to watch the world.

on these days when neither heating nor air-conditioning is left on, i arrive home and this unventilated condo smells like a room at the Holiday Inn.  and for a moment it feels like being on vacation.     

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this week: a new menu item:

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grilled cheese!  so simple, and filling (surprisingly), & not necesarily bland if you can avoid the Kraft singles and Wonder Bread.  i made this round with cheese bread & amish provolone.  tomorrow i’m shopping for sourdough.  and possibly vegetables.

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two days ago i found my broken sunglasses in the back of a desk drawer at work.  super glue is now keeping them alive for a few more years, god willing:

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i adopted these glasses some years ago after discovering them in the delivery van.  they fit perfectly, but are so very fragile.

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i’ve packed over ten boxes of books & things and am storing them in a local warehouse.  the next stage is rearranging some furniture and then painting.  we’ve been considering shades of light green: 

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 for Biz

i hope you know i would.

the latest project:

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a market bag of cotton yarn & it has been nothing but trouble from the start.  but after basically starting over once, and having Courtness fix two mistakes and one incident of yarn-falling-off-the-needles, i think i have finally mastered the yarn over stitch.  but i’m keeping my fingers crossed…

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i’m kind of obsessed with the Buffalo Tom song “Late at Night” as featured in the famous hallway scene on My So-Called Life.  

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stop laughing, its a really good song.

 

pieces of wreckage.

my back door views:

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this showed up over the weekend:

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i’m totally convinced its a dead body.  that sort of thing could sure decrease the property values around here… right when i’m trying to move, too.  i started packing over the weekend - mostly old pictures and dusty bric-a-brac that could potentially scare away the house hunters.  three boxes so far.

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my thrill on blueberry hill

okay, calm down there is no thrill.  but i did eat some blueberry pie today if you want to count that…  

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i found this property while shopping online for my new house.  its a 1900 house on over 6 acres for practically no money at all.  

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no neighbors, possibly haunted, wrap-around porch, creek out back - all the things i am looking for in a house.  i think i must have it.

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with jam and bread 2.

lately i’ve been drinking loose leaf tea.  this evening’s was prepared using a very old infuser: 

yikes!  i should have polished that thing before making the tea.