Mar
5
Not the mixed nuts! Anything but the mixed nuts!
Submitted by jessica on March 5, 2009 - 9:51pm
Until last week, the home intruders I was most concerned about were of the rodent variety. Long-time readers will remember the mouse graph of 2008, which documented a few rounds of mouse catching at our house. Even after the mouse graph, we have experienced additional breaches of our studio (to access a cough drop) and pantry (to get at a bag of dried porcini).
Mar
13
Viola's animals
Submitted by jessica on March 13, 2009 - 8:15pm
Some baby cuteness is called for after the break-in post.
Mar
18
Cooking post-baby
Submitted by jessica on March 18, 2009 - 8:25pm
While there have been a fair number of take out meals and quite a few (treasured) dinners prepared for us by friends and family, we have actually managed to maintain a certain amount of cooking in the post-baby era. We are still working our way through the half-o-lamb that we purchased from a local farm last year (unfortunately we are now without its piece de resistance, the rack, thanks to a certain robber; however, our insurance company reimbursed us generously for it).
Mar
19
We are nice neighbors
Submitted by jessica on March 19, 2009 - 10:18am
Someone please go to Bellevue next Saturday and buy this house for $1,000. Put it on your credit card. And then occupy it. Then at least one of the four houses between us and 9th St. will not be vacant.
UPDATE: The house has been removed from the auction. Is this because one of you dear readers has purchased it? I will await the good news.
Mar
25
Cruel jokes
Submitted by jessica on March 25, 2009 - 7:48pm
As if it wasn't hard enough returning to work today, a) I discovered that the car charger for my new phone was stolen by the thief, b) the highway entrance nearest our house is closed for construction, causing me to take a clogged detour, and c) my favorite NPR affiliate started its pledge drive today. And I already gave to the pledge drive. I should be exempted from being subjected to the banter:
Person 1: "You know, Person 2, that last story was so interesting. It really exemplifies why NPR is so great."
