oh, the weather outside is

...depressing me.

weekend recap

Friday – ate Chinese food for supper; saw Juno
Saturday, aka the day of beautiful weather – slept in; got in a couple-hour workout; took in some Kansas Day activities at the museum, including a lecture from a local tv meteorologist about severe weather in KS; took my book to the coffee shop and read while drinking (and spilling) a pumpkin spice latte; pizza with Nate and Esther; went to the basketball game, which ended favorably for our team
Sunday – church; chili/potato soup dinner; church meeting...until 3pm; shelf assembly; kitchen organization; really quick Taco Tico supper; cookie baking with Esther and Alice; Buffy with Ruth and Jesse

Last night was perhaps the first time since the new year I haven't taken some sort of NyQuil-esque medication before bed. I think there are warnings about that kind of thing, but sheesh, my dang nose and throat preventing me from sleeping! I hope this will soon end for good. Now I will go make myself some chai.

2 things from the week that were no fun at first, but good in the end

1. Sewer problems. The floor drain in the basement wasn't so much draining as it was allowing nasty stuff to come up onto our floor. Luckily the basement is unfinished and we don't store anything near the drain, so nothing was ruined, but it sure was gross. Brian was wonderful and took care of getting the people out, helping them when they were there, and even doing all of the clean-up. How generous. The cause of the problem was a big old ball of roots in the pipes.
   
2. Monday night we were going to cook supper, and I realized if we did that, we'd really have no place in the refrigerator to put leftovers and really no place on the counter for more dirty dishes. Sobering. So we did an entire refrigerator clean-out, including washing all of the shelves, and then did the dishes. The difference in the refrigerator is amazing, and it's still kind of satisfying to look in there and see so much empty space and cleanness.
   

faker

Yesterday I unfortunately ate a dessert masquerading as Marsh Bars. What disappointment ensued. What sadness for eating all of those calories -- and for what? Some chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and marshmallows? A shame.

new post

I've been sick a lot recently. Ugh.

We had a very full and very fun weekend.

Last night we made tortillas for the first time. The dry ingredients came from a Quaker mix, but everything after that we made. They were tasty. We topped them with black beans and "Mexicorn" (warmed), shredded cheese, sauteed green onions, green chiles, avocado, and salsa.

not at all what i expected to find when i opened the newspaper

A must-read/-see.

I know there are comments out there.

super worthless post

Something popped into my mind yesterday, and I have been trying to remember it fully ever since. Do any of my readers remember this phrase, what the context was, how it was used? For some reason I remember it being really funny. Something like:
Why don't you just skate on out of here?
Or:
Well, then I'll just skate on out of here!
Followed by a skating motion with hands behind back.

Maybe it was Jesse Overright. Maybe it was around the time of one of the SAB skating events. I don't know.

Like I said, super worthless post.