I made chicken noodle soup for lunch because the soup pot was clean. Possibly I need to run the dishwasher.

I'm managing to cut down my monthly expenses a lot. I feel less panicky about it. If I can keep my expenses down I might actually be able to start saving money again.

Tj's run is on the bill for me tomorrow. Cherry cider, mmm.

Today I made the loveliest soup with TJ's faux-meatballs, rice, carrots, celery, onion/garlic, in a creamy tomato base. Oh, and some dill I froze over the summer. Very nice indeed. Very comforty and nutritious.

I wish my DH would eat soup. sigh No soups, no casseroles, no sauces. He's so lucky I married him anyway.

No soup?! Impossible!

How can anyone not love soup?

Then again, I had a friend who refuses to eat vegetables of any kind.

Sarameg - do you trek up to Towson or have they finished the downtown one yet? Just kidding (that's still a bare plot of land, I'm pretty sure).

Actually, there's one in Pikesville on Reisterstown Rd, just past the beltway (next to the Barnes&Noble that used to be a Bibelot.) It's a whopping 3 or so miles from me. I went to the Towson one ONCE and swore never again. The parking was such a clusterfuck.

I managed to squeak in a load of laundry (from my trip.) One less thing to do tomorrow!

Talked to my brother with T babbling in the background. He put me on speakerphone to see what T would do. Made him cackle...until he started grunting. I got called Aunt Poop. Brother's day at the track was today, and he had a blast. He also got free extra sessions and DID NOT set his car on fire. Brakes did start smoking again and he had his picture taken by several others as a result. (Last time he was at a track, they proudly pointed out the fire extinguishers that they'd never had to use at one of those events. J said "Oh, why did you say that?" Sure enough, they had to use them to put out his brakes.)

Ooohkay, I think I'm hearing gunshots.

Gunshots bad.

Brakes flambe funny. (No, not even pretty when they lead to fire - because fire and racing don't mix. So sayeth the pyro.)

Saw a cop car go by, but no sirens. Could've been something else, including illegal fireworks, but was sort of strange and no quite right sounding.

Maybe Dick Cheney took David Simon's challenge and brought his weak shit to Charm City, Sarameg. There aren't many quail, though.

hivemind - mac would like to know who would win in a battle: fire or ice?

ION, We are members of the Y now.

IOON, I cannot find my debit card. I used it once today - can find that receipt and have confirmed online that the card has not been used since, but no luck on actually finding the card. bother.

mac would like to know who would win in a battle: fire or ice?

Good question. I would say it depends on environmental factors. Is there enough fuel for the fire to keep going? Is it cold enough for the ice to melt and drown the fire, but still re-freeze?