Hi all!
Kat, that Hapa Project looks way cool. I love that they let the kids write their own stories, even if they can't write words yet.
We went to a party today at a place called Adventure Plex. They let the kids climb and play on a huge play structure, like 5 levels high. It was intense and a lot of fun. Isaac is now crashed out on the couch next to me. (I should note Frances is not asleep, she's riding her bike with her dad. When did she become Action Girl?) I would totally go back there and pay them $10 for 2 hours of play because I know the kids will love it. But ye gads were they sweaty when they came home.
And now I'm suffering weird cravings for Cincy-style chili and garlic bread. I still deny that it is in fact chili, but damn it sounds good.
Deniers get no chili! (And Jess *does* have a recipe for a vegetarian version, so there!)
Congratulations, Cashmere!
I've spent pretty much the whole day carving a garden space out of an empty old bed that's gone to seed. I set up brick-material edging, put paper bags over the dirt and weeds, put a soaker hose over the bags, and put garden soil over the hose. Now I just need the seeds I ordered to get here and I'll be good to go. This is more activity than I've pursued in months, so I'm gonna be feeling it tomorrow. Oh well—that's why ibuprofen was invented.
Aww, hapa project. I hope Noah does make it in, because cuteness!
Congrats, Cash! Way to go you.
We looked for two years before we bought, and we were just looking for an empty plot of land! Imagine what we'd have been like if we were looking for a house! But we knew we couldn't buy a built house here; prices started at $350,000 and went up for anything reasonable. Over $100,000 for a trailer. Ridic.
But we love the lot and of course the house we ended up with. So it's worth the (sometimes painful!) search, sarameg.
I feel like I missed out on the house search, which is ridic I know.
I have friends who go to open houses just for kicks.
Dinner: Edamame and green pea soup topped with toasted pistachios. Totally experimental and totally nom.
I wonder if any VH-1 watchers besides me just asked "Why is Christine Baranski wearing a suit and tie?" when David Coverdale came onscreen...
Hey Scrappy? You did a short sale, right? What did your timeline end up being? There's another on the same street as the one I like, plus one I haven't seen in Hampden that just reduced the price like whoa. I'd love to get this all done before I leave the country/lease expires, but if I really like something, I'll deal with the headaches and go negotiate the fuck out of the mgmt office.
