Liese, your hockey team is trying to kill me too. This is a phenomenal series. I'm on pins and needles.

edit: And I don't die tonight. Wow. C'mon Flyers.

I installed the second a/c tonight. And dumped a full bowl of catfood all over the room.

I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time tracking this. How do these things go together? Did the a/c dump the catfood?

Oh, and sara, please not to be killing yourself with the A/C. We still haven't seen pictures of the '40s pinup gal, either. I know you were smokin', but it would be nice to see photographic evidence.

Heh, In the process of moving the ac out of the box, I stepped on the tray containing a dish of dry food. Heavily. Catapult-y. Pellets the full room.

maria, I want pics too! I'm relying on the married couple. Their photog kinda freaked me out following me at times ( 'cept he was dorky cute. Um.)

Heh, In the process of moving the ac out of the box, I stepped on the tray containing a dish of dry food. Heavily. Catapult-y. Pellets the full room.

That's what I was picturing.

When carrying an AC about, I'm always paranoid of tripping over something. I tape the cord to the AC so I won't trip over that.

Um.

I sense a story here, and you have gooooood stories.

I fully reencase the units after summer. Save cords, window jams, cords and insulation. It's all quite altogether.

But it is still 60-100 lbs of disaster, waiting to happen.

Ah, the day when I've got 10K+ to put in central ar. Have it now, but that's not the priority.

If only I knew what that um related to! Despite the erroneous list (so very wrong) I have my adventures, but...I'm quite quiet, I guess.

I got sweet potatoes from my CSA and now I have to figure out how to cook them. Does anyone have a recipe they like?

Torta! Torta! Torta! 3 tsp unsalted butter 1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh thyme 1/2 cup thinly sliced or chopped green onions 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1 tbs flour (I used spelt flour, if memory serves) 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp sugar freshly ground black pepper (it doesn't say how much) 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled & thinly sliced (about 3 fairly large ones) 1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled & thinly sliced Melt butter; generously brush a 9" cake pan with some of it. Preheat oven to 375. In a bowl (or your bathtub, I suppose, or perhaps in a brandy snifter - honestly, did they need to say "in a bowl"?) combine thyme, onions, cheese, flour, salt, sugar and pepper - or, you know, all the dry ingredients. Sheesh! Toss to blend well. Carefully arrange a single layer of sweet potato slices in concentric circles, overlapping slightly. Do not be disturbed by the optical illusion this might create! Resist its insidious power! Next, evenly layer with half of the apple slices. Sprinkle with about 2 tbs of the dry mixture and drizzle with about 2 tsp of butter. Use half the remaining sweet potato slices for the next layer, top with the remaining apple slices and the remaining dry mix, and drizzle with butter. End with a layer of the remaining sweet potatoes and drizzle again with butter. You did save enough butter, didn't you? Or do you have some left over? Uh-oh, better start again! Press down gently to flatten. Or beat into submission. Your choice. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake until the potatoes are just tender (or at least sentimental and weepy), about 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking, uncovered, until lightly browned at the edges, 25-30 minutes. If you choose to be uncovered in solidarity with your torta, be sure to adjust the thermostat. Transportation notes (I swear, I'm not making this up!): Tightly cover and place in the car in a position to prevent tipping. I think maybe this qualifies for the "how to live" series. Or perhaps they mean, avoid those who would tell you not to take any wooden nickels. But I don't know what the torta has to do with that. No instructions for those traveling by camel, ferry boat or unicycle. If you have refrigerated your torta (which you are allowed to do, for up to a day, or so says the recipe), you can reheat it, covered, in a 375 degree oven for 30 minute. Let sit for at least 5 minutes before unmolding. To server, invert the warm torta onto a serving platter (and not a canoe or velvet Elvis painting!) and cut into pie-shaped wedges. That is all.