CJ has refused to participate in the house hunting process - so he basically gets whatever room K-Bug doesn't want (I, of course, get first pick). If the current offer goes under contract, his room will be ok-ish, but smaller than his room is now.
Driving out to look at the places today, K-Bug and I had talked about how I'm torn between wanting a townhome and a stand alone home. Pros and cons for each, especially since I'm looking at this being my home for a long time.
The place we offered on is a townhome, but the neighborhood feels much more like a single family residence neighborhood than the other townhome communities we have looked into.
I made that butternut flat bread Gris made last week, and it was easy and delicious!
I'm friends with too many of my coworkers on Facebook to be willing to share this Onion take on open-plan offices there, but it needed to be shared...
Does anyone know what Terry Pratchett's Award of Arms motto means? Noli Timere Messorem
I can't find a decent Latin to English translator
Red beans and rice was a success, even though I tried to make it healthier by adding more vegetables and less meat, and 2/3 wild rice to 1/3 white rice. Maaaybe used a little too much cayenne, but forewarned is forearmed.
Connie, it's basically, "Don't fear the reaper."
"Don't fear the reaper."
I do love the College of Arms.
Shit. I was going to do my taxes this weekend, wasn't I? And I just had to call a help line because I couldn't remember what my username and password are for the bank because they made me change it recently, but now I have my 1099INT.
Ugh.
We had frijoles charros from one of my favorite cook books, Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker cook book. Easy recipe and utterly delicious. My wife - who spent formative years in Mexico and Venezuela and is therefore insufferably difficult to please when it comes to Latin food of any type - said it was very authentic and good (though she did not approve of my additions of Greek yogurt and cheese at the table, but I do what I want. She liked my homemade corn tortillas though.)
If you have a slow cooker you should get this book. Some of the recipes are not great for "leave it in all day while at work", but many of them are, and everything we have made has been delicious, especially bean dishes. The baked beans are phenomenal for example.
