Plan for today: do all the things. (So far, bring a carload of stuff to new house, scrub walls of half the living room, grocery shop, mourn lack of including lunch in the grocery shopping.)

The kids have been pounced on by 2 10 year old girls on the block, and they're having a bake sale (involving fudge, which isn't baked, but whatevs.) So far I know of 5 10 year olds on the block: Julia, Lily, Ava, Olivia, and John (the last 2 are twins.)

B5 fans: Check out Paul Krugman's blog [link] (I suspect this was a suggestion by Krugman, who studied economics because it was the closest he could get to Asimov's psychohistory.)

So far. I just woke up

It's a small thing to miss, but in the old house we had finally found kitchen and bath faucets we liked that really worked, and I loved them. We replaced the kitchen one here when we moved in, but the holes don't line up right to install the ones I really loved. Kitchen faucet, it's a must to have one high enough to fill tall pots, and we did get one, but it doesn't have the elegant curve of the one we had before. And the bath one is just standard faceted plastic "crystal" hot and cold knobs and a slanted faucet, rather than the retro white china cross knobs and swoopy faucet. At some point we'd like to replace the sinks, and we can make sure the holes are right for the good faucets when we do.

So that’s two rolls of film that I spoiled. Now sitting at home sulking, and watching the Mets.

Bummer, Tom--what happened?

I did so much yesterday and now my back is really bothering me. Still went for a walk with sister, had breakfast burritos, did some yard work (i.e., hacked back the rosemary, lavender, and groundcover that I should never have planted), and then took a muscle-relaxant my sister gave me.

It's not quite doing the job, though: I may take another.

At some point I need to start going through kitchen drawers and deciding what I really need to keep versus get rid of, before I have to empty everything out for the demolition.

Boo on spoiled film. Did you at least get fried cheese curds?

I am attempting some productivity today. Did some work on the pool. Looked at work work. I must have slept badly and my body aches so sitting in a chair at the computer isn't comfy. Wah. Little bad moody. Should get comfy somewhere and just read.

Parents and brother to come over to my sister's house for dinner later so I need to be more social by 5 or so.

I'm excited for your new kitchen, Consuela!

The first time I didn't have the film loaded properly. I was shooting and I didn't realize the film wasn't advancing. The second time I shot a whole roll and then advanced the film too far and pulled it all the way out of the spool.

The fried cheese curds were awesome, but surprisingly heavy. Definitely a sometimes food.