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1.  My neighbors have apparently not moved out- I left the house yesterday and one of them was sitting on the porch, with no shirt on, eating something from a bowl (sans spoon).  Which means they have (select most likely scenario ( Read more... )

I am a little, tiny bit excited that it appears the weird neighbors are leaving in the dead of night (so to speak).  Thus far they have removed 4 pick-up truck loads of boxes and furniture from the house... I feel a little guilty for being excited that they might be leaving as the circumstances that might cause a rapid departure from rental housing ( Read more... )

Managed to get a completely acceptable night of sleep last night.  This evening, I went out and got myself a couple bottles of Tank 7 (you know you want some!!  Because it's awesome!!), then walked around the Plaza for a bit ( Read more... )

So my first attempt at a completely gluten-free, and limited-ingredient meal went off rather well, I think.  For posterity, menu ( Read more... )

For sure :)

Calamari- stuffed with a bit of chorizo, brushed with olive oil, salt, ground chilis, and a bit of garlic, then grilled over coals with some lovely Italian oregano from my garden.   I enjoyed a few skewers this evening, with a mint julep and a salad of fresh arugula from my garden, dressed with lemon juice and just a touch of pepper, ( Read more... )

This year's garden is getting off to a much better start than last years, thankfully.  I have also installed a perennial/annual butterfly/cutting garden to hopefully supply me with cut flowers for the better part of future summers (if maybe not this one).  The annuals are in there to a) attract butterflies in the early part of summer before ( Read more... )

Just a little goodness.  One more coat of poly to go, I think, but we made a lot of progress!

Old Floor:


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This weekend my parents are coming into town and we are going to refinish the floors in the public rooms of the house.  It has been a long time coming... pics to follow Sunday or Monday night ( Read more... )

So we went to La Bodega and then camping for my (early) birthday-- mostly it was just an excuse to go out with friends, drink, and play with fire. Two downsides to camping in early May:

1) Very cold
2) Very cold

Otherwise, it was really quite nice-- the campground was very quiet, we had a happy hour (two) beforehand full of delicious tapas and ( Read more... )