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Dinner done, pies sufficiently fawned over, kids asleep, @tinychoices post for tomorrow written, knitting out. THANKFUL. love!

We are so late to my dads house. How did it go fm 1030 to 1245 so fast?

Didja know my pie crusts are full of flakey layers? (@mikegrundy is surprised I didnt mention in my dating profile) http://yfrog.com/5d5qp0j

early prep of thanksgiving foods derailed after I remembered that green stuff also has cottage cheese in it, which I TOTALLY didn’t buy.

“giving in” and buying a subscription to @HellForLeather online moto magazine – my day job desk jockey experience is miserable without it.

I knew the house sounded extra creaky this morning.

We are refinancing our house, and the appraiser came today to take a look. This, understandably (yeah?) makes me nervous. We cleaned and swept and I said things to Mike like: I just don’t want her to think we’re dirty people. The house looks much better on the inside than it did a short 3 hours ago.

So she is walking around the house with me, and I notice something on the ground. It’s a piece of the siding that goes up by the roof. And it has blown off of the house and gone ENTIRELY AROUND THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE and ended up on the ground on the exact opposite corner from whence it came.
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What do you do? I just ignored it. I thought:  maybe she won’t notice it if I don’t say anything. Our yard is pretty messy right now, and it is entirely conceivable that we could have a big chunk of something that looks like roofish siding lying in the weeds just ’cause. I didn’t say a word. I didn’t stare at it. I didn’t even try to kick it out of the way.

I HOPE SHE BOUGHT IT.
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(confidential to Mike: let’s talk about you getting up there and hammering some stuff back onto the house, ‘kay?)

I’m so cold right now: kneecaps are tingly. but! so warm here in NY compared to the west coast! but! we keep our house at 55 in the PM! brr.

need to find two recipes for thanksgiving (and 2nd thanksgiving): fresh pumpkins-into-pie, and capons. any favorite standbys?

A good policy for the holiday season (and beyond!)

I am, however, smart enough to follow simple direction. Followed by some effort. Like this quote from Mother Teresa.

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

Thanks, Musings of an Intrepid Commuter, for a great quote.

RT @feministhulk STEP 2 SMASH, STEP 3 INVOLVE THRILLING DANCE NUMBERS, STEP 4 INVOKE CORE (W/OUT RECOURSE TO ESSENCE). HULK JOURNEY LONG.

did weights at home and alone for the first time and it is resolved: I miss Ginny and her awesome bootcamp of awesomeness!

it’s not fair that the earlier I get up, the more I do (run, crunch, laundry, bathroom clean) and the later I go to work.

wow, according to the @dailymile analytics my 5K speed today is my fastest pace in the last 12 mo! no WONDER it felt so hard.

Pickle on a stick at the rosendale pickle festival! http://yfrog.com/5mrh1tj

.@mikegrundy on nose-hairs: “We’ve been in here for 40 years, man! It’s time to get out and see the world!”

after lovely crafternoon @mikegrundy and I spent the evening reading and knitting on the couch. and then slept in. #wewillrockretirement

Crafternoon Detritus

We had a lovely time tissue crafternooning with Ron and Caroline. So fun! And they totally didn’t mind our crafting ADD: I cut out two skirts to sew later, but mostly wrestled with refreshments before sitting down to knit. Mike started with engraving, had to cut some wood blocks as supports, shelved the project and then moved to electronics.

The most difficult thing we made today was guacamole. I’d bought some avocados on tuesday and they were still impossibly hard today. Ok! I get that our house is cold! But we put these avocados in the kitchen aid stand mixers and they STILL didn’t mash up. Mike had to chop them into submission and it wasn’t guac we served, but more like a guac-inspired avocado salad.

And now we are enjoying Crazy Snack Dinner and listening to the spring peeper track from Neko Case’s album and it’s just a heavenly night. Aaah, last breath of relaxation before the nutty holidays. So perfect!

Had the geekiest crafternoon ever with awesome Ron and Caroline. They are so lovely to come over and make stuff with @mikegrundy and I!

oh gracious, these (affordable!) reproduction buttons. I want them all. http://www.najecki.com/repro/buttons/Civil.html

last night I super-steppersed it up in the kitchen. apparently, precooked dinner is EVERY busy parents friend. TJ turkey in a bag ftw!