Monday, March 30, 2009

Double Sigh

We went to a train show yesterday, I went to ensure my boy didn't buy another train!! We have an entire closet full to the brim with no more space.

Unfortunately, I have fallen madly and deeply in love with a set. I accidentally found it on ebay last night when looking up for something else and I have thought of little else today. I emailed to ask my boy if he thought it was a good deal and he didn't respond. First thing I saw him tonight I asked him and he said it sounded like a good deal, but he wasn't sure. He checked his train program (we got it because I kid you not he has an insane amount of trains) and it says that the train is worth $149 in new condition not the $199 that the ebay seller is selling it for (not to mention the $40 they're charging for shipping). So that's that right? It's $100 more than it's worth and I'm supposedly working on saving money etc. But I am just so sad. Cause this train is amazing, it's got an elephant car with a little guy sweeping out the car and a car with a lion chasing a lion tamer around the top of the car and a car with a bobbing clown head sticking up out of the top and a caboose that's lit. Doesn't it sound lovely, just truly great? Also, the lion tamer car is going on ebay for $40 alone. Maybe I should go buy the set. . .

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sigh

Two people have told me that the link for craigslist no longer works. I assume that someone else got this great deal. I tried to convince my boy that we should get it, but he thought I was crazy.

Today we were supposed to do spring cleaning in our current abode. I finally got up at 8:30 am. My boy made breakfast and I went back to bed till 10. I got up again still tired (we need a coffee maker, or some diet coke!!) but determined to do something. We went through all the stacks of mail and random papers in our house. My boy finished the dishes and I folded two loads of laundry while my boy hung random pictures that have been sitting around the house for the last 8 months (you know, may as well hang them since clearly we're not moving!!). The sad thing is, our house is still a disaster. God forbid someone stop by and need to use the bathroom, we'll have to lie and say we don't have one we just dig a hole. . . Cause there's no way anyone else should be subjected to our bathroom. Also, every room in the house needs to be swept or vacuumed. And there's just. so. much. clutter. . . . . I could go on, but why, bother. It's enough to say, the house is still a disaster despite a concerted effort to the contrary.

The silver lining is that we took a lovely walk to the square to get bread for lunch and we picked up a nice cheese from the cheese shop for lunch and dinner. We just finished dinner. We cooked our farm fresh chicken using this recipe: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11appe.html I was a little disappointed the bread on the edges of the pan just burned and those under the chicken were soggy on top and impossible to chew on the bottom. I will say that I did exactly what the directions said not to and used a dark thin roasting pan (hey, some of us haven't gotten gifts off a registry and we have to make due with what we could afford on our grad school salary -- yes, I bought the pan 7 yrs ago geez I am old). As sides for the chicken we had balsamic mushrooms adapted from a weight watchers recipe, and a salad made with apples, sharp cheddar and toasted walnuts. I put lemon juice on it to keep the apples looking pretty and balsamic dressing on my portion.

We're going to clean up dinner and then I plan on falling asleep watching the incredibles. Time was I would be sad I was staying home on a saturday night thinking of bed at 7:35 but apparently I've matured :).

Thursday, March 26, 2009

If I were a mother and this blog my child, I think dfys would have been called

So yes, I've neglected my blog. If you write a blog that I know about, I haven't neglected it though. I was so thoroughly caught up a couple of weeks ago I had to add more blogs to my reading list (thanks rebekah).

There are tons of things I should tell you about like how I got the most gorgeous piece of luggage from my boy for our two year anniversary. I mean really beautiful. The ticketing agent in Las Vegas said so without any prompting (the one in Boston needed to be prompted and it was really only half hearted but whatever). I haven't told you about the luggage though because I planned on taking a picture (the ones online aren't terribly great) but then it got scuffed on our trip and I haven't had a chance to clean it back up to it's shining glory. Here's a link to a lesser picture and with the specs so you can see how it SPINS it can go in a full 360 circle and even though the edges are hard and therefore good at protecting my items, it's expandable. I love this piece of luggage so much I think I need a back up exactly like it for when they stop producing it (sort of like my whisk).

As you've probably gleaned from that above paragraph, I also didn't tell you about a trip to vegas. . . and, you know, how my birthday party turned out, or even which party I decided on (deep fried, as my boy said, "I did not start dating a woman who was elegant, I am dating a woman who loves all things deep fried and kitchy").

You're probably thinking based on the date and or the email I've sent asking for support for the walk for hunger that I am writing this apologetic post briefly updating you to beg for money for the homeless and to tell you my walk website is here: http://www.projectbread.org/goto/getbitter You'd be wrong (well sort of, I mean I did tell you where the website was, but this isn't my groveling for money for "the homeless" post).

This is my, I am homeless (well homeowner-less) and don't you think you'd like to pay for this house to be moved: http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/gms/1085072114.html and find me a lot closer to boston than Concord to move it to (which would, of course, add to the cost of moving it)? I would totally invite you over for dinner every week as a thank you (and look at the pretty dining room, it's totally worth it).

Sigh. I have been thinking of the house since I looked at the pictures on a whim. My boss is convinced I should buy it. Clearly she has no idea how little savings I have. But it is a lovely deal and the Jew in me is all a flutter at the possibility :).