It looks like winter is here. We had around eight inches or so of snow over the weekend. This could have some implications for my walk to work, but hopefully people have had time to shovel the sidewalks.
Speaking of which, know this: having a corner lot means more sidewalks to shovel. Pass it on.
And on the topic of houses, it looks like my neighbors have finished doing whatever renovations they were doing and have now put the house next to mine up for sale. They apparently had an open house yesterday, but I only noticed that as I was driving to go see a movie with some friends, and it was over by the time I got home. That was actually the first house I looked at when I was house shopping a year and a half ago, so it would be interesting to see what they did with it.
Speaking of houses, my family's place circa my high school years (which, weirdly, is on the same block that I now live on) is up for sale again. $127,500, if anyone's interested.
The movie I went to see was Slumdog Millionaire. I enjoyed it, though the theater did blast the volume more than I would like. perhaps sitting in the middle, rather than the aisle, would have been better.
Perhaps thieves should learn to play the guitar. I no longer have prints on my left hand fingertips. Of course, this may only work with steel-stringed acoustic guitars--I seem to remember that electric is not quite as hard on the fingers. Perhaps one day I'll get one and find out, but that's pretty far in the future. First, I'm saving for my possible overseas trip.
My tax return will help. I filed on Saturday, and it turned out to be even more than I expected. That'll be nice. Also, I get paid the end of this week, so next week my passport application will go in. Hopefully, six months is plenty of time to get a passport, but I don't want to wait any longer than this.
I signed up for this year's CSA. Fresh veggies for 26 weeks--it'll be fantastic. If this year is like last year, I'll end up with plenty of things stocking my freezer, which I can then draw on during the downtime.
Speaking of which, I'm considering cooking some of the squash in my pantry and freezing it for later. I have some that has been in there for 2-3 months, and I'm not sure quite when I'll get to it. It looks ok, but who knows? I welcome feedback on this point.
[Update: I'm revising upward my estimate of the amount of snowfall. New figure: 12 inches.]
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