Becky~When we built our house we installed all Amana appliances. The dishwasher was great--it had a built in disposer so you didn't have to rinse ANYTHING. But after about 6 years it started leaking and we decided to replace it. We opted for LG and were very disappointed. No disposer and really, really long cycle times. Also it was very bad at cleaning effectively. We asked around to see what others thought was a good brand to buy and the consensus was either Bosch or Miele. I decided on the Miele (beware, they're very expensive) and I'm quite happy. While it doesn't have a disposer it does have a trap and it'll tell you when you need to clean the trap. But again, the cycles are very long (about 2.5 hours on average). I understand the longer cycles are to help maintain quiet while running.
Yum, sushi. I want to go out to dinner mainly because I'm sick of cooking. I never thought I'd say that! But there it is.
Never heard of that book Michele, but I'll go look at it.
After reading some of the reviews on that book on Amazon, it looks like the type of book I'd enjoy. You'll have to let me know how you like it.
Another reader here though I don't get as much reading time as I'd like (I'm about 20 hours short every week ). I just finished something kinda old - "Nobody's Fool" by Richard Russo (who wrote Empire Falls), and I also read and enjoyed Chris Hadfield's "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" (what would an astronaut do? was a catch phrase in my house for weeks).
I am proud to say I just completed a task that I initially was going to "bail and fail" on, a 600 word essay for my online Scandinavian media course. I had an aspiration to be a writer (about 1 million years ago) and was cured of that long ago. But I can still pull something semi-coherent out of my *ss on command and at extreme "back-to-the-wall" deadline. I don't write essays - never have - but I can do a reasonable job on a short piece of prose.
I'm off downstairs to set up the VCR for Vikings and then will probably go to bed at 8. but that seems to be working to get rid of this darn headcold.
Dagmar
Remember age didn't hold Grandma Moses back.
I just saw some paintings by George W Bush. He is 67 and quite a good painter.
PS I am proud to say I have Vijing blood . My family comes from Norway and I have visited there.
Just muddlin' along here! I was an AVID reader as a kid but have totally and unfortunately fallen far away from leisure reading. The exception is Stephen King - I just finished his sequel to "The Shining" that I got for Xmas.
Today we went over and got the baby chicks! As promised here are a couple of pics!
Well, in that case Shannon, I'll give you just one more!
Now put the chick on the cat's head - MWAHAHA - isn't that what he's waiting there for? Seriously though they are darn cute. For some reason I thought all chicks were bright yellow - I'm from the city, yes?
Thank you Jen. Just spent the entire day in rain which the wind whipped into my face most of the time so this was a nice ending.
One of my first steps when I started losing weight was to build a chicken coop and begin raising chicks (for eggs not meat). Free range chickens have more vitamins in their eggs and way, way less fat and cholesterol.
So for the last 4 years we've been getting baby chicks in the spring and raising them.
And they come in a variety of colors!!
Jen
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One of my first steps when I started losing weight was to build a chicken coop and begin raising chicks (for eggs not meat). Free range chickens have more vitamins in their eggs and way, way less fat and cholesterol.
So for the last 4 years we've been getting baby chicks in the spring and raising them.
And they come in a variety of colors!!
Jen
Too cool - making your own eggs - sorta! I'm really curious about all of this, though probably won't install a chicken coop in our backyard . Why do you have to get new birds every spring? Do hens "wear out" and stop producing eggs - I'm from the city yes? DH spent part of his childhood on a hobby farm but he doesn't talk about it at all. He did once mention that they killed their chickens for food and how to do it but that's been the sum total of his "farm stories". Thanks!
I have to miss my Pilates class (miss a workout! mess up my PERFECT exercise routine!) to get to the hair salon, which is not relaxing, since the place goes for that high-fashion vibe (overcompensating for not being in Soho or Park Slope) and I've got to be perfectly made up & to think about getting the casual but expensive look right just to walk in the door. But Patrick is so great with hair, that's why I put up with it.
Then a memorial service for a woman I barely knew, a coworker whom I trained but didn't manage. I'll be there with my manager. It's like the job is infringing on my time away.
And a four-mile race tomorrow.
When I write this out, it sounds manageable, but it doesn't feel like it. At all. It feels like too much.
All I want to do is drink more coffee and read the Times and unfortunately, there's work to catch up with. I've got to rewrite 10 more dense pages of text before Monday morning.
I LOVE the chicks on the head!!! That made my morning!
Saef- love your explanation of the hair place! Ha! Sorry it sounds like your weekend is not that great (to put it nicely).
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though I don't get as much reading time as I'd like (I'm about 20 hours short every week 
). I just finished something kinda old - "Nobody's Fool" by Richard Russo (who wrote Empire Falls), and I also read and enjoyed Chris Hadfield's "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" (what would an astronaut do? was a catch phrase in my house for weeks).
but that seems to be working to get rid of this darn headcold.
. Why do you have to get new birds every spring? Do hens "wear out" and stop producing eggs - I'm from the city yes? DH spent part of his childhood on a hobby farm but he doesn't talk about it at all. He did once mention that they killed their chickens for food and how to do it but that's been the sum total of his "farm stories". Thanks!
