To the sun.

peas
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These were our pea sprouts two days ago, they've grown at least another two inches since then. Amazing! The only seeds that haven't sprouted are the zucchini and...some of the flowers, I think. By tomorrow night we'll have picked up some compost to mix in with our red clay "soil" in the yard and then it's a matter of building some beds.

We've been fortunate enough to have a neighbor with a wireless signal we could pick up on, but mysteriously we can't connect to it anymore. After calling the cable people to set up our own internet service they told us that our house was listed as "unserviceable". Naturally, we attribute this to the sketchy dude who lived there before us - unserviceable because his dogs were extremely mean? Unserviceable because the man himself was extremely mean? Perhaps because there was an electric fence around the property? All of these? They say they're checking on it and we should know by Wednesday.

I'm considering tomorrow the start of a new week. The most exciting part of this new week is that Cynthia and Leland will be here! We'll get to do all sorts of fun and refreshing things like go to the arboretum, even take a trip out to Chimney Rock, spend some time downtown, and what I'm really looking forward to: going out to eat.

Worst Thing Ever.

Worst Thing Ever.
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This is what it looks like from the dining room, through the office to the bathroom. The yellow (Lemon Pound Cake) was the last color we chose for the house and it's clear it was made in a hurry and without thinking it through completely.

I need suggestions as to what color should replace this yellow. Things to know: the room will be an office/studio space, it gets TONS of light, and the rooms it connects to are blue and red (as you can see), and white is not an option. Help!

Bread & Milk

If you're on the east coast you're well aware of the bad weather yesterday.   Here in Asheville it snowed, it really, honestly, whole-heartedly snowed.  Big, wet, slushy, opaque flakes falling like a holey blanket.  When it snows here people tend to freak out, they don't freak out before, they freak out as soon as the snow hits the ground.  There are the incompetent drivers, the people who have unmarred sleds they haul out for the exciting two occassions they might possibly be able to slide down their barely sloped lawn on, all the schools close down ("No buses on icy roads."), and most noticably - the grocery stores are completely overrun.  When there's a storm brewing and I know I'm not going to want to leave the house the next day I'll go to the store and get things like, canned soup, vegetables, sandwich fixins, popcorn - you know, food.  In the event that I think my power's going to go out I'll buy some gallons of water and extra non-perishables.  People here tend to swarm the store as the bad weather starts and stock up on bread and milk.  It's bizzare.  After we had lunch yesterday we were going to stop at the grocery store to pick up some cat food but the store was packed and being impatient we headed to the pet food store.  While checking out I commented, "We've got the cat food, the cat toys, we're set."  The girl at the register added, "Now you just need some bread and milk."  I didn't know what to say, I just wanted to laugh and say, "What is with you people and the bread and milk?  No eggs?  No canned goods?  Fools!"  Instead I just looked confused, gave a half smile and left.  

Today the roads are icy, all the schools are closed - even the courts are delayed, and because we were too impatient to get groceries yesterday we're down to some lettuce, mayo, a little soy milk, half & half, jam, and the maple cream I've been rationing.  

We've been waiting all week for a refridgerator and stove to show up.  At first we thought Monday.  Then Wednesday.  Then Saturday for sure, definitely Saturday.  PSYCH!  Today Sears has promised between noon and four thirty.  I've bet George a dinner out at Marco's that they don't show because of the roads.