traffic tickets, gardeners, and fooooood
May. 17th, 2006 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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It's been ages since I ate a Mon Cheri chocolate, but they were on sale (4 for $0.89!), so I got them. And OMG, I'm sorry, but all those expensive chocolates out there have NOTHING on Mon Cheri. It might be the best thing I've ever put in my mouth! (But I think the true winner is the seasonal strawberry-rhubarb crostada from Maggiano's. Deah gott is that good.)
The other day, I got out of a ticket for the first time in my life ever. It was also the first time I've ever been quite that stupid when doing something deserving of a ticket. See, I was trying to get home through horrendous rush-hour traffic for an MC raid. I have to switch freeways at one point, only it was bumper-to-bumper heinousness. When I got to the point where the freeway I needed was coming up, I decided that waiting for 10 minutes so that I could get past the painted island, when there was NO ONE in the lane I needed to get to, was a waste. So I pulled over the island ... not noticing the cop RIGHT BEHIND ME. *facepalm* Of course he immediately flashed his lights and I pulled over onto the shoulder. He was cute, and young (early 30s), and said that the fine for what I did was $320. I was like, this is just great, I'm going to be late anyway, and I'm out freaking $320! I gave him my license, and while he was checking on that, pulled out my insurance and registration docs too. But when he came back he said he was only going to give me a warning, and never to do that again! W00t!
So, my house is painted. My mom was obsessed with it being a really light color, but now I'm not that thrilled with how it turned out. It's like a very pale lime green, with white trim. The green could really be darker. :/ The painters did fine, no issues there, it's just the color we chose that I'm not entirely happy with. Oh well. At least it does look nicer in general, though. And most exciting of all -- I've hired a gardener! Finally!! I've given up the idea that I'm actually going to be able to maintain my yard by myself. My lot is 10,000 sq ft, my house is 1,500 sq ft. You do the math. He's going to do a one-time "fix" of the place, and then he'll come out once every two weeks. It'll be great, I won't feel like I'm living in the jungle anymore, and my neighbors can stop giving me Looks.
It's been really warm the last couple of days, and I hope, hope, hope this means that summer's officially here. Sometimes the weather plays cruel tricks on me and gives me warm days, then it's cold/rainy for a month. :(
Last night after a BWL attempt that cut short (shammys who can't kite ftl), I made pizza dough!! Well, failed to make the yeast work twice, and then hit gold on my third attempt. (I told you I'm no good at nurturing living things!) My cousin's husband made this for us on Sunday night (they're health nuts who homemake their baby's food, like yogurt, into which they mix avocado and carrots and flax. What the hell is flax), and it was really delicious. Here's the recipe for the dough. He made two pizzas: one with pesto, tomato, and fresh mozzarella, and one with tomato sauce (again homemade), cheese, spinach, and prosciutto. Mmmm. My only complaint was that there was not enough of either. My next food adventure is going to be this Chicken Tikka Masala, which I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
significantowl linked. I looooooove Indian food, but I've never made any because there are so many spices and it's so complicated. But doesn't that look amazingly good?? OMG food pron. <3
The other day, I got out of a ticket for the first time in my life ever. It was also the first time I've ever been quite that stupid when doing something deserving of a ticket. See, I was trying to get home through horrendous rush-hour traffic for an MC raid. I have to switch freeways at one point, only it was bumper-to-bumper heinousness. When I got to the point where the freeway I needed was coming up, I decided that waiting for 10 minutes so that I could get past the painted island, when there was NO ONE in the lane I needed to get to, was a waste. So I pulled over the island ... not noticing the cop RIGHT BEHIND ME. *facepalm* Of course he immediately flashed his lights and I pulled over onto the shoulder. He was cute, and young (early 30s), and said that the fine for what I did was $320. I was like, this is just great, I'm going to be late anyway, and I'm out freaking $320! I gave him my license, and while he was checking on that, pulled out my insurance and registration docs too. But when he came back he said he was only going to give me a warning, and never to do that again! W00t!
So, my house is painted. My mom was obsessed with it being a really light color, but now I'm not that thrilled with how it turned out. It's like a very pale lime green, with white trim. The green could really be darker. :/ The painters did fine, no issues there, it's just the color we chose that I'm not entirely happy with. Oh well. At least it does look nicer in general, though. And most exciting of all -- I've hired a gardener! Finally!! I've given up the idea that I'm actually going to be able to maintain my yard by myself. My lot is 10,000 sq ft, my house is 1,500 sq ft. You do the math. He's going to do a one-time "fix" of the place, and then he'll come out once every two weeks. It'll be great, I won't feel like I'm living in the jungle anymore, and my neighbors can stop giving me Looks.
It's been really warm the last couple of days, and I hope, hope, hope this means that summer's officially here. Sometimes the weather plays cruel tricks on me and gives me warm days, then it's cold/rainy for a month. :(
Last night after a BWL attempt that cut short (shammys who can't kite ftl), I made pizza dough!! Well, failed to make the yeast work twice, and then hit gold on my third attempt. (I told you I'm no good at nurturing living things!) My cousin's husband made this for us on Sunday night (they're health nuts who homemake their baby's food, like yogurt, into which they mix avocado and carrots and flax. What the hell is flax), and it was really delicious. Here's the recipe for the dough. He made two pizzas: one with pesto, tomato, and fresh mozzarella, and one with tomato sauce (again homemade), cheese, spinach, and prosciutto. Mmmm. My only complaint was that there was not enough of either. My next food adventure is going to be this Chicken Tikka Masala, which I think
significantowl linked. I looooooove Indian food, but I've never made any because there are so many spices and it's so complicated. But doesn't that look amazingly good?? OMG food pron. <3
