For years, many of them, we threw an annual Hannukah party entitled Latkepalooza. It’s been on hiatus for a few years (since 2003), but it’s coming back big-time this year, as we’re making it the same party as the Upper Valley Beer Society’s holiday party this year.
In preparation, we’re making latkes almost nightly:
Monday, Laura [...]
On Saturday, we went out with went out with a few friends to cut Xmas trees. Previous to the actual chopping of trees, Alyssa and Colin hosted brunch at their place, where we were joined by Ellen (briefly), Emily, and Erik (and the dog, Tikka). This was our second year of following this path [...]
Over the past week, various home improvement projects have taken place thaks to the knowledge and assistance of Vance, Laura’s stepfather. Yes, we now have backerboard laid for tile in the hallway, a cat door installed to the basement, various light fixtures fixed or removed, and the weird second-floor hallway door insulated, but nothing is [...]
So over the summer, I thought I was being clever, and joined up with a group of people doing a fixed-rate group purchase of #2 heating oil. The idea is that a bunch of people agree to buy X volume of fuel, and receive a reduced rate as a thank-you. The year before, some friends [...]
Carpet, this time:
Crew arrived at 7:55AM, and was out the door by 10:25. SO MUCH BETTER!
So earlier this week, we had some arborists come in and clear up the lower portion of the land. Here’s the results of the first day of work:
What we started with:
And here’s how it looked this morning:
Wow.
Further work photography has been hindered by night and rain — final shots coming soon.
Yes, I’m even a few days late posting about my own birthday. It’s been that kind of busy!
The three most important things to know about the birthday are:
Apple cake
Ginger-maple cake
Chocolate honeycake
Mmmmmmmm!
How the hell did this happen?
The yard is coated in leaves and apples. Frost warnings. Cool temperatures. And that was the last week of August!
On the plus side, the heirloom apples are cropping up at Poverty Lane Orchards (and the regular apples are rocking, too), the air smells great, football season is in progress, and [...]
For an evening, at least: The Front Porch, NHPR’s local interview show.
See also What’s the Word, an MLA-produced show that she was on 5 years ago.
Seven years ago today, Laura and I got married. Three cities, three apartments, one house and one baby later, here we are! We’re up for many multiples of seven more.
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