WTF-Beta

Very nice and very well done.

I may be the only one left who likes carpet. Cant wait for it to come back in to style.

Because it always does.

Happy Birthday!

A small toad has taken residence in the back yard and is driving the dog insane. He’s too quick to get a picture of.

Birds are mostly Robins and red-wing blackbirds -very nice. Unfortunately they appear to be feeding at someone’s bird feeder and have distributed Amaranth all over the property. Tough stuff - gonna take a while to get rid of it.

Our TJ is in one of those modern shopping malls that’s supposed to look like a small town but isn’t. Street parking is always full and the parking structures don’t really fit my truck so I rarely go there even though I like their stuff.

But now I may have to go back. Looks like TJ has taken the lead as far as cleaning up the ingredients used in their packaged foods. The curry and the butter chicken both have remarkably sensible lists of ingredients and sound like things I need to try.

I’ll just have to borrow Sharon’s car.

WTG, have you tried Kimchi? I recently tried it for the first time and wish I’d tried it sooner. It’s very good!

I know you like fermented foods so maybe you’d like it.

@ShiroKuro

Exactly. It’s very popular but a lot if people hate it.

Welcome home! How was your trip?

Are there pictures?

Very nice Victorian. I like nearly all of their choices.

She needs work, though, and some of that work will mean damaging those nice finishes. Wiring appears to be from the 1930’s and will require update. It was re-piped at some point - probably the 1980’s or so - and that’s good but it doesn’t have A/C. Windows appear to be original and will be expensive to replace. No word on the roof.

The apartment is a great feature! You could live in it while the work was being done then rent it out to cover some of the cost.

If lI was some 30 years younger and had reason to live in Helena I’d certainly consider it.

I’m a fan of the Mediterranean Hummus.

I’ve seen hundreds of pepper sauces but I’ve never seen that one.

I’ll look for it!

Is that the one with cinnamon in it?

@Daniel. Never too late to start!

@Mik

That looks great!

My grill has a side burner and I cook things outdoors when I don’t want to make a mess of the stove (searing meat) or cook something with a strong smell (fish, curry). It works out well and I like cooking outdoors anyway.

@Mik

Did you do your wash?

I just finished mine and I feel quite virtuous!

Ditto on the diet thing. I leaned way heavily in to Mediterranean last week and I really like it. Lost weight. Watched the vids, made the fish stew, ate the veg. Even made Indian food, which I would have to do outdoors if Sharon was here. She can’t stand the smell.

If I can buck the family traditions and stick with it I may get my own parking spot at the farm stand!

Great! Hope you post a link!

Apparently it’s rare for cortisone shots to be effective for that long and you don’t want to get them very often. The ortho said he was very surprised.

We lived in a house with an enclosed courtyard for about 5 years during the 1980’s.

It was lovely.

[edit] This house, actually. I think I’ve posted about it before. I see the new owner has completely overhauled it and rather nicely to boot. It didn’t look much like that when we lived there but the courtyard was nice. When we were there there was a slatted wood patio cover over it.

I think we paid $85K with a 30 year note at 10%. It was a stretch at the time but now I wish we had kept it. Nearly impossible to heat/cool, even in CA, but on nice days it was a great space.

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Orange/1804-N-Woodside-St-92865/home/4350196

Disgraceful.

Wow. That was excellent! There’s no info given as to who might be able to benefit other than employees of big companies but it’s worth looking in to.

Because:

”Why did you become a trustee on the board? And he said, so I could get access to the right doctor.”

I don’t see that as being an option for me .

Does the service really work like he’s explaining? Maybe, worth a look. Perhaps Kluurs and Jon will weigh in. Is it something you start before you think you need it or is it more like a crisis management service?

Thanks!