Vacation: Miscellaneous

First of all (let's say it's food related because baseball = hotdogs), Barry Zito is going to the Giants instead of some abhorent East Coast team and there's all the reason I need to start paying attention to the Giants again.

Secondly: DREAMGIRLS. Some drinking. Not much food at all. See it anyway.

Then: for those of you keeping score, it's 3.91 with seven units completed. I'm a little bit bummed out about the A minus in Skills but at least I didn't serve raw chicken. Sixty one units total, so (as my dad would have once calculated), I'm 11% finished.

Also, representatives of the Salvation Army (enlisted men?) came today and picked up bags and bags of household items and clothes that will be of value to someone, I'm sure. They've been taking up room in our spare closet, and while that project (now: getting rid of items left behind by the boys, when they set off for college; perhaps the X-Men and Tick comics are worth something, and we can retire early...) is a long way from complete, it feels good to have made a dent. I recommend it. Get rid of something you're not using any more. Lighten up for the New Year.

I started to make some rosemary/pear chutney this afternoon, but discovered after I'd started that the pears were over-ripe and unusable. So now instead of rosemary-spiked pears, my house smells like boiled vinegar. Not all that great. If I didn't have a counter-full of baked goods already, I'd have to bake something. Maybe I'll try the realtor's cinnamon trick. [Oooh! Better yet! found some mulling spices.... ]

(Go Bears.)