Roasted beets are delicious. They are even more delicious when tossed with feta, kalamata olives, couscous and garbanzo beans. Peter has never eaten beets which doesn't surprise me but does make me sad in my heart.
Say a little prayer right now that the stove will fit. Because it is indeed getting delivered this afternoon. Tonight we're going to save big money at Menards--the new schnazzy one on 16th and 31--and pick up everything we need to finish. I don't work tomorrow (is it me or does it feel like I've worked every freaking Saturday lately?!) and I hope I can crank out the caulking, the light, the minor painting in the closets, and the cleaning. I'd love to start the book pilgrimage tomorrow night.
Oh and no, I am not packed. Nor am I going to pack. Aside from the books which can go up in boxfuls and go directly onto the plethora of built in shelves, the plan is to move the big stuff: bed, futon, table, rocking chair, yellow chair, lamp thingy from granny, bookcases, record player, tv, and endtables. Next will be the essentials: clothing, toiletries, kitchen stuff. Last up? The I-need-but-don't-use-everyday: sewing machine, yarn, box of journals from 5th grade through college, pictures...Rumor has it there will be a brand spanking new empty dumpster on the property next week sometime which will give me an opportunity to dump a whole bunch of stuff I'm not using/is broken/is torn/is useless. Actually LAST last up is the desk. Which thankfully isn't really going up as I'm pretty sure it would be next to impossible to get up the stairs.
You'll all be happy to hear that Michigan's budget crisis is now officially over. Libraries took an 18% hit which is much easier to swallow than the originally expected 50-75% hit. Schools get a 1% per pupil increase as do universities. The service tax did make it through and though people are grumble-y there's not much that can be done. If the Republican party can find the $750 million dollars that tax is expected to generate without cutting social services I say go right on ahead. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this state is in some serious trouble. We're bleeding out jobs and left with a blue collar workforce used to making good money and no manufacturing jobs for them to go to. The home foreclosure rate in Michigan rose 58% in the third quarter compared to 30% nationally. I honestly don't know where this sense of loyalty to this state comes from as I'm obviously a transplant, but I would actually feel bad if I left. Which is pretty hilarious because it's not as if I'm in the medical field or technology field or any really useful field that could generate revenue. I actually do my best to consume as little as possible given my wacked out hippy liberal environmental views and I don't even own a car which really doesn't do much good for Michgan's former financial pillar. And yet, here I stay.
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