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[ironymaiden]

since it rained today, i lost approximately four hours of work to getting the Salvation Army guys to take my old stuff. the rain, you see, messes up traffic and slows them down. because rain is so rare here that no one can drive in it. i know it's an old complaint, but it doesn't make it untrue.

this has left a miraculous amount of open space in our apartment, and i'm looking forward to filling a little of it with a bigger, better table, with real chairs, suitable for dinner guests, games, and big sewing projects. a coworker turned me on to the Cort liquidation warehouse, and i've even got a set i like picked out, if it's not all coated in plastic or something.

the in-laws are here, so it's pouring. nobody in C's family has ever seen the sun in Seattle. my family. of course, thinks it's some kind of paradise with roses the size of dinner plates. they brought me a whole carryon bag full of Tastykakes, so i expect to be repaying my debt to hgross and bringing gyngersnap into my thrall. "what is patriotism, but the love of food one ate as a child?" except that one of the things is a new product, which kind of defeats the purpose. i don't love them because they are superior, but because they are a fond memory and unavailable here. oh, Butterscotch Krimpets, you will send my ribs into hiding, but i will love you all the same.

C is really truly happy to see the units, now that the trepidation has passed.

tomorrow, the Market and Bainbridge ferry. Sunday will probably be dim sum and Pioneer Square...


i'll be difficult to reach until about the 20th. just saying.

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[frabjousdave.livejournal.com]

It's good to know the lad has overcome his fear of the chicken feet. Just keep him from putting anything else nasty in his mouth, and you'll be fine.

[ironymaiden]

sadly, Dan is definitely afraid of chicken feet, so it will have to be something safer and more scone-based.

Tastykakes!!!!

[gyngersnap.livejournal.com]

I am already in your thrall, but it just intensified. I love the Junior Kakes, both chocolate and coconut. I am also very fond of the cream-filled chocolate cupkakes, and any of the pies, but especially blueberry and lemon. The butterscotch krumpets rock, although I didn't particularly care for them until relatively recently. But I wouldn't turn any of it down. You know they all freeze very well (except the pies, I guess). Just letting you know, as you won't be available until the 20th to GIMME SOME!!!

But it's about YOU, dear heart, YOU - not the Tastykakes!

Re: Tastykakes!!!!

[ironymaiden]

you flatter me. and thank you.

i shall bring you a selection of my bounty. i just have the cakey things, no pies. i was going to bring some for Janet too, but then i remembered that would be cruel.

Re: Tastykakes!!!!

[gyngersnap.livejournal.com]

Why, is she dieting? Diabetic? I'm sorry if either of those is the case, but it means more for me. Oh god, am I this unfeeling, cruel, and jaded?

Well, I'm from Philly. What can I say?