Ah, the next mountain to climb... leases. The landlord had a lease drawn up by his attorney. It was 17 pages of legal words. My agent looked at it and so did I. It had some really scary things. I was going to be responsible for any structural problems. First, that is absurd and secondly, the building was built in 1890. The landlord was going to pick all my insurance policies and I was going to have to pay for them. If the landlord put planter boxes around trees and someone tripped on them, I'd be...

scifimom

Idling in Atlanta, GA
Yes, it has been raining since we arrived here, non stop and we are on the verge of cabin fever. We are almost there… Good thing dogs like to sleep a lot and once this is behind us I think we will stay up for days! Wish I had Spirit’s patience, I am learning very quickly in times as such.
Georgia Mountains maybe if things clear up a bit, would love to take some of those well known...

Beemerchef

OK 2 updates in 1.....

Valentines day I made 2 desserts for my valentine to choose from....(she had a little of both!)

homemade Strawberry shortcake, with some kickbutt whipped cream I "whipped" up. (nothing special, I just like homemade cream)



and chocolate lava cake (couldnt believe how easy it was!) with vanilla ice cream and chocolate covered strawberry

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RPMcMurphy

This was an "interesting" week. I have been trying to stay positive about my basic class. But I think I finally need to vent a bit.

In Basic this week, we were to learn about and make three shades of roux, and the 5 mother sauces. I was really excited, because (for various reasons) I had REALLY been wanting to make espagnole. I had made the others before, but espagnole was my elusive critter. The sauces turned out generally well. And I finally had the espagnole under my...

Stewey

Lasts days on Tybee Island, GA
Bittersweet on this last day here. Excited about going back to Atlanta tomorrow morning, ride my old stumping grounds “The Georgia Mountains”… check out the old neighborhood where we use to live… have the camera cleaned professionally… Sad and thoughtful about my mother’s departure back to Munich, Germany. We have been a scattered family all our Life as much as we love being together....

Beemerchef