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thanksgiving 2019 part 1

Some of my family is going to be gone for Thanksgiving so we met up yesterday at my parents for an early celebration. It was a pretty laid back affair. My grandmother wasn’t able to attend, so Jake and I dropped off some food for her on the way home.

washer update

The repairman from Krisay’s came on Tuesday. He said the issue is either with the pressure sensor or the control unit. I looked the parts up online and while the pressure sensor isn’t too expensive (relatively speaking), once you add the cost of the service call, the part, and the …

the dead don’t die

The trailer was so good for this movie, I just had to see it even though it was critically panned. But, I should have listened to the critics this time, as it was a snoozefest. It had some pretty dazzling star power (Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, …

here i go again

I talked about most of this when it was happening, but here’s a recap: I got a new washing machine in January 2018. It started throwing error codes a month later. A repairman from Krisay’s looked at it and couldn’t find anything wrong with it. It worked fine for a …

misfits market

I’m always disappointed when the CSA season comes to an end. While we eat a lot of canned and frozen vegetables all winter, the fresh selections at the grocery store leave something to be desired, so I don’t buy a whole lot of fresh veggies. I heard about Misfits Market …