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Alison Blogs HereSemi-Dangerous When Thinking
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Tuesday, the electrician and the plumber showed up. Once they were settled in (hubby was working from home that day) I took the kids to popcorn park zoo. It was a nice trip, the animals seemed well cared for, and the kids had a great time feeding them, especially the bears, who were crazy about [...]
The plan here is to go with the flow – there are a lot of spots in the front yard that just do not want to grow grass. We do not particularly care to mow grass. It’s all good! Because the front yard is pretty enormous, this will be done in stages, a little each [...]
Last night we attended the Winter Concert at Intermediate East school. My folks came up to see Audrey perform. The auditorium was standing room only, and the performances were wonderful. It made me feel so good to see such a large group of kids participating in the music program, and doing so well, too. The [...]
Nobi, a really excellent japanese restaurant/sushi bar on Hooper Ave. here in Toms River – incredibly close. Daughter #1 loves the tea so much that she wanted to know what brand it was. Turns out, they were willing to sell us a bag. We now have a kilo of green tea. Whee! Now she wants [...]
It looks like there are only two in our area, so last night we tried Aamantran, on Route 9 in Toms River. We were very pleased! The food was good, a bit more expensive than we were used to in North Jersey, but not by much. The samosas were not as chunky as the ones [...]
I finally had to call the store manager at Lowe’s about my carpets. Ordered them on the 14th. The store got them on the 21st, and someone put a note in the computer that I had been notified (I hadn’t) and the carpet had gone to the installer. One helpful Lowe’s employee faxed my purchase [...]
There are certain chain stores I love – I know that they’ll have what I need consistently, or I like the quality of the merchandise, or they’re convenient in one way or another, but sometimes you just can’e beat the local stores. We ordered a new dishwasher from one such store, Town Appliance, in Lakewood [...]
I didn’t even really host the holidays, but they do tend to run away with you. I discovered that the Super Foodtown, while it might not be my first choice as a supermarket, does carry a lot of the things I used to get at Whole Foods. So we don’t have to go without Tazo [...]
Oh, yes – I can. It’s my blog. I’m on the lookout all the time for evidence that people should not be allowed to write in public. Or name their businesses, or write signs. I think that “Eats, Shoots, and Leaves” should be required reading. I tend to have a very visual imagination, and things [...]
Our first rainy day in the new house. Well, first and a half, since the rain started last night. The skylight in the family room leaks. This must be our destiny, since the roof on the last house leaked right after we moved in, too. At least this is easy to fix. We just need [...]
