Memento Mori

( Today's food )

I really feel bleh. Something about standing making my smoothie brought on nausea yesterday morning and it's kind of doing the same thing this morning.

Also, when I came downstairs this morning I got assaulted by Downy Stench Wafting In. People who live behind us are apparently Downy addicts, and while I don't quite understand who does laundry at this hour of the morning anyway... had a coughing fit. Must remember to shut kitchen window at night.

Dan is on the verge of changing his mind about the boy's middle name yet again. I was like... three months left, now. But, it wouldn't really surprise me if he at the last minute decided on something totally new.

I can't say anything because I almost changed the girl middle name at one point, too, but decided against it.

Well.

The fridge was disgusting, after a manner of speaking. It hasn't been cleaned since we moved in. It is sparkly now. Spot wanted to help but he kinda got in the way.

The papers are done being shredded except for a few pieces I need to double check on since they look like medical records of some kind.

And I dusted.

Really, the only thing left to do is vacuum, but I may wait until tomorrow because I'm sure I'll be cooking for hours and stuff will be all over the floor again.

Oh, and there was some thick clump of residue under the kitchen sink that looked and squished like congealed beef fat, along with some dried brownish liquid that had gotten all over under there. It was quite vile. It got cleansed and purified down there, but I nearly threw up in the process. I still have no idea what it was. Besides just gross.

I'm craving something containing apples and walnuts. Hmmm. Four recipes from which I can choose.

http://tastyplanner.com/recipes/9410-german-raw-apple-cake
http://tastyplanner.com/recipes/6446-dutch-apple-cake
http://tastyplanner.com/recipes/3478-apple-walnut-cake
http://tastyplanner.com/recipes/6422-apple-walnut-bread

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We had a lovely morning at the bungalow. We made fried potatoes for breakfast and made a fire and s'mores while the laundry was laundering. Dan did the dishes while I started packing our stuff up, and we left Manzanita around two.

We stopped at a few art galleries in Cannon Beach, which was fun. Then we decided to check out Fort Stevens. We got there at three-thirty to see a sign proclaiming it closed at four. Joy.

Well, we made the most of our half hour. We saw most everything in the museum and halfway checked out one battery before we got shooed out by rangers. We drove out and looked for the cemetery that was supposed to be nearby. Of course it was closed. We passed another cemetery on the way back to Seaside and it was closed, too. Sad. So were they all.

We decided to stop in Seaside for dinner. Dan remembered a place he thought was called Donna's (it was Norma's), but we decided to eat at Pudgy's instead. Our waiter reminded me of someone, but I could not think who. We had halibut and rice pilaf with veggies and went wandering along the promenade and down a street or two to look at the old houses, which is always fun. On the way back to the car, we passed a Dreyer's store and Dan bought me an ice cream cone. I had strawberry cheesecake. Yummyness.

Then we headed home. I really had to go number 2. This is always a problem when your only option is a rest area. Specifically a rest area where none of the automatic sensing flushers have the sense to flush. One toilet did not have a heap of soggy toilet paper mounded up in it, so I very carefully lined the seat with paper because they didn't even provide seat covers and I went.

Oh, how I hate public bathrooms.

When we got home, Dan put his desk and chair together and we moved mine to make room for his.

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