bits and pieces

[magid]

• An unexpected side effect of the Mahoney's on Mem Dr. closing: that extra little block it was on is now closed off on Sundays like the rest of that stretch, which is annoying. I need to remember the traffic pattern has changed.
  
• Trader Joe's has kosher Pop Tarts! Well, toaster pastries, anyway. Nature's Path stuff is all organic, too. I had the Apple Cinnamon ones, and they're pretty nice. (Though I would've been very happy to never have seen the phrase '"kidalicious" EnviroKidz^TM line" (of products).)
  
• I need to remember that I have addictive tendencies when it comes to games (sometimes reading, too, but I seem to have replaced games for books). Games that can be played solitaire, so I can keep on playing and playing and playing and playing... even when I know I need to stop. *sigh*
  
• There's a kosher pickle factory in Worcester! I got to sample their sours and half-sours, and yum! (I'm not even a big pickle fan, either.) Note, though, that the "small" container is one gallon, the large is four gallons.... Perhaps I need to host something at which I can serve lots of pickles :-).
  
• I got a couple of day passes from Healthworks. Anyone (female) interested?
  
• Happy (happy?) Memorial Day! (should that be Mem Day?) For the Britishers, happy Bank Holiday (is it the spring holiday?)

numbers from England (read: apparently obligatory reference to recent holiday :-)
days in England: 6.5
games of Cities and Knights played: 6
packaged sandwiches eaten: 6.5
meals eaten in restaurants: 1
meals cooked: 1
rolls of film brought: 8
photos taken: 0
plays seen: 1
movies seen (DVD): 3
walks including public rights of way: 2
modes of public transportation used: 4 (allowing light rail as not the same as the Tube or a train)
new LJ friends made: 4
loads of laundry done: 0.5
rain events: unknown but many

to do

• order a composter, gosh darn it!
  
• buy dirt, and transplant plants
  
• find some new skirts and/or jumpers for summer
  
• figure out what I want to do about the mortgage (ie refinance or not)
  
• consider upgrading to DSL (any suggestions for providers?)
  
• pay the dentist
  
• clean, laundry, dishes, cook, yadda, yadda, yadda
  
• write the posts that have been meandering around my head, if only to make room for something new.

Comments

[queue.livejournal.com]

I've been happy with Verizon DSL.

[magid.livejournal.com]

D'you know an approximate cost/month for a minimal package?

[queue.livejournal.com]

$30/month with a 1-year commitment. And they apparently will give you the first month free if you sign up online (http://www.verizon.com).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[ckd]

I've been very happy with Speakeasy. (They do have a kickback program, where I can get a few bucks credit if you order with this URL.) For bandwidth junkies, they have a 6.0Mbps/768kbps ADSL deal if you're close enough to the CO.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Before I give them all my info... about how much is it/month for a minimal sort of deal?

[ckd]

There's a chart of their home package prices. At the low end, 768/128 is $40/mo (and $100 for the hardware; they're waiving install fees at the moment).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

There are several models of composters that are sold at very low prices at the Cambridge DPW yard.

See Robert Winter's web site page on composters (http://www.rwinters.com/compost/).

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link.

I'm planning to get a worm composter this time, though, since it's more designed to work on a porch (taking up less space, not as smelly, not needing contact with the ground), which is what I have.
(I tried getting one for the house, but I don't tend to remember to bring stuff down to the yard, for the three seasons it's accessible, and no one else used it. Hence, plan 2...)

HW day passes

[(Anonymous)]

HW day passes all gone? If not, please email and let me know: marymary@gmail.com. Thank you!!

Re: HW day passes

[magid.livejournal.com]

One is spoken for, I think (and I should've brought it to work today, but I forgot). The other's open. Er, you're already a member, right?