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cooking: taco seasoning

May 25, 2011
ran out of taco seasoning, and the lady sparkler is chanting “more tacos!”*

alton brown, with a few revisions, saves the day once more. (* = denotes event may not have actually happened.)

Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons chili powder (1 chili, 1 chipotle)
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons hot smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic
Instructions
1. add to 1 lb or meat. brown and serve.
one final day

May 24, 2011

our last meal on park road ended how it began — with takeout. because all our pots and pans are packed. and we haven’t bought groceries in three weeks.

and shortly after our “picnic” in the old courtyard, we walked the 550 yds to Monroe Street for our pre-closing inspection, where everything looked absolutely, refreshingly perfect.

not only were all our inspection issues resolved, but the sellers actually went above and beyond — which was a great relief because we were frankly a little nervous about whether they were going to do anything at all. (get us drunk, we’ll tell you the whole story.)

anyway, a friend today asked if I was concerned about the walkthrough and i said that — while we had trouble with the sellers leading up to this point — if tonight went well, all would be forgiven.

all is forgiven. and we close tomorrow at 3pm.
seven days

May 22, 2011
in the next seven days:
- monday — we sell our place on Park Road, and start our seven day rentback from the new owners.
- tuesday — we walk through the new house to make sure they haven’t trashed the place.
- wednesday — we close on the new place on Monroe Street.
- thursday — the lady sparker takes sparklet to Tejas, and our POD is delivered bearing all the ~~crap~~ stuff we packed away last February.
- friday — movers come to take the rest of our ~~crap~~ stuff from Park Road to Monroe Street.
- saturday — i unpack.
- sunday — our rentback ends, which means we’re fully out of Park Road.
- monday — and on the eighth day, he rested.
actually, we kicked everything off this afternoon with the buyers walking through our house to make sure WE hadn’t trashed the place.

we hadn’t — well, except for all the boxes.
firsts: d.c. united match

May 22, 2011

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
d.c. united vs. afc ajax, rfk stadium, washington, dc
found: movers

May 21, 2011
video: blowing soap

May 20, 2011

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SWuBGX3Flo
found: hungry baby

May 20, 2011
play-doh

May 20, 2011

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
play-doh
scratch ‘n sniff

May 18, 2011

sparklet’s latest trick is rubbing a plant leaf in between her fingers, and then lifting them to her nose for a sniff. (no, i’ve got no clue where that came from either.)

speaking of — why we can’t be trying to sell our place now?

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
scratch ‘n sniff
out: powell playground

May 18, 2011

See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
out: powell recreation center playground, washington, dc

Ingredients

Instructions