Saturday Evening Post
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thistlechaserA hodgepodge of topics.
- Swimming. Someone clued me in that there was a gym with a pool (an INSIDE pool) in my town. This would be an improvement over my current gym as the pool is not outside. Also, it would be about 10 minutes one way instead of 30. (Oh how I hate to exercise. oh how I hate spending an hour extra travel time just to exercise.) This is good as swimming in 50 degree weather is just miserable.
- Cold. Know what sucks after you've been swimming in 50 degree weather? Your apartment having no heat. Man, is it cold. They sent the complex repair guy out to look, but he couldn't fix it, so they need to wait for someone from a heating/cooling company on Monday. High tomorrow will be 64, so it could be worse, but still won't be fun.
- Money. Leaving the Y will cost me a lot of money. You basically have to pay for two months your first month (monthly fee + membership fee), and you have to give 30 days written notice to quit, so that will basically be paying three months for, what, three weeks? Blah.
- Graze. I ate my last two snacks of the box. scandinavian forest (blueberries, lingonberries, cherry infused raisins and apple) and white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake (raspberry infused cranberries, white chocolate buttons and hazelnuts). (Why, oh why, does the company hate capital letters so much?) While I couldn't tell one dried fruit from another (other than the apples), it all tasted great. The cheesecake one was okay (turns out I don't really like hazelnuts, but I love white chocolate and the cranberries, so that was good enough).
I wonder why they use so many infused fruits. Cherry infused raisins? Why not just used dried cherries? Seems like it would be less effort and more of the flavor they wanted.
Anyway. Going to go see the new gym tomorrow instead of swimming. I can't get a chill swimming and come home and sit in a cold apartment all day. If the new place looks nice, I might take a swim there (since they'll likely offer a free day pass).
- Swimming. Someone clued me in that there was a gym with a pool (an INSIDE pool) in my town. This would be an improvement over my current gym as the pool is not outside. Also, it would be about 10 minutes one way instead of 30. (Oh how I hate to exercise. oh how I hate spending an hour extra travel time just to exercise.) This is good as swimming in 50 degree weather is just miserable.
- Cold. Know what sucks after you've been swimming in 50 degree weather? Your apartment having no heat. Man, is it cold. They sent the complex repair guy out to look, but he couldn't fix it, so they need to wait for someone from a heating/cooling company on Monday. High tomorrow will be 64, so it could be worse, but still won't be fun.
- Money. Leaving the Y will cost me a lot of money. You basically have to pay for two months your first month (monthly fee + membership fee), and you have to give 30 days written notice to quit, so that will basically be paying three months for, what, three weeks? Blah.
- Graze. I ate my last two snacks of the box. scandinavian forest (blueberries, lingonberries, cherry infused raisins and apple) and white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake (raspberry infused cranberries, white chocolate buttons and hazelnuts). (Why, oh why, does the company hate capital letters so much?) While I couldn't tell one dried fruit from another (other than the apples), it all tasted great. The cheesecake one was okay (turns out I don't really like hazelnuts, but I love white chocolate and the cranberries, so that was good enough).
I wonder why they use so many infused fruits. Cherry infused raisins? Why not just used dried cherries? Seems like it would be less effort and more of the flavor they wanted.
Anyway. Going to go see the new gym tomorrow instead of swimming. I can't get a chill swimming and come home and sit in a cold apartment all day. If the new place looks nice, I might take a swim there (since they'll likely offer a free day pass).
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Date: 2013-11-17 05:25 pm (UTC)I've enjoyed my first two snacks so far. I think I'll post a more detailed review once I've finished the box, but I do agree that while a lot of the pieces taste good when eaten separately, everything tastes great when eaten together.
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Date: 2013-11-17 10:07 pm (UTC)You should totally post a detailed review, I'd love to read it! And comment if, you know, I could... :P
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Date: 2013-11-17 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-11-18 12:56 am (UTC)Love dried cherries. Don't want them in dried grapes.
So there.
:)
Classicist r I (not the same as classist, but you know that) I dislike this kind of thing intensely. Which includes why in the world would I ever want to eat a cookie composed of chocolate chips, pretzels and potato chips? So I asked the young rep flogging them at Gourmet Garage, and her only answer was, "Why not?" But then, she was merely hired to draw me in to taste samples and hopefully buy a package. Yet -- she was sincerely bewildered that anyone would even thing to ASK that question.
Love, C.
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Date: 2013-11-18 02:15 am (UTC)That sounds like an interesting idea for a cookie, but I don't think it's the sort of thing I'd like either...
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