[London and the North] I think we should have bought more of a mud coloured carpet really. This one, light brown, is too light and its natural fleck is constantly undermined by the competing fleck provided by crumbles of mud making their way across from the front door mat.
[Switched At Birth] We met with our builder today. I made extensive notes on a legal pad about county permits, footing and slab pourings, plumbing fixtures, roof trusses, wind load engineering, appliances, driveway configurations, windows, and when to expect the bulldoziers.
Fixing dinner tonight, I found myself thinking about the culinary concept of mise en place. It means having all your ingredients measured, chopped and ready before you start cooking.
[Hoarded Ordinaries] Today I was supposed to play grading catch-up, finishing feedback on several batches of online drafts and reading my way through a backlog of response papers. Instead of doing the honest work of grading, though, I took the easy way out. I did housework.
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