Car Free in Raleigh

So, we bought a car. And not just a car… something that could rightfully be called a small SUV. A 2004 white Saturn Vue.
It’s a bit of a long story, but the isolation was getting to be too much for me.
I hope to continue to make lots of “car free” trips and to pull my […]

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Tonight, I had the urge to make my Incredibly Good Brownies™. Unfortunately, I created the recipe long before we had a toddler with food allergies. I’ve yet to create a Malachy-safe version.
So, tonight looked like it would be the night. I melted the “futter” (fake butter - Earth Balance brand). I mixed in the cocoa […]

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So, we had planned to head out to Lowe’s this morning to get a heater. But when we woke up, it somehow registered that today is one of the few of what we Catholics know as “Holy Days of Obligation” (read: “Get your heiny in church or else!” days).
(The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of […]

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So a week or so ago, our heater stopped working. We bought a space heater, called a repairman, and were given an estimate of $380 to fix it.
We called around, found another repairman, and he met us at our place today. Well, apparently Repair Man #1 did not look inside the unit, because when Repair […]

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