Even more unexpected

[cornerofmadness]

I went into the office, the car obviously laboring, and asked 'anyone know a mechanic who could take this ASAP?' They looked at each other and said didn't we get postcards with 10% off at that new one a block away from my office. And so we had. I called him and went after class. He removed the Vinton Furnance Experimental Forest from under my car. Seriously, did I take off the top of a tree? After driving over 40 miles with it at 50 mph+ it was STILL waist high. Not only that he didn't charge me a dime. All he asked was I consider him in the future. Nothing was damaged by the tree. You better believe I put it on Facebook with my local friends because you don't find people like this every day.

It is suddenly supposed to blizzard today (after them saying all week no snow). It snowed a wee bit, and yes only during the time I was driving. I did meet up with one of neighbors who likes to gossip. In the three weeks I was gone landlord evicted the dumbasses who used to block my car in and had that chihuahua they let run loose. They had NINE adults living in this tiny 2 bedroom apt (no wonder we couldn't find a damn parking place). And the new neighbor who had moved into the place the other evicted person had been in was ALSO evicted, not sure why but he let his vicious dogs charge around free and several people were nearly bitten. It was busy here in my corner of hell.

I should be writing either my big bang, my blog tour posts or editing my Project Fierce short. Instead I'm playing on facebook. Scowls at self.

Also still trying to figure out WHY my inbox hates wildrider so much. Every time she mails her part of our critique group's info, I never get it (and I look in spam all the time since I'm paranoid about that in general.

Thanks everyone who commented with book recs. They're much appreciated.


And for my 100 things
It's from Cooking Light I found ground turkey in my freezer that I had bought for taco (blech) and wanted to use it for something else. I really liked how the soup turned out except for the turkey but that is strictly a texture thing on MY part and not to do with the taste. (and if you want a little more fat, go with beef). It's a super easy soup to make.

Ingredients
• 1 pound ground turkey breast
• 1/2 teaspoon dried herbes de Provence, crushed
• 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans or other white beans, drained
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with garlic and onion, undrained
• 4 cups chopped fresh spinach
• Preparation
1. Cook turkey in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until browned, stirring to crumble.
2. Add herbes de Provence, beans, broth, and tomatoes to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in spinach; simmer 5 minutes.




declutter day 185 item tossed- Mystery plastic container why kept-No idea what was in it or why I have it why tossed -Seriously? No clue as to what it was for, recycler it is