Apr
10
Things I learned today:
- Little wee rodents under great big snowbanks can really do a lot of damage. Witness the shrubs in my front garden, fully half of which are gone to make food and shelter for the voles.
- Duncan likes vanilla yogurt.
- “Good afternoon” is a silly thing to say when you pass someone while walking. “Good morning” — fine. “Good evening” — no problem. But “good afternoon” just sounds wrong.
- Our most excellent neighbours will be moving within the next 5 years to accommodate their growing family. Already I am sad.
- It IS possible to grocery shop with less than a hundred dollars. But don’t expect it to be a week of really good meals if that hundred dollars includes laundry soap, milk, cheese or pop.
- Lots of annual flower seeds sprout really, really quickly.
- Cream of wheat is a good idea in theory.
- It is significantly cheaper to hire a live-in nanny than it is to put 3 kids in daycare and after-school programs.
- Many people’s social chat is one-sided. They’ll tell you all about their life, but they rarely show any genuine interest in the life of the person they are talking to.
- Apparently the world is clamoring for wheat. Signs in my grocery store tell me the rise in prices for flour is directly related to the world’s geopolitical climate. I was looking for baking supplies, and got a lesson in economics.
