Look at this sandwich! I made it for you as an apology for being MIA the past week. Actually, I made it for myself. Now I’m both neglecting AND lying to you. Rob and I watched The Breakfast Club on TV the other day, and the lunch scene made me want a sandwich really badly. I hadn’t bought fake deli slices (it’s creepy how real they look, isn’t it?) in a long time, so this sandwich was particularly good.
I’m in Minneapolis for just a little bit right now, supposedly in order to pack things up. I’d like to have everything moved out of here by the end of April, but I think I might need to discover a magic packing wand tucked back in one of the closets. It’s the worst! (The worst as far as organizational things go, anyway.) I started with the piano room, which should have been really easy, since I hardly use it — and I’ve already schlepped all the books up to Hinckley. But it took all morning.
I think the main problem is a lack of boxes. Wait, no, it’s that I don’t want this stuff. I can’t believe how much junk is here, given the amount I’ve already brought up to Hinckley — and a reasonable sort of person has to realize that, since X, Y, and Z have been sitting here for a year, I probably don’t need any of it. I’m completely overwhelmed by the thought of trying to set up a garage sale for it all, but it would probably yield a tidy sum of cash, which would not go unappreciated. Bah.
I’m sure I’ll get it all figured out in the end. Until then, I’m going to keep eating sandwiches and looking for that wand.
Nice touch with the toothpick!!
tasty tasty! I must have missed something, I didn’t know you are moving to Hinckly Huse permanently! Wow, did you sell you yellow house! Thats exciting! I am not good at packing thankfully I have only had to do it twice, but if I had a magic wand I would give it to you!
hi Anna, i just popped over from Laurie’s blog where she showed us the lovely gift you sent her. when she mentioned that you blog about veggie/vegan food and your love of dogs i thought you were someone whose blog i ought to read veing as vegan food and dogs are two of my big loves! i’m glad i popped by, your dogs are adorable, your food looks incredible and I love your writing style!
What kind of fake deli slices are those? They look so good! Good luck with moving!
They’re hickory-smoked Tofurky slices. I got them at a regular supermarket (not my local one, though, sadly), but I know places like Whole Foods have a huge selection of fake deli ‘meats’.
Rather than having a garage sale, why not donate your items to a charity. Some of them make sort of regular stops to collect stuff — I get calls all the time about “our truck will be on your street next …” — and you can take a tax deduction for the fair market price of the items you donate. It’s not the same as getting money in your pocket but it comes in handy at tax time. Can you tell I’m working on my income taxes?
hard to move. I always said if I had a layoff or something where I had loads of time, I’d start in storage and just sort and pitch. 3 years ago, I got that from mid April to Oct 1st and I didn’t do it. Life filled in the spaces. I did boogie out a bunch of stuff several times, and once you get on a roll, it’s pretty freeing. My family all think “yard sale and we’ll get rich!” nope…I’ve done a couple and it’s a lot of work for not much $$ I prefer to ask around and then just put stuff in my front yard with a FREE sign on it or donate it right away. You’ll get there. I’ve lived in my house for 16 years and wouldn’t want to start moving anytime soon. good luck..
As I spent most of my life moving, I just hate moving. I get depressed and I cry buckets. Anyway, I wish you a smooth packing and moving. I didn’t know you are leaving your little yellow house! Is it on sale now? I think you need to write a post about that, as we, the faithful followers, are taken by surprise to hear of the move, haha.
Anna, are you sure that fake meat is fake? Haha. It looks so real!