In This Little House

Time has caught up with me I no longer have all the time in the world in this little house. There is no longer all the space I could want here in this little house. The bills come due theres books I haven't read, But I'm still satisfied here in my head.

We actually get company!

I was at home sitting in front of the couch putting on make up when there was a knock at the door. I answered it thinking it was Turtin's Boyfriend. but it wasn't it was for me it was Billy's comming to see my progress on her bride's maid's dress.

Me And Bean Day

Me and my little sister are having yet another Me And Bean Day.

This was a happy result of Nin going to stay the night at a friends.

Bright and early, 7:03am, Bean came.

We made and ate a delicious breakfast consisting of scrambled eggs, cheese, toast, and Iced tea.

While we ate breakfast Bean wanted to watch a movie so we watched Shrek.

She finished her school work by 11 so we decided to make scarf's but before we could finish, lol Like we could have finished really fast, Turtin called and asked if we could bring her her lap top.

So know were at the coffee shop were she volunteers enjoying drinks and using the internet.

The little coffee shop/Christian book store

Now that we don't have internet right at our fingertips, we normally pack up our laptops and head to a little coffee shop on Main Street. It's funny to think about, because we all three sit down at a little round table and pull out our laptops and just sit there spacing out at the screens... Nerds.

Recycling People

I jumped off the bus at Friendship Square on Main Street. It was 5:42 and the bank would close at 6. I still had about three blocks to walk and a busy intersection to get across, and it was raining. I pulled on my hood and walked quickly.

I hate arriving at businesses just minutes before they close, but when it comes to my paycheck, I’m not going to wait till the next business day to get it taken care of. So, at ten minutes to 6 o’clock, I rushed into the bank and over to the table which harbored the deposit slips. Once the check was deposited safely into my account, and it was still a little before 6, I was happy to go back out into the rain and walk home.

Between my house and the bank is the Recycle Center. I like to swing by every once in a while and check the mixed paper bin for Coke boxes being recycled. These boxes usually contain unused Coke Rewards, because the person who bought the case of Coke did not realize how awesome Coke Rewards can be. With the points I collect, I get several free beauty and fitness type magazine subscriptions every year. It’s fun getting magazines for free!

I visited the Recycle Center. It was getting dark out and I was walking alone, so my mind started freaking out on me just a little bit, creating scenarios that I really didn’t care to think about. As I was walking into the parking lot, I pictured myself looking down into one of the bins and jumping out of my skin when I found someone sleeping there.

After checking the bins, no people inside and no Coke Rewards, either, I walked the rest of the way home with those thoughts about people living in the recycling bins still running rampant in my mind.

When I got to the house, my older sister told me how her day had gone. Included in her ramblings was the story of how she was walking along and turned to see what looked like a dead person back in the trees along the pathway. He was lying on his back and staring up at the sky. She wondered whether she should call 911, but decided against it. A little later on, when she returned by the same path, the man was gone. She assumed it was just a homeless person who needed to take a little rest.

That night, I dreamed that I was hiding out inside one of the recycling bins at the Recycle Center when two dead people were suddenly tossed in with me. Instead of screaming, I chose to remain silent, buried with the bodies inside the bin, playing dead.

It’s Saturday now. I spent most of my day being lazy. In fact, I took work off just so that I could be lazy today. I haven’t had a Saturday with nothing to do in a long time, because I normally spend them at the shop, working.

I woke up late, went grocery shopping, watched a movie, and took a long walk around town with my sister. On our way home, we were passing right by the Recycle Center again and I figured, why not stop by and see if I can find some points?

As we were walking into the parking lot, Ami mentioned that there was a car parked there. I scanned the entire area for any sign of activity – over by the book recycling bin, free buckets, across the lot at my mixed paper bins, glass, tin, cardboard, newspapers, and magazines. I heard a man’s voice coming from some distance away and wondered if maybe the car belonged to someone who worked at the Center. Or maybe the car had broken down and the owner left it there and found another way home.

I was wrong.

As I made my way toward the mixed paper bin, I noticed a head sticking up from the newspaper bin. I decided not to check that bin and walk past so that I could look in the other mixed paper bin, and it actually took me that long to realize the significance of finding a person inside of one of these bins.

It was a crazy thing inside my head just the day before, but now it was almost like a dream that came true. This person wasn’t homeless, or sleeping, or dead. In fact, I’m really not sure whether it was a man or a woman. I think it was a woman. And I have no idea what they would want inside the newspaper bin. Coupons, maybe? But, this was living proof that my fear from the day before and last night’s dream could turn into something real.

You CAN find people in the recycling bins. 


- Elise

Non-internet

Internet. The one unavoidable downside of our new place is that we don't have it.

The good thing is that there is a store just a block away which offers internet to its patrons... maybe even non-patrons. I don't really know if you have to be a customer or not, but Ami says, "I'm not using their internet if I don't buy something."

I'm sure people come in here all the time to use this hotspot without buying anything.

Jennie's White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

ingredients

3 cups Flour

1 cup softened butter

2 Eggs

1 cup dried cranberry

1 cup white chocolate chips

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp almond

1 tsp salt

1tsp baking soda

In large bowl mix, with wooden spoon, butter eggs, sugar, salt, soda, and almond till well mix.

Add flour it will take some work to mix it in with the wooden spoon, but I don't have a blender right now so Its my only choice. You feel free to use a mixer but if its a cheep one you'll burn it out so be careful.

Preheat the over to 375.

spoon cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheet

cook for 7 min for soft cookies.

with spatula move cookies onto cooling rack (I don't have one of these, so I use our bamboo cutting boards they work really well.)

I packaged mine in tinfoil a dozen each and delivered them to my happy customer warm. I already have another order from her for 5 more dz.