{"id":953,"date":"2007-08-26T22:10:12","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T22:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=953"},"modified":"2007-08-26T22:10:12","modified_gmt":"2007-08-26T22:10:12","slug":"whoah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=953","title":{"rendered":"whoah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it has been a dreadfully long time! I have excuses, but they are lame. I am working on getting my act together, but I am not holding my breath.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/crater lake wizard island.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"crater lake wizard island.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/crater lake wizard island-thumb.JPG\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center>Crater Lake is really stunning, but nobody told me the marathon was going to be straight uphill then straight downhill. It was still fun, though, and who knew they&#8217;d have hummus and pita bread at the cafe?<br \/>\nI love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankymonkeybutt.com\/weblog\/\">Carolyn<\/a>. She went to Belgium and actually brought me back macarons! Unfortunately, they did not travel particularly well:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/smashed macarons.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"smashed macarons.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/smashed macarons-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThe kitchen is pretty much complete, but I haven&#8217;t taken any photos, nor have I unpacked anything. In fact, we still haven&#8217;t located our pots and pans, so I still can&#8217;t really cook. This is when we were on the home stretch and a day before Peter&#8217;s parents arrived for a visit:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/kitchen floor install.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kitchen floor install.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/kitchen floor install-thumb.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWe also had insulation blown into our upstairs area. It&#8217;s this crazy stuff called Icynene, and it is pretty high tech but messy:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/upstairs icynene 1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"upstairs icynene 1.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/upstairs icynene 1-thumb.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nMy aunt, her sister-in-law, and a family friend are visiting from Japan, but between our own visitors and superbuzzy, I hadn&#8217;t had a lot of time to hang out with them. Today, though, I spent some quality US time with them:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/krispy kreme 2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"krispy kreme 2.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/archives\/krispy kreme 2-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"3\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it has been a dreadfully long time! I have excuses, but they are lame. I am working on getting my act together, but I am not holding my breath. 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