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Sketch Plans October 30, 2006

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I finally got the sketch plans for the house online.

More pictures coming

Yorkshire Puddings! October 23, 2006

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After introducing Melissa’s family to Real Mustard and Real Beer, I decided to get even more adventurous and make some Yorkshire Puddings.  Out of laziness (or just not wanting to screw an entire meal up), we opened some cans of beef stew to serve with the puddings.

After a momentary panic of “I can’t remember the ratios!” I found a recipe specifically for American ingredients .  Whilst I forgot to take pictures, the results were….

… not that bad.  I used a little too much oil in the preheating stage, I overfilled the batter, both combined to leave us with a smokey kitchen and yorkshire puddings that were a little heavier than I was hoping for.  I’m definately going to practise and also find some tins for making giant puddings!

Getting closer to buying a house!

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Melissa and I have been house hunting for a while. After several failed offers (boo!) we went back to one of the first places we looked at… new construction in Norton (ArrowHead Village) With some haggling back and forth over the purchase and sale, the specifications and the floor plans, we’re getting very close to actually signing the purchase and sale agreement.  Yep - 20,000 sq ft of what Google still thinks is a sand pit off North Washington St in Norton will hopefully soon be ours!

Melissa’s parents have been of great assistance - they even agreed to build the kitchen for us.   Check out their franchise or go see them at the Boston Home Show

Back from the UK October 15, 2006

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And a fun trip it was.  Photos are online.