Pace Salsa Verde - surprisingly tasty for a mass produced jarred salsa.
K-Mart - They never have anything I am looking for. How are they still in business?
Best Buy Customer Service - One giant fail. I went there to buy an iMac and I couldn't get the attention of a sales person. I called the store (from inside the store on my cell phone) and nobody answered even though I could see the staff hanging out with each other talking about personal things. I finally stopped someone as they were walking by, she went and got a girl (whom I had been making eye contact with and who had completely been ignoring me).
I walked out, right after I explained to a manager why I would be spending my $1,700 (I needed accessories too) elsewhere.
I bought it at Micro Center. Those guys were really nice.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Kite Runner
Sometime in late 2003 we were visiting my husband's parents.
My father-in-law handed me the copy of The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini that he just finished and said it was excellent and I should read it.
I brought it home and put it on my bedside table.
It has pretty much lived on my bedside table for five and a half years.
Between then and now I would say no less than 20 other people have recommended The Kite Runner to me. They even made a movie out of it. I kept thinking, I'll read it next, I'll read it next.
This week I read it.
It was a heart wrenching tale. You've probably already, but if not it is a story about the trials of an Afghani boy who becomes a man in very difficult times. It is a story about deception and redemption.
I don't want to give the plot away - I can't stand that type of book review, but I will say this - all those people who told me what a wonderful book it was were telling the truth. Once I got through the first couple of chapters, Hosseini sucked me in and kept me reading.
I should have read it six years ago.
My father-in-law handed me the copy of The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini that he just finished and said it was excellent and I should read it.I brought it home and put it on my bedside table.
It has pretty much lived on my bedside table for five and a half years.
Between then and now I would say no less than 20 other people have recommended The Kite Runner
to me. They even made a movie out of it. I kept thinking, I'll read it next, I'll read it next.This week I read it.
It was a heart wrenching tale. You've probably already, but if not it is a story about the trials of an Afghani boy who becomes a man in very difficult times. It is a story about deception and redemption.
I don't want to give the plot away - I can't stand that type of book review, but I will say this - all those people who told me what a wonderful book it was were telling the truth. Once I got through the first couple of chapters, Hosseini sucked me in and kept me reading.
I should have read it six years ago.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Charity Can Be Fun
See? Charity work doesn't have to be all work and no play.
Devra, Chef Spike and I joined the Quaker Go program yesterday and we went to the Capital Area Food Bank to do some volunteer work.
Along with Quaker, we helped the food bank organize the food to go out to Washington D.C. area pantries to help feed the hungry.
For once I was working too hard to take pictures, but if I get some better ones from Quaker I will let you know. In the mean time, behold the glow of my reflective zipper.
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