House hunting heartbreak

We had made an offer on a house. But I think we are going to have to walk away from it after the foundational chaos the inspection revealed. Its like dating, you meet someone awesome and then just when you are getting into them they tell you they are married with kids and this is all behind their backs, see? And it has to be broken off. Ugh.

The house hunting will go on hold after this, because the land lord wants us to sign a year long lease and we don't have enough time to find another place. And I'm burnt out on it anyway. Maybe we'll try again in fall. I'm really bummed because the interest rates are so favorable right now, but I don't see us finding a house in our price range for a while. Maybe I'll keep an eye out in Mebane, just for the heck of it.

Food as landscape? I think not

A random thing I wish to comment on: I've been noticing a trend in my favorite magazine, Martha Stewart Living, towards a certain kind of advertisement. The "food as landscape" advertisement. I do not want to picture London Broil beef as a cliff face with a gravy river running past, thanks much. That's just gross. Another one today had mashed potatoes as clouds. Gross! Sweets are a bit better for landscapes, for some reason. Willy Wonka made that okay. But everything else? Gross!