Wow, Wotta Coupla Days

Wow, what a few days! Where were we last...the Indian Market.

Hubby got home Monday with the awesome, beautiful stove, after the both of them drove through Hurricane Erin on the way back. No kidding. Everyone is fine, Hubby, Tonka (the truck), and the stove, owned by only one previous owner, a Mrs. Elva Evans. They sent me the original Sears-Roebuck catalog page from 1931 with a parts list for the stove. And, being foresightful like she was, Elva was kind enough to order some spare doors and frame for the upper part, which we have as well, brand-spanking new. Even if they are over 80 years old! Also all the little parts are there—plate lifter, some little tool to spread around the coals...a couple other things. Amazing. Elva kept a neat house. I also would have had a pristine wringer washer had there only been room in my little Tonka.

And! In the photos I posted the stoves colors look similar but slightly different? NO WAY! You could switch parts on these babies if only they would fit. They are sisters! They could not be a more PERFECT match! And they are both in such pristine, excellent shape—even for the gas and time Hubby spent—we got both stoves for far, far less than that one over in Arroyo Seco for $984.

On Sunday the FedEx package arrived. Or was discovered. No one sought me out for a signature, they just left it not in front of my house, but in front of Therese’s house. No worries there but she never, ever uses her front door. She found the pkg. Sunday, I freaked out at the cost of the loan (interest over 30 years—and why they made it a 30-year loan is beyond me. This is less than I borrowed for college.) So after a few frantic phone calls, some consultations, and some research, we decided we still had a good deal and a few ways around things and decided to sign. So by the time we sign there is no time to mail it back by the deadline.

So we pile in the truck—with the stove—Husband says he will move this only ONE time more!! (It’s over 700 pounds, cast iron, you know) we drive all the way to Albuquerque to hand back the signed loan agreement in person. We left at noon (‘cause in the AM we had to get proof of homeowner’s insurance from Vicki’s agency—and of course they did it wrong—I noticed it on the way out of town—so we had to turn back and go get another!) Not that her place does things wrong—they do not, they are really quite good, it was a thing like a typo—but one that could have had dire consequences. Anyhow—we were told with the solving of one tiny thing (apparently the assistant rather than the appraiser in charge signed off on the appraisal. Not allowed. So once they get that straightened out) we were told we could close as early as this afternoon.

When we got up this morning I think we’d both just had enough of this waiting! We’ve been waiting for phone calls or papers or whatever for over THREE months now! So we resolved to actually get on with our lives. OMG, what a productive day for me....and of course there was no call to “come on down.” But we are closer than ever—IF something crazy doesn’t happen and call it all off. That still could happen—which is why we have “WAITED” SO HARD, but really, we’ve done all the hoping we’re capable of. This thing is in the hands of the universe now. And we’re back, fully engaged in our actual, real lives. Well mostly, I still hope...but at this point it is not the main thing I’m doing!

AND tonight!! Ah tonight. I like to “invent” dishes. I generally begin with an established recipe and don’t have this or that, but do have something else, and wonder what would happen if I fried instead of baked or vice versa...you get the picture. I’ve “invented” several favorites that have become seasonal favorites in my crowd. Once again I’m fooling with tradition—Tonight I’m making a cross between Carne Adovoda, Posole, stew, and something Trish came up with....It smells great.. We have previously fire-roasted, and now chilled, corn to sprinkle on top for a nice contrast in flavor, texture, temperature, and color. I’ll let you all know how it turns out.

When I was at PGW I picked a book out of the free book box that looked like a great cookbook. Ha, ha, it only had a few printed pages in the front and the rest of it was blank—a “mock-up” for selling to stores before the actual book is finished being published. I’ll have to make a new dust-jacket, of course (maybe one from the leather place?) Anyhow, all our clipped SW recipes and my invented ones will be hand written in that cookbook, so thoughtfully pre-bound for me by the marketing department! Thanks!

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Mary Mary Quite Contrary (2007-08-22)
Sounds like a good day! Fingers still crossed! :)

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