Jiggywinks!

Well, last week I made an impulse purchase at Wal-Mart: an ice cream churn! Not fancy, but it gets the job done. I used this recipe  from fellow blogger Amy at Chew Out Loud. Pinterest is the bomb... I picked this recipe because I didn't need to cook it ahead of time, therefore I could churn it that same night instead of having to chill it for a day. I churned it for about half an hour, then stuck it into pyrex to let it cure in the freezer. It looked like ice cream... it smelled like ice cream... Next day at lunch--ice creamy deliciousness!

So, I got married. And moved. Into an apartment that did not come furnished with a piano. Fortunately, we're on the first floor right next to the front door, so it wasn't too difficult to move the piano I found from the giver's house (two blocks away) to my living room. Just one thing--the piano is a 1956 Everett, used to belong to the School District of Beloit, and came to me third- or forth-hand. There was animal dander, hair, pencil graffitti, and just a few decades of finger grease on it. First I washed it twice with rags and dish soap. Then, I took an old toothbrush and vinegar water and scrubbed the keys--they felt so much better afterwards! No more sticky! Two weeks later, my sister came over to help me paint. The day before, I had the piano tuner over, and he fixed it up and told me what parts can come off. So, I took out the panels and vacuumed inside (lotsa dust bunnies) and taped off whatever I didn't want painted. All together, I took off the front a