We just got new gutters a couple months back but the one side of the roof, which is being destroyed by our neighbors giant maple tree was full of leaves and crap. I always wondered why they had yankee gutters, maybe it was to prevent build up of leaves.

We bought this ladder pusher outer thing from the gutter people. It makes going up on the ladder on a house with ransoms, doable.



After we got the ladder up.


(e:Terry) up the ladder, we took turns. It was actually quite fun, although a little scary the first time.


Anyhow, the roof on that side looks about 100 years older than the roof anywhere, where there is no a tree right on top of it. Its sad because the tree is beautiful and I love it but clearly part of it has to be cut back. Does anyone have a tree guy/girl to call?

The side of the roof under the tree is also covered in moss from the constant shade and dripping the tree makes. I can't decide if this is good or bad. I mean the roof does not leak at all and considering all the damage I think the moss must have protective qualities.

I found a link to this in our referral logs. Apparently, there was an article called "Buffalo Blogs are a lot more than just bluster: College Students' Guide to Buffalo" I love how they referal to the area as the "Elmwood Village strip." You know my feelings on it

(E:strip):

This is the self-proclaimed "original neighborhood blogging community" of Buffalo - inspired specifically by the Elmwood Village strip.

A fairly sophisticated site, it allows for image, sound and video embedding, as well as a mobile/dial-up site for the blogger who just can't wait until he or she gets home to tell everyone about that squirrel fight in Delaware Park.

Blogging topics on this site are broad, including but not limited to animals (with such delightful posts as "A bird in the hand means poop on the car" and "Chinese death camp for cats") and Food ("Dave don't eat it!" and "Subway. Finger-licking Freedom").

Turns out, the Elmwood strip is a popular hangout in cyberspace, too.

A fun morning of windows being windows. Oh how I miss painting with frozen windows on the mac.



And then mac decided to be windows too. Why on earth does it need a system restart in order to add RAW image file support to iPhoto? Did they forget this is a unix based OS where you can restart services, re-read config files, etc or what!

First time I actually saw it snow this year.

We decided to head down to the local grocers today instea dof going to wegman's for a couple of reasons.

1. Its more exicting
2. Better deals
3. Its something to do
4. Calvins Furitnute was going out of business.
5. I wanted ortiz brand tuna fish and only premier had it.

Calvins had nothing. Sadly, the furniture was really picked through. That's what we get for going the last day.

So off it was to Gino's itlian store on Somerton and Elmwood in Kenmore. I picked up a lb of olives and some really cheap bay leaves. It's nice that he remembered who I was.



Bay leaves can be super expensive and I got a whole baggie full for only $2.50. I also bought some sicilian canned tuna for $1.50 in order to compare with the Ortiz I was planning on buying at premier.

In the same plaza as Gino's there was an asian grocer I had never been too. They had a ton of stuff I otherwise can never get including giants squids, 3 for $5.00. Not giant like super giant but giant like bigger than calamari.



I also got some potato starch noodles labeled potato torch noodes. Even in the ingredients it said potato torch.


So then we headed off to premiere. I got the oritz tuna I wanted but not the expensive filet can, only the chunk peices can for $5.



So I will never know what the best Tuna Fish in the world is like. Well maybe for my birthday but I could not justify $15 for a tiny can of tuna. They didn't even have the $18 can of tuna bellies I was looking for anyways.





So you may wonder what even prompted the search for the fancy tuna fish. It was that show Spain - On the Road Again with Gweneth Paltrow and Mark Bittman - the food reviewer. not to mention Claudia Bassols their translator who is so super hot. She alone makes the show worth it. Add the amazing images, amazing food, gwyneth Paltrow and its one of my favorite shows. I even bought the cookbook.



You can buy epsiodes on itunes