Quesadilla at Taco Bell
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"Dee Dee" > wrote:
> Today DH saved a bundle of money taking off the kitchen countertops - quoted
> by several places $700; & up to $1200 to re-do the plumbing for the sink
> hook up with the removal.
>
> He spent the several hours today unhooking the reverse osmosis under the
> sink and pulling off the old formica (with wooden frame) countertops, and
> taking out the trash compactor door and frame. Tomorrow he will get the
> guts of the trash compactor taken out. Then all goes to the dump, for which
> we have an ole' time truck to do that job. Hope someone is standing by (a
> trash picker, would you call them) for an old, but completely new and unused
> trash compactor.
>
> Now our stove and dishwasher and vent has been replaced, and next week we
> shall have new countertops, hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday. Flooring next.
>
> This leaves us without a kitchen for a few days. There is not a restaurant
> that we will eat 'at' or 'in' within 20-28 miles one-way. Which leaves us
> locally driving about 10 miles down the highway to the first fast-food exit.
>
> Since we hadn't been to Taco Bell for at least 11 or 12 years, and they had
> quesadilla plastered all over the windows, $2.99 for either chicken or beef.
> I had the chicken, DH had the beef. The tortilla was a big, fat and soft,
> cut in 4 funny shaped pieces wrapped in cellophane, about 100F. About 40%
> of the quesadilla had nothing on it; the rest of it was a gloop of some
> funny cheese-type sauce instead of a melted cheese, and a few tiny bits of
> chicken. I ate one of the pieces. And a cup of iced tea for me.
>
> We raced home for some good chocolate and a glass of port for me and red for
> him, and a movie, hoping to erase the memory.
>
> Tomorrow morning? McDonalds! Whoopee!
> Dee Dee
McDoogles has decent salads. ;-)
I suppose you don't even have a nuker at the moment?
Try a Rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
And some fresh frozen veggies?
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