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We’re watching the movie Sideways right now. The kids are asleep and I missed the first 30 minutes screwing around in the office. The food looks amazing, the wine looks incredible, the characters are hilarious and I have no idea what is going on.

We got our inspection report last night – the house passed! So now we schedule the structural engineer and there are a few things about the inspection that need to be resolved. I spoke to one structural engineer on Friday and learned a lot about local issues for building, codes, issues with new construction, etc. It was great because of my background in engineering and geology, we had an awesome conversation. Yay for my random choices in education! Who would have thought that they would ever be so useful?

**Jump for more butter**

Dinner was good tonight. I finally got around to making this korean noodle dish with my stash of bean thread noodles that needs to be used up. It’s completely vegetarian and delicious. Only problem is that I’m hungry again because the noodles have something like 2 calories a pound (not really, but you know). Chinese mushrooms, carrots, green onions, tree ear fungus, mmmm mmmm mmmm. Good for summer meals.

I made rice crispy treats with Trader Joe’s organic Koala Crisps (cocoa flavored!).

They look funny because I had more marshmallow than rice cereal, so I had to add in some regular rice crispies. But my Official Taste Tester reports that the texture of the Koala Crisps is crunchier and more flavorful than regular rice crispies. Success!