reasons #34, 35, 36 & 37 to live in noblesville
i guess we have to compete with Nate & Deb about reasons to live where we do ... so here are a few from the last couple days.- trash week. well, maybe that's not the official name of it, but that's what it's about. this week everyone is allowed double trash pickup and, more importantly, several 30 cy dumpsters are spread about for dumping junk in. conveniently, one of those is about just around the corner. last night, i took this opportunity to dispose of some trash we've been wanting to get rid of. first, 14 trash cans full of pee-stained oak. yes, it's finally gone. no more pile of nastiness in the shed. second, 3 loads of laminate flooring (formerly in sunroom). again, finally gone from shed. 1 load of random sheets of plastic (from the shed). 4 trash cans full of junk from the basement. most of it was found when i worked in the crawlspace this winter, some of it was debris from various projects down there. 3 loads of dirt, leaves, and trash from along the curb. not sure how that much stuff accumulated up there. i guess it has probably been many years since it was cleaned. after that, i was tired. there are still some chunks of brick and piles of coal dust in the old coal storage room, but that will have to wait for some other time.
- top 10 place to raise a family. a recent book has ranked Noblesville as one of the top 10 places to raise a family. so that's good.
- e85. i just realized there is an E85 fueling station down the street. another one just opened up in Carmel also. while i'm not sure ethanol is THE answer to the oil drama, but it's a start i think. if they can improve the efficiency of producing it with corn, it will be a lot closer to an answer (maybe one of several answers). that would also be very good for Indiana seeing as how we have boatloads of corn (and the gov't is still paying some farmers to NOT grow corn).
- May. May in the Indy area means one thing ... racing season. the Indy 500 isn't a one or two day event like most races or sporting events. it's a full month of interest here. rookie orientation/practice began Sunday with full practice sessions opening today. the next 2 weekends have qualifying and more practice. after that, practice, carb day ... and the race. a big client of ours had a suite for the day, so i spent the afternoon out there. nice. dem der cars go real fast, make lots o noise. i'll be out there at least one more time for practice. it's a fun spring tradition. it's always interesting just how many people show up at the track, during the week, just to watch practice sessions. i guess it's a good excuse to not work. i like those. this relates to the previous issue also ... the IRL is switching to ethanol (ethanol/methanol mix this year, ethanol only next year).
in other news, we bought and planted some pots for the font porch and 2 hanging plants. i'll try to post a picture next time.
ok, i think i'm done for now.
posted by Chris and Chrissy Miller @ 11:25 PM
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