August 12, 2003

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In this Issue
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1. 2 Yummy Recipes
2. 3 Homes Newly Listed with Terria
3. New e-Greetings
4. Tearing Down the House
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2 Yummy Recipes
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Spinach Quiche (High Fat, High Taste!)

Ingredients:

 ½ Cup butter  
1 Small onion, chopped                  
3 Cloves garlic, chopped               
1 (4.5 oz.) Can mushrooms, drained
1 (8 oz.) Package shredded cheddar cheese
1 (10 oz.) Package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 
1 (6 oz.) Package herb and garlic feta, crumbled
Salt and pepper to taste
4 Eggs, beaten
 1 Cup milk
1 Unbaked 9 inch pie crust


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium 
heat. Saute garlic and onion in butter until lightly browned, about 7 
minutes. Stir in spinach, mushrooms, feta and ½ cup cheddar cheese. Season 
with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into pie crust. In a medium bowl, 
whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into 
pastry shell, allowing egg mixture to thoroughly combine with spinach 
mixture. Bake in preheated over for 15 minutes. Sprinkle top with 
remaining cheddar cheese, and bake an additional 35-40 minutes, until set 
in center. Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

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Gazpacho (Low Fat!! High Taste!)

Ingredients:

3 Large cloves garlic, peeled 
1 Small sweet onion, quartered
1 Rib celery, coarsely chopped
2 Medium cucumbers, scrubbed and coarsely chopped
1 Large green bell pepper, seeded and quartered 
2 Large fresh ripe tomatoes, quartered
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Hot sauce (optional)
2 Teaspoons chopped fresh basil
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
2 Cups tomato juice, or use canned whole tomatoes with their juices 



Instructions:

Place the onion, pepper, cucumbers, garlic and fresh tomatoes in a 
processor; process until very finely chopped. Add the tomato juice, basil, 
salt, pepper, vinegar, olive oil and optional hot sauce. Process until 
soup is the desired texture. Taste for seasoning; chill for at least one 
hour before serving. If desired, garnish with finely chopped cucumber or 
whole basil leaves. * If the soup is too thick, stir in more tomato juice. 
If desired, use all fresh tomatoes and omit the juice entirely.


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3 Homes Newly Listed
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4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, sprinkler system 
Galley Kitchen with double ovens and a pantry 
Up laundry plus 1/2 bath 
Master has full bath and double closets 
Formal dining room, fireplace in living room 
Treat yourself to a low maintenance home. Almost 3,000 square feet to enjoy plus enclosed 
back patio. Oak bar in game room down, family room, full bath and another bedroom all in 
basement. Double garage with openers. Storage building. Call today for your special viewing. 
620-271-2129. 

2. ---:

Master has walk in closet with garden tub and separate shower 
3 bedrooms, 2 full baths plus French doors to office area 
Bay window and cathedral ceiling in living, kitchen, and dining rooms 
Kitchen with eating bar and display cabinets 
Very large lot with room to build double garage 
Super newer pre fab home with great floor plan. No maintenance exterior plus vinyl windows, 
plush carpet and up laundry. Large dining area with sliding doors to back patio. Super neat 
kitchen has all appliances, lots of cabinets, eating bar and display cabinets. Over 1500 
square feet for such a little price: $64,000! 

3. ---:

Two Bedrooms 
Large full bath with laundry 
Wood windows plus storm door 
Single garage with work bench 
Fenced yard with sprinkler system 
This home has lots of extras for you to enjoy like "almost new." Storage building, sprinkler 
system front and back, guttering, shade tree, and roomy garage with work bench. Call now to 
see the neat kitchen. One level living! $69,900. 


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New E-Greetings
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Tearing Down the House
By The Happy Guy (David Leonhardt) 

Life is pretty full. So what happens when you throw a few home renovations onto the agenda. 
Wipe off the plaster dust and find out.

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Last year, we bought this big ol' 1887 house. We are just now coming to grips with the 
magnitude of the "upgrades" planned. 
With a baby on the way and Little Lady all of two years old burning calories faster than 
pillagers burn the Amazon rainforest, how tough can "upgrades" really be? 

Ever since we bought the house, my wife has been urging me to tear "that thing" down. 

"That thing", at the foot of our lane, had been a shelter to keep kids dry while waiting for 
the school bus. It had seen better days. Like when paint could still be seen on the wood. 
Like when it stood upright (taller even than the weeds!) before gravity won the battle. 

"That thing" was our very own Roman ruins ... minus the Roman part, of course. So I finally 
tore it down. 

"What?" my wife asked. "You tore it down?" 

"Yup." 

"But how will people find us, now?" 

We had used "that thing" as a marker, even a beacon. "Turn right on County Road 7, and just 
keep going until you see the eyesore. You can't miss it. That's us." 

Houses grow and age just like people. Sometimes the old gets in the way of the new. Sometimes 
you have to rip things apart to build them up. 

Recently, I was ripping apart a couple walls of the soon-to-be nursery. I assured my wife 
it would be a two- to four-hour job. To avoid inhaling an overdose of plaster dust, she and 
Little Lady escaped to exile at Grandma's for the afternoon. 

Twelve hours later ... 

The clock ticked past midnight before those two to four hours showed me mercy. Little Lady 
and her pregnant mom wisely chose to remain in exile overnight. Instead of resting my weary 
muscles, I had a jungle of – hack, hack - plaster dust nearly a foot deep to dispose of. 
Beach party, anyone? 

If tearing it all down took so long, how many hours will it take to put up the new walls, 
including the wall overlooking the staircase? (Did I mention I'm afraid of heights?) 

How long will it take to cut and place the trim (baseboards, casing, crown molding, and a 
new window sill – I broke the old one trying to pry loose a lathe strip)? 

How long will it take to hang a new door? To sand the old floor? To clean up the big mess? 
To lift the wallboard to the second floor? To return to the store for more nails or to 
replace lumber I wreck or to pick up a few dozen items I forget? To replaster the corners 
I plaster wrong the first time (and the second and the third and ...)? 

I sat my wife down for a heart-to-heart. "Honey, we have a business to run, a toddler to 
nurture, family members to help, a house to clean on occasion, and a jungle that will need 
mowing one of these days. We need ductwork to thaw our bedroom this winter, the foundation 
needs crack-filling and this nursery would take Hercules many long days of hard labor to 
complete. I don't know if we can find time for all this before the baby is born." 

"Maybe we should put something off," my wife suggested. 

"Great idea!" I said, looking at my agenda. "Now, let's see. How long do you want to delay 
the delivery?" 

I ducked just in time. 

The easiest thing to reschedule turned out to be my sleep. Right now I have a house to 
upgrade. There'll be plenty of time for sleep next year. That is, if I don't grow too old 
in the meantime and need to be torn down myself. 


E-mail: Info@TheHappyGuy.com
Author's URL: http://www.TheHappyGuy.com
David Leonhardt is the Happy Guy: author, speaker, trainer, and editor of Your Daily Dose of 
Happiness free ezine. Short. Powerful. Motivational. Sign up at 
http://www.TheHappyGuy.com/daily-happiness-free-ezine.html 

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