We got Wii! Tried to get it at Fred Meyer’s at midnight but we were too late, they handed out the tickets around 10:30 and we got there at 11:00. Set an early, early, alarm to get up and go to Target first thing. Sneaky Ryan woke up and left without me. Waited in the […]
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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Time to start building that ark, the rain just won’t stop. The lawn outside our patio is turning into a marsh with big puddles in the planting beds. [thumb:467:l][newline] But it’s the lake that is forming across the street from us that is really amazing. This is the view from our side of the road. […]
Cran-Apple Tea Ring
Yesterday I tried out a new recipe for a Cran-Apple Tea Ring (Light & Tasty Oct/Nov 2005 Update: Now called Healthy Cooking). First you made the sweet yeast dough. Once it has risen you roll it out and spread the dried cranberry and apple filling over the dough (I substituted almonds for the walnuts the […]
It’s that time again
Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month. For the participants of Nanowrimo the goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. This will be the 4th year Ryan has participated. You can read about his Nanowrimo experience here and track this year’s progress here. To help get the month […]
Planned Power Outage
The power company has a power outage planned for this Thursday and Friday. We’re not sure it will effect us here but to be on the safe side we will be shutting down the server. This website, along with the other websites we host, will all be unavailable for that time.
New Arrival
Fall is definitely here. We’ve had blustery rainy days and all the maples have changed colours and are dropping their leaves. Though the sky has been overcast our porch seems brighter since Ryan has cleaned up most of the summer planters. Those huge tomato plants blocked a lot of the light. Our summer garden isn’t […]
