This is Ms P as my kids call her. She is like Ginger from the movie Chicken Run. She knows how to escape out of any situation. If she wants out, she gets out. Yesterday, after I got done doing my hour on the elliptical, I heard a ruckus outside. I ran out thinking the…
Tag: 2009
Day 344 – Ice, Ice, Baby
We haven’t really seen any temps above freezing this week. For those at the bottom of the hils, it means lots of ice. And Portland is in a Winter Storm Warning – expecting snow, sleet, and freezing rain until about 6pm Saturday night. I reminded Garbanzo that last year, it was this weekend when Portland…
Day 343 – Fuck.
The girls have been wanting us to put up lights outside. Great, I thought – I’ll put up the extra lights – no problem. I carefully tested all of the light strands before I put them up. Then, I turned them on. Can you tell some have decided not to work now? Fuck. Just what…
Day 342 – Frost and Frosty
Our weather here in Portland has been a bit cold compared to what we are used to. I moved here from Iowa to escape two things: the humidity of the summer and the winter. See, Portland does not have winter. Locals may disagree, but grow up in the Arctic Tundra of Northwest Iowa – and…
Day 341 – Love in a Bag
I’m an addict. What can I say. I have between 4-6 shots of espresso a day. We were out of coffee, so Garbanzo brought some back for me. I will be able to function tomorrow.
Day 340 – Camera Toss
A few days ago, I came across this article about an idea called Camera Toss. It produced some interesting pictures – and forced me to learn exactly how I control shutter speed on my camera. Until now I accidentally figured it out but usually couldn’t control it. Thanks to this book: I also learned a…
Day 339 – Discoveries and Other Adventures
Today we spent going through all of the stuff we own and that has been located in the office area at the top of our stairs for the past 6 months. It was a long process, but necessary. And we made some fun discoveries. Like the Vintage Manon 500 tripod that my father-in-law gave me…
Day 338 – Child Labor
They usually help Garbanzo carry the tree after we cut it down. Today, they picked up the tree and carried it back to the car themselves. As you can tell, we jumped right in there and watched them.
Day 337 – Cloud Factory
DJ was about 5, I think, when we were going over the Fremont Bridge on our way home, when she pointed out her window and declared that the cloud factory was working. Under that end of the Fremont Bridge is Widmer Brothers Brewing, and they were brewing that day thus the huge amounts of steam…
Day 336 – Unique
I had to run to IKEA today – a store that I have a love-hate relationship with. And, I came across these cookie cutters. Each year during the holidays, we make huge batches of my grandma’s sugar cookies, so we are looking for unique cookie cutters. I think these definitely fit the bill. I mean,…
