Posted in Holidays, Nature, Thanksgiving, The Outdoors, travel on Nov 20th, 2012
It took 12 hours to get here. 14 if you count the hours before sunrise Mike spent straightening the house and getting things in order so the housesitter doesn’t have to deal with our dirty dishes and kid clutter. The “Can we see California yet?” and “I’m hunnnngryyyy!” and “She’s copying me!” were in full [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Gardening, Places, Seasons, Summer, The Outdoors, travel on Oct 22nd, 2009
. . . and do I have a lot to share. I certainly didn’t intend to have such a long blogging hiatus but it happened anyway. It started with my summer from hell. Soon after the lovely birthday party, summer camp started. Lots went wrong- mostly database issues resulting in registration issues and unhappy parents [...]
Okay, so maybe hate is too strong of a word for a city that I have only passed through on road trips but let me tell you a few things about it. -It’s hot, really hot. Most of my drives through Redding happen during the summer and I am not a lover of hot weather. [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Children, Easter, Family, Holidays, Places, Seasons, Spring, travel on Apr 15th, 2009
12 hours in the car with a toddler isn’t so bad. Maybe it’s just my amazing trooper of a kid but I’m tempted to even’ say that the drive from Portland to the Bay Area was fun. I realize that sounds crazy but crayons, knitting and books on CD go a long way- 600 miles [...]
My life feels like a cliche! I just got back from 6 days in sunny California and now I’m back in Portland where, you guessed it, it’s raining. I was hoping for a few more weeks of summer but it seems like autumn is really here. California was fun. We saw the grandparents and sesame [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Children, Family, Places, Seasons, Summer, travel on Sep 16th, 2008
Okay, okay. I know that there is another week of official summer and then we in the lovely Pacific Northwest usually have another several weeks of blue skies before the rain starts. But- I’ve been absent for so long that I feel like I should start the summer wrap-up now since I’ve been busy the [...]
Thanksgiving week was madness! A 600 mile road trip, 2 families, 2 Thanksgiving dinners (thankfully on 2 different nights), tons of family, several baby meltdowns because of an inability to sleep in a strange place and, to top it all off, my husband’s high school reunion. Whew, I’m tired all over again just …
I can’t believe it’s been a month since I’ve posted! This is what I’ve been doing. Vacationing! We spent Christmas at the beach in L.A. this year. My dad lives 2 blocks from the beach and the weather was a nice change from the freezing Portland temperatures! This photo was taken …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting, Places, travel on Aug 13th, 2006
Everything is ready to be taken to the fair tomorrow! I’m so excited. I hope I win a ribbon! The only thing missing from my pile of entries is the ogee tunic because all I have finished are the sleeves and this: It’s coming out really well and I changed it …
In no particular order, here are some pictures of El Salvador. I know you came here for knitting content but I don’t have any pictures of knitting to show you right now. I do have pictures of knitting in El Salvador but those will have to wait for another day. I am making progress on [...]
