I started writing this post last night, and then our power went out. I found a flashlight, tried to make sure all the lightswitches were off and the windows closed, and went to bed. Here’s Take Two: We’ve been promising to post our slow-cooker chili recipe since before Zoey was born, but no such luck. [...]
It has been feeling more like fall these days in Seattle. The tempurature is in the 60′s. It has been rainy, but with little bits of sunshine. And with the fall, starts school. Zoey’s new co-op preschool starts on Monday. I am now a part of the board for her co-op. I am on the [...]
We think that Zoey is gonna have some fine red curly hair!!! Check out this picture. See? What do y’all think? Her locks are growing in nicely. It seems there is noticably more and more hair every day. Zoey has been really enjoying her bath time lately. She will crawl in the bathroom when it [...]
A while back we bought some beautiful frozen tuna steaks at Central Market’s excellent seafood department. They have a huge freezer area with tons of different bulk seafood items including salmon burgers, crab cakes, shrimp, salmon sausages, and the tuna steaks. Today Zoey and I revisited Central Market, and picked up some aparagus among other [...]
Here is a catch up blog on all of our activities in the past couple weeks. First, we went up north to Skeeter Island (aka Lopez Island). While it was great to see my mom and Al, the skeeters were bad. Real bad. From the moment we opened up the van door, several zoomed inside [...]
I was just thinking earlier today about Myst and Riven and how the first and third games were so fun. I didn’t consciously progress to wishing for a fourth Myst game, but maybe my subconscious worked some powerful Mojo. I just found an ad for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, which is due in stores this [...]
Well, neither Rona nor I can bend a ball like Beckham, but we do like Aloo Gobi, so I tried Googling the recipe used in the 15-minute featurette on the Bend it Like Beckham DVD, wherein director Gurinder Chadha cooks Aloo Gobi under the watchful eyes of her mom and aunt. I didn’t find the [...]
