12.31.09
Snow = CRAZY ASS Drivers in Portland
This is on the Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy not far from my house. We literally got maybe one inch of snow. It took us 4 hours to go the six miles from downtown where I work to my house. I was not impressed. But it was so pretty to see the snow and we all got home safely, so in the end it all worked out. And that is all that matters.
I am getting on a plane tomorrow morning to head to San Francisco for a micro-mini vacation. I hope to be able to see some of the city but it may not be in the cards for this trip. But I do get to see some family that I haven’t seen in years and meet a new member of the family, my little second-cousin. With the recent travel restrictions it will be interesting to see what happens, I was planning on taking a new knitting project with me for the plane ride and the couple hours that I will be sitting in the airport waiting for Terry’s flight to get in. Not sure if knitting needles are going to be allowed. Off to do some research!
12.18.09
Merry Christmas
Operation Holiday Spirit is in full swing. Today we put up the ‘tree’, which is really the large houseplant that I am decorating this year. I know it is silly to decorate a house plant but I didn’t really want to buy a tree and didn’t have time to go out to the forest and get one (sad I know). But, I think the lights and decorations are helping! Here is the finished product and a seemingly cooperative Mac. Don’t be fooled by his calmness in this photo, he is tired from being chased around the apartment and then being bribed shamelessly with treats.
Merry Christmas all!
12.17.09
Cookies!
Since it is the holiday season, and I have been having a VERY hard time getting into the holiday spirit. I think that it has something to do with the lack of snow and being in an odd funk lately. But, I have been trying different things to get in the holiday mood. First I spent a great deal of last weekend knitting Christmas presents for my friends and family. Which did help a little. Then on Monday I had to stay home from work because of a dripping ceiling. Which is never a good way to start you week, I really wouldn’t recommend it. So, I worked for a few hours from home doing what I could without having my work laptop. After completing what I could I decided that I would bake some sugar cookies. I used my stand by recipe and decided to double it so I could take them into the office to share with my co-workers. This recipe is from my ex mother-in-law and it is a great recipe that hasn’t failed me yet. I will post the specifics of the recipe when I have it in front of me. Rolling out the dough and cutting out these little guys did help my holiday cheer just a little. I am thinking I just need to buck up and get a tree in the house, even it is just me that gets to see it.
Oh, and I have almost finished the mittens that I am knitting up as a Christmas gift. They are so lovely that I almost don’t want to give them away. The yarn is Malabrigo Chunky and the pattern is Bellas Mittens.
12.13.09
Christmas Knitting
These are going to be mittens…specifically Bella’s Mittens. There are other projects that I have been working on, but I will show them once they have been gifted. Things have been going very busily here in Portland and I am one quarter closer to graduating. So very excited about that! And still no snow yet here, there was rumor that some might show up this weekend but no such luck.
11.09.09
This is called avoiding homework…
Yes, that is an almost completed mitten and scarf. The scarf is now complete and the mitten still has no thumb. And my homework is still in progress. I think this is something I need to work on. But my Seahawks finally won again this week (granted they played the Lions but I will take what I can get).
10.01.09
Under construction
Our office is being reconfigured today and tomorrow. It is loud and hard to concentrate, thank goodness for earphones and music!
09.30.09
Alzheimer’s Memory Walk
Last weekend Andrea and I joined the team from ResCare HomeCare to help support the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk in Portland, OR. Alzheimer’s is a disease that has affected my family and one that I have seen a lot of during my time as a caregiver so I was glad to help bring awareness to the disease. There are still some walks going on in the state of Oregon next month and there is also the option to participate virtually if you wanted to help out as well!
Myself, Heidi and Andrea
The ResCare Group
09.28.09
School starting
I started my online classes today, I will be very busy and most likely very quiet here. Well, not that that will be much of a change over the last six months. But here are a few pics of what I have been up to lately.
Heidi’s 30th Birthday Bash…with a bouncy castle!
Went to Jewel Meadow and saw some elk
Did Race for the Cure
Had some fun at Powells trying on some new glasses to go with my new hair cut.
09.11.09
Summer gone already?
This week has been a busy one. Monday was Labor Day, which Becky and I spent traveling home from a fire in Omak, WA. We were on the Milepost 281 Fire on the Colville Indian Reservation. It was a quick up and down fire camp, but it was a great time. And on the way home we got to take the Keller Ferry.
We had to leave Karrie and Laura behind for one round on the ferry:
Here is my current project on the ferry, they are called Walter’s Manly Socks:
After getting home from the fire late Monday night I got to catch up at the office from being gone. I also got to register for classes for the upcoming quarter at Eastern Oregon University. I was finally able to get on the phone with my advisor, we had been playing phone tag for about a month. And I found out some great news! I have 24 upper division credits left to graduate, all of my course work is done for my major and two minors! This means that on March 20, 2010 I will be done with my undergraduate degree! I am pretty excited about this fact, hence all the exclamation points.
