Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
My blogging has been rather sporadic, I know. I do have a good reason, though! A little side project, you see. :-)
Shaun and I are expecting our first child, a boy, in early September. We're thrilled!
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Sunday, March 17th, 2013
I hope everyone had a fun Saint Patrick's Day! I went to Shawn O'Donnell's for a great Irish breakfast: rashers, grilled tomatoes, O'Brian potatoes, fried eggs, and toast.
I got to see the Snohomish Country Firefighters Pipes and Drums, and generally had a good time people watching. The pipe ...
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Sunday, March 10th, 2013
I got some excellent food this weekend and got my new oven delivered and installed! Yay for a shiny new functional toy!
Saturday's Lunch: ribs, mac and cheese, cornbread, and coleslaw from the excellent Carolina Smoke in Bothell. I'll have to make a trip back there to try the ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
We participated in the Corgi Secret Santa again this year. Our Secret Santa was Marie Ploof and her corgi, Kipper. They sent us an awesome package with some toys for Emma and a charm bracelet and corgi magnet for me. Emma immediately took to the alligator and ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2012
Wishing you sweet sugarplum dreams...
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Monday, December 24th, 2012
We joined the corgi Christmas card exchange this year and we've got tons of cards from all over the world! This has been so much fun. :-D Thank you everyone!
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
Santa Emma has many Christmas cards all ready to send!
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
I wish a happy holiday season to all my readers - a belated Happy Hanukkah, an early Blessed Yule, a quite early Merry Christmas, a non-panicked Mayan end of the great cycle :-P . Whatever you celebrate this season, I hope that you are able to enjoy ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012
In celebration of Shaun passing the bar (hurrah! ), we made homemade chicken noodles today. This is something we don't make very often, as it's a huge batch, and not particularly healthy, but it is oh so good, and worthy of celebrating Shaun's accomplishment. We're ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2012
Yesterday was my birthday, and I had a very nice day!
We started out with the Northwest Chocolate Festival, where we sampled lots of great local chocolates and watched a demonstration on stone grinding. Very fun. :-)
After that, we walked from the convention center down to Pier ...
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