J and I spent the evening watching some strange documentary about snakes that our neighbor - yes, that same one that's been causing all the craziness around here - brought over for us to borrow.

Said neighbor later had a really loud party (as usual) and had to help his drunk friend after the drunk friend fell down the front stairs and was crying. ( Read more... )

The watermelon dessert is so good, I wanted to share the recipe with y'all. It's from Eating Well magazine, the Aug./Sept. 2005 issue ( Read more... )

My 18 year old cat, who is usually very sweet, but is getting crankier and crankier with age, just attacked my face. She batted at me and then clawed me on the cheek when I picked her up, narrowly missing my eye ( Read more... )

I'm going to try to make a frozen watermelon dessert tonight, with fresh watermelon, lime juice & yogurt (like a sherbet, but without the fat). I hope it's good ( Read more... )

So you can see how beautiful it is here, if only you leave the city for a few miles. Here are pictures from our first hiking trip, to Alta (near the ski area).

It was the last day to view the wildflowers, as they were covered in snow the very next day (it's about 9000 ft above sea level there).

Cecret Lake (an odd Mormon spelling, no doubt)

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Here are just a few photos - I'll be sharing more. These are from our first days in Salt Lake.

the view from our deck:

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