I have been re-introduced to swimming again again. I am sure in a few months I'll stop going and then be re-introduced later. It's the one exercise I can do for a really long time in one "work-out" session. Once upon a time, I was a swimmer and I was sort of good. I mean I would actually win races. Yep. I sure did. But then I had to stop because I ( Read more... )

Uh oh...Britney has to hand over her kids.

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On Sunday, I went cleaning crazy! I decided that I needed to organize and de-clutter the apartment. That equaled going on a rampage. I cleaned out the basement! Huge task, people. Then I de-cluttered the living room and dining room, including the closet. I trashed a bunch of stuff too. It felt really good. Now I have to de-clutter/organize the ( Read more... )

Tonight we made this awesome delish dish called "Mexican Pumpkin Soup." That is what you see on the right. Mmmm.. Perfect fall soup that offers a bit of spice. On the left, is this new chili that I made for the first time the other night. For years, I have been making the same chili but decided to do this one instead. It is the best chili ever. ( Read more... )

We are going to Chicago in November. Yay! We were going to go to New York but then remembered that we have friends in Chicago who we haven't seen in years and I really really want to see them. Good thing they live in a cool city where I could possibly see Oprah. I mean come on. Oprah. No, not really...I am sure. There is probably some year long ( Read more... )

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Now that I am taking the bus to work..I think I will need a good pair of rain boots. I  decided to do some peeking around the internet and found a lot of different choices which is FUNNY because if you try and find them in stores in Portland your options are fairly limited. And you would think that one of the rainiest cities would keep these handy ( Read more... )

This morning on my bus ride to work I sat next the 14 year old me. It was funny and cute. She had short brown hair with bangs, a pair of black and white striped tights, a red skirt and a t-shirt...oh and doc martens. She was reading a book and was all shy. Believe you me... I was some kind of shy in those years. I guess I am sort of now too.

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My apologies to those of you who are annoyed at being bombarded with journal entries from me. Feel free to knock my ass off your list. Sometimes I just feel like journaling and it gets out of hand but eh oh well ( Read more... )

One more....Justus had a birthday and we ate the hell out of some Ethiopian food. I managed to take no other pictures than how much food we managed to finish off. I highly recommend Dalos kitchen.


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