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Photos from airplane tour of Kauai.


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Photos from the Sunset and Sightseeing cruise

Pictures from my Halloween and my decorations around here and some stolen pictures of the cutest little pirates ever!

Pictures from my trip to Montana and playing Dress-Up with little Cassidy in the Li'l Dolly dresses that mom was so excited to buy as soon as she heard she was getting a granddaughter. I might have bought her the red outfit now that I think about it. Anyhow, with all the frills and lace, she was just as cute and girly as could be! A living doll!
The boys were sooo good and really love having books read to them so of course I indulged that little wish!

Last fall I became interested in cooking and talked to my coworker Ted about knives. He used to be a sous chef in Denver before he went to pharmacy school. He said the only knife I need is a chef's knife, and he recommended this particular brand. I received it for my birthday but I never was brave enough to use it because well gee, it's so sharp! The interest in cooking passed and I continued on with my usual eating habits.
Well I became interested in cooking again and I finally got over my fear of the sharpness of the knife that this past month and started using it and WOW! What a difference it makes! It cuts through frozen chicken like it's butter, it cuts through steak without a lot of that sawing action I've been doing, and I just can't wait to find something else (other than my fingers) to cut!

I just have to say that today was a great day - I gave myself permission to stay home, rest, weed, cook, clean, and just do things that I never seem to have enough time to do. This morning I started the day with a Yoga stretch class - wow, I have a long way to go to be as flexible as the teacher!! -- and then came home and decided to tackle this quilt. I've had the pieces cut out for ages and ages but never got around to the sewing part. Well, I did that today! I'm pretty pleased with myself and how it turned out. It makes a huge mess -- I wish it was a "no strings attached" sort of thing -- strings (aka threads) are everywhere!! It's not 100% done but you get the idea of how it'll kind of look.
Thanks to Jessica for the idea/inspiration! Sewing straight lines *is* ever so much easier than the stuff I was trying to do!

Cassidy 'n me in North Dakota. I think she was a little upset that someone interrupted our conversation just when she was getting to the really good part of the story she was telling me :-) Either that or she's thinking "Don't mess with my aunt!"

I added more photos to the North Dakota reunion album - go check those out too! :-) All the aprons and chicken hat stories will make sense.

I went hiking this evening with a coworker. It was nice to be up in the mountains away from the heat!! Beautiful little hike, Naches Peak Trail Loop.

Photos from recent trip to North Dakota