When Mr. TellBlast began talking about traveling for Christmas, I really wanted to visit a place that I had never been. I wanted to do things we couldn’t do in Iowa. Riding on a ferry definitely isn’t offered in Iowa. We rode two ferries in our second week on the Olympic Peninsula: Seattle to Bainbridge…
Oh, internet, I love you. You enable me to make fancy-looking food that requires no special skills. I don’t remember the source, but my younger son was quite impressed with this: How I did it. Set the oven to 450 degrees. Spray the cup of a muffin tin with cooking spray. Place a slice or two…
Washington is a geographically diverse area. We spent a few days east of the Cascade Mountains. We had a lot of snow. In fact, upon arrival to the Evergreen State, we just made it through Snoqualmie Pass to our rental house just two hours before it was closed because of snowfall. Our property manager was…
I’m late in publishing this linky because our linky service and wordpress (the software I use for this website) are not getting along. It’s a known issue that has existed for a little while, and no solution has been proffered. I can’t write and schedule linky’s in advance with this issue. Let’s get on with…
For Christmas, I struggled to get ‘boy gifts’ for my brother and brother-in-law. On top of being ‘boy gifts,’ I also wanted the gifts to cost about the same amount. I turned to my sewing machine to create a pot holder. Actually, it’s my youngest child’s sewing machine. Mine pretty much bit the dust. For…