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October 2006 - Posts

Monday, October 30, 2006 5:22 PM

Sometimes the idea is worse than the doing.

Today I started working on my to-do list for the week. High on that list were several projects that were on the MUST do portion of that list. I have been dreading doing these tasks and honestly figured on at least an hour for each one of them. Well I
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Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:14 PM

The squirrels tried to kill me!

Seriously! We have big non-native agressive gray squirrels. I call them tree rats. Friday afternoon I went out to get the mail from the mailbox. The two squirrels were on the tree closest to the mailbox. They ran up, glared at me and then ran out the
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Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:28 PM

Paint.net

Devin linked to a free image manipulation called paint.net on his work blog (e)mail insecurity . Well I discovered that I do not have photoshop on my computer like I thought I did. As I was helping clean up some pictures for my friend S I needed it. Since
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:00 AM

Tuesday cooking

Since the children have half days I have had a lot of my time kind of shortened. Tuesday I finished laundry and then decided that I really needed to make up some cookies and other goodies. I have wanted to make the orange butter thins again but this time
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:14 PM

Toad in a hole and Monday

Along with other Yorkshire Pudding experiments Monday night I made Toad in a Hole. I started by baking the sausages in the giant roasting pan and mixing up the pudding ingredients and getting them ready to go. After the sausages were done there was plenty
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Monday, October 23, 2006 6:15 PM

My shiny shoes and the weekend

Today my dress shoes arrived in the mail. They were a lot shinier than I was expecting but they fit wonderfully. They look fine with my purse as well. I am confident they will also look nice with my dresses. Over the weekend we took my mother out to the
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Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:51 PM

Another week with my mother!

My mother is here this week while doing another craft show this time in Issaquah. We set up her booth on Tuesday and then spent Wednesday all day together. Thursday and Friday she does cashiering at the show. Saturday she will be home with us most of
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Monday, October 16, 2006 8:24 PM

Fall Clothing

One of the drawbacks to being a redhead is the fact that shopping for clothes in flattering colors can be a pain for most of the year. The pastels of Spring, the bright tropicals of Summer, and the bright jewel tones of Winter just don't cut it. Even
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Monday, October 16, 2006 9:40 AM

Fancy Evening Dresses

This is the first part of some posts about clothing and fashion. Next month I am going with Devin to Las Vegas while he speaks at a large technical conference. It will be really nice as the Godparents will be coming to stay with the children while we
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Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:00 AM

Volunteer Park Conservatory

In September I went to Volunteer Park to see the Asian Art Museum and also walked around a little bit. My friend S and I had a wonderful day out and did enjoy our visit. One of the things I saw then was the Conservatory and was just in love! However we
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Friday, October 13, 2006 3:52 PM

Magazines and Sunday Dinner

A couple of weeks ago I picked up some magazines from Freecycle. I am not one to normally just go pick them up but I saw that special keyword of "Victoria" so off to Sammamish I went to get them. It was a nice drive and when I got there the
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:28 PM

Fall Garden Preparations

The preparations in the garden for fall and the coming winter has finally begun. I have been neglecting my poor yard a bit too much lately. However today my friend S came over and helped me trim my front ugly bushes. I was amazed at how much less irritating
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:50 PM

Orange Butter Thins

This recipe was such a hit! I think I ended up giving away all of them today. They were a lot easier than I thought to make. I will be making these more often. Orange Butter Thins 2/3 cup butter, room temperature 1 egg 1 cup sugar 1 1/4 cup flour 1/2
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:12 AM

A Tea Crisis in the Making

I used the very last of my Black Orange Spice tea to make my morning pot of tea. It was a pour out the dust on the bottom of the container sort of use up. This is just sad and a bit perplexing. Normally I would have run into my wonderful tea supplier
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Monday, October 02, 2006 4:10 PM

The ever changing house

It seems that just when we think we are done with some major project or another, something new comes up. We have done so much rearranging that at times I think we must have tried everything. Nope of course not. This time our project is again Devin's
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