last night while at a friends house, deeann tried to stop a feline from escaping to the basement. lunging for the convict she missed a step or two and fell another 6 steps down onto the concrete floor. this was the aftermath. 5 stitches and some seriously gnarly bruises.
she’s pretty hardcore.
visit to the er
23Jul08sleeping under st. helens
22Jul08
this past weekend we went camping and hiking around mount st. helens in washington. we had planned on going camping with some friends, not knowing exactly where we were going until we looked up the name of the camp for directions. deeann, our good friend lindsay, and i piled in the car and made the hour and a half drive up to the campsite.
it was a great little weekend trip of camping, hiking, off-roading in the jetta, and hanging out with some pretty cool people. check out some of the pictures here & here.
we have been thinking about making a trip to st. helens with our friend pete from seattle. now that we’ve been this close to this beautiful giant, we are that much more excited to get up on the rim as soon as we can manage. so pete, we’re still in if you are!
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baking is fun?
11Jun08
i’ve been quite hesitant to post about my last cycle. intro to baking finished up last week and i found something out about myself. i like baking. if you would have asked me 3 weeks ago what i enjoyed more, baking or cooking, i would have laughed and said cooking, hands down. if you were to ask me that now, i’m not sure what i would say.
throughout the cycle we learned how to do simple things like kneading dough and being patient with the process. we made breads, pies, tarts, ginache, laminated doughs like croissants and pastries, puff pastries, muffins, biscuits, . . .the list goes on. i really enjoyed learning the process of having patience with the process and staying disciplined. i learned a lot about myself throughout this process.
check out this photostream on my flickr account and look at the delicious goodness we made.
going for a run
03Jun08
after moving out here to portland leaving my racing bike back in iowa, i knew i wouldn’t be able to do any triathlons. since moving i’ve had an itch to get back in a road race. tonight i registered for the portland marathon.
. . . stay tuned.
the commuter
29May08
cartoon by jim borgman
