Day 167

1. Lovely sunset

2. Discovering the word "sitzmark" while playing scrabble with Aunt Susan and Tyler

What else? Church! And visiting with my new friend, Elisabeth.

Day 155

1. & 2. Getting feed at the feed mill with Tyler

3. Touring a friends almost-new home! So excited for them.

4. Turkeys. Roaming. Around.

5. A very blurry last minute picture of my new hair cut (and semi-new glasses). I took nicer photos outside, but they aren't uploading right. Grr.

6. What else? Drove the large trailer all by myself to get compost today! Very exicitng.

Mostly today was one of those fly by the seat of the pants day. Yesterday's plans mostly changed. But it's all good. 

Day 141

1. Excellent quote discovered while thrift shopping with Amanda and Sara Jane

2. Strawberry shortcakes with Scott and Juli and the brothers

3. What else? Went to a first-time-in-a-long-time birthday lunch to celebrate Sara Jane's birthday with Amanda. It was super lovely!

Also, enjoyed having Scott and Juli over while the parentals were gone at a HOOPS barbecue.

Day 364

1.-4. Laura (visiting home from teaching in Hawaii) and I went to visit her sister and my friend, Katie. It was super refreshing, dinner was delicious, and the conversation was amazing. So thankful for these girls!

Day 335

1.-5. Today, I made croissants! I bought the butter and flour that Cooks Illustrated recommended several weeks ago and I've been waiting for the perfect day. Today was the perfect day. Ali provided the incentive to make them and we ate them together when she came over for a visit. Wish I had gotten a picture! Also, by the third picture, they were quite tough to roll out!

Also, planted some bulbs, spent some time with Bessie Dearest,and that evening, Mom and I attended the first Ladies Night Fellowship at the Poindexters. It was fun.

Day 333

At the zoo with Diana, my new friend from Bolivia!

Diana is visiting our friend Patricia (from church) and I invited myself over to hang out with them. 

Diana cooked an amazing lunch, along with rice pudding. Then we went to the zoo, and then came back for Hot Chocolate and a Bolivian version of cheese biscuits. It was a fantastic time!

Day 305

A mural at the local Stillhouse where Sara and I enjoyed drinks together in the evening. No, I don't have a multi personality disorder. She and I spell our name the same way. One of many signs that she has impeccable taste. She got something grapefruity/citrusy and I got a Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey. Which was amazing. 

At lunch time, we hosted two business colleagues of Dad's who flew up from LA. 

And then left for piano and errands.

Day 212 (Tuesday)

written 8/2/2012

1. The boys processing my meat chickens - yay.

2. Joseph tuning out piano while Scott, Tyler and Jacob look on.

3. What else? Bible study at Jana's, ie, lots of driving and adventures in getting there, Joseph and Hannah over for dinner, a game of Ticket to Ride with Peach blueberry cobbler - thanks, Tyler! :)

Day 214 (Thursday)

1.Andy was tired when we went outside

2. Andy continuing to be goofy in the freezer.

3. Levi and Jacob checking out the dog kennel.

4. Charlotte and Levi having fun!

5. What else.... organizing the freezer, baking cookies with Charlotte & Jacob, making a blueberry pie, hearing hard sad news from a friend, eating shishkabobs for dinner outside, hearing good news of a new baby. Yay. And continuing to be glued to the Olympics... ;)

Day 209 (Saturday)

1. Morning hot chocolate up in Portland with Laura & Katie
2. Giant light bulb heads seen while wandering around in the Mississippi District
3 4 &5 Trying to get some photos of us while eating lunch of Fusion food and crepes from food trucks
6. Made blue berry pie for dessert. Yums.
7. What else? Enjoying the diversity of stores along Mississippi, thankful for K & L and our friendship, eating ice cream while watching passer-bys, admiring an awesome bike with basically a cradle between the front wheel and the handle bars (!), watching the Olympics!

Day 198

1. The processing trailer all set up. We hosted/helped present a  class on how to processing your own chickens today through OSU. 
2. Laura from OSU talking about new regulations
3. Some table decorations
4. PIGS! (technically this should be old news as I got them on Saturday, but I haven't had a chance yet to blog about Saturday, so here they are!) Our new night time entertainment is watching them eat dinner.... and our morning one was watching them try and snooze in the sun. There's four of them, they all want to lie in a row, and no one wants to be on the end! So each one took turns realizing he was on the end, would get up walk around and then plop down on top of the middle two. Then a minute later, the next one would repeat the process. It was amusing.
5. What else? Spending the day getting ready for the class, giving a little farm tour, making ice cream  with Rebekah F (oh yes, they were visiting!) for afterwards, making watermelon lemonade (yum!), saying goodbye to Rebekah, having dinner with the class and teachers, cleaning up, farm chores, Jason and Ellen arriving (yay!). 

Day 189

1. Jacob showing Laura W his amazing bow and arrow while we barbecue steak
2. The only proof I have that Laura was here (bad friend!)... our shadows waving while she did farm chores with me... (fyi, and I have a grain bucket hanging from my side...)
3. What else... Home Depot in the morning, lots of woodworking, starting to watch Foyle's War, working for Dad, taking a nap in the sun, the first pesto and fruit salads of the season, hanging out with Laura

Day 187

1. The Ayers leaving for Bend... so sad. But happy for them. Andrew & Daniel went along to help unpack the truck and then spend the weekend hanging out with the cousins that are arriving tonight.
2. At the feed store, waiting for feed.
3. & 4. Hannah and I being all crafty like and creating an ugly gate frame
5. Framed. 6. Enjoying ice cream as reward for our hard work
7. Silas and Jacob enjoying their ice cream on the bench.
8. What else? Woodworking, knocking apples off the trees, noticing how quiet the house was when you're used to 13 people for two weeks and then 7 of them leave. Wow.