04-28-15

Yesterday was sunrise, today is sunset.  With no sun, because today was kind of drippy.  But still lovely.

04-27-15

I knew it was going to be a beautiful day from the moment I started my jog.  The air was warm, the colors were saturated, and the sun was already tossing light all around the lake.  Love running outside rather than on the treadmill.

04-26-15

"Same, same, but different." - Cooking instructor, talking about Thai cooking

Bruce and I took a cooking class today.  It was called Thai Two On.

We personally de-stemmed herbs, toasted spices, browned meatballs, cooked pork tenderloins, and used a mortar and pestle to crush the toasted spices.

As a class we made:
2 cocktails, Tamarind Whiskey Sour & "Thai me up!" 
Two soups, Tom Yum and Tom Kha Gai
A spicy glass noodle salad
Massaman curry and ChiangMai meatballs
Thai sweet rice with mango

A lot of the same ingredients, but used different ways to make different flavors.

Fun day, fun food.  Thanks Mom!

04-25-15

Today was more debate, more alley clean-up, and prom!

Fun to see the kids dressed to the nines, having some fun with the photo shoot, and going to dinner and prom as a bigger group.

04-24-15

This weekend Lower Columbia College is hosting a debate tournament.  Which means we can pop in to watch Anastasia's debates.  Some were one-on-one (her more comfortable style) and some were two-on-two (the style UW uses).  All of the topics were drudging - should fracking be banned, should armor piercing bullets be banned, should OPEC be disbanned, whether infrastructure is harming national security,  should the US back out of nuclear discussions with Iran.  But, fun to see the process and fun to see our little spitfire in action.

04-23-15

Back to Commerce, a place we can walk in the rain.  We ran into fellow player Sparky.  This is how we look, crawling up and down Commerce.  Xander is now a level 8 agent, hit the big time!

04-22-15

My case for my new phone finally arrived today!  I didn't realize I was ordering it from overseas, so longer shipping time.  I can quit worrying about it being unprotected now.  And I can be amused by the whimsical design!