Seedlings!

Baby asparagus, baby tomatoes, and a cat who discovered the heating cable in the greenhouse!
Finally things are warming up and coming up and the weather is maybe clearing up!

Complaining

A little lesson from the comics:




For me. I was lecturing my mother on a similar topic yesterday. She should not be driving and she has the means to hire a town car every time she needs to go somewhere, and to sit back and relax and let them do the driving. And yet she complains because it is hard to make the phone call to order the town car. Life should be so hard for everyone in the world. I've been whining a lot lately too.

It is cold in Newberg

Hardly warms up to 32 during the day. Have to take hot water out to the sheep. Had to build a plastic wanagan around the washing machine on the back porch, and put a heater in there to thaw it out enough to use.

Recovering slowly from our vacation to Peru. Have pictures to post soon when they are organized. Hard to not be on vacation anymore. It was warm there. Just right warm. Not too hot. Cool breezes at night.

But someone is bugging me to post. So I am.

The Wonders of Tofurky

I never had tofurky before.
We didn't have it for Thanksgiving either.
But Rich and I went to Trader Joe's on Saturday and I bought some Tofurky Italian Sausages, and some Tofurky Hickory Smoked Deli slices.
Chopped the sausage up the other night and added it to the spagetti. Yummy!
Have been eating deli slices for lunch. Yummy again.
And tonight, I had fluffy eggs with frozen grated zucchini and chopped up sausage. Quite good actually!

Thanksgiving 2006

We are thankful that we are cooking in our new kitchen because the countertops are done and the sink is installed. We are thankful for the rain, sort of. And Danny has a job. And Amber and Oliver are having fun in Peru. And we got to see Teddy Two Shoes and Judith this past year. And the tree didn't hurt our house.

Tree

Slightly blurry, but you get the point. More later....

Countertops

You asked for it - here they are. These 2 photos show the color pretty accurately. They are a little darker than the floor. They have the sealer on them, still need wax. The next step is to drill holes to anchor them to the cabinets and drop them in place. Getting close!

Meanwhile, election night coverage is on. Yammer yammer yammer. John McCain is on now. Democrats are so far doing okay... We'll see. John Stewart/Steven Colbert joint coverage is on soon.