One of my holiday memories from childhood is going to my mom's sister's home to decorate stacks and stacks of sugar cookies with sugar icing dyed with food coloring. While fun and festive, I found it frustrating. I was never able to make them come out as neat and nice as my aunt and my mom were able to do, using butter knives to apply the icing.

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Sunday. Travel.

Immediately after getting out of bed, I packed. Enough for just a couple of days, and I wore "nicer" slacks and a shirt, because wearing them was easier than packing. Reinflated the tire (I really must get that fixed when I return), and then Bethieee and I went to The Globe for breakfast with Adrianne ( Read more... )

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My cousin, Dean Evans, is a standup comedian. He's very good at it. He's going to be in Seattle on December 20th thru 22nd. Everyone in Seattle should go see him.

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I remember being little, watching and helping my dad and my grandpa make wooden stepup stools. We had stepup stools in every room. I have one in my room right now , that my geriatric cat uses to get up on the bed. And down in the kitchen, is a heavy-duty one, made by my grandfather ( Read more... )

Today my family welcomed a new member. My brother pheonix_jade married hearts_treasure today at the Logan Utah LDS Temple. When looking at LMA with all his friends, each of the married ones standing with their wife, my sister turned to me and said "LMA married the pretty one." And I have to agree.

Welcome to our wacky family, Annette!

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Friday night I got back home, arriving on schedule and without event from SJC to SEA ( Read more... )

Today is my younger brother's birthday.

Happy Birthday, Brent!

Those of you who've met me, you've probably noticed that I am tall and tend to loom. Well, Brent looks a lot like me, only he's half a head taller, twenty pounds heaver (and it's not fat), his hair is buzzed short, and he's covered with tattoos. I'll let that just bend your brain a