The plan for today was to head to a restaurant called Salvador Molly's and try out their Habanero Fritter challenge. Chris and I have been talking about this since he saw it on the show "Man vs Food" on the Food Network. Naturally Tyler came along to try the challenge too ( Read more... )

I got off work today at 4:30, but didn't head straight home. Chris had asked for a ride somewhere the day before and I hadn't been able to take him. I normally wouldn't have offered to take anyone anywhere on a day I was leaving town like this but I was kind of lackadaisical about this trip anyway given that my parent's weren't even going to be ( Read more... )

My son is a big fan of this movie and when he found out that the local Theater Pub was going to be showing it on Halloween he asked if he could go. Originally it was supposed to be with his friends but they ended up backing out on him. My daughter wanted to go too so I had to be there to chaperone. Because I knew he had been to a live showing ( Read more... )

The plan for this evening was to travel down to Portland to visit the Kennedy School McMenamins for dinner and movie with my friend Chris. Originally Chris had suggested it as part of a way to pay me back for the air conditioner but he ended up spending his money on his son's school supplies. Undaunted I still wanted to go and suggested that we ( Read more... )

So for probably a couple years now my airflow system in my car has been giving out. I have four settings on the car and first the lowest one went out. The last year I have only been able to use it full blast. I was really worried this last winter that it would give up when I needed to defrost the car. Thankfully it held on through all that ( Read more... )

I was up late again today around 10:30. I went to get ready to swim for my exercise and it was still 60 degrees at 11am. So that was too cold for me with the already cold pool. I gave up and got ready for the day instead ( Read more... )

After three days of weather that can only be described as oppressive I am glad to finally see the end of it. Today is a cool 80 degrees here so far and I am liking it. :D Yesterday it reached 106 (which was predicted) and the day before it was 105 (where it was predicted to be 102). Monday it was 101 after they predicted it would be 96. So I ( Read more... )

The temperature reached over 100 yesterday and is predicted to be 102 (with readings up to 105) today. -_- All the guys at work came in an hour early to get their work started before the apex of the day and the cooler of water had to be refilled with cases of water bottles twice already. Better yet tomorrow and Thursday are expected to be even ( Read more... )

My original plans for the day were to join Chris and his friend Ben (and apparently a bunch of cousins) down at the Portland Waterfront for Oregon Brewers Fest. The trip was intended to be Ben's bachelor party since his fiancé said no strippers. (Which I think is kind of stupid since it's supposed to be a bachelor party 9_9). My sisters were ( Read more... )

That day was definitely today! The sun was out in full for the first time in months and the temperature neared 70 if it didn't go over. So it was only fitting that today we should be in downtown Portland, in all it's glory, walking around ( Read more... )