It was yucky, so I fixed it. (And snow fun).

So my last posts, a few weeks ago, were about trying to make a good orange chicken. My made up recipe did not taste good at all! It was only saved by the addition of Panda Express Orange Sauce that I had previously purchased from Costco (less than $5 for a big ol' bottle). Today is kindermusik, so maybe I'll try the crockpot365 recipe (that Melissa loves, she's how I first heard about that tasty blog). If it doesn't do it for us, I'll just have to keep buying the Panda Sauce at my beloved Costco.

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We've been spending some weekend time out in the snow.

While cross-country skiing Brien tipped. Zarina was a good sport about it. On the way back to the car she wasn't nearly as happy. (Brien would try to wait up for me and Z kept saying, "Mom's okay. We go to the truck.")

We learned that when snow shoeing with the sled it wasn't very stable when blazing a trail, but it worked great for heading back down the trail.

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"So Andrea, what's up with the hole in the wall and why should we care?"
Umm, you shouldn't. Our house has pretty much been a rental since it was built in 1955. We were lucky that the carport had been enclosed to make another bedroom/den. We moved in Nov. 2006 and there wasn't a garbage disposal or dishwasher. (Those items were added before we moved in). We've been wanting a back porchlight for a long while, so one day in January Brien decided that since we had the stuff he would put up the light. It was snowing, so that wasn't fun; but he bought a new drill attachment, so that made it more worthwhile. I love having a light out the back door because it can be very, very dark out there and the light makes me feel safer. (The hole will be patched over. It's not really a big deal since we need to paint the kitchen anyways.)

Brien went to Bend, Oregon for a training in January, the cute metal branch with birds and hooks was the gift he brought back for me. We had been needing a place for car keys, and couldn't find anything we both liked. I love my bird hooks!