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Monday, August 4th, 2008Alex got me me my very own Mr. Bento for my birthday!!! Here is the first bento lunch that I packed. (Did you know there are several bento pools on flickr?) Yes, I realize the insulated jar is supposed to be for rice, but whatevs. I think now I know why Japanese people […]
Grandfather mountain highland games
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Well, the main reason we went to the mountains a few weeks ago was to attend the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. What is this, exactly? Think of it as the Scottish Olympics. It’s actually also the largest gathering of the Scottish clans in North America.
Oak is part Scottish. So, part of […]
Garden geeks
Monday, June 23rd, 2008We had an exciting venture to western Virginia this past weekend. The main motivation for this trip was Edible Landscaping’s All About Fruit Day. Hoo ha! Well, Daniela and Oak were very excited. Belinda and I became somewhat interested when we heard you could eat fruit right off the trees at […]
Pigs and Peaches
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Well, the picnic went swimmingly. We were completely exhausted the entire rest of the weekend. Oak from staying up all night on Friday, me from waking up too early and all the carrying around of things.. Anyway, the piggy was enjoyed by all. We also finally have the pignic pictures! Exciting. […]
Oak’s makin’ bacon - Batch 2
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Blogging community watch out! To allow Carrie to focus on things other than my favorite animal I thought I would post regarding the next batch of bacon making! After completing batch 1 Carrie and I were satisfied with our first foree with bacon. It did not take us long to decide on […]
Oak’s makin’ bacon - Part 2
Saturday, May 17th, 2008So, unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to post the remaining BaconCam(TM) photos at the time they were taken, so you get the entire remainder of the bacon-making experience in this single entry. I will do my best to summarize the bacon-making process as narrated by Oak.
So, the salted bacon continued to marinate in […]
Shout it loud and clear!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Today NotMartha posted this Metafilter link about a crazy Mannequin in a department store TV show from the 80s. Well, this is the second time that the show Today’s Special has come across my thoughts in the past few weeks. My mom also forwarded this email that had a list where you […]
Catering, Asian BBQ, and dessert
Monday, May 5th, 2008Well, for the very first time this weekend, I worked as a caterer. Oak’s coworker’s wife owns a catering business, and she needed some extra hands to help out with an extra big event on Friday. Oak helps out every so often working as a bartender at weddings and such, but this was my […]
Still alive and loving ANIMALS!
Monday, April 21st, 2008Man, sorry for the lack of April updates. I promise I’m still alive and kicking - just lacking the motivation to update my site. Sigh! Lately we’ve been visiting lots and lots of ANIMALS! Woohoo!
Two weekends ago we had a trip to the North Carolina Zoo. It was a gratifying […]
Thirty minute Thursday, try numero dos
Monday, April 7th, 2008
I’m much happier with this thirty-minute Thursday. Another challenge from Lain - I actually skipped one week because I was lacking in bling and buttons, and didn’t want to go shopping for new supplies for it (imagine that!). So, this week we were challenged to use:
-A sports photo (you may stretch the definition […]
