December 2011

Hugest birthday present ever.

Mini ornaments!

Mousey calendar. And modified skating bear.

More mini ornaments.

Penguins.

Mount St. Helens

For Labor Day vacation this year I went to Mount St. Helens, 3.5 hours away. I had never been there before.

I hiked on the south side of the volcano. It did not erupt while I was there, although I could see a little smoke.

There were many large trees knocked down.

Lava flow.
The hike ended up being much longer than anticipated, but I made it out before sundown.

House updates

I am accidentally growing a plum tree farm in my backyard.

New garage door that Joe and Linda installed for me. The door looks and works great, now I need new molding.

I am going to sew. Hahahaha.

Shutters. They arrived in paintable gray color.15 applications of primer and paint later... only 3 (second coats) left. The shutters piled in the corner near the recycling are finished!

Parents visit Seattle

The Parents visited in July. We went to Alki. It was windy but otherwise a nice day.

Had new carpet in the living room and hardwood laminate installed in the hallway.
We hiked to Glacier Basin on Mt Rainier.

The last 1/3 or so of the hike was in the snow.

Bear-Dog enjoys hiking.

Easter 2011

Broken dryer

Erin takes her first shot at fixing a clothes dryer, by replacing the drive belt.

It works! Hooray for dry clothes!