My baby's first knee scrape...

It happened at the zoo yesterday...

First of many. She's so adventurous!

The Zoo...

Today was Brianlily's first time visiting the zoo! So amazing when animals finally caught her attention, to see her amazement..."you mean these things are real!?" I did however have the same feeling I always have with zoos, circus', and aquariums...it's just so sad! These animals locked up makes me want to free them all! I understand the educational part of it, but how much are people actually learning from their visit?I made the decision to take my daughter to all of these places and let her decide if she wants to continue, as for me I'd rather not.

PS...I really enjoyed today! And I really noticed just how big the Bronx Zoo is compared to our little Oregon Zoo!


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PDX Weather...

We've been having nice mild weather, and it's only going to get better starting tomorrow! I'm so excited. After my first rainy season here, I grab my daughter and run outside at the slightest sign of sun! Sure does beat NYC weather lately.


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Home Made Macaroni & Cheese...

I made great mac & cheese last night. I hate, hate, hate following recipes...it's too much work to measure things out. I find a recipe that sounds easy or interesting and I follow most of it, then add my own ingredients and measurements and it usually works!

Here's what I used:
about 12oz. Whole Wheat Elbows
1 lb. shredded sharp cheddar
2 heads of broccoli (just the tops, no stems)
2 cups of milk
1 egg beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 large onion

This is what I did:
Saute'd onion in butter until they were translucent, added milk, egg, and cheese until cheese was melted. Then added pasta and broccoli. Tossed, then placed in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

Note: this was a combination of two recipes, and the ww pasta and the onion was my addition.

My Pelo...

My hair drives me crazy. My hair was long all through junior high and high school, but after graduation I chopped it off and have since only grown it out once! That's over 10 years! I would love to have my hair long again, but it's just too much damn work growing it out. I should also mention, I'm usually the one to cut my hair, this most recent is no exception.
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Child Proofing...

So I've tried 3 different outlet plug covers before I found my favorite.

I started with these GE brand covers, but they popped out too easily.


Then I tried these Safety 1st brand covers and they were a joke!

In the end, these Child Safe brand covers were the toughest to get out. They are sold at Ace Hardware.

Lady Bug!

A lady bug made it's way into our kitchen! Such good luck!

lady bug symbology