October 3rd, 1993

Mom, Ramona Christian Wilson, died 17 years ago today. I'll never forget how beautiful their yard and garden look that day. She's always on my mind. More today than most days. Please do one of your favorite things today in honor of her.

A Job -

I have a part time job thanks to my friend Matt's suggestion to look on Craigslist. Partnership Studio has hit some obstacles. It's kind of back to square one for me. Anyway, here is where I am working. And, I was going to stay from politics.

I am calling for Initiative 1098

In my spare time, I am trying to learn about microblogging, hence plurk in the right column.

Chic Essentials Expansion

Monna is expending her store. She is more than doubling her space. It's nice to see a business growing today. A couple of months ago she bought some carpet tiles from the old Washington Mutual building in Seattle. 150,000 square feet of carpet tiles were removed by and given to Re Store. It's a non-profit recycler. Monna bought enough tiles to cover the extra space she now has. Today we worked form 9 to 5 on laying carpet tiles. We still have a few hours of work left. Here's the raw space.






I'll post the results.

Buddha In The Woods

This picture doesn't do it justice, but this moss covered stump on the Mr. Rose trail looked just like Buddha.

Vashon

Vashon is my quick escape from the city. I went there again last night. Here are a couple of photos.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Steffen. Hopefully, our newest poster.

Jim

Revisiting Mr. Waits

Awesome. Just Awesome.

Mt. Rose

This week's hike was near the entrance to Olympic National Park. Mt. Rose Trail

I went with my friend, Matt, who lives at Lake Cushman. We didn't make it to the top as we ran into a time crunch. Also, this was Matt's first hike of the season. Mt. Rose is not the right choice for one's first hike!

The forest is beautiful there but also scarred by the Bear Gulch Fire. As one of the fire starters, "Well, we tried to pee on it to put it out"

New grandson

Baby Asher James Storm

born 1:45 p.m. 8/21/10

7 lbs. 1 oz

21 inches long

Theone's (Actually Aunt Sharon's) Ranch Dip - A very unhealthy but delicious habbit

Around our house I almost always have a tupperware of this in the fridge, or at least the ingredients on hand to whip up a batch.

Thanks to Gregg's oldest son Austen who forced me to actually recreate the recipe by measuring and writing it down. I thought I would pass it along.

I learned to make this dip with Grandma when I spent summers in International Falls. It was a great substitute for Top the Tater, and goes really well with carrots...but best with ruffles chips.

Theone's Ranch Dip
24 oz. light sour cream
1 Cup finally chopped onion
1 1/2 Cups mayonaise
2 tsp Dill
1 1/4 tsp Lowerys Seasoning Salt
1 1/4 tsp celery salt