Archive for December, 2009

Portland’s First Winter Snow

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

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Finally some snow in Portland.

Piet and I recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary of meeting each other during last years snow storm, and it just didn’t seem the same without the snow. Here are some pictures I took from our courtyard.

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Snowshoeing on Mt. Hood

Friday, December 11th, 2009

No…its not a child. It me and my very tall husband Piet. This picture is amazing, and i’m 5′3″ and he is 6′2″, so the picture is a bit exaggerated. To celebrate the end of the school term, we took a nice hike up on Mt. Hood following by amazing hamburgers at the famous Calamity Janes in Sandy.

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Plywerk on TV!

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

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Plywerk at the Holiday Artisan Market

Plywerk was featured on KGW local news yesterday morning. Its the last clip if you want to skip forward. Check out Kjell pimpin Plywerk!

Also the Plywerk 17% discount is available through the 15th with discount code “merry17″. And if you’re my friend or family, contact me because I can give you 25% off until the 14th. So hurry folks!

Boys and their Tree

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Pretty Candied Cranberries

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

For Thanksgiving I made some candied cranberries which sampled and got the idea from Whole Foods. I’m pretty sure the bag of cranberries I bought were not ripe enough, so I would sample your cranberries before going through the whole process…like I did. They still turned out pretty though!

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Cozy Winter Dreams in Our New Home

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Eskimos favorite napping perch

Piet and I are settled in our new home. We even set up our first Christmas tree together this evening. The apartment is wonderful, sporting steam heat which we can use as much of as we want. Piet’s brother says “they live in a sauna”. Its really nice in this below freezing weather we’ve been having. The cats seem quite happy here as well. All is well, and Merry Christmas!

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