Warrey
Christmas 2011
Other than the
innocuous weather things around here were pretty good in 2011.. Steve, aka World of Warcraft extraordinaire,
took on the onerous task of ‘re-doing’ the deck. It’s a big deck with lots of wood surface
that had to be stripped, primed and finally stained. It turned out great, especially since I was
not involved in that project! I was,
however, perfectly encouraging to his efforts to get the second coat of stain
on by informing him when he missed a spot; and then ducked quickly … those
paint brushes sting! (Hey, like how I
got the tomato plants and the
beautifully restored deck at the same time?
What can I say, it’s all in the timing … and word wrap). Steve still does battle with the dreaded
Scotch Broom but I have to say he is making headway… another 20 years and he
could win!
When I’m not
cheering from the deck sidelines I’m floating to and from my job in West
Seattle. This year Ryan is working at
the studio as well so we get to commute together; thrilling as that is for him
I’m sure he’d rather be driving his new car!
This spring, after careful research and ponderous choices he found the
perfect car… a 2008 Lightning Red
Subaru Impreza! It’s really Impreza-ing
too! (Oh come on, you know you wanted to
say that too). He’s having a blast and
building credit… yeah car payments! LOL
Baylee the dog and Bobby the Kat have
survived another year of never getting any rest and nearly starving to death,
according to them. Baylee, who is 11,
finds her best nap times are in the middle of our king size bed stretched
waaaaay out so that the humans barely have enough room on either side of her;
not that it’s an issue with Her but
she does heave a heavy Sigh or two
when her humans whine that she’s being a bed hog.
I put her
‘favorite’ jingle bell elastic collar on her and took this picture… notice how
it’s got lots of room around her neck?
Yeah, well when we put it on Bobby’s neck there was a lot of room too
but when he got it lodged around his middle, there was no room at all; in fact
it fit quite snugly. When he ran around the front room it was like Santa’s
reindeer at full speed. So I say to you Bobby Kat, you Sir, are not starving to death! 
Oh, I forgot to
mention that Steve has become quite the Chef this year! He got me a magazine subscription to the Food
Network and while looking through them he saw a few dishes that sounded good
enough to make… so he did! At first he
was unsure of just how to go about it but I was, again, amazingly encouraging
and told him “Dude, you know how to fly big Airplanes! Follow the instructions and it will be
fine!” See, who could not succeed with such gentle
guidance? So he proceeded to go wicked
on mashed potatoes with sour cream, butter, horseradish and crispy fried bacon!
Now he’s all things crispy bacon, including fried green beans with red
pepper flakes, onion and… more Bacon!
While I take all credit for his monumental cooking success I will give
him credit on finding the best and most versatile fatty-Mcfat-fat meats of all
times. Can’t wait to see what he comes
up with next month.
I hope your year
had times of calm and mild, with a side of bacon. We wish you a happy and successful New Year
with love and laughter to help you along the way. Know you are
loved and if that’s not enough… there’s always the Food Network, (and
bacon).
Dee Dee, Steve & Ryan
