Adventure Eve

Here I sit upon the eve of my cross-country trek to Portland, OR. Half of me is thinking "what am I doing? Portland is far. this will be hard." The other (larger) half is thinking "Yeah!! When are we pulling out? Are we there yet?"

I'm very proud of Maura; she is braving her lifelong fear of tornados in Kansas right now. I know she will be safe, but I am thinking of her tonight! She is paving the way for Dan and I to follow her.

Well, I suppose I have dallied long enough. Must get back to the careful, strategic work of packing my car. As my paternal Grandfather always said:

"No event is as important as your attitude towards it."

Portland Bound...

Yes! It is true! After months of considering, debating, planning, saving, hoping, and waiting, Dan and I are moving to Portland, Oregon!

We flew out last week and found an apartment:

The view from the balcony


Dan with plunger


Accent wall!

I hope to continue posting on this blog once we move, so stay tuned for news of travels, jobs, noisy neighbors and more! We will leave for our cross-country trek on August 25/26/27th; we get to visit

Marie, Devin and Addison in Kansas City, KS,
Maura and Jim in Boulder, CO,
and
Mary Mike and Drew in Salt Lake City, UT

Shark Week

It is almost Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and I went to see JAWS tonight at the AFI Silver...but there were NO SHARK HATS. However, the Discovery building in Silver Spring is adorned with shark parts!! Fins, tail, and head (though I didn't see the head, I can't personally vouch for that). I wish I worked for that company. They seem really cool. I mean...shark parts on a building? Nobody else I know does that.

Wedding Season

These past 2 weeks have been full of wedding festivities--the best part so far:

Baby!!!

Way too cute for words.

Have you been going to a lot of weddings?

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Why is it such a pain to search for a job?

I went to the Library of Congress today
it was pretty awesome

then I went to Gallaudet and realized my signing is already slower than it was 2 weeks ago!!

the best part of the day was when it rained really really hard and I ignored it/enjoyed it

:)

I'm practicing for the daily deluges of the Pacific NW.

ASL Immersion Week

TISLP at Washington School for the Deaf
Vancouver, WA

I spent a day flying/checking out Portland, OR, and this is my favorite photo from that portion:

I think it means "bikers beware of the light rail tracks" but it might just mean "watch where you're going or you'll fall on your face."



The program was awesome--I met a lot of cool people and signed a lot. Voice off for whole week--I know many are surprised I was able to accomplish, but it's true :)

Different forms of communication:

Signing (Sharon and Anna)

Writing (Helen and Andrew)

Gestures (Betsy and Amy)

Now I'm back to the humdrum life of searching for a job.

But Dan did a great job picking me up from the airport at 6:30am (in his matzoh ball t-shirt):



And I got cool henna at the Portland Saturday Market (on Sunday):

Garlic and Scrabble

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Today I am thinking about garlic. It is a very potent spice. Or is it a spice at all? A root? a bulb? Whatever your pleasure, garlic has a very strong and lasting odor. I made pesto for my family this evening with a recipe from a farm in Oregon, and it called for quite a lot of garlic. Also for fresh basil, which I harvested from our porch.

Vegan Pesto
with love from Kings Valley
2 c. each packed basil leaves, toasted sunflower seeds (or walnuts or almonds-yum!), and water
about 8 cloves garlic, peeled and coarsley chopped
3/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. olive oil
Blend thoroughly in food processor or blender

Well, that's about all for today. The scrabble board is from the game my brother and I played tonight. it was a very close game, and I came out on top 240 to 239. We used all the letters.