ambling
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We finally bought a new camera for our big trip (more later). We wanted something a little more advanced than your basic point and shoot and after combing through Consumer Reports, we decided on a Canon PowerShot S3 IS. From Costco, of course.

So far, we are extremely happy with the quality of the pictures taken.

kitchen
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henrykins
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Scout did this so much better. Henry was like, you want me to wear what?

At the request of J.R. I took an online Meyers-Briggs personality test. I am always an ISFJ. I took it again, hoping I had morphed into a different person, but no, still an ISFJ. I hate most descriptions of ISFJ. Like this one: "modest, not confrontational, easily hurt, observer, prone to crying, not spontaneous"

Hi, I am so much more normal than that description. I am confrontational when I need to be and I am totally not prone to crying. I am spontaneous! I had my friend Verletta over for dinner last night without ANY planning. We had chicken burgers and it was fun! This is the description of an ISFJ that I prefer.

mount hood
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RaChelle so covered this already on her blog, and all the photos I have are hers…so I’ll keep my commentary very short!

Ah, as I said (complained) to RaChelle the entire week before Hood to Coast, "why don’t we just get together and like shop and talk and eat at fun restaurants like normal friends?"

But, all complaining aside, I am so glad we did H2C this year. Making memories – you know, staying up all night, sleeping in fields, running down mountains (Andrea), running on injured legs (RaChelle), and so forth. Yesterday I was still a cranky, sore mess but  today the whole event has a rosy, Telferish glow about it. Maybe I SHOULD do it again next year.

I have had a hard time recovering from Hood to Coast (more later) – dirty socks and unopened mail are spread from one end of the house to another. I paged Telfer this morning, telling him I got up early to start some laundry and clean up after myself, and he responded with relief and commented that I tend to be a "little whirlwind of mess-making".

It’s true. Perversely, I make big, big messes cooking or cleaning or just living really and then go into an intense cleaning mode. The intensity frightens my laid-back husband. But! As of this morning, the socks, sports bras,
credit card offers, dirty dishes and other loose articles are back into place and the house is clean again. Until I get home.