For some reason making bread from scratch, without a bread maker, has always been one of those things I’ve wanted to learn but thought it was too tricky. Bread making seemed so mysterious. There’s all kinds of advice about yeast, and using the right temperature of water. And then all the different flavors of breads [...]
Saturday night Abbie and I went to Video Games Live (not to be confused with Live! A Video Game Symphony which we went to about this time last year).
It was nice to be out of the house most of the day.
They seemed to have chosen the pieces based on the popularity of the game rather than [...]
Also known as “subject Abbie to musical geekery part 1 of 2″
This weekend Abbie and I are going on not one, but two date nights! In a row! There is certainly a connecting theme for both evenings… but thankfully Abbie doesn’t seem to mind.
Since I’ve received a few emails and it’s public knowledge already, I figured I would let everyone know…
Today Microsoft announced that we will be cutting 1400 jobs today and 5000 total.
I, along with everyone else on my team, are keeping our jobs. The layoffs affected some of the teams and groups within Office, but none that [...]
Hiking- Jeremy and I went out Saturday and took a hike around a nearby state park, St. Edwards, here in Kirkland. The sun finally beat out the fog and haze of the inversion and we really enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to go hiking for over a year now. We used to hike quite a [...]
Rotha Lou Miles- Yesterday I attended the memorial service for Rotha Miles, the wife of my graduate professor. She passed away after a 4 year battle with breast cancer. I always loved to see Rotha, she was so welcoming and easy to talk to. We spent many hours at her house that first summer chatting [...]
Way back in July 2006 Jeremy and I started our first family tradition. We weren’t a family yet (that would happen just a year later) but Jeremy had agreed to hop a plane and come meet my family in Utah. It was a trip of firsts as Jeremy can attest to
A great trip to Utah- After a very long and tiring travel day we finally made it to Utah. It was so great to see my family. We had a battle of the bands which was totally fun. Jeremy and I spent a day with Andy and Alina, Nina (Alina’s mom) and little Daniel. We [...]
