One Week Into the New Year...

I am going to try to hop back into the world of blogging.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This blog is going to just have miscellaneous information. Our family and house blogs will be separate. I may set up a scrapbooking/craft blog at some point but that is way down on my list of goals. :)

My original goal was to try to post every day in 2009 but this is not realist for my life. So, after a quick reevaluation, I have opted for weekly as my "goal". If I get to post more often it is just a bonus. I have a lot of goals for this year which all seem to require a lot of time. (Shhh...don't tell me anything different...but I'll be happy if I accomplish 1/2 of my list and transfer the rest to 2010!) I have a huge list of books I want to read too.

MY FAVORITE GADGET of 2008: Kindle
Check it out at Amazon.com. I love it!!!

HOUSE:
Our new home blog is set up as 1234 Burnside Place. (Yes, that is REALLY our new address!) After tossing around several ideas for the houses' blog this one felt like a revelation. So, I will get a link attached to this in the next week (haha) so you can pop over and enjoy our building experience too.

WEATHER:
Washington is being "swamped" with interesting weather. We've had a lot of snow and now rain...rain and more rain. The rivers are flooding and it is just a wet, soppy mess outside. It was rather fun to have a white Christmas though.

CELEBRATIONS:
Our Grandpa Ray turns 90 on January the 14th! He is amazing! We are celebrating his birthday on Saturday (10th) with a surprise party. Sadly, I don't think Brian, Bren and Lucy will be able to join us due to I-5 being closed due to the flooding. :(

BAKING:
My favorite part of cooking! My Bitty Chef will be joining me, of course.

I am off to bake cake number one for the party:
A Texas Sheet Cake--YUMMY! This recipe has been used since we lived in Iceland. I haven't made it for several years so it is definitely time to dust it off.

Cake Number Two is a 3 layer lemon cake. Double Yummy! This is a Paula recipe so we can't go wrong here either.

I will post both recipes here later today and maybe even a picture or two.

Hugs
Lori