Boohoo times two....

As the previous post about Dan's job said, no papers were signed yet and if it worked out it would be great. Well, sadly, it did not work out. Now he is going through the processes to sub in several school districts, and already worked for the neighbor contractor that lives next door. It was a project to remove a chimney, which is good experience since we want to do the same thing in our house one day, far away down the road. He is not very good at being idyll, so I hope he gets lots of sub work and work with the neighbor.

We got a nice bike rack for the car recently, so we can take our bikes to bike trails. I don't like riding on the streets, so much, and around the city cars. So yesterday we tried it out for the first time. The bike rack works great, and we had a nice bike ride along the river in Portland and over the bridges. I always have a hard time making moves as fast as Daniel, and on the way back to the car when he turned really suddenly on a street, I tried to stop fast and turn and couldn't get my foot out of the peddle fast enough when I started to tip over, I ended up landing funny on my ankle. Now I have a swollen ankle and I am hobbling around. Why can't I do anything without getting hurt?!? Arrgggg...


Some unrelated pictures:

Craft Night with Michele and Manju



My New Canning Book. We have been canning like crazy!




Recent Picture of our House. We started working on it about a year ago.

Daniel's Latest Art Work

Cannon Beach

Saturday afternoon stroll on the beach.

Enjoying the view together.

Sunday morning walk.

Hiking from Indian Beach to Tillamook Head.

After going up and up and up, this is the view we got.

The fog broke a little, so we could tell we were on the edge of a cliff.

Some good views on the way down.

Sea creatures at low tide.

Tides coming in.

Daniel and I had a very nice trip to the Oregon Coast this weekend. We stayed at a hotel right on the beach and had a view of the ocean. We took a few long walks on the beach, sat in the hot tub and sauna, ate a great dinner and a delicious crab lunch, had a few rounds of clam chowder, went on a hike, and explored haystack rock at low tide. On the drive to the coast, I got a text message that Kennedy was born. Exciting, another niece!

Kennedy Lindsey Nuttbrock

Big Sister Chloe

Kennedy - Looks huge to me.

Chloe and Kennedy

CELEBRATE!!!

Yeah! Daniel has had several interviews in the last week and a half. The word started to be passed around that he was looking for a job and he got a few calls for jobs he didn't even apply for. He had been interviewing for a couple long term substitute positions, while teachers were off for a semester or a quarter, and part time positions. He interviewed for a couple positions in the Portland School District, which is great, less of a commute then those jobs in the suburbs. Yesterday he got a call about a full time high school position in Portland as a literacy coach. He interviewed this morning and got a job offer this afternoon. No papers are signed yet, but it looks like he got a job. If all works out, it looks like it was a perfect plan...he got unemployment for the summer and then a job in a high school (which he prefers to middle school) and close to home (which of course he also prefers). He says it's a bike ride away. Yippee!!

We are also celebrating our 4th anniversary this weekend in Cannon Beach. We are staying Saturday night at a nice place right on the ocean, with a pool, hot tub, and sauna. Yippee for that too!!

Good times....

Some pictures from the BBQ and party Daniel put together on Saturday. We went to the Portland Adult Box Car Derby on Mt. Tabor in the morning and early afternoon and then started cooking the beef heart and jerk pork about 1:30pm. It was nice to see old friends from Seattle and meet new friends in Portland. We danced and stayed up until 2:00am.

The Harvest

Daniel and I opened a jar of the beets I pickled. They were good, even though they were a little heavy on the cloves. Next time I will use a mix of whole all spice and whole clove, instead of all clove. So far, I think I am figuring out this pickling thing. We also ate some of the corn that we have been growing, it was very tasty.

Delicious

The bread and butter pickles I made are delicious. Daniel and I opened a jar last night to snack on.