Living in Edgewise: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Some New Family Members

Two gerbils

One Vanagon Pop Up Camper


These have a cabin inside with sink, fridge, tables and cabinets, a full size bed for us, a junior twin bed up top for the kids, electrical hookups, and they get decent gas mileage, so we can all go camping a bit easier.

Dutch Oven Rosemary Bread

Bread made in a dutch oven is surprisingly easy to make and it comes out delicious.

Breakfast in Boston

She had chocolate chip pancakes for the first time. After her first bite, she wanted to get right up and congratulate the chef on a job well done.

I might be a casino snob. I couldn't believe my eyes that there was an actual casino that looked like a casino in Pennsylvania. I thought that real casinos only existed in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. So I took a picture. This place is huge. Also, Bethlehem, PA seems to be a bit of a Puerto-Rican mecca too. It reminded me of Portland, but there were Puerto Ricans all around smiling. Might have to re-visit that town.

http://www.pasands.com/

Visit at Terry's house

Local Celebrity

Christopher Gerard, the Christopher Gerard.

Last Day Pre-K

She almost missed her last day due to pink eye, but her teacher said she could come in at least for the diploma ceremony. We put her in sunglasses and gloves to reduce chances of infection.

She called this little boy her boyfriend. His mom said he called many girls in class his girlfriends.

Berry Season

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Goodbye Tony

A family friend named Tony passed away of a heart attack a day shy of his 89th birthday, on Tuesday, June 11. Last time I saw him he was celebrating his 50th or 60th anniversary with his wife Rosie (I was young, and I forget exact numbers), but he told an audience of people that what kept them together for all those years was "lots of hoochie koochie". Not surprisingly I remember the man as a person who was always smiling.