Author: Jess
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A Few Forgotten
As I was reviewing the images on my blogs with my sister from our trip to Oregon, I realized I forgot a few that I wanted to share. These were taken the morning we were leaving Dufur to head back home. It was the only day that we could see the mountain. We had a…
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Pumpkin Ginger Soup
I wanted to try and make a pumpkin soup last year, but I never got around to it. This year, I chopped up a pumpkin and pureed it to make a Pumpkin Ginger Soup. It tasted great! We had my parents over to enjoy this meal with us. It was great food and great company.…
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No More Space
The other night, I attempted to put some more pictures on my computer from our camera. I say attempted because as the import was coming to an end, I got an error message. There is no more space on the computer to import any more photos. Brent and I have gone photo crazy this year.…
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Fall Colors On Our Trail
On Saturday, Brent and I enjoyed a nice 9 miler our on trail. (I love that we call it our trail). We were planning on taking some photos on the trail as fall is giving us so many colors that we rarely see around here. Plus fall is lasting weeks instead of just one which…
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The Greenness that is not Montana
These are the last of my photos from our trip to Oregon. It is about time that I get them posted as it is pushing almost two weeks now. I cannot believe that two weeks ago today I ran my first marathon. I cannot wait to get out there and run another one. I am…
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Gazpacho…Once a distant memory.
I have been wanting to make gazpacho, a cold soup filled with tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers to name a few of the ingredients, since my return from Spain in the summer of ’07. I was even preparing myself for this while I was still there. My host mom spent an afternoon showing me how…
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Oregon trip through the eyes of my lens.
Here are some pictures from our most recent trip to Oregon for our marathon. There are always fun things to see when at the Powells! Enjoy. We loved our time with the family as well. Check out these blog posts to read the stories about our awesome Oregon Trip. Marathon Madness First Equals Last? (part…
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Marathon Madness
Sunday started out with a not so wonderful night of rest. I laid on the bed tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. My mind would not turn off from the excitement that was just hours away. While laying there, I could hear the rain pouring outside. I finally looked at the clock to see…
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Calculations
I am sitting here this morning thinking about the marathon. We are heading out today to drive to Dufur and then we will head to Portland tomorrow. I have heard about these online time predictors based off of a recent race time. I decided to go check it out this morning for the heck of…
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Homemade Pizza & Cucumber Salad
My homemade pizza tonight consisted of tomato sauce full of some special seasonings with mozzarella cheese. I topped it off with chicken, green & black olives, onion, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Oh boy did it turn out good. This was my first attempt at a pizza completely from scratch. Brent and I like our bagel…
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Palisade Falls
Last night Brent and I took a little “hike” up to Palisade Falls in Hyalite with some of our friends. It was a beautiful fall evening. It is nice to be having a fall in Montana as it does not always happen. There are so many different colors right now in the valley and in…
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O’ktoberfest 10k
We got off work a half hour early to come home, change into running gear, and then head out the door to make it to the start of the O’ktoberfest 10k/5k Run Polka Beer race. We made it down with about twenty minutes to spare. We were excited to run this race on a Friday…