Lemoncello

Homemade by Rose.
Cool label.

Gas Stove - Finally

OMG this has been such an ordeal.

I thought in America you went to the store, buy a stove, they delivered it in a couples days and everyone is happy.
I thought companies stood by there products and customers.
I thought someone out there had a clue!

Well I lived in the 3rd world for many years and had better service - no lie.

No, not some high end custom stove I tell you; no this is all over just a $600 everyday gas stove.

While we are fixing up the house, and having to change out the broke ass old electric stove, we though we would convert to a gas stove, as they are so much nicer. We cook 3 meals a day 7 days a week for the most part, so a nice stove is important to us. That also meant having to have a gas line installed, which turned out to be a pain and huge expense on its own.

Well, 3 months and 6 days, 3 stove deliveries, 2 stove returns, 2 damage stoves, 3 companies (Sears that did such a shitty job, and didn't care, I will never ever buy anything from them again), 20 feet of new gas line, county inspections, 1 credit card charge back. I would continue, but it is depressing me all over again....

We have been cooking for over 3 months on the broken electric stove that came with the house - only one broke ass small burner.
I'm trying to cook dinner switching puts around one one broke ass heating element.

Finally, the Samsung Gas stove that we ended buying from Home Depot arrived. Oh wait, ya this one was also delayed 10 days, as the truck got into an accident. But it finally arrived, it was not damaged, I didn' t get lip from the delivery guys like the Sears guys, and the installation guys were great and did such a good job I tipped them well.

Umbrella Contest & Tree Lighting

We enjoyed the mile walk into town for the Umbrella Parade & Tree Lighting.
It was raining a bit, but that is the NW in December, and we all had umbrellas anyway.

Milwaukie, OR is really turning out to be a nice town. Really reminds us of Safety Harbour - on the water, small town, lots of community events, farmers market, neighborly, nice shops, local hardware store.

This event was the anal Umbrella Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting. Lots of turnout, great umbrellas, and the business decorated for the season (the was a contest for that, too).

Continuing in my tradition of writing the longest sentences in the world, not that I know what the record is - not that it matters anyway; and my liberal use of punctuation, followed by my well know inability to spell due to my sever dyslexia (card carrying member of DNA the National Dyslexia Association,) I will continue my story.

So many people had made cool Umbrellas I want to do one next year - already have the idea.
Great prices to the umbrella winners, and the winners of the businesses holiday season decorations. In fact a whole street got a honorable mention, because they all got together to decorate in a theme - now that is small town.

The mayor, which Rose thought was rather handsome, did a great job as host.

Snow Day - First Snow of the Season

We don't get a lot of snow in Portland, so it is fun.
The city takes it all in stride, as they do everything here, with fun and beer.
The ski resorts will be loving this.

Cutting Baseboard Trim

I'm getting around to cutting, painting, and installing the new floor trim.
I'm cutting the trim outside to cut down on dust in the garage. However, it is 40deg out there, so makes for a chilly day.

Painting is in the garage. Unheated, but better than outside.
I have to keep the paint in the house to keep it warm enough to flow and level out.
In fact, I have had to put a small can of paint in a water bath of warm water to get it to flow.

The new trim is looking good and worth the effort.