Sunday Dinner

This  is what I made for dinner last night.  The
chicken was spicy and yummy!  I paired it with
an amazing Silverlake Riesling.  Photo and
recipe courtesy of On the Woodside .

Making an Apron

Last week I made my daughter an apron for St. Patrick’s Day.  When 

she was young I made her a St. Patty’s dress every year but gave 

that up once she hit fifth grade.  

I found a cute Cynthia Rowley apron that was easy to duplicate without 

a pattern.

I had forgotten how much I dislike JoAnn’s fabrics.  There is their stingy 

fabric cutting as well as the way they treat their customers .

and now a new reason: they plaster their fabrics with self ads - a waste of 

good fabric!  I dislike having to pay for fabric that they have blazoned with 

their logo.

But it is the only fabric store in my town so ... I bought 

the fabric and some trim and made the apron in one night.

It turned out pretty well!

Job Hunting in the Northwest

Here are a few sites with job listings for the Northwest - specifically, jobs in Washington, 

Oregon and California.  Craigslist is great, of course, but not all employers post their jobs 

there.  If you are looking for a job in more than one area you can use Site Mash .  It is 

supposed to list entries for craigslists nationwide though it is not 100% complete.  You 

enter the type of job you want into the blank, e.g. writer, and then it will pull listings from 

all (or most) Craigslists.

One of the best sites for Seattle jobs is the Kings County job site  and if you are looking 

throughout Washington you can find state listings here. 

Here’s the City of Portland’s job listings .  The State of Oregon lists their openings here

and you can also check out Multnomah County’s listings.

Of Oregon, Washington and California, California has the most cumbersome job site.  Many 

of the jobs listed are only available to people who have already taken an exam in that job’s 

category.  But if you want to give it a try, it’s located here .  

This site  lists many California government entities and also lists sites for many cities and 

counties in California.

I really don’t need more job hunting competition but I can’t help but feel empathy for those 

of you who are, like me,  out there looking for work and not finding it.  Best of luck to you.

Snoqualmie Pass

My daughter is going to Emerald City ComicCon in Seattle this 

weekend.  Captain Kirk, Data, Cmmdr. Riker and the Steward of 

Gondor are all going to be there.

It’s a bad weekend for driving though.  We’ve had a few feet of 

snow this week. Today it was 38 degrees and some of the huge

mounds of snow melted away.  But to get to Seattle from Moscow 

one has to drive over Snoqualmie Pass.

This website by the Washington State Dept of Transportation

has webcams stationed along the trickier portions of Highway 90.

It updates them every 6 minutes. Thanks Washington!  I’ll probably 

be checking it all weekend.