just some of this and that

Crystal has been craving the Senegalese food, so she whipped up a batch of Cebbu Yepp (rice with meat). We didn't quite have the right spices, turns out maggie cubes are slighly different than beef bullion cubes, but in the end, not bad for a toubab.

An American version of Cebbu Yepp, our favorite Senegalese dish.

Keeping the rope organized is really important, it keeps you from getting kinks and thus getting the whiplash. Ouch!

Scotty cleaning a route. This spot was beautiful and so secluded from the rest of the climbers.

It doesn't get any more hippy than this. Dany, this is for you.

Scotty setting the route so we can climb safely. It's so romantic.

Soaking up the last minutes of sun and Smith Rock at an absolutely fabulous climbing trip.

Taking a moment to relax at the Zonta Auction. The theme was "elegant cowboy"--one of the great things about Crystal's job is that she gets to visit other organization's fund raising events. A couple weekends ago we werent to the Zonta Auction fundraiser (an orgazniation for the eduacation and advancment of women.

Cooking up some great, healthy, hippy food: TVP burgers on a portabella bun with sweet potatoe fries, mmmmm.

Enjoying Casey at the Wow Hall. We're your biggest fans.

Cooking Light Magazine for $0.43 a month.

Hey guys,

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Check it out here.

Maybe a good Christmas gift?

Do you have midget feet?

Do you have midget feet? Say size 6 AND have a pair of cowboy boots I can borrow tomorrow night?

The perfect weekend.

We have been waiting for 15 months to go climbing, and this weekend, was OUR weekend. We arrived at our beloved Smith Rock and were a little nervous because, seriously, we hadn't climbed for over a year. And it's not for lack of trying, we DID pack our climbing gear with us on the off chance that there would be climbing in Senegal. The closest we found was AcroBoubab, a local place to do high ropes course in Boubab trees.

A HUGE shout out thanks to Brea for letting us stay at her place, it's like a resort, we LOVE IT!!!

All smiles because we haven't climbed yet for the day...just wait.

Really? You want me to climb UP that thing?

This place is AMAZING!!!

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Crystal, prepping to go up a brand new climb for her.

Ending a perfect day, by cheering on the Beavers at a local sports bar.

Smith Rock baby!

For the first time in over a year, we are headed out to Smith Rock. It will be our first (and likely last) climb of the season (due to the fact that our Senegalese blood can't handle the cold that well).

I cannot describe how excited I am for this.

Also, for the first time in-I-don't-know-how-many-years, we will be climbing just to climb, not to lead a group or share an experience with newbies...just to climb. Joei is staying the weekend with her boyfriend, Sampon, (thanks Casey and Lauren), so we have no responsibilities...not that a dog is a huge one.

It's just going to be us and the rock and few other crazy climbers.

Man, I LOVE Oregon!!!

Yet another reason to be an REI member

One of my new favorite websites:http://www.frugallivingnw.com/ had this to post. It's a full on copy, so all credit is due to the above website.

photo by pepe.dino

REI is offering one free ski or snowboard hot wax to REI members. Just bring your board or skis in to an REI near you now through November 15th so you'll be ready to carve those slopes!

Who dunnit?

These pictures are blatantly stolen from Denny and Abby, so this post is more for the non-Dox crew who have no idea who Denny and Abby are. (Thanks for the pics guys).

We were invited to one of those mystery dinner things. It was awesome, we got to dress up in costumes, which I will get to later, and eat great food while trying to figure out which one of us killed a fictional character.

This is us sitting around the table trying to figure stuff out. We each only had a little bit of information so it really was confusing to try and figure stuff out since the actually killer didn't even know it until the big reveal at the end of the evening.

Scotty's goofy, but that's why I love him.

Well, Denny and Abby are goofy too. Abby was "Scoop" a reporter, Denny was "Harrow" a DA (District Attorney).

By the end of the evening, we all got a little crazy, but it's okay, we are all married. Scotty was "Billy the Kid Thrower" a star pitcher for the Kings Baseball team. Crystal was "Torchy" a jazz singer.

The whole crew. BTW, the scene was set in old Chicago.

Jaimie was "Silky" a "brothel" owner, but don't say that to her face, and Ryan was "Eddie" a slick dealing golfer guy.

Tom was "Ernie" a millionaire gambler, and Sam was "Molly" an up-town, well to do girl from NY.

And that's all. Buh-bye!