One time my family went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. After the "tour," we went through the gift shop and cheese-buying area, where you can taste-test different cheeses, which are cut up in little blocks on plates, and toothpicks are provided to be used as spear-like utensils. My Dad deftly picked up a toothpick, and with the skills of a ninja, skewered 4 cubes of cheese in one fell swoop. We all shouted a hearty
"Hurrah!" at his skills.
At Christmas, Mom had a tiny hotpot of little sausages for appetizing snacks. My husband, with the skills of a ninja butcher, picked up a toothpick, and deftly skewered THREE wieners in one fell swoop.
A hush fell over the family.
Now, and for the next three months, I am as old as Kelly.
Christmas in Longview was a good time! We played Apples to Apples, which we highly recommend!
We made Christmas Cookies at the Coast. Different from Seashells by the Seashore.
For Christmas my husband gave me a purse fashioned after a plaid wiener dog, which I love. In this picture, it's hard to see the purse's handle, which attaches at the head and heiney. It also has articulated legs, amazingly.
Family lore has it that one time Aunt Jean brought "wraps" to a family event -- a pickle spear, green onion, or pickled bean and a thin strip or cream cheese, wrapped in two slices of "one-ply lunchmeat." We've had them every holiday since.
One time my family went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. After the "tour," we went through the gift shop and cheese-buying area, where you can taste-test different cheeses, which are cut up in little blocks on plates, and toothpicks are provided to be used as spear-like utensils. My Dad deftly picked up a toothpick, and with the skills of a ninja, skewered 4 cubes of cheese in one fell swoop. We all shouted a hearty "Hurrah!" at his skills.
