 It's Sunday morning, just before lunch. December 22nd. We are headed out to go run a few errands, all fun stuff. It's just Bob and I for Christmas Day dinner, so we are going to use the opportunity, as we do often, to experiment with some new recipes and we are actually going to try Gordon Ramsay's recipe for beef Wellington. We figure if we screwed up it's just the two of us, so it's all good, right? We'll find out. I'll let you know how it turns out. I might film it as a cooking with Fred and I'm here at the mailbox. I got to drop off an Etsy order and we're going to just go do some fun shopping. Nothing Christmas related or errand. We need a few groceries for Christmas Day dinner, but yeah. We're just going to go have fun and putter. I'll bring you with us. You know I will. I'll be back. Okay, so we are leaving Buy Mart, which I'm sorry, I'm sorry, H Mart, which is next door to Buy Mart, but anyway, we're leaving H Mart, which is our local Asian food store. It's close to the house. We have another, there's a lot of them, but there's another one I like, but it's a little bit farther away. Anyway, I hadn't been here yet, so I don't know where the H stands for though. I don't either, but we said let's stop there, let's check it out. Okay, the conclusion, we love it there. Staff was super friendly and funny, hilarious. The one lady was hilarious. Bob asked what should I drink with this, because he's going to buy a bag of the food she was tasting, and she says beer. She said it in a way that everybody around us all, we all started laughing, so anyway. We just went in to look around. We didn't really intend on buying too much. We spent $50. So, yeah, mostly dumplings and things, but they have a great selection of produce. I finally found a store that has a great selection of fresh herbs at the Asian market, not surprised when I need them. I'm going to just come here. They had fish, they had meat, they had a great meat and fish counter. Really great. So I'll leave the information for the store's website down below. If you're in the area, you want to check it out. Ewo Jima is the other one I like. They're in Beaverton. They're a little fancier, and they have Asian and Hawaiian. They have a lot of Hawaiian food at Ewo Jima. They also have a really big kitchen and houseware section and a bookstore and stationery section. So he hasn't been there yet, so that'll be, we'll go there, not today, but anyway. We're going to go home now, because it's starting to rain, and we decided we must be the Wicked Witch and we're going to melt, so we need to go home. We haven't had any lunch. The back of the car is full of groceries, you know. Anyway, H Mart, it's a great place to stop, especially if you like different kinds of food, and you want a really good selection of fresh vegetables, meat and fish. Alright, that's it. We'll be back. I would say good morning, but it's not morning. It's Monday, December 23rd. Six pieces of trash. God damn it. It's after three o'clock in the afternoon. It might be closer to four. What time is it, dear? Seven, eight pieces of trash. Nine. So I'm that crazy person in your neighborhood that walks around the neighborhood with a garbage bag and gloves and a picker, usually picking up garbage, but this afternoon I didn't bring any of that, and of course it's the one day when I see lots of trash on our walk, and I don't have anything to pick it up with. God damn it. Anyway, say hey Fred. Hey Fred. It is Tuesday morning, Christmas Eve. It's just before noon, so technically it's still morning. We are headed out to go north and visit with my family and have a nice family Christmas Eve dinner, which we haven't done in years, so this ought to be interesting. Alright, I'll be back. We're back home, just before 10 o'clock, and we are home from our niece, Katie, and her husband, Brendan's house. I shot a little bit of footage there, not too much, because we were doing the family thing. Anyway, we had a really great time, and holy cow, is Katie a great cook. Katie, I need the cheesecake recipe, because Uncle Bob now wants to make the cheesecake, but it's early enough, we're going to change into some comfy clothes, and we're going to just sit and chill for a bit, and we don't have anywhere we need to be for at least 24 hours, maybe longer, so we're all good. Alright, I'll be back. Merry Christmas morning everybody. It is Wednesday morning, December 25th. I don't know exactly what time it is, let's see. 11 24 a.m. according to the computer, which is just now booting up. We had a quiet morning and have an open presence, had some breakfast, that sort of thing. Taking a little breather before we start cooking with Fred. I'm going to bring the tripod and camera downstairs, probably for some of that, and yeah, it ought to be all good. I think I'm going to make some homemade biscuits, and we're going to steam some broccoli, make garlic mashed potatoes. Hopefully the beef wellington comes out, but you know, we'll see. We have ham still from Friday, so if it doesn't. We've been cooking with Fred Christmas edition. We're making beef wellington. It's going to be a separate video, so if you want to see it, you're going to have to watch that. I'll link it below. Alright, I got to go back to cooking the mushrooms. I'll be back. Right before I turn the phone on here to do a little bit of vlogging a Christmas day evening, he says, you know, we ate half of the beef wellington, and it wasn't a small beef wellington, we're stuffed, but it was really turned out really good. A teeny tiny bit on the salty side, but I think that was from the prosciutto. Yeah, and plus if there was salt in the mushrooms and then salt on the meat, that's a lot of salt. Yeah. So maybe next time I would like cut some salt out of something, but it wasn't even put salt on top of the wash. It would have been way too salty, would have been way too, but it was really good. Anyway, we're going to take a little breather now and then clean up the kitchen, but yeah, we still have dessert. We still have cake. We clearly hated it. The plates are empty. We clearly hated every bit, so we had to eat it all. So you know. Anyway, we hope you've all had a great Christmas. We'll see you tomorrow. We'll be back. Bye. Good morning. I think it's morning, Thursday, December 26th, and we're getting ready to go out. I know those of you who are introverts and or just don't like the day after Christmas are all groaning right about now. It's going to be very people-y out there, but we've got some stuff we need to do. We've already done the social media thing. I mailed the Etsy orders for today, fed Bambi. They're outside eating right now. I kind of feel bad because we need to leave, which means we're going to scare them away, but I'm sure they'll come right back. Anyway, we're going to go deal with what we need to deal with and we'll be back. Bambi's eating. They're so hungry. They don't care that we open the garage door. I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll run away when we start the car though. They don't seem to like the noise of the motor, but they're not that scared of us. Food over fear, right? Right. So we went to the Verizon store because my husband's phone was broken. That was expensive. Then we went to Costco, the warehouse store. That wasn't cheap either. Now we're headed to Cabela's. So, you know, it's going to be an expensive day. I might need cashews while we're here. I'll be back. Morning, December 27th, 1138 a.m. technically, it's still morning. We're getting ready to just go out and have some fun, walk around, do some exploring. I don't think we're going far, but we have yet to fully explore our new town and our new neighborhood, so we're going to do more of that. I have discovered that I'm enjoying doing this, but without bringing my handbag. I take the minimum, I stuff them in my coat pockets. I wear a waist belt or something, and I just don't have my handbag. And I kind of like it. I wish I had more pockets with or more coats with pockets on the inside, like men's jackets, you know, where inside the lapel, inside the front of the coat, there's a pocket. Anyway, they don't make too many women's coats like that. So, but anyway, it's a weird thing to suddenly enjoy doing, I think. Is it just me? Let me know in the comments below. All right, that's it for now. I am going to remember today to bring my sunglasses. I forgot them yesterday. I got blinded by the afternoon winter Portland sun. So, we're going to remember today to bring the sunglasses because, yeah, that was a thing. It's cloudy out here. It's cloudy. I may not need them, but at least I'll have them, unlike yesterday. We left it was cloudy yesterday too, and then suddenly the sun came out and I was blinded. Anyway, I'll be back. Okay, guys. So, curiosities, vintage, and Tigard, Oregon. I'll link their website down below. I do recommend it if you're in the area as a place to go shopping, because I have to tell y'all. You know my little brown leather suitcase that I use to travel with my art supplies? I'll insert a picture of the original case right about here. Well, I've been saying for years, literally joking. If we ever see another one, I'm going to buy it. We go in a lot of vintage shops. We never see one. Guess what I found today? I'll get a picture of it next to the original a little bit later, but yeah. I'm a happy camper. I'll be back. So, now we're in downtown Portland, and we are going to do some walking around and exploring. We're at Pioneer Play Small, which we've been to before, but, you know, doesn't hurt to make a second visit. Fun fact, this is near where Muji is. Not that I'm going to go there, but you never know. All right, I'll be back. It's Saturday morning, December 28th. Sometimes Saturday morning, I think it's just after 10. It's a balmy 44-ish degrees outside, something like that. We are headed out for a drive over to Bend, Oregon, and I will make sure to bring you with us. We're going to just spend the day exploring. I'll be back. You're Fred. What? So, we got to close the vlog. Oh. Yeah. So, we're back home now. We're back home. We had a lot of fun in Bend, and we can't wait to go back to visit. Yes, we're going to go back in the summertime. We saw, like, 20 places we want to eat at. Uh-huh. Yeah, some places to walk and other things to do. Yeah, downtown Bend and the Old Mill District are just really pretty places to walk. Yeah. But note to self, we really don't enjoy the drive back through the mountains, through the Willamette Forest in the dark. Yeah, especially during the wintertime when the streets and the roads are covered with salt and everything like that. It's really hard to see the lines, and it's hard. Yeah, it's sucked, and it gets dark at 4.30. Yeah, it sucks. So, we won't be doing that again, but we had a good time. We've enjoyed this week. It's been a lot of fun. But on to the next, right? So, we hope you've had a good Christmas week. As we have, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, leave them down below. Don't forget to watch out for cooking with Fred Christmas edition, and let us know what else you'd like to see in the coming year. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe, and above all, go out and have a great day. Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it, and we'll see you later. Bye-bye.