Senbei Cracker Disaster

I've been doing my best to go gluten-free with an occasional slip. One of my favorite gluten-free snacks are senbei crackers, but they can get expensive. So I decided to make my own. It's not so easy. The rice flour comes apart really easily, and it was really difficult to get the flavor right.



Not looking or tasting so hot, I decided to keep buying them.

Indie Craft Experience Holiday Spectacular

Every year, Andy and I help out with I.C.E., put on by our friends Shannon and Christy. Andy loves running the bar with David, Shannon's boyfriend.



We always have such a blast because the whole craft community comes out including a lot of our friends, so it's great to catch up with people over the two days during the event.

No Mule Riding for Me

My girlfriends and I get together once a year (we're scattered across the country) for a little R&R. This year we planned to ride mules into the Grand Canyon. Everything was planned and paid for. I was even arriving a few days early with my family to do a quick tour of Las Vegas, Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, etc. Alas, I came down with a serious case of bronchitis, and for the first time in my life had to cancel all my plans. The girls went ahead with the trip, there is no stopping them! I sent Joanna with some supplies I had put together for the ride.



Here are the ladies visiting Hoover Dam. So glamourous!