Raindrops In My Oatmeal

We are having a Pacific NW rain today—light and drizzly. It rarely ever pours here!

August is a very wet, rainy month here in Anchorage. Craig claims it never used to be like this when he was growing up, but for the 4 years I’ve been here, it definitely rains a lot during August—and in July sometimes too.

It has felt like fall for the past 3 weeks here that I am forgetting some of you are still enjoying 90* days! Not me, I’ve broken out my fall jacket, capris for running, and brought back hot oatmeal to my breakfast repertoire.

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It has been a long time since I’ve had a bowl of oatmeal, so it was nice to change things up a bit!

I followed my standard oatmeal recipe and added half of a banana and frozen blueberries to this bowl.


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Iced decaf coffee on the side.


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Last night Craig and I took a walk and had some fun with the camera.

Craig says I look like a meth addict in this picture. I’m not sure he looks sane either.

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Yes, we are wearing the same sweatshirt and jacket. Craig insisted that we dress alike for our walk.

He will often wait to see what I am wearing to church on Sunday and then try to dress like me. 😉 And sometimes we accidentally dress alike!

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We even both wore Saucony shoes!

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Question

Do you and your spouse/significant other dress alike on purpose or accidentally?

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16 Comments

  1. 8.23.11
    Michaela said:

    We definitely dress alike accidentally–never on purpose!

    Also, I wouldn’t classify Pacific NW rain as drizzly. Oregon has its fair share of downpours.

    • 8.23.11
      Michelle said:

      I did not know that. I learned something new today!

  2. 8.23.11
    Michaela said:

    We definitely dress alike accidentally–never on purpose!

    Also, I wouldn’t classify Pacific NW rain as drizzly. Oregon has its fair share of downpours.

    • 8.23.11
      Michelle said:

      I did not know that. I learned something new today!

  3. 8.23.11
    Katie said:

    Both Augusts I have been here have definitely felt like an Oregon winter. And I can really see the meth addict in that pic 😉 chris and I used to accidentally match for church on Sundays all the time!

  4. 8.23.11
    Katie said:

    Both Augusts I have been here have definitely felt like an Oregon winter. And I can really see the meth addict in that pic 😉 chris and I used to accidentally match for church on Sundays all the time!

  5. 8.23.11
    Kim said:

    Craig always cracks me up- it’s nice to see that you can hold your own in regards to goofy pictures, though 🙂

    I recall August being quite rainy!

    Hubby & I sometimes dress alike too, but I have also found that I will dress Little Boy in a certain color and then without realizing it, put on the same color myself when getting dressed!

    • 8.23.11
      Michelle said:

      That’s funny that you recall August being rainy.

      That’s also very funny you end up dressing yourself the same as your child! I wonder if that happens to other parents. . . probably!

  6. 8.23.11
    Kim said:

    Craig always cracks me up- it’s nice to see that you can hold your own in regards to goofy pictures, though 🙂

    I recall August being quite rainy!

    Hubby & I sometimes dress alike too, but I have also found that I will dress Little Boy in a certain color and then without realizing it, put on the same color myself when getting dressed!

    • 8.23.11
      Michelle said:

      That’s funny that you recall August being rainy.

      That’s also very funny you end up dressing yourself the same as your child! I wonder if that happens to other parents. . . probably!

  7. 8.23.11
    Charity said:

    Are you both wearing U of M sweatshirts? This makes me very happy 🙂

  8. 8.23.11
    Charity said:

    Are you both wearing U of M sweatshirts? This makes me very happy 🙂

  9. 8.24.11
    Sarah said:

    hahaha my husband & i sometimes accidentally dress alike, usually when we’re running… race shirts, ya know! 🙂 it’s kinda funny when it happens because since we run early in the AM we don’t always notice at first!

  10. 8.24.11
    Sarah said:

    hahaha my husband & i sometimes accidentally dress alike, usually when we’re running… race shirts, ya know! 🙂 it’s kinda funny when it happens because since we run early in the AM we don’t always notice at first!