last week + the weekend

tuesday -- sandals!

wednesday -- love these beauties in my backyard + cabi party fun in the evening

thursday -- tax day -- jon taking pictures = beautiful

friday - thank goodness -- began my book - 860 pages -- finished it saturday 

saturday - jon said it was time for his australia favorite again - warm jelly doughnut& vanilla ice cream

sunday - we spent the day in the car and a few hours at friends wedding -- garter toss -- they just watched it fall...  time for a redo

reception buddy/bff/roommate

monday - spring beauty outside my bedroom window 

monday night - popcorn+"2012"+ blog updating

lilacs outside my window

i haven't been feeling so sunshiney the past few days -- but these beauties put a smile on my face -- they popped open over the weekend and i discovered them yesterday morning.  they are one of my absolute favorites.

the sun is out today.  i hope it stays out and keeps the day bright-- both for me and the poor soul who was just pulled over by an undercover sedan clad stater and is getting a ticket right outside my window. bummer.  don't speed on my road.  joggers + undercover staters...

10 things--i love weekends!

1.  a weekend with no plans is the best kind
2. friday night burger, fries, and onion rings --because my roommate loves me -- for dinner.  tradition is good.
3. pooches in the back -- bridger is not a fan of riding outside -- poor boy was not as excited as lulu --

4. running to watch the sunset at my favorite spot in town --

5. went to vespers to hear the a cappella group Rescue
6.slept in -- or at least jon did -- had lunch with the parents -- walked lulu downtown and met some new friends -- she (lulu) did... she meets new friends all the time --this time she met ali walker -- a local photographer who was taking pictures of feast walla walla -- and also some of lulu... i don't know if she was able to get a good shot as all miss lulu was interested in doing was trying talking to her...to see if she could get a pet or two...  -- i didn't get any pictures on our walk -- but ali, who takes beautiful photos, put some up on her blog - check it out! (and if you do... we sat right in front of that sign for walla walla wine works and listened to the great live music that was playing while drinking our favorite san pellegrino limonata)

7. watched cute comedy with husband -- who is home for a bit! -- management

8. laundry, cleaning, menu planning, grocery shopping, exercising, eating 

9. lots of cooking today -- because on saturday -- while jon was sleeping in -- i was able to read and browse through my books...

loving the kind diet -- even more than i did a few months ago -- read through it again saturday...i just love the way alicia writes- she makes me laugh, plus, all the recipes i have tried have been delicious so far.  this afternoon i made "moms granola" -- i am on a granola kick right now -- oh yum!

you can also catch alicia at her blog: the kind life

my other favorite cookbook of the moment is flying apron's gluten-free and vegan baking book.

today i made the lentil dahl soup to have for lunches this week -- i really loved it -- but i also love curry...  i also tried her house bread -- i think i am going to have to try it again, as it was overbaked, though still edible, just a little crusty -- i think i formed it too long and narrow...  we'll see...  sometime, soon hopefully, when i am seattle -- i will stop by and visit the flying apron and try the goodies for "real"

10.  catching up on blogging and project 365 --

so good -- so hard not too eat too many...

the bag is home to stay for a bit...and the husband too!

hope your weekend was lovely too!

just another tuesday night

today...

bought birthday presents
had our carpets cleaned -- he left andes mints, spot cleaner, and personally signed card thanking us for our business...plus really clean carpets-- can we say fabulous
accomplished one or two more things on my list

kim ate a yellow peep, i ate a yellow peep.  kim didn't finish hers -- quote: "never had a peep before, never having a peep again"

came home with a headache -- kim had a headache too  (yuck, hers is more a migraine)

called for take out from our favorite thai place (owned and ran by a husband and wife in a space that's about the size of my living room and dining room) at six -- he said "nope can't do it" -- gonna be over an hour -- i said sure, we want it in an hour anyway -- he said -- call back at seven.  kim and i eat easter candy.  seven on the dot, i call back -- i say '"can you take a take out order now" -- he tells me to give him the order -- he's going to be overwhelmed but he'll take it -- he'll call me when it's ready.  kim and i eat more easter candy and some sun chips.  7:45 it's ready-  8:00 -- we can eat!  the wife, she's the cook, even sent us a few egg rolls as a thank you for waiting so long -- it was worth it, even without the tasty egg rolls -- i've never had thai food that i love as much as hers.


drinking tea, watching grey's with the roommates, and almost ready for bed.  so tired this week and fighting a cold.  tomorrow is wednesday.  almost thursday -- jon comes back home.  almost friday -- the beginning of a weekend with no plans but to vegetate.

easter easter

the bags i carried today, plus the water bottle, plus another book bag --ridiculous--

the weekend was good.  busy.  very busy.  but good.  i am tired.  can it be friday again?

this friday:

i bought plants

saturday:

i planted plants -- here are some of my planters getting a spring cleaning 

we had the first bbq of the season?-- at least i think it was the first-- maybe the second?? --first--

amy brought cheesecake -- oreo cookie crust -- delicous... when trying to put it in the fridge, i didn't realize that it wasn't clamped, thus dumping it on the floor...landing upside down of course-- sad story

we also went to see the clash of the titans -- in 3D -- 

sunday:

happy easter morning!

we hosted brunch at our house for all of our family -- i think we had 26 people altogether 

menu

blueberry cornmeal pancakes with mixed berry sauce

raisin bran, banana, and morning glory muffins

tator tots

chile egg casserole

fresh sliced pineapple, oranges, and crisp purple grapes

apple cider, coffee, and hot drinks

 lots of easter candy

it was very windy outside -- gusts up to 44 mph

jon thought it was a great time to go fly a kite

late afternoon we drove to see kellie and celebrate her birthday

with delicious thai food 

i like these girls a lot

jon and i ended our night by playing catch up with our favorites - private practice and grey's anatomy

it was a good night

this morning came too early

jon off to california

me to a dr.'s appointment

i had to get an x-ray of my foot

i get to go to the podiatrist at the end of the month

fun

hope your easter weekend was fantastic!

catch up...

picking up where we last left off...

 

                 last last friday--jon put our heater together...so ready for porch time!

saturday - watch a helicopter land in the front yard...

eat the first strawberry shortcake of the season...

date night walking downtown with the husband -- dinner at our one of our favorites

sunday&monday - make this face...

after this happens -- because you actually did step in a bucket of paint...

while doing this...

tuesday& wednesday - signs of spring!

thursday - drive home... love view-- minus the dirty windshield...

friday - blog about flossing -- leave for a weekend on whidbey island

saturday - have an amazing time with a few of my most favorite people ever

sunday - wake up and eat leftover chocolate birthday cake with friends

which brings us to this week --- monday morning - at 2 a.m. -- awoken by husband entering room, surprising me and almost provoking violence to said "intruder" as he wasn't expected back until later in the week -- have roommate reunion party and watch 

cry a bucket of tears -- highly enjoyable movie experience to be repeated

tuesday -- come home, eat, soak in tub, read a chapter of book, go to sleep at 8:30 -- tiredness

wednesday - date night -- walk downtown with lulu, eat pizza from favorite pizzeria 

thursday -- walmart excursion to pick up supplies for hosting our family easter brunch -- side tracked by trying on easter dresses -- erupting into ridiculous amounts of laughter at our matching easter outfits -- must take picture-- under threat of friend not speaking to me anymore -- but really... honestly... we are smokin' hot -- gotta love the socks, shoes, and sweats...they really make the outfit...

also, trying to survive the immense disappointment of survivor tonight -- boston rob -- sorrow&tears...boohoohoo...

such a long break from blogging was not intended -- gonna be honest when i say i have had zero motivation to be on the computer for the last two weeks -- hopefully back to our regularly scheduled program now :)

tomorrow is friday -- i am so excited.  

quickie --

i've been a bad blogger this week -- is it really friday already? -- not that i'm complaining...it just went by quick/slow  ---like quick, long, very busy days...

i need to do a catch up post with this last weeks pictures, but i have to take lulu to the vet in a few minutes (she has a "traumatic break" on one of her toe nails -- this is her follow up visit) -- on monday, or was it tuesday?... tuesday, i took her in to have it looked at...she had to be put under and have it taken care of and has been sporting a pretty bright pink bandage, pain meds, and antibiotics since...

in the car on the way home from the vet

anyways -- it has been an interesting week that i don't have time to tell you about--- so i'll leave you with a few tidbits

-i have ate homemade granola (made by best roommmate, kim) every morning for breakfast this week, and sometimes for dinner too.

-the floss got stuck while flossing this morning -- it really ruins my flossing experience -- be thankful if you don't have molars that like each other so much that they need to be ridiculously close, or maybe it was from the cavity filling on that tooth... it's always the same one that i get stuck -- i have to have the right grip and angle or else the floss doesn't pull up right and then gets all slimy and gives me a moment of brief panic where i think the floss will never come out...but then it finally does and i give a sigh of relief and make a plan for the next time i floss -- like start with that tooth first...

-one of the precious ones -- its a good guess between two of them -- left me a present this morning on the livingroom carpet -- a trail of vomit - i counted one main pile and then about 13 drip spots -- yep it was lovely...let's do it again tomorrow -- oh wait-- i won't be here, but someone else will....

which brings me to the last tidbit --

i am going to whidbey island this weekend to spend time with five of my favorite girls ...and my favorite minister who married me and my hubby...  my dear hubby, who is finishing up in california this weekend so that he can be in the same state as i am again starting next week...

hope your weekend is lovely -- catch up time at the beginning of the week! 

tonights gonna be a good good night...

all the roommates are in the house ---and so is the dessert

i'm not sure how long we stood in the ice cream aisle -- but as kim said -- "we are all adults -- we each get our own"...we take ice cream choices seriously around here...

new hair is always fun

i know it probably doesn't look any different in this picture -- but it is -- new angled bangs and fun color --  metallic titanium or something like that... 

went to a CAbi party tonight --  like a tupperware/candle party but for clothes

the first one i went to was a few years ago, and i didn't think i would find anything, but the clothes are much more fun in person than they look in the catalog, and my favorite thing is that the fabric is really high quality (as in, keeps it's shape, doesn't hold stink or stains easily) and her pieces always have some sort of cute little detail to them -- worth the money.  There are two lines a year, and tonight i went to scope out the spring '10 items.  when i looked in the catalog i didn't think i would like anything, except a t-shirt -- by the time i finished trying things on, i had a little wish list going... 

((so ladies, i am going to have a party in the next few weeks, if you are in town and interested in attending, let me know, or if you would like to place an outside order --))

it is definitely past my bedtime -- but all i want to do is snack on chips and salsa and whatever else is in the cupboard...cookies, pretzels, cereal...but instead, i am taking my water bottle and i am going to go to bed...maybe with a little nibble along the way???

monday...

...what a beauty you were

so pretty outside today.
i loved it.
i loved it.
i loved it.

dinner tonight was a new recipe -- fragrant rice noodles with vegetables -- otherwise known as rice noodles with a lime peanut sauce, leeks, zucchini, and yellow squash ... along with broiled tofu.  tasty.  new recipes are always fun try...and usually worth the wait even when your starving and you finally eat at eight o'clock.
seriously.

it was light until seven tonight.  seriously.  so great.
watched two episodes of grey's tonight -- tear jerkers -- seriously (can you tell :))

picture from yesterday -- my great find at pier one -- just loving it!  let's have a party! --- seriously---

p.s.

lulu threw up this morning -- she started doing the lip licking routine and i knew that something was up -- she was going to throw up on her rug and i tried to carry her outside, but she wasn't too fond of that -- so i hurriedly grabbed a hand towel and tried to move her towards outside -- so she threw up on the towel in the hallway...better than the floor.  all that to get out the little piece of plastic she decided to chew on sometime last night -- yeppers.  we have dog throw up parties at our house --i am pretty sure it's about every other day one of them is doing it and today was the third day in a row --- seriously...