...after all, its not quite 2011 yet. These are in no particular order, except for numero uno.
1. Adopting Malcom from the Humane Society and having him become #3 in our wolf pack...
2. Whistler trip with the whole gang reunited + Hans
3. Discovering All Seasons and camping with Rachel
4. Joe's fish tacos
5. Passion ice tea lemonade, quickly became a summer staple
6. Working bathroom
7. REAL dining room chairs
8. Quotes from Jim Gaffagan and The Hangover
9. Jenn introducing me to Red Mango
10. Seattle Foodie Trip and riding cruisers on Alki Beach.
Peace out 2010. Happy New Year everyone!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Who doesn't love cupcakes?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Enjoying Winter
Its been a little while... anyways, a few things I've been enjoying recently.
The Nine Emotional Lives of a Cat - really good book, interesting read.
Snowflake hurricanes from Crate & Barrel that Joe bought me :)
Fuzzy winter boots - no more cold wet feet!
Sunset outside our house
All the grandkids with grandma at Thanksgiving
Malcolm watching the snow fall outside the window.
Mrs. Meyers... this stuff smells amazing. Almost makes you want to clean.
Outside the XC ski lodge @Mt Spokane with my mom and lil sister.
Birthday party for my best friend Jenn
Scrapbooking and watching Lois and Clark from the 90s. So hilarious...
Giant "man-cake" for Joey.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wintery Feeling Day
Despite feeling 50% today, its been a pretty good day so far. Eastern Washington is surprisingly beautiful this morning, despite the initial bleak appearance. There are little skiffs of snow in places, and little pink and orange bushes brightening things up a little. I had a happy meal for lunch, which made me feel about 20 years younger and now Joe and I are enjoying some S-Bucks on the road, they have the very cheery holiday cups out now... I'm not sure why a red cup with snowflakes and people wearing scarfs makes me happy.One of these days, I'll put up a ridiculously long post with photo-of-the-day updates.
Have a very merry weekend everyone!
Have a very merry weekend everyone!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
October 11 - Mushrooms in our front yard, I came home from work for lunch that day and snapped this. The VA Cafeteria is closed on Holidays and Weekends. Does anyone pay attention to Columbus Day? I never remember...
October 12 - Mal's food bowl that I fill up before leaving for work. It reminds me of eating off of my Grandma's blue china, you don't get to see the picture until you eat your food!
October 13 - The Finished Sidewalk! No more worrying about twisted ankles, possible broken legs or concussions.
October 14 - The best Cherry Apple Cider from Hanson's at Greenbluff, love this stuff!
October 15 - Tiff and I made apple butter, it's a 24hr process - here's the after photo - all finished, canned and "gift wrapped".
October 16 - African Daisy in the flower box out front, the frost is starting to take most of the flowers.
October 17 - Kitty rolling on the kitchen floor. Despite his mischievousness, he is probably one of the best things that has happened to us so far in 2010.
October 18 - Amy came over to learn how to make pie crust, we made 2 apple pies and a pecan pie. Lattice crusts are difficult, I always cheat and just overlap the pieces.
October 19 - New Plants for out front, I don't remember all their names. I should start a little folder to write all that stuff down. The gal who helped us pick them out is the owner of Judy's on Northwest Blvd - she is super helpful! Yay for sales and clearance plants at the end of the season!
October 20 - Malcom watching House MD with us
October 21 - Country Living Magazine, I love getting things besides bills in the mail!
October 12 - Mal's food bowl that I fill up before leaving for work. It reminds me of eating off of my Grandma's blue china, you don't get to see the picture until you eat your food!
October 13 - The Finished Sidewalk! No more worrying about twisted ankles, possible broken legs or concussions.
October 14 - The best Cherry Apple Cider from Hanson's at Greenbluff, love this stuff!
October 15 - Tiff and I made apple butter, it's a 24hr process - here's the after photo - all finished, canned and "gift wrapped".
October 16 - African Daisy in the flower box out front, the frost is starting to take most of the flowers.
October 17 - Kitty rolling on the kitchen floor. Despite his mischievousness, he is probably one of the best things that has happened to us so far in 2010.
October 18 - Amy came over to learn how to make pie crust, we made 2 apple pies and a pecan pie. Lattice crusts are difficult, I always cheat and just overlap the pieces.
October 19 - New Plants for out front, I don't remember all their names. I should start a little folder to write all that stuff down. The gal who helped us pick them out is the owner of Judy's on Northwest Blvd - she is super helpful! Yay for sales and clearance plants at the end of the season!
October 20 - Malcom watching House MD with us
October 21 - Country Living Magazine, I love getting things besides bills in the mail!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
October 6th - We have steps out front again!!
October 7th - My prize for finishing my exercise chart... whatever gets you motivated I say, it worked when I was two and it still works now.
October 8th - early birthday presents!
October 9th - I admit to cheating on this one, Joe took the picture with Jenn's camera, I just couldn't get the coloring even close with mine.
October 10th - Close up of a scrapbook page, nice to ignore the housework and just have a lazy Sunday!
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Free and Cheap, My 2 Favorite Prices
October 5, 2010 - Starbucks to go, plus a mini Carmel Via sample! for free!
My latest thrift store find, this little chair was only $7.99, now I just need to repaint it and cover it with a more visually pleasing fabric :)
My latest thrift store find, this little chair was only $7.99, now I just need to repaint it and cover it with a more visually pleasing fabric :)
Monday, October 04, 2010
Photo-a-Day Continues
September 30th - First day working at the VA full time 
October 1st - Random picture of corks I'm collecting, it all started with the champagne cork from our honeymoon in Hawaii
October 2nd - Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Syrup Frosting
September 3rd - Lavender from my yard that I cut and dried
September 4th - Malcolm asleep on carpet, taking yet another cat nap. The other photo of the day is my new header! Yay for blog makeovers
October 1st - Random picture of corks I'm collecting, it all started with the champagne cork from our honeymoon in Hawaii
October 2nd - Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Syrup Frosting
September 3rd - Lavender from my yard that I cut and dried
September 4th - Malcolm asleep on carpet, taking yet another cat nap. The other photo of the day is my new header! Yay for blog makeovers
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
We have fun too...
Finishing up the Kahlua Cream pie!
Joe's dynamite ribs... they went so fast, we didn't get a cooked picture :)
Mal's first fire, he was totally mesmerized by it.
Rach and I at Red Mango in Seattle. If only they had one in Spokane...
Joe's dynamite ribs... they went so fast, we didn't get a cooked picture :)
Mal's first fire, he was totally mesmerized by it.
Rach and I at Red Mango in Seattle. If only they had one in Spokane...
Yard Updates
Before the sod - looking very, very brown...
Two of the five pallets of sod that were delivered - Joe and I moved almost all of this by ourselves. My folks showed up and helped out with the last 1/2 pallet or so. We could hardly move the next day...
Putting down that 1st piece
Insta-lawn in progress
About a week later.... ahhh, so much better!
Two of the five pallets of sod that were delivered - Joe and I moved almost all of this by ourselves. My folks showed up and helped out with the last 1/2 pallet or so. We could hardly move the next day...
Putting down that 1st piece
Insta-lawn in progress
About a week later.... ahhh, so much better!
Facelift.
The day we moved in, actually maybe even before that, we new that the yellow paint would be going away. What we can't figure out is what took us so long to get around to actually painting it. Finally decided to go for it yesterday! Here's some evidence...
Before Photos
Living room all cleaned up
Dining Room - with new chairs (finally)
Work in Progress Shots
This one is as close as it gets to the actual color, not capturing well on camera at night.
You can kind of see the accent color in this one, under the arch.
Parting Shot of the Night
This is the current state of affairs. Not everything is back up on the walls yet. May switch a few things around and still need to hang the curtains, so more pictures later when everything is completely finished.
Before Photos
Living room all cleaned up
Dining Room - with new chairs (finally)
Work in Progress Shots
This one is as close as it gets to the actual color, not capturing well on camera at night.
You can kind of see the accent color in this one, under the arch.
Parting Shot of the Night
This is the current state of affairs. Not everything is back up on the walls yet. May switch a few things around and still need to hang the curtains, so more pictures later when everything is completely finished.
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