Project 365: April 2nd through April 8th

April 2nd: Dinner at Richard's and we brought this lemon butter cake for desert which Patrick made. We also brought over some of my homemade lemon curd which I can to go with it.


April 3rd: Drinks and dancing at Mummy's Restaurant downtown - well, we were actually watching several bellydancers, including Sean's sweet lady Bridie.


Bridie dancing at Mummy's Restaurant.


Decorations at Mummy's Restaurant.


Dinner at Le Happy with Jen and Patrick. This was amazing - I got the coconut cream with toasted coconut crepe. I also had them add bananas and chocolate.


April 4th: Dinner with Jen and Patrick at Mio...salmon, tuna and yellowtail nigiri; double crunch roll; alaska roll with real crab; dragon roll; and sunset roll. Plate of nom!


April 5th: Work bathroom...the ladies have this sweet (and VERY handy) group of things which are handy - hairspray, spray deodorant, moisturizer, flossing picks etc...just using a bathroom 2000+ other people are not using is pleasing enough.


April 6th: Getting a massage on a sunny afternoon. I love the space of this gal...


April 7th: Late night at the B Side with Vincent, Mindy and Sean...this is the girl's room.


April 8th: All in a day! Got a pile of clearance sweaters and tank tops at Old Navy plus a pile from Ulta using my 20% off: Stila One Step Correct, Korres Wild Rose Moisturizer, Korres Pomegranate Deep Cleansing Exfoliant, Sebastian Potion #9 Smoothstepper, Urban DecayPrimer potion, OPI nail polish in Gouda Gouda Two Shoes, Rimmel nail polish in English Rose, Rimmel base & top coat and shimmery rose lip pencil by NYX Cosmetics.

Project 365: March 26th through April 1st

March 26th: One of my walls at work which contains some of my favorite work - the small card of The Summit ala Michael Parkes and Almond Blossom by Van Gogh. I adore Van Gogh and have two prints of his in my home. I love his floral drawings with blues and greens though my favorite is still Crows over the Wheatfields.


March 27th: My lonely little MG waiting for me to drive it home after everyone else has long gone home. I must say though I still feel so much safer working where I do now since the area has such a non existent crime rate.


March 28th: My sweet Heidi found this gorgeous print for me! I love it's title, "Renewal" always as much as the piece.


March 29th: Just another awesome day at work getting spoiled rotten with our own barista being brought in serving us coffee, hot cocoa, orange juice and Italian sodas - as many of whatever as we wanted...nice start of the day indeed.


March 30th: Koi Fushion came out (again thank you to our boss) to make us all whatever we wanted for lunch and this was on their cart: "Do Not Serve"...ummmm.....


Me and one of my nearest and dearest Wendy - we laughed hysterically when discovering we were going with matching outfits. We picked up Sean and he was also in black and red as well. I always loved this dress and was grateful it fit again. Korina specially ordered it for me and went postal on people during phone calls to get my dress in time for the event I was attending...I always get so many compliments on it.


March 31st: Lan Su Chinese Garden's plant sale with Krisha.






April 1st: On our 12 year anniversary we drove to Salem to visit Patrick's mom (well my mom too :)). This is her BFF Liam who is a big love bug...I mean just look at that sweet face.

December 28th, 2011

Patrick and I wandered to Peacock Lane and did two drivethroughs which is always a lovely sight which is the first photo. The rest of the pictures were from our annual visit to the Grotto in Portland which we definitely want to go to this year to wander through the gardens when everything is in bloom. As it is the walk to the chapel itself for the Festival of Lights is, as you can clearly see...beautiful. It was nice to do this after Christmas since everything was way less crowded and far more peaceful.

Project 365: December 19th through December 25th

December 19th: Each year Christmas decorations get scarier every year such as this fine example from Fred Meyer of a wood carved squirrel made to look like pinecones.


December 20th: Our friend Dave gave us tickets to see the new Sherlock Holmes at Roseway Theater so voila!


After the movie we wandered to Voodoo Donut on our way home for some apple fritters.


December 21st: My creation for the season was this wreath I made from two berry garlands we never found uses for but have had for years now. I used a glue gun and added piles from my wreathing collection - plus it matches the theme of red and gold for my tree perfectly. Next year we are back to Patrick's blue and silver tree.


December 22nd: Karaoke fun at Noho's Hawaiian Restaurant hosted by Rocky and Susanne with Heidi, Kyle, Adam and Jason.


December 23rd:Walking through downtown to the Keller Auditorium for the Nutcracker by Oregon Ballet Theater.


...and waiting for the ballet to begin...


December 24th: Christmas Eve dinner with Wendy and Brandt.


December 25th: Our Amaryllis bloomed just in time for Christmas!

December 18th, 2011

Since we bought our house we have held a traditional potluck every year to celebrate the holidays and good cooking. We lovingly call it the Sugar Plum potluck and her are some pictures I snapped just before the party.

The best Christmas book ever which was given to me twice last year - no complaints!


Our fireplace and candles all lit up...


The snack table: Summer sausage with smoked cheddar, blue corn chips with guac hummus and homemade blended salsa, chevre with Italian bread, Devil's food cookies and M&Ms peanut and M&Ms peanut butter.


Our gorgeous Christmas tree.


We have started a small nutcracker collection which I want to start growing. I won the first one in a white elephant gift steal at work and the second was a present last year to Patrick from year - yes, it is a pirate.


And then I began working on the Yule bags I make for everyone. This pile is from trimming my bay laurel so I can put leaves in everyone's bags.