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Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Project 365: June 11th through June 17th

June 11th: First day with the new top down at work! June 12th: About to jump on the table to spend an hour with one of my amazing massage therapists. Having dinner at Koji Lloyd Center with Ms Katy during her brief visit to the NW. And you can see my car parked out the window. June 13th: Having lunch at Hayden's Lakefront Grill. They have a pond outside with ducks and such. They finally updated the name at the hotline...I like our new logo as well. June 14th: I finally got around to remembering to add a picture of the new sword arrangement I did in the family room since I brought Patrick and my matching katanas in from storage. We have fully matching samurai outfits only my sword has dragonfly charms on it while Patrick's has dragons and Japanese woodcut waves. June 15th: This is what $9 from Sushi Land Bridgeport Village looks like - salmon, yellowtail, veggie roll and a yellowtail roll....YUM! June 16th: BEST MIMOSA BAR EVER! Lauriel made all these homemade syrups, purees and bitters for Brandy's graduation party...shown is the lady of honor adding finishing touches... And these was on sweet Lauriel and Edward's amazing back deck. June 17th: PRIDE! I had a great time spending the afternoon at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's booth handing out beads to folks to memorialize their lost friends and loved ones. I met some of the most amazing people and even got free hugs. What a great day! Lovely dinner with Patrick at the Chart House in the hills overlooking Portland.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Project 365: June 4th through June 10th

June 4th: A standard run to Lowes for stone and a few clearance plants - who can resist a curly filbert for $19.99 at 50% off. The far left closest plant I had to get - a humingbird was going crazy for it in the plant center! June 5th: After doing some shopping Macha lays claim. Would you move her? Seriously - this is what pure joy looks like....not pictured is her kneading the box with her little paw. June 6th: My lupines began blooming in the backyard. June 6th: And I finally finished (after a week pretty solid) weeding the front yard. June 6th: Here is the rest of the front yard which I just finished weeding. June 6th: The front of the house. June 7th: Patrick finished the sun garden and new sitting area. And, believe it or not, those are daisies in the back. June 8th: Running to downtown Portland. June 8th: The courthouse - meeting up with our lawyer. June 8th: Apprently someone was in such a hurry he ran right out of his shoes. June 9th: Our friends Derek and Mike married each other in our backyard. This was their cake topper which represents two sould from different worlds. June 10th: I rescued this rose from my awesome mechanic's yard and now it is looking amazing. June 10th: Look at that color!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Project 365: May 28th through June 3rd

May 28th - Desert of yum! Patrick made this amazing lemon tart from scratch and a blackberry sauce using my homemade blackberry preserves for desert with Heidi, Rob, Mike, and Derek. May 29th - Vampire spiders! So the throat scratch is thanks to Yuki who loves leaving date rape scratches on me and Patrick. The two sets of red marks though are thanks to the spider. And these are them almost completely healed! May 30th - Gluing the magnetic strips onto my little containers to make my new spice rack. Labeling my new spice jars with my jam labels....good thing I stock up on them for making jams. May 31st - The new spice rack after Patrick screwed the metal to our kitchen wall. I was actually sort of amazed because I thought I had way more spices. The magnets are even strong enough (with some epoxy that is) to hold a full tin of Allspice Berries. June 1st - Hanging out with Amber Rose, Jen, Caroline, Jason, and Joe at the Fez for Decadent 80's. June 2nd - Beaverton Recycling Day - a long day unloading cars but feeling great afterwards. It was a little strange this year unloading cars with the mayor. June 3rd - Patrick made this happen. He completely refinished this gorgeous garden bench that Sean T Lewis gifted our yard a few years ago. It looks so lovely under the maple tree now.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Project 365: March 19th through March 25th

March 19th: And so all of the girls suddenly started laying so we are yielding a dozen eggs every three days.


March 20th: My first visit to the Z Gallery...




March 21st:Snow fall to celebrate Springtime...


March 22nd: This represents my office mates and me - I adore the guys.


March 23rd: The next stage of weeding the front yard.


March 24th: Joe's 40th Birthday party and his swanky digs.


March 25th: Breakfast at Cadillac Cafe with Jen.


A happy flower right by the Cadillac Cafe.


Pier One Imports

Monday, March 5, 2012

Project 365: February 26th through March 4th

February 27th: Labeling Patrick's 2 cases of honey mead.


February 28th: Ugh...weeds from hell and the bulbs growing like mad!


February 29th: In Beaverton, Patrick and I call this our town's orgy wall...lol


March 1st: I am so in love with the selection of unique colors by Butter London but I have yet to commit to their $17 per bottle price tag.


At Michael's I found these adorable porcelain birds for half price.


March 2nd: Chow gave Mathias the gift that REALLY keeps on giving. Just remember, "Yummy in your Tummy!"


March 3rd: Me and Jemiah clinking our cocktails at the Gemini Lounge for Corban's birthday soiree.


The light collection at the Gemini Lounge for Corban's birthday soiree.


March 4th: Me and Patrick take in a Timbers game at Jeld Wen Field.




Me and Patrick having dinner at Urban Fondue post Timbers game.