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: January 16th through January 22nd

January 16th: For Yule I got some of our family members digital picture frames for a great deal at Best Buy.


I opened them all up clearing out all the packing.


I got really inexpensive SD cards from Ebay which I loaded up with 2 years worth of Project 365 photos. I loaded up the SD cards onto the digital frames so they just needed to be plugged in.


Macha helps me sort through the pages...


I staple the 12 pages together which describe what each day's photo is of.


And Macha continues her help warming the digital frame boxes.


January 17th: SNOW DAY! Or actually night since it melted off as fast as it came in.


January 18th: My new scarf hanger and my scarves all organized.


I found these gorgeous candle holders at Home Goods for cheap to use in my wrought iron sconces. They are greenish with gold.


January 19th: My friend Jemiah's gorgeous and super sweet kitty always hits on me when I visit.


January 20th: Soup party at Dana and Seth's. While playing card games I laughed looking at the floor and seeing how the twins have decorated their parent's house.


January 21st: Heading out to Sunday's birthday party I packed her present up and topped it with some rosemary from the garden.


January 22nd: 1am at the Rocky Horror Picture Show with Robert, Kandice and Kevin.

November 10th, 2011 Lemon Ginger Marmalade

A few weeks ago I made some of my lemon ginger marmalade.


Skinning the lemons and being careful to avoid the pith.


Slicing up the zest.


Cutting the pith off the fruit and removing the seeds.


Cutting up the fruit.


Peeling the ginger.


And then cutting up the ginger.


Boiling the lemon and ginger.


Mmmmm marmalade...


Labeling the jars...

Project 365: September 19th through September 25th

September 19th: This guy came running across the floor at me..showing his giant teeth...trying to eat me...until my daring husband dispatched his ass..


September 20th: Apparently the chickens think the black plant containers mean take out...so they ate the new pansies and violas before I could even plant them in my clay pots.


September 21st: A perfect red rose in my garden.


September 22nd: Gabriel claims Scott...my gay cat loooooooves gentlemen callers.


September 22nd: We have the honor of sharing our wedding anniversary with Brandy and Scott. We had a mini (although late...lol) celebration (I cannot believe a year has passed already!) for a group of us throwing them a surprise wedding where Heidi officiated to go along with their signing. The night with Scott, Brandy, Heidi and Rob ruled! We drank a bottle of Frizzante (which is like the best thing EVER to be put into a wineglass) bought at the wedding site (Willamette Valley Vineyards) and ate pieces from the top of their amazing wedding cake made by Missy.


September 23rd: Me and Jen went to the Beaverton Library to watch my awesome neighbor Paul star in a super funny play titled Three Murders and Its Only Monday! See it if you can - I laughed my ass off!


September 24th: Jason and Kelly rule for sending the best care package ever...




So, we stored it in the freezer and did as we were told....so, it rests under the beer steins, next to the hash browns an above the leftover from scratch made red beans and rice...


September 25th: Rob and Delilah hanging out during our BBQ. Notice the gorgeous blue skys - perfect day for BBQ and croquet - it rocked.

Project 365: August 29th through September 4th

August 29th: Wine and red... I brought my dear friend Lisa Marie takeout so we could catch up in between her filling custom corset orders galore. I love her apartment - it is such a calming space.


August 30th: Picking up my car from its new mechanic. Note the ninja who has been baking in the sun for five years so his paint was completely sun bleached. This was a gift from my dear friend Jenna to my car a great number of years ago.


August 31st: Breakfast with Jen and Pete: Custard style French toast with powdered sugar and hazelnuts; cream cheese, spinach and tomato eggs; bacon and juice.


September 1st: Repainting the Rostyle wheels on my MG Midget which had become rather rust laden after a five year sit. Here is the before...


I might mention I did this freehand. And after...


September 2nd: Honey beige was the color of the day...and what a beautiful color it was! Helping Michele and Greg paint their new living room and family room the day before their big move into their new home


September 3rd: A wonderful lunch at Sinju in Bridgeport Village with Jen, Marissa, Jen's mom and Jen's aunt. Note the giant ball of wasabi.


September 4th: My poor little ninja has been painted fresh and will be returned to hang from my rear view mirror in my MG. Isn't he cute :) Since he was a gift to my car from Jenna it is only appropriate she was the first to ride in Bernie.


September 4th: My beautiful sunflowers which were a gift from my husband to celebrate our second wedding anniversary.