Project 365: May 14th through May 20th

May 14th: Patrick finished our gorgeous new gate!

May 15th: This is the long hall at work which separates our two offices - one which holds the underwriting staff plus our doc department. The other side our a huge pile of loan officers and IT folks.

May 16th: What a gorgeous ass! Thanks to my amazing mechanic my car has a new top and looks even prettier!

May 17th: Iris...in dark purple.

May 18th: Marrakesh for Jennifer's birthday before heading off to Voicebox Karaoke.

May 19th: Sushi dinner with Wendy, Danelle, Erynn and Amber Rose.

May 20th: The pile...to start the next projects...

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: February 13th through February 19th

February 13th: One of my new rings...flower power...


February 14th: Assessing the yard which needs a weeding something fierce. These are some anemone bulbs about to come up and you can see violas in the background.


February 15th: An example of me and Jen's texts to each other...we are both huge asparagus fans so I send her things like this when I find the super thin asparagus at Fred Meyer for such a cheap price.


February 16th: Reorganizing my dressing area. Starting from the left I found a amber glass and metal hanger which fits my fancy scarfs, mask and headbands well freeing up tons of space on my dresser. I added some nice hooks beside the mirror for all my necklaces since they were all much too long for my jewelry box which is in the center. Patrick added two floating shelves above the mirror which freed more space also on the dresser which I added my vases to etc. I added my 'M' hook to the right side of the mirror to hang a few more scarves from and hung more necklaces under that. I found a trash can which matched all the new cups and such I got to fit my makeup brudhes and such in. And finally I found a fleur de lis wreath door hook which we cannot use anywhere and just had which works perfect on the bedroom door which I now hang all my shawls from. Patrick was giggling that I made my side of the room all girlie.


Visiting my friend Lilith for some girl time...this is one of her sweet kitties who adores me.


February 17th: Mexican Trains Dominoes crack...on my way to Lilith's the night prior I grabbed this set and was delighted to discover my $22 bought a very nice game indeed.


Late in the evening Jen joined us for dinner. Patrick made this amazing angel food cake based on an Alton Brown recipe which we topped with macerated strawberries and fresh whip cream. We all agreed it was the best angel food cake we have ever had hands down.


February 18th: Patrick's amazing mead has now been bottled for 23 bottles total. He corked it all and added foils. We are now just waiting for the labels.


February 19th: Sushi lunch with Clinton, Annie and Jen.

Project 365: February 6th through February 12th

February 6th: The rescued rose bush from Kristin's house is growing very well.


February 7th: Having lunch at Hotel Oregon with Katy.


Dropping by Kason Vineyards to visit Matt and Christina and have a glass of Pinot Noir with Katy plus pick up spent wine bottles for my husband's mead batch.


Dropping by Kame Sushi in McMinnville with Katy before heading back home.


February 8th: Digging through the Pier One clearance section I discovered Big Bird's tragic fate...


February 9th: Backgammon and snacks with Cheryl L. White. — with Cheryl L. White.


February 10th: Izakaya Sushi dinner with Jen.



February 11th: Melissa and Mathias' wonderful tiki madness party was enhanced not just by the amazing food and company. The amazing collection tiki mugs was pretty inspiring. As seen here and accented with pink elephants and umbrellas.


February 12th: Olive Garden lunch with Jen Earp after getting our hair cuts together.


Yopop frozen soft serve yogurt which is tasty beyond description - especially their pineapple one topped with fresh pineapple!

Project 365: January 30th through February 5th

January 30th: Fall WAS for planting but I failed to get to a few things.


January 31st: Starting on the gardening with the weeding.


February 1st: Hotline shift night.


February 2nd: Hanging out at Yelp's Back to the Future Ball with Katy.


February 3rd: Daffodils coming up strong in the front yard.


February 4th: The state of the garden before everything comes up.


February 5th: Morning pedicure with Jen and Annie in the Hollywood District.


Afternoon lunch at Koji with Jen and Annie. Having my favorite - chicken katsu, shrimp tempura, miso, and their amazing salad with sesame dressing.


And then on to the late afternoon Superbowl party. Relaxing with some champagne at Ben and Rachel's great home. Their TV is two of ours.

Project 365: October 24th through October 30th

October 24th: I came across this ivy in my Halloween decorations which I bought for a particular party at Joe's several years ago.


October 25th: One side of the porch pumpkins - our "Halloween" theme - mine is this bleeder with my chef's knife which everyone lovingly calls my Mike Meyer's knife. The classic redux of the Halloween movie pumpkin was done by my husband.


October 26th: City Hall - meeting with the mayor's office folks.


October 27th: Lunch with Julia at Papa Hayden - we made sure to save room for desert. This was mine - the peanut butter torte.


October 27th: Lunch with Julia at Papa Hayden - we made sure to save room for desert. This was hers - the hazelnut cheesecake.


October 28th: Shopping with Melissa with a quick break for sushi at Benihana...


October 29th: Shopping with Melissa and we bought twin shoes since they were super warm and comfy.


October 30th: And back to the ivy - the espresso spray paint obviously only did so much. So I used up walnut and gold acrylic paint dry brushed.