desk

30May08

i’ve been sorting through my husband’s receipts to get them ready to enter into quickbooks. in order to do so i had to clear off my desk. organizing is hard for me. maintaining clear surfaces is hard for me. if there’s an empty space i will put a pile of papers on it immediately. anyway, […]

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Tags: desk, desktop

new sandals

30May08

i was at old navy today stocking up on some summer wardrobe essentials. i wear my summer shirts so much that they don’t really make it to the following summer. because of this i don’t see any reason to spend a lot on something i won’t have for years and years. i mean, we’re talking […]

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Tags: old navy, sandals

first anniversary, part one

29May08

(from bluelines) in less than two weeks my husband and i will celebrate our first wedding anniversary! it has been a wonderful year which has gone by so quickly. with this milestone fast approaching i’ve been thinking about anniversary gifts. the first anniversary gift is supposed to be made of paper, if you want to […]

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Tags: bohemian modern, first wedding anniversary, jamie oliver, kate spade, orla kiely, paper gifts, port2port press

sorry…

28May08

i know it has been over a week since my last post. i came down with the flu. i was so sick that i couldn’t look at a computer screen. i hadn’t had the stomach flu since i was a child. it is worse than i remember. my husband was an absolute champ! he went […]

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Tags: sick, the flu

video

19May08

here’s a video clip from the obama rally yesterday! it gives you a good view of barack speaking, and then vincent pans the camera, rather quickly i might add, to show the boats in the water and the enormous crowd behind us.

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Tags: obama, obama in portland

obama rally in portland draws 75,000 people!

19May08

yesterday vincent and i were a part of the largest obama rally ever and we were so grateful to be there. he wasn’t scheduled to speak until 2:30, but we decided to go early to try to get as close as we could. we found the line at 10 and it was already 5 or […]

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Tags: barack obama, obama, obama rally, portland

i love my a.c.

16May08

this is our first summer in this apartment and consequently our first apartment with air conditioning. our place has a loft where we have our desks, closets, and bed. all of the heat is just collecting up there. i resisted turning on the a.c. until this morning. i think the high yesterday was 85. it […]

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Tags: air conditioner, hot weather, smell

afternoon snack

14May08

i spent this morning sewing and listening to podcasts. the cats like to help me with my sewing. i’m working on making a curtain and the bed is the only surface big enough to lay out the fabric. the kitties thought it was very entertaining. after i had worked up an appetite sewing i decided […]

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Tags: banana bread, cats, honey, raynblest farm, sewing

mother’s day

13May08

i made my mom dinner for mother’s day. she and i went to the farmers’ market and looked for the best ingredients we could find. continuing with my plan to try new food i picked up some shitake and maitake mushrooms. once i got home i was trying to think of something i could make […]

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Tags: maitake, mother's day, pinot gris, savory crepes, shitake

pea shoots

09May08

last saturday at the farmers’ market i picked up these lovely pea shoots. i hadn’t tried them before but decided to pick them up. when i got home i looked at a few recipes and decided to use them in a salad. it looks like they’d been good in a stir fry as well. with […]

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Tags: caesar salad, grampa, pea shoots, salad, vinaigrette