Sad news

My neighbor is moving.  Several states away.

Happy for them.  Sad for me.

No more shared dinners.

No more random kitchen wisdom.

No more craft stuff.

No more drop-ins.

No more lawn-mower-borrowing.

No more girl conversations.

No more 2-year-old wisdom.

*Sigh*

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.  ~ Elbert Hubbard

Rubbing hips with the rich and green...

Today a friend and I went to Bainbridge Island to take advantage of all the island has to offer.  Bainbridge Island is the "in" place to be...full of wealthy elitests wearing birkenstocks and paying $20 for what costs $5 anywhere else.  But, the place is beautiful, clean, and full of unique things...

First stop...Bainbridge Organic Distillery...

Release day for their organic whiskey...sells out in one day, and one bottle allowed per person.  We got there an hour early to make sure we each got a bottle.  No, I'm not a whiskey person, I just wanted to get in on it....

I'm more of a vodka person.  Supposedly this stuff is so good it would be a crime to mix it with anything.  We'll see...

Lunch.  Yup...I drank part of mine.  And no, thats hard cider, not weak beer. 

We also stopped at the Bainbridge Farmers market, where I picked up some herbs to start my indoor herb garden...rosemary, thyme, varigated oregano, and chives...

mint...

And apple mint.  Hopefully my sunroom will smell delicious in a couple of days....

Atticus wisely stayed outside while I planted.

Yay!  Indoor garden!  (and outdoor crazy dog!).

2 hours til I meet another friend to watch the Sounders game (on TV, not going to the game....that is a goal though).  So I have 2 hours to figure out what to make with all the veggies in my fridge.

4 more days of work til my vacation.  I NEED IT!

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
~ WB Yeats

Thats right...

...I finally planted my garden.

*crosses fingers*

Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold onto something or someone the more it wants to get away.  You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted.  For having wanted to be wanted.  It confuses you because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so small because its so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn't come back.  You're left so alone that you can't explain. 
~ Henry Rollins

A pretty good start

Using this tutorial, and the motivation from my upcoming trip to Texas, I took...



This...

And changed it to this...

 

So simple.  5 minutes and 2 rows of stitches.  I didn't even change out the hot pink thread on my machine...

 

This...



To this...



This...

To this...

All were 99 cent goodwill specials - one that I had previously gussied up with some fabric paint.  Less than 30 minutes and I had 3 new tank tops!

In food news, this week I tried....

Creamy mashed cauliflower.  Pretty good.

Vegan carrot cake balls... YUM.

I have a super busy weekend planned.  Hope to get everything done before my last week of work before my mini-vacation to Texas! 

"You can pay me in vegan cakeballs." ~ my neighbor

Yesterday

Heading off to a birthday party...crossing the Hood Canal Bridge

One reason to love the PNW

Yup..birthday party for a 3 year old



This was my view all day




And this




I haven't had a fire-roasted hot dog in too long. It was way more delicious than it should have been.




My view near the end of the day...high tide.  Compare to the other pic when you look at the sticks in the water...


If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake. ~ Eli Siegel

Hey good lookin'....

Vegan Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies.  Delicious.

Oatmeal Garlic Drops - For Atticus.  Not bad for humans either.

A skirt for a 3 year - party tomorrow.  My favorite skirt in the world to make.  I've made it for several of my nieces already.

Up close on the skirt...princesses and cupcakes.

Can't go bad with homemade wrapping paper...

Ahh yes...I bought a wheelbarrow. 

And am sporting bruises from falling off a bosu ball yesterday.  I shouldn't try anything that requires balance.  I know that.  It just adds to the layers of bruises underneath...

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
~ A.A. Milne

The voice

There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long.
"I feel that this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong."
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
Whats right for you -- just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.
~ Shel Silverstein