Comic relief

Cause its been awhile since you've seen a funny face in the mirror shot....

Mwahahahaha.  I'm sporting a do-it-yourself face treatment.  Cinnamon, nutmeg, and honey.  If you do it yourself (here's the link), just be careful.  Its runny.

"All of a sudden we've become experts on John Adams." ~ my mom

Another one bites the dust

compliments of Atticus

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
~ Edgar Allan Poe

Another plate of awesomeness

Rhubarb Shortcakes...veganized.  Dessert tonight.  Yum.

I like people too much or not at all. ~ Sylvia Plath

Converting trash

Oh, today...

This world of ours is chock full of magic, wonder, kittens, and assholes.  Unfortunately, I seem to encounter assholes a lot more frequently than the first three.  But the problem with being a jerk in return is that you are thereby increasing the world asshole population.  You can instead be gracious and walk away with the upperhand.
Don't yell back at them.  Don't swear.  Don't call names.  Calmly stand your ground, secure in the knowledge that eventually you will emerge triumphant.  Why?  Because you are one dignified-ass person, and dignity always wins out in the end.
~ Kelly Williams Brown

Leavenworth

This weekend I went to Leavenworth, WA with some friends.  We had wanted to do a weekend trip #1 before Erin leaves us, and #2 before Michelle got married.  We picked Leavenworth because none of us had ever been there, it sounded awesome, and we went for a wine-walk. 



The Cascade mountains while driving through the pass.  Pretty.




The entire town of Leavenworth is made to look like a Bavarian town.  Its kitchy and kinda cool.  This is our hotel.




Literally at the base of the Cascades...




What every single place in town looks like - including Subway and the local gas station.




We shopped....





Ate and bought more cheese than I thought possible...




Went on a wine-walk...(awesome!)




Ate tons of food.  From L-R - Erin, Michelle, Jayme, and myself.  We had a mini-batchelorette celebration for Michelle.




I will miss Erin when she leaves.  *sigh*




After the wine walk....we had some 14 year old wanna-be-hipster girl take our photo.  I can't remember what we were laughing at.


Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
~ Benjamin Franklin

Another photo dump



I bought some new measuring cups to help motivate me to cook. 



Fresh eggs from my CSA.  They are pretty.

Poor dragonfly was caught in a spiderweb in the window.  Doesn't he look fierce?  I rescued him but he flew into another one and tuckered out.  Circle of life. 

I tried bee pollen this week.  Supposedly gives you energy.  Just tasted chewy to me.

Second to last pedicure session with Jenni.  She's leaving in July. 

Trying to get back to doing more cardio.  I'm bored with most of the classes, so I ended up on the elliptical this week.  I compared it to the first of my cardio sessions last year....1/2 mile more, 25 more strides per minute, and almost 100 more calories burned.  Perhaps I'm getting better.

Sometimes I work out just so I can eat pie and catch up with friends. 

Guess where Atticus was sitting when I was petting him?  Ridiculous.

"Somehow your burp has made me want a soda real bad."
~ K.N.