I woke up this morning in a panic about driving a moving van/truck to Pittsburgh. I decided to re-evaluate the cost of driving that verses driving a car and having a moving company ship my stuff. It wound up being the same price, so I decided to cancel the self-move and have the [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Goodbyes and Jam
Posted in Cooking, Seattle, Travel, life, move, tea, tagged blueberies, blueberry jam, friends, jam, Mercer Island, Recipe, tayberries, tayberry jam, tea on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
La Conner, WA
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Seattle, Travel, life, quilt, tagged Battlestar Galactica, berry picking, blueberries, BSG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, friends, La Conner, quilt, Sakuma Brothers Farms, tayberries on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I drove with a friend to La Conner, WA, today (about an hour north of Seattle). We went to the Quilt and Textile Museum where we saw some quilts that inspired me to get back to my own quilting projects and a special exhibit on quilts from Japan. The Japanese quilts were [...]
Reading
Posted in Books, cats, life, tagged book, cracker jacks, Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm, juicy fruit, PBR, read on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rarely do I re-read a book. In fact, the book I’m about to tell you about is the only book I can remember re-reading in the past 3 years. The book I just finished re-reading is The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. the book is about the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. [...]
Going Away Party Recap
Posted in Seattle, life, move, tagged Buddy, dog, karaoke, party, pinata, snail on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had so much fun at my going away party last night! All 5 of my best friends in Seattle showed up. We talked and laughed and took goofy pictures. The pinata was fun, and we eventually got the BBQ going.
Then 2 of my friends and I went to do karaoke – what a blast! [...]
Slice of Heaven
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, TV, Travel, life, move, tagged Battlestar Galactica, BBQ, Border Collies, BSG, Central Washington, move, pinata, snails on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I rented a car to run some errands. I finished really early and decided to take up a friend on her offer to visit her at her folks’ house in Central Washington. I knew I just needed to get out of town; what I didn’t expect was to find a slice of [...]
The Best Show on TV
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, TV, life, tagged Battlestar Galactica, BSG, Rome, Television, TV, Twilght Zone on July 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The lack of posting has not been due to packing, or getting ready to move, or sewing, or quilting. The lack of posting has been due to the best show on TV ever – Battlestar Galactica. Now, I know I’ve lost some of you, and I’m not a fan of sci-fi, but allow [...]
Of Tea and Dogs
Posted in Seattle, tea, tagged Buddy, dog, tea on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I went to T(ea) Gallery (the second day in a row) with my friend’s dog, Buddy.
First the tea. Yesterday, I got the Tru-Berry Blast (brewed Wild Berry Black Tea over ice with soy milk). Today, I had the Peach Blossom White Tea. Now I’m not going to even attempt to describe [...]
Ladybugs
Posted in Seattle, cats, life, tagged cats, ladybugs, life, Seattle on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starting last Thursday or Friday, I have had a ladybug land on me or in my house everyday. On Saturday, there were 2 that landed on me at different times, and then there was one to welcome me home. Very strange.
So a simple search turned up couple of interesting articles. The first, was this article [...]
Easy as (Cherry) Pie
Posted in Seattle, bake, tagged bake, cherries, pie on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I do have a housewife streak – I usually make my own blue cheese salad dressing, my own corn tortillas, and, every once in a great while, I’ll bake.
With the arrival of home-grown cherries from a friend this morning, I got to work. I actually made the dough yesterday (I had advance notice of the [...]
Getting Ready…
Posted in Seattle, bake, cats, move, quilt, tagged bake, cats, move, preparation, quilt on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well folks, I’m still getting ready for the move. I’m anxious, scared, frustrated, terrified, and downright giddy about moving from Seattle to Pittsburgh. There are so many little things that I have to, should be doing, and want to do, I’m starting to think I don’t have time to move!
The important things – [...]
