Cross-posted in pdx_cupcakes

As was previously mentioned by the esteemed drjeff, I was the recipient of a special birthday surprise courtesy of krazyfelioness. (she'll be shy and say it wasn't much of a surprise, but truly, it was).

Unfortunately, I was not home at the time of the delivery of said delish cupcakes, and I missed out on getting one mashed into my mouth by drjeff ( Read more... )

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Wow.

Legos are awesome.

As I posted in DP - I'm planning on a long-ish bike ride this Friday (3-day weekend!). I'm thinking maybe Sauvie Island, Dundee, Canby, Springwater Corridor - something 15-20 miles ( Read more... )

the cat woke us both up today around 5 AM ( Read more... )

Oh, today will be fun. Let's go, 80 degree + sunny weather!

I guess so, I mean, physically. We haven't had the ultrasound yet, but the doctor determined that a static-ey, scratchy noise was my baby's heartbeat (a "parlor trick" I said). Apparently, there's a "day" for "fathers" that is supposed to be recognized by buying lousy ties or having a kid put together macaroni art. Speaking of, I'll give dad a ( Read more... )

Still too early for picklin' cucumbers.

So, I made Walla Walla sweet onion rings instead.

Oh yeah.

When I was in high school, I was in my school Spanish Club. We went to Costa Rica as a school group for 4 weeks in 1999, which, yes, was 10 years ago ( Read more... )

This was my first "car" car (that I could call my own). This image came from a timeline at the NY Times website. This matches mine almost exactly, down to the red paint scheme (which I dutifully applied over the course of a lazy summer with about 16 cans of aerosol paint). With the bankruptcy of GM, there's something slightly unnerving having my ( Read more... )