las post was feb13th. back to bellingham and we moved out of the house, with our new puppy tupelo in tow from california. down to california again the second week of april for c's birthday, and a gorgeous time spent in the hills and on the coast. we're now in montana, on our way back east with even more dogs in tow: flash (our ref lab from last ( Read more... )

Reconnected in another world, down here in Mendocino. Feels far from other lives when you get to fill the day with whatever you choose because you are making it all. Just sitting listening to frogs, even ( Read more... )

This article from the AP in the local paper today had me fuming at work. The headline in the printed edition was less silly, but still! NFURIATING. This vaccine, which could save your life might hurt a little bit. Heavens!

As crappily as we're paid, there are some nice perks at this job. I'll be recieving a free Wusthof bread knife, a free rectangular stoneware baking dish from Chantal, and an enameled cast iron french oven from Le Creuset. That's about $300 worth of merch for free. Schweet ( Read more... )

Thinking maybe we'll go to work in Alaska this summer... that could be [not] a lot of fun, we'd make bank, and then go climb a mountain or kayak fjords ( Read more... )

I could eat cream cheese, tomato, and avocado sandwiches every dayyyy!!! Mmmm...

Our landlord gave us a ham for Christmas. Isn't that nice??

Regarding Emily's post about saying "Merry Christmas" to customers... I, surprisingly, found myself saying that to every single customer that went through my till for the last couple of weeks. In this town, hell yeah everyone's Christian (or at the very least celebrates Christmas, regardless of whether or not they're religiously inclined), but I ( Read more... )

It's a white Christmas! I spent this evening with friends up on Chuckanut. About a dozen people (I was the only female!) and as many dogs, as well as two goats, a llama, and a chicken, all around this beautiful log cabin in the woods. It was beautiful, life is beautiful, and it will be better in a week ( Read more... )

You should just guess how much it cost to fill up the car the other day: $97!! It was almost 30gallons at $2.99 (which is the cheapest in town by almost $.25)

There's a bottle of Chimay Grande Reserve in the fridge, waiting for Colin to come home. I'm downing double bottles of cabernet until then while decorating the 'christmas tree,' and feeling a bit like a [really awesome] single mom.
Katie is coming to Portland in February and I can't fucking wait. I'll get to check out a cool town and a cooler