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Monday, February 11, 2013

coffee + tea exchange


Back in December Beca of Tumbleweeds Handcraft put together a coffee + tea exchange. I love coffee and I'm trying to drink more teas so I definitely signed up. I was lucky to be paired with Lauren of A Wild Tonic.

Lauren is a coffee drinker and so I was geeked to be able to send off a some delicious Populace Coffee and mug from the Cafe! It looks like she loved it or at least the packaging. yay!


Lauren sent me three different teas. I'd never had a China OOlong so I was excited to try it. It didn't disappoint. Sometimes I feel like I live on that Stress Relief tea, and you can't go wrong with a caffeine free set since I mostly drink my teas in the evening.

Thanks Lauren & Beca!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

the final haul of tomatoes


After the heat being on in the house for a week and a few nights close to or at freezing I decided on Thursday it was time to clean out the front bed. An hour later, into the dark and four big bowls of goodies later I ended up with all of this. This morning I sorted through all of it and tried to get the dirt off it as best as I could. We have a lot of tomatoes and peppers to eat and quite a few that will get green over the next few weeks! My mom told sometimes you can have homegrown tomatoes at Christmas, wouldn't that be cool?

I think I'll be making these sunovendried tomatoes soon. yum!

Some things I learned from tomato-ing this year:
Trim the plants back as they grow, even though there might be a smaller yeild that yield will probably be tastier and grow quicker.
We're not really fans of beefsteak tomatoes. Variety.
Be ready to stake peppers and tomatoes as the grow.
Use bigger tomato cages.

I loved watching elise's backyard garden this year. Lots of inspiration, none of tomatoes were ever this red!

Previous hauls this summer:


Friday, May 25, 2012

blanks + senses + links + insta


 
1.  The best surprise ever would be if someone had invented a publicly available teleportation machine before this weekend and I could have stayed home and had a mostly relaxing yet productive weekend but also spent a couple of day eight hours away in Houghton with family. It mostly would have been the best surprise ever so that I wouldn't have stressed over the decision for weeks beforehand. I felt 50/50 the whole time.
 
2.  I'm feeling a bit removed from memories so I'm having a hard time thinking of my most favorite memory .

3.  The hardest, but most worthwhile thing I've ever done was moving to New York and being on my own for 18 months. It was hard because I was alone. It was worthwhile because I was alone.

4.  The best part of my day is the downtime in the evenings when Matt and I get to hang out, sometimes we veg hardcore, sometime we make dinner together, but we're together laughing about something, usually the cats. 

5. Something I like that most people don't is ranch dressing on my pasta & rice, no doubt.

6. Something I am willing to fight for is peace & quiet & calm in my home.

7.  Something you might not know about me is my house had an ant infestation on the porch. It was the in the top 10 the bug guy has seen in 10 years and 3,000 houses. TOP 10.

good morning, these cups makes me nostalgic for new york.
Seeing: sunshine and a quiet house. thankful. the yellow pages that guiltily remind me i did not get a property line survey lined up for next week.
Making: 
Watching: three episodes of Glee, earlier today. I think three is my max.
Hearing: songs in my iTunes, i'm trying to clean out the music I don't like.
Quoting: 99% of life is mundane, so it's important to remember to enjoy the everyday.  -Amanda's dad.
Anticipating: Matt getting home and deciding what to do with the rest of our day, out and about or lazing about. and then the rest of our weekend. I have a to do list to tackle.
Loving: this lazy day. i needed it.
Feeling: ready for a shower.
 
 good afternoon, making the switch from coffee to beer on a holiday weekend.


elise's summer vacation book.
sheen is making jealous of summer foods that grows in (not even) June and not October!
beca of tumbleweeds will be featured on fab in two weeks, i can't wait!
Koubachi gives your plants a voice, I downloaded this app as soon as I discovered it! thanks swissmiss.
After reading this it was fun to see this Marc John's illustration a few blogs down. It's so true. I'm also basically allergic to "big talk too."
Um, yes: Win A Free Wedding!
There is some serious stamp love and developing going on out there.
This. Gorgeous lady. (bonus, a new blog to follow!)
Great cover. I was so proud to be supporting President Obama on my car that day. Reading Meg's reactions on twitter really brought it home too. (one reposted on the blog)
15 Great Tips for making a marriage last 15 years remember this gem too.
already prepping for the holiday season. 
I've never paid for a photo app, but I'm excited to try out VSCO cam after Amanda Jane's recommendation.

I'm going to need to remember this. This is a great post about working with vendors. It annoys me to now end that there are only two Michigan vendors on A Practical Wedding, and both over three hours away. I mean there have to be vendors out there, close by, that align with a Pactical and sane wedding. Right?! I mean, I hope so. I certainly concerns me.... side track.  So, I love that they end with:  
And if you find a vendor that totally has APW values but doesn't know about us yet, do us all a favor and have them apply for the vendor directory! Trust me, we all want to know their details.
good day, spent the day reading blogs (the reader had gotten out of control once again) and posting links here. 



the cats embraced the gloriously lazy day as well.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

week in the life: vol 2 / day four THURSDAY

 breakfast, i've bought it every day this week.
 vanilla candle, for admin pro's day.
 receipts. we ate out SO many times this months.
 'nough said.
i decked out my car. 
if you can see, there's a little circle, KNOPP we can. 
Thanks Get Glue.
 pretty blue skies and clouds today.
 a cat visit with Jasmine.
 Lilacs nearly in bloom.
 dinner: cheese, new slate boards, meat, salads, wine.
dinner demolished. 
sometimes a night calls for more than one bottle. ;)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

week in the life: vol 2 / day three WEDNESDAY

Picture overload? Consider it sorrow over my lost Tuesday pictures.

Sam-cat is crazy in the mornings, he's basically addicted to the shower.
 Trash day. We filled all those yard bags last weekend. I was sore for three days. The whole yard looks better than it's looked in over a year, I'd call that success!
92 page views from Monday's post and not a single comment! This is always so surprising to me. Even if  you found my blog boring (cats, wine) wouldn't you comment just so it brought me back to your blog or to say "hey, go you, way to participate"?!
Work, clutter, Admin Professionals week card!
Customary bathroom shot. Leaving a rat in boss's chair for his return. 
Burning sugar beets? My gas mileage has been pretty impressive for the last few weeks.
Prepping dinner. Fab delivery unwrapped, Brooklyn Slate!
Standard salads. Beautiful blooms. Silly Lulu-kitty.

Monday, April 23, 2012

week in the life: vol 2 / day one MONDAY

Hi, hi, hi! visitors from Ali's blog! Please stop a moment and say hi! :)

I've always liked the term volume.








MONDAY: 

breakfast. hello self, all did up, hanging out in the bathroom
workplace buddy, the triceratops
life is hard. being a cat. watching bugs.
he's adorable. and he cooks! <3
day in the life usually has me moving butt on the first day, weeding last year, finally fixing my calendar this year. 
cat {BOOTS (gizmo)} visitor, sam is totally unsure about this. 
dinner {he plates well}. wine. 

GOOD NIGHT.

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