I spent a day a few weeks ago strolling through the resort town of Balboa Island with my dearest cousin Karen. I really couldn’t think of a sight that was more Newport Beach than a Paul Frank beach cruiser parked outside a fancy seafood restaurant. Southern California is such a deeply weird place at times. […]
[Continue reading...]Summer is here
May 26, 2009
The Big Day
May 21, 2009
For nearly a year now I’ve been going to a community college culinary school, and tonight is my very last class. Every Thursday since last August I’ve been dropping Atti off at Bear’s office, donning my chef’s whites, and going off to chop and boil to my hearts content. I have a fantastic team of […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #20
May 19, 2009
*we’re trudging along over here, trying to deal. I can’t tell you all how much your support means to me. Especially how seriously you all take it. Sometimes people who aren’t pet lovers just think this kind of reaction is silly, but you all get me. I love you guys.* For years and years my […]
[Continue reading...]In Praise of a Good Boy
May 18, 2009
My sweet little boy cat Lobo died today. We have no idea what happened. About two weeks ago he started losing weight but we thought that was just in hair that came off in the bath. Then he stopped eating, he grew lethargic, and last night he started having spasms and didn’t have the strength […]
[Continue reading...]Weekend Plans
May 15, 2009
I’m staring down the calendar and doing a little math in my head, and realizing that this year is already getting away from me. It’s time for me to start making some plans before I look up and I’m knee deep in November with nothing ready for Christmas. So I need to finish up some […]
[Continue reading...]Atti’s Mobile and Door sign
May 14, 2009
I’ve been meaning to share this forever, but you know, life and all. I made a couple additions to Atti’s room in between the time he came home and the time we transitioned him into his own crib. For starters, I made this cute little door sign. The same friend who cut all the vinyl […]
[Continue reading...]Back by popular demand
May 13, 2009
As I’ve thoroughly documented, I’m kind of obsessed with my garden. I forced myself to take a bit of a bloggy break from it though because I was getting a little single minded. It’s only one part of my homemaking efforts, so I needed to bring a little balance to the blog and to my […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #19
May 12, 2009
As part of my Mother’s Day celebration, Bear attempted to make my very favorite dessert of Chocolate eclairs. He cooked up the special Pate Choux dough, then we piped it into these squashed up figure 8’s per Alton Brown’s instructions. Straight out of the oven they were absolutely incredible. But before too long they deflated […]
[Continue reading...]Best Weekend
May 11, 2009
What a wonderful way to spend a day. Snuggled up to my favorite little guy while my favorite big guy makes me breakfast in bed. Homemade pastry with fresh whipped cream and strawberries. It was perfection. And I only had to fight Lobo off a little bit. It wasn’t too long before our family snuggletime […]
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