Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category

Local Veggies and Fruits

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

I'm impatiently waiting for my local farmer's markets to open for the summer, and I'm already enjoying some local veggies such as asparagus from the grocery stores. Much to my delight, in an email with local happenings at work, I learned about a Community Supported Agriculture program that delivers ...

Beautiful Scrollsaw Art

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

I found a good place to hang my beautiful chickadee scrollsaw art from a friend back in the day in high school, Trisha Jack. Check out her shop on Etsy!.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Emma turned two today. We went to the pet store to celebrate. She got a few treats, lots of dogs to meet and greet, and got to pick out a new little squeeky toy to eviscerate. After all that hard play and a frosty paws, time for ...

Emma at the Dog Park

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

We try to take Emma to a dog park at least once a month, and more often if we can and the weather cooperates. Today we went to our local favorite, Ebey Island. It was just Emma and I today - Shaun stayed home to work on beating ...

Wine Review – Pasek Cellars Blackberry Wine

Friday, March 19th, 2010

I know next to nothing about wines, and tend to dislike or barely tolerate the flavor of most of them except in cooking applications, so I was pleasantly surprised when I opened a bottle of Pasek Cellars Blackberry Wine and was greeted with a real aroma of blackberries :-P ...

Portrait of Emma

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

A friend of Shaun's (and now of mine too), Brenden, painted a portrait of Emma for us. I'm just thrilled with it, and it now graces our dining room. Isn't it awesome?

Emma-chicken

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

One of Emma's many nicknames is "Emma-chicken." I'm not quite sure how that came about originally, but tonight, she sure was doing a great job imitating a brooding hen. She nudged the pillows in to the corner of the couch then hopped up, wedged herself in the corner, ...

Emma and Loofadog

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

I saw these huge loofa dogs at Walgreens the other day on a big sale, and had to get one. Emma wasn't sure what to think at first, since it's about a long as she is, and first she just grappled it, but she soon got to playing with ...

A Nice Friday Off

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Today was my Friday off, and as I had to drop Shaun at the airport, I took the opportunity to explore the Southcenter Mall. It's the newest mall in the region and was very nice. Many many stores that enginerd me could not care any less about, ...

Tuckered Emma Girl

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Shaun had some Navy obligations this past weekend, so it was just me and the pup. Saturday we went to the dog park, where she made friends and got to run full throttle :-) Afterwards, she thought that being flat was the way to go. ...