Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category

Wooohooo!

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

On a whim, Shaun checked the LSAT site today, as tomorrow is when the email notifications are supposed to be going out, and the scores were already up. He kicked some major butt on that test - 93rd percentile!

A Celebratory Dinner

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

So Shaun is back from taking the LSAT, so we had a nice dinner tonight to celebrate no more LSAT studying. Tonight is the last night my folks are here as well. I made raspberry chipotle glazed pork tenderloin, roasted butternut squash (with cumin this time, which came ...

A Nice Birthday Evening and Restaurant Review: Ivar’s Mukilteo Landing

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Despite having to go to work :-P I did have a very nice birthday yesterday. After work I got home and was enthusiastically greeted by Emma. I freshened up a bit, then Shaun and I headed out to Ivar's Mukilteo Landing for a nice dinner on the ...

An Early Birthday Dinner

Friday, September 26th, 2008

My folks came by Thursday night on the way to a week of R&R out on the Olympic Peninsula, and since my birthday is next Monday, they thought it would be nice to have a little celebration while they were here. They live out in Colorado, so we don't ...

Fall For Emma

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

I cleaned off my big kitchen counter yesterday and decorated for fall. Shaun decided that Emma needed to get in on the action and promptly placed her on my nice clean counter :-P She was very confused, but I did get some good pictures before putting her ...

Happy Fall!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Yesterday marked the autumnal equinox - the first day of fall. It's been noticeably cooler around here in the northwest, and much to my delight (and most everyone else's annoyance) it rained quite a bit this weekend. I love the rain. I guess I'm in the right ...

Emma’s Graduation and Some Udon Soup

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

It was a rainy and chilly weekend ushering in the first day of fall. It was another Emma focused weekend, as the poor thing is having some more gut issues, but she was feeling up to going to her last day of puppy kindergarten. It was a review ...

One year ago today…

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

One year ago today Shaun and I closed on our house. It's been a great year, and we're looking forward to many more! Maybe one of these years we'll actually put away the last few boxes of miscellaneous stuff living in the bonus room :-P Here we ...

Snack-y Sort of Weekend

Monday, September 15th, 2008

This weekend was a snack-y sort. We went to Red Robin for lunch on Saturday and to Qdoba on Sunday, so dinner ended up being a very informal light grazing both nights. Saturday we enjoyed some gorgeous Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes: ...and we made some popcorn. I always ...

The Vegetarian 100

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I am far from a vegetarian, but I'm enjoying these food memes, so I'll have a go at this one too. This is the vegetarian version of the Omnivore's 100, and was created by Barbara of Tigers and Strawberries. The rules are the same: 1) Copy this list into your ...