Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category
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!
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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