I hope everyone is out having picnics, eating watermelon, and claiming good firework watching places (if those are your kinds of things). However, if you are inside at a computer which I’ve found I am for some reason (a person can only picnic for so long), you’ve got to try Wordle. It’s so cool! It …
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How I Tried Out Mattresses and Discovered the Dangers of Low Rise Jeans
Our first mattress we bought out here was horrible. I was so sore, I’d wake up and walk around half bent over for the first part of the day and would have been crippled within months. So we decided to exchange, but this time we were going to get the PERFECT mattress. No more early …
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Olympia
Met my dad halfway between Portland and Port Townsend in Olympia, WA today for a father’s day lunch. Their farmer’s market is lovely — we got gorgeous cherries, which is totally mind blowing coming from Wisconsin where there is just a tiny late summer window for Door County cherries, and gigantic apples that wafted deliciousness …
Newfound Love for IKEA
We tried shopping locally today to continue outfitting our apartment and it made me appreciate the full day I spent at Ikea yesterday. At the time, it was horrible and I was completely overwhelmed, but there’s something about a $500 couch that’s so incredibly lovely compared to the $2,500 couches in the hip furniture stores …
Portland!
We’re in Portland. Our apartment is lovely — hardwood floors and nice big rooms. There are even roses growing outside our windows. Not just any old roses either — big, fat, luscious ones. So far we’ve spent more time at Ikea than we have really hanging out in Portland, but we did go to our …
Goodbye Madison!
We close off on the house in two hours and then we’re off. I’m going to Seattle and Barrett’s going to Minneapolis, then we’re meeting in Portland tomorrow. Yeee!! After all of the to do lists we’ve been working on for the past month, I’m looking forward to ten full hours of uninterrupted reading. Portland, …
Lots of Packing
The boxes are piling up. We should have only one or two more to go !
New Photo
You might notice that there’s a new photo of me on this page. The thinking was that maybe you didn’t get here through the home page and wouldn’t have a clue who I was, so a photo and a brief caption would give you a quick idea. And due to Barrett’s web master magic the …
Crazy Cat Person
Yikes! I’ve turned into a crazy cat person and didn’t even know it. And it’s even worse because most crazy cat people get outfits for their cats to match their OWN outfits, but I found I was wearing an outfit THAT MATCHED MY CAT. Â Â Spotted leopard scarf — spotted leopard cat. Next I’ll be wearing …
Birthday Fun
Best birthday ever! I’m a little over halfway into my Two Week Birthday Extravaganza that included lots of fun times, pampering, and a French Revolution Birthday Party (this involved a lot of cake, at least one tiara, and Robespierre bars). And the most lovely present of them all — a year’s supply of firewood! This …