Here’s how I’m starting to spend my Tuesday nights. So much fun.

Peace,

Katy ^_^

Why is it so difficult to get photos of finished garments? See, I was wearing the outfit on Thursday–and got lots of compliments which are always fun–and still no photos. I had a haircut appointment and being a girl, I thought, why not take photos after my hair is done? Well, then we unexpectedly, but still very excitedly got invited out to dinner. We were about 30 minutes late because of my hair appointment, then Eric had to jet to church for activities and well, no photos.

Friday was amazingly lazy. It was superb.

Saturday was a conference, then Light the Night. Or Night the Light if you ask Eric’s aunt. It is a very fun fundraiser. Eric is always so excited he gets to carry a white balloon–because he is a survivor. It is one of the few perks. Sadly half-way through the walk, his balloon flew away. We walked two-miles around downtown Palo Alto. It was neat to see a new area, for me. I was caught off-guard as we walked right past the Facebook headquarters. It feels odd that it happens in a normal-looking office building. Not sure why though.

Here’s some photos.

Eric and his white balloon–yay for Gleevec!!

Walking–the balloons have lights on the inside.

Waiting to Start.

So since this was sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, they also had information about Team in Training. I’m awfully nervous about this–but I’m pretty sure I’m going to sign up for the next event. The Tour de Palm Springs–a century ride. This be my fourth Team in Training event, and the final leg of my Triple Crown–a marathon, a triathlon, and a century ride. I’m hoping to get Eric to join too. Right now the LLS is short on donations because of the troubling economy. Each company that files bankruptcy, or dissolves is also not making corporate donations. Without those donations, new drugs cannot be developed as easily. Team and Training developed the drug that saves Eric daily–Gleevec.

Enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon. I highly recommend Eric and my favorite Sunday evening show–America’s Funniest Videos. The season premiere is tonight.

Peace,

Katy ^_^

Knitting at the Library went really well. Four of us showed up and we were all at very different levels. The instructor was super-sweet and really helped us all out a lot. I learned to purl, add on, and take off. Here’s my work.

The kitties helped me pick a contest winner. It’s a video so it’ll take me a bit to get it uploaded…

So, really I didn’t do this on purpose. It just happened. The universe aligned all neat-like and the hundredth post coincided with the one-year anniversary of the blog.

Promise.

I know it seems awfully suspicious, but I had to write 3 posts today.

I HAD to.

I just happened to be poking around in my stats yesterday and realized that today is my year-blogging anniversary. And then I just happened to notice that I’d written 97 posts. So there you have it, now I’m at a hundred.

To celebrate I wanted to do something fun–and have a Give-Away.

I know I am very original.

So here you have it. I bought some supplies from Little Windows when I was at the Long Beach Quilt Show in July. It was an anniversary gift for Eric who is obsessed with photography. Did I mention that we have a photo studio in our back room? I’m serious. He has purchased umbrella lights and everything.

So here’s the during.

I used a scrapbooking letter for the “K”, and part of photos Eric took. I did not use the cropping software…

Here are some more. In the center oval one I placed threads.

Here is the mixture half-gelled. It was fun to play with at this point.

This afternoon when I got home from work I popped them out of the molds. And here you have it.

The craziest part–for me–was drilling a hole through Eric’s forehead–to clarify, the photo of his forehead–so I could create a jump ring to attach it to the necklace. It was a bit crazy. I probably won’t ever wear the necklace, but it makes for a nice photo. Silver reacts with my skin leaving me with a rash and the silver turned permanently black.

Anyway, to get to the Give-Away. Leave a comment and I’ll randomly draw a winner sometime Saturday morning. I’ll make a photo charm necklace for you. Once the winner is selected we can consult and decide on a shape, image, etc.

Good luck. Here’s to another year and continued projects–the original purpose of this blog-venture.

Peace,

Katy ^_^

I think I’ve recovered.

Yesterday, I sat down at my desk at the back of the classroom expecting a typical Monday morning. Instead, someone came and abducted the teacher for a “meeting.” Which left the teacher giving me instructions on what to do as she exited the classroom. I was in control of 21 third graders for over an hour. Okay, that is an exaggeration. They were in control of me most some of the time too. I don’t think a third of the class all of a sudden need to use the restroom at the same time. They were pretty convincing little actors–doing the pee pee dance and everything.

But, I think I’ve recovered.

Today, I happily sat at my desk in the back of the room grading papers, hanging work up, making copies, creating a door decoration for fall, and sipping a Pumpkin Spiced Latte–my teacher knew I needed an extra special treat after what happened yesterday.

Actually, I think the “fear” of teaching was worse than teaching. In fact sometimes it was downright fun. But I was terrified to try it on my own. Makes me grateful for my stubborn personality that I “Just Did It.” Maybe next time I can be in charge of a lesson and know about it in advance.

Peace,

Katy

1. Eric
2. Mom’s visit
3. A clean house
4. No laundry to do!
5. Not having to pay for laundry and always having sock pairs–none missing and no “extras”
6. The weather
7. New furniture and a more stylish home
8. the library
9. new library books to peruse
10. new fabric to morph into an outfit
11. seeing family in a month

Today was cooler. Thursday and Friday were HOT. So hot you end up lethargic and laying around not making much sense of your words. Doing anything domestic is totally out of the question. We went to get frozen yogurt–yum–and that kind of helped. I felt extra bad for our kitties, but they didn’t complain and were troopers. We have one fan and it helped–but I definitely miss air conditioning! Thank goodness it cools down at night here.

Last night we saw Wall-E. It was a great movie. I’m not sure what animated movie I saw last at a theater, but this was a fabulous ending to the week.

This morning we had a super-yummy breakfast. I made light Bisquick biscuits (with yogurt and water–we never seem to have milk in the house). I layered the biscuits with warmed frozen raspberries and a sprinkling of powdered sugar. Yummy. I wish I would have thought to take a photo–but I didn’t. I’m sure I’ll make them again and take a photo then.

In other good news Eric passed his kidney stone. He passed it on his birthday–poor guy. It was twice as long as the doctor said it’d be from looking at the CT scan. Needless to say we are all much relieved. They are analyzing it–eww–and hopefully we’ll know how to prevent more of these little “BIG” annoyances.

Happy Labor Day weekend.

Peace,

Katy^_^

Eric’s birthday is Thursday so we treated him to beer at the grocery. He got Guinness for him and Blue Moon with an orange for me!

For dinner we had Dijion Tofu! I’ve never done it with tofu before. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked with tofu. This recipe originally called for pork. I prefer the pork. The flavors get in the meat really well!

You brown the onions in Pam or Olive oil. I like to cut them big, maybe that is because in college my roommate preferred no onions! Next you remove the onions from the pan and put in the meat. Cook the meat 25% done then cover in a mixture of Dijon Mustard and Italian Salad Dressing (depending on what you use this can be quite healthy). Add the onions back to the pot, cover it, and continue to cook the meat, turning as necessary. I threw in some spinach for some additional veggies. Serve and enjoy!

Here is the small produce section growing on our counter.
The lemon is from a tree on our driveway and the cucumber was given to me at school today. The tomatoes are from another person at the church. She sent them with homemade chicken, noodle, and vegetable soup last week. Yum!

Here’s Eric displaying a shirt I worked on this weekend. I picked up the kit from Alabama Chanin when I was at their workshop in March. It was fun. I also have a kit for an organic cotton duster. That’ll take a bit more work!

I got a “No” from the company I interviewed with last week. It was a big bummer. With all these shut doors, I’m thinking more and more, I may start something on my own. I have a lot of vintage patterns–800 to be exact–to sell. Then I can use the money from that to do something else. It’ll be fun to see how it turns out.

Peace,

^_^

We moved in. Here is Eric eating mac and cheese on our dresser. We had to use measuring cups because the silverware was still packed.

Sake wasn’t too sure about our new place yet and used the dresser as a fort. She’d hide under it and peek out every once in a while. She’s settled in nicely now though. Silly cat.

Peace,

Katy