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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 found a place to live! I haven’t even seen it–I saw the outside sorta today. We are so excited we found a place to call our own. It has a reasonable rent (it is 3x what we paid in St. Louis, but that is really good for California), is in a safe neighborhood, is close to Eric’s job, and has a studio in the backyard for my sewing room!! I’m super excited. I have my camera and plan on taking photos, but I think the cable is packed. Go figure.

Things are starting to fall into place. God is good!

Peace,

Katy ^_^

Thanks to everyone for considering signing up for the Registry.  It only takes a few minutes to sign up but the reward it worth it.  One of my favorite phase is “To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world!” The Bone Marrow Registry “Thanks Mom” campaign kicks off this week.  Below are two links to the bone marrow registry website to find locations to sign up or to sign up online.

During the Thanks Mom awareness and recruitment campaign (May 5 – 19, 2008), costs to join the Registry are covered by our generous partners and contributors–for the first 46,000 who join (36,000 at marrow drives).

All you need to do is:

Complete a registration form with contact information, health history questions and a signed agreement to join the NMDP Registry. To help you complete the form, bring along:

Personal identification (such as a driver’s license or passport)

Contact information for two family members or friends who would know how to reach you in the future if your address changes.

Give either a swab of cheek cells or a blood sample so your tissue type can be tested.

That’s it! Your tissue type is then added to the NMDP Registry. Doctors search our Registry when they need to find a donor for their patients.

Join the registry via e-mail:

http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/index.html

Find a site in your area

http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/Join_in_Person/index.html

Please don’t delay and sign up today!  Please don’t hesitate to pass this on to anyone and everyone.  Let’s make sure that those 46,000 slots get filled.

I’m getting swabbed at an event on Saturday–I’ll give a post-swab update afterwards!

Peace,

Katy ^_^

I am $30 shy of raising $1000 over my fundraising minimum. Considering the minimum was $4200 that is outrageous! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all my donors. Here’s my most recent shout-outs.

B-Co-worker. She’s in charge of HR, so I’m feeling kind of bashful to say anything. Very friendly and encouraging. She’s completed a marathon for  a charity–TNT I think!

The Scots, aka The Elect-Really! They are from Scotland and he went to a Presbyterian seminary. They like to bike and probably think my little quibbles and clip fears are amusing.

I’m super-excited. I’ve never had such a high minimum and I’ve never gone over the minimum by so much! You do realize you are encouraging this craziness, right? If you live in St. Louis, I’ll be helping a teammate grovel ask for donations at the Ladue Schnucks this Saturday. I think this will be his 9th Team in Training Event! He’s just got a little bit to go to get there! Here’s his fundraising page if you feel so inclined.

We swam in the lake on Sunday. I did survive–but the water was super-dooper cold. I heard 50s, but I could be wrong. I also swam at the Y on Monday in the wetsuit. I overheated pretty quick, but after a few fitful 50 or 100 meter go’s of it, I managed to calm myself down and breath steadily for 400m. We’ll test out the lake again May 3. My goal–to do the entire 1600m. They say it is about 800m across. So I’ll go there and back.

Peace,

^_^

She died. By the time I posted about my co-workers mom, she had died. Hospice never even started. What else to do you say? It just sucks.

I didn’t feel the earthquake, but did wonder why my cat ran across my face in the middle of the night. I did, however, feel the aftershock this morning. It is the first earthquake I’ve felt. It was more than a little unnerving.

Looks, like I’m bad at keeping up with the St. Louis Fashion Week info. A Dress A Day details the scenario beautifully. Frankly, I’m embarassed. Someone should offer an apology and since the designer doesn’t think it is a big deal, the St. Louis Fashion Week Committee should. This is why I’m sometimes afraid to say I studied Fashion Design–I don’t want people to assume I’m in it for the “glamour.” I love the art, actually. Sewing, or having someone else, sew up a pattern and passing it off as your own is just awful. I’m not dogging sewing from a pattern–I’ve learned a lot sewing up store-bought patterns and the majority of the things I’ve made come from them–even if partially. I just don’t have the room required to draft everything and my drafting skills could use a good amount of practice. The problem is when people are misled to think it is an original design.

Yesterday evening I survived a bike ride. We rode around our house on a two-lane road that gets a good amount traffic around rush hour. We left the house at 5:30 and returned around 6:30. My feet were clipped into the pedals. I fell over in the parking lot before we started and should have taken that as a clue to turn around immediately. Several cars were very polite. The road we were on is labeled as a bike path. Some cars, however, were beyond rude. We stopped at stop signs and were taking our turn and they didn’t bother to notice us–read almost hit us and just kept going–no apologies. It was plently day light and we were wearing bright colors. Also, several people were in a hurry and would drive so close to us I could have grabbed on and been pulled along without trying too hard. I really want to switch back to my “normal” pedals–no clips. But I have a good amount of time and hope to get more and more comfortable before the big day. I don’t mind riding outdoors. Normally where we go for group training is great–but it is on a bike path only. No cars to deal with!

Peace,

^_^ Katy

I can’t seem to keep up with this daily! I’m impressed with everyone who does!