Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Cloudy

The clouds and rain made me want to head home and curl under the blankets, but luckily I brought my gym bag to work, changed at work and headed to the gym for a great spin class.  Triathlon training starts next Monday.  Happy Leap Day everyone!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Bliss

Sometimes bliss is coming home to a clean kitchen, running out to stock your fridge, then sitting down with your feet up to the sound of a running dishwasher.

Monday, February 27, 2012

You're Home?!

Got home from work and Chris was already home.  This almost never happens and it was so great to see him before the normal 7:30 - 10 pm arrival time.  We are waiting for dinner to bake in the oven and are about to start a streaming Netflix show (Love).  We are both totally whipped from yesterday so are likely going to bed early - can't wait.  

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Oscar

The 84th Academy Awards
We met friends B&C for dinner and the Oscars on our way home last night.  It was so fun to watch the arrivals with all the dresses, the clips of the movies (none of which I've seen... eek), and compare opinions and place bets on winners.  Thanks B&C for a great night.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lazy Saturday

Looking up at the palms
We made it to SLO safe and sound and slept in today.  Had a late breakfast then went out for coffee at our traditional SLO coffee house with Chris's dad.  Sitting outside on the patio with my coffee I looked up at the palm trees above me, felt the breeze, and listened to Chris and his dad talk electronics and had this amazing moment of absolute and pure bliss.  Life really is good.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Yum


Mmm... dinner
A long day deserves a good dinner.  We are still on the low carb lifestyle change (1+ year) so I made a lasagna with eggplant instead of pasta.  I used to hate eggplant until I learned how to prepare it. Simply peel, slice, salt the h**l out of it in a colander in the kitchen sink for 30 min, rinse, blot dry, then oil and roast in a 400 degree oven for 15-20 min.  Then assemble your normal lasagna with the eggplant instead of noodles and bake.  A little labor intensive and messy - but delicious.  

Ugh! Dishes! (But so worth it)

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Potential for Disaster

This cosy indigo sweatshirt was waiting on my doorstep when I got home.
There was potential for disaster today with little sleep, a late wake up, and the timer on the coffee pot failing to brew this morning - but somehow everything else went super once I got out the door. A boring work meeting was cancelled, I escaped to a fresh hot lunch with friends, snuck in some fruit and frozen yogurt for dessert, had some breakthroughs with my students, and had a package waiting on the doorstep when I got home.  Crisis averted.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Addiction

Yarn shopping spree... Yikes!  At least most of it was on sale.
Todays text message conversation with Chris:
me: 'Ok - um, so...'
me: [sent copy of picture above] 'I may have gone a bit crazy...'
Chris: 'The first step is acceptance...'[!]

Monday, February 20, 2012

Nice meeting you

3 more baby hats from the cabin weekend for our friends new addition, that black one on the left is my all-time favorite!
Came down from the mountains early to meet some friends from Portland for dinner.  Had a fantastic night catching up, eating glorious carne asada, and meeting their charming 4 month old baby girl.  Thanks M&M!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Scoping out the Course

Planning on my first triathlon
Walked the run section of our planned triathlon today.  It is beautiful!  Kept picturing myself here in June running the course and finishing my first triathlon.  Exciting.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Knitting

Two hats for family friends, one for a soon to be newborn girl, one for a soon to be big brother (1.5).
Spent the day sleeping in, watching Harry Potter movies, and knitting (both of us).  We learned to use a 'Knit Quick' loom and make hat brims and pompoms.
Chris's first and second hat.  Matchy, matchy for us.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Cabin Fever

Midnight fire lighting.
Spontaneous escape to the lake cabin.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Overachiever

Full day at work, ran errands, and hit up the 'Dailey Method' for a workout - feeling organized and accomplished!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentine's Day

A sweet Valentine from a couple of friends at work
Chris and I mark today as 7 1/2 years of marriage.  He is in Grad school classes all night tonight, but I still felt the love with some sweet small gestures from him and some of my friends.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Sentences

I came across an idea in a magazine of a journal which consisted of a daily entry of only one sentence every day - as a memory keeper.  I love the idea and want to give it a try here. Sometimes the thought of sitting down to write a whole entry just seems so overwhelming.  I always end up pressuring myself to complete the entry perfectly with good writing and photography and it just seems like it will take forever. A minimum one sentence entry every day, sometimes with a picture - sometimes not, seems like an approachable and doable feat.  
Here are some of the sentences that should have been posted on this blog in the past couple of months:
December 21, 2011: 
Got a call, Chris's dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer - this is so scary!
December 22, 2011:
Skipping the annual Solstice party and heading south to San Luis Obispo so we can set eyes on Doug and see if he's okay.
December 23, 2011:
Arrived last night to see Doug and Debbie, give them great big hugs and get the status update. Cancer doesn't appear to have spread and surgery is pending next month or two - time to decorate the Christmas tree and pray.


Doug makes traditional breakfast sausage for Christmas Morning
December 24, 2011:
A boozy and tearful Christmas Eve but so thankful for our family.


December 25, 2011:
More stressful than usual but still good to see everyone.



Chris stares at me with amused tolerance as I work on my New Year's resolution -  more photography of people I love.
January 1, 2012:
Weird new years feelings today - feel worried and lucky all at once.
January 11, 2012:
Surgery today.
January 14, 2012:
Set eyes on Doug again, he is sore but healing well.  Spent the day steaming 30 year old wallpaper off his office walls - remolding is coping for some.
January 15, 2012:
Escape to craft store, friend encouraged me to get started on something new, Crotchet?
January 16, 2012:
Holiday spend crocheting a 'neck warmer' scarf, wrapped and dropped of at encouraging friends home before heading north. 
January 28, 2012:
Girls lunch of salad at Sprouts Cafe, mani / pedi birthday party for Ms. N - so relaxing!
January 30, 2012:
Doug got his latest test results, he is cancer free, phew!
February 8, 2012:
May be crazy but have decided to complete my first Triathlon in June - got to get to work!

February 9, 2012:
Bass Lake Sprint Triathlon June 2nd, 1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3 mile run, here I come!