For the millionth time in the past couple months, kid (kid? teen?) came a-knocking at our door, asking me to buy stuff for their fundraiser. I feel like a real sh*t saying no to them, and wonder if everyone on the block is going to think I’m a bitch for doing so. (Wow. Only 3 […]
I did a search for farmer’s markets on the east side* and found LOTS. Enough that I could go to at least one (sometimes two or three) each day of the week. Yesterday, I went to the one in Carnation, expecting great things, from what I’d read on the website. I was a little disappointed, […]
I have to say, I’m pretty damned proud of myself. I haven’t been all talk lately, but following all the practices that I claim to believe in so strongly. This week I signed us up for a farm share with Root Connection. For about $30/week (payable in monthly installments from June through October), you get […]
Nugget is – OH MY GOD – 6 months old this week. Can I just say that, so far, this is the BEST AGE EVER. I know it’ll continue to go up and down, but right now, I love this age on him. Love it. He’s finally started sleeping on a consistent schedule – anywhere […]
Well. Everyone posted about their mother’s day, so I’ll post about mine! A couple of weeks ago, we were watching Top Chef Masters and during the introduction, I yelled, “There’s one in Seattle! We should go!” Mr Nikki agreed, and then we promptly forgot about it. Well, *I* forgot about it. Mr Nikki did not. […]
My SECOND trip to Amsterdam was, by far, the very best & most memorable. And you know, I did that one alone. Just me. No boyfriend or friend or anyone to answer to. It was my 28th birthday gift to myself. (Well, to myself and from my parents – a plane ticket.) Good god, has […]
I had the most perfect 30th birthday ever. Truly. I celebrated in Prague, smashed shots of slivovice and becherovka. Me, some friends, and my two flatmates (who I wish I’d appreciated more when I lived with them) went out dancing and didn’t get home until well after 5 am. Sadly, I don’t have any pictures […]
I’m going through all my old photos and, in the interest of trying not to rant and complain for awhile, reposting a few and looking back on when they were taken. These photos are from my last trip to Holland – Amsterdam. Don’t get me started on Amsterdam, my first great love. Mr Nikki’s, as […]
Yesterday, we went downtown right before Pike Place was closing. (The sky was gray, it was very, very windy and it was closing in the hour – the crowds were manageable! And I hate to say, because *I* was a tourist once, but sometimes I wish Pike Place was a “locals only” kind of place, […]
See that? The moment I took the picture, he gave me the finger. He is SO my child.
I almost feel too lucky sometimes. After a lifetime that seemed full of nothing but disaster and trauma, now it seems that every time I turn the corner there’s yet one more thing that makes me life feel even more impossibly perfect. I mentioned before that the fact that our house is surrounded by horse […]
To recap: Our son was born on November 13. On December 16, movers came in and packed up all our stuff, and we spent 3 days in a hotel. Mr Nikki continued to work for 2 of them. On December 19, we got on a plane and moved up to Seattle where we’ve spent the […]
