Winter has arrived

Monday morning update:

I have never seen this much snow in the Pacific Northwest. I guess this is only appropriate for the first day of winter.  I’m holding everyone who dreamt of a white Christmas personally responsible!

Update: I took the first picture this morning. The second one was taken about 5:00 PM. This snow is [...]

Art & Soul recap

I had such a wonderful time at Art & Soul. It’s always over too soon. The people who attend are some of the most wonderful women I’ve met. And the classes are always great. I don’t know why, but I was extremely tired the whole five days. I was feeling foggy and slow; not creative [...]

Art, art, and more art!

This coming month is going to be jam-packed with art. I cannot wait! On Sunday, the Muse Council (aka Washington County Mixed Media Artists) is getting together. These ladies are most talented and a lot of fun to hang out with. We’re going to be working on soldering.
Art & Soul starts this week. I’m taking [...]

Call me crazy…

…or at the least impulsive.
I want to go to The Farm Chicks Antique Show in Spokane this weekend. The crazy part is that I live in Portland and could only drive up for one day. I keep seeing blog posts from vendors about the type of items they’re going to be selling and I’m dying [...]

Road trip recap

I just got back from a quick weekend trip to Seattle for my uncle’s wedding.
While I was in Seattle, I drove by some places I knew growing up (we moved to Oregon when I was 14).
Here is a picture of the Federal Way house. It is really cute from the outside.

Here is a picture of [...]

Another date night

Yesterday Steve and I decided to go out and have some bar food, a couple beers, and watch the Portland Trail Blazers game. Unfortunately they couldn’t pull off the win but they are still fun to watch. They never give up and play hard. Go Blazers!

Afterwards we decided to go to Washington Square. The first [...]

Long winter

I am so ready for spring. Living here in Oregon, it’s so grey and dreary this time of year. I feel drained both physically and emotionally. This happens to me every winter. One bright spot happened yesterday when I was at lunch. The sun peeked out behind the clouds and the geese at the park [...]

Thankful for the rain

I know what you’re thinking.  It’s true, I am a little off balance today.  But I am so thankful for living in the Pacific Northwest with the rain and all that goes along with it.  The days are short now but soon they start getting longer.  It’s always a nice time of year to throw [...]