… shaking it off… and heading out in search of balance…

Archive for March, 2010

I’m All Grown Up!

Tonight we celebrated… Because today I got a promotion and will no longer be underemployed! But the celebration for me is really about the fact that I stepped out (ok pushed myself out) of my comfort zone, stood up for myself, and went after what I wanted… I

live long and prosper…

that’s right… anne is a trekkie, and we threw her a star trek, voyager birthday party! she was captain janeway (obviously) and JR was her first officer, chakotay uhura showed up… in more than one form! and she hooked up with spock and with worf! haley and desi rocked the deep space nine bodysuits (how [...]

high life / low life

well, at some point i hope to be able to post on a regular basis… but dang it’s been another stressful week! but the difference is, this week also had some high points! so let’s just get to it… the other day at work i found out our firm had a suite at the blazer [...]

let’s hear it for the girls

last night we had a little oscar “party” (interpretation: anne has the flu so nikki braved the sick house to watch the oscars with us)… i whipped up a few bites of food (Disclaimer: i used the flash, i know i know, unacceptable… but the lighting was bad) of course we started with mocktails… then [...]

pond scum

it’s that time of year! it’s been beautiful in portland the last few days (i’m sure even just mentioning this will cause the skies to darken, the clouds to roll in, and the rain to pour, but i digress)… so yesterday, after breakfast… a fitnessista inspired egg puff on dave’s killer bread dressed by frank [...]

it’s the freakin weekend…

baby i’m about to have me some fun… ok, that’s basically a lie… there’s not much going on around here tonight. BUT this morning… someone came up with a new game! if there’s any question about whether we’ve got a water dog in our house… porter’s new morning game is to stick his whole head [...]

we be rollin…

in veggies that is! i’m excited because today i officially signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture). Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way to create a direct connection between people who like to eat fresh, local produce and the farm that grows it. The CSA model is an economically viable way for small [...]

spanish nights

heyyyyyyyyy!! i love the “i’m so not impressed” look… a couple weeks ago our friend JR was hiding out at our place while his wife studied for the bar exam (ughhhh those words still make me cringe!! BAR EXAM = HORRIBLE) anywayyyy… we all got caught up in watching a Throwdown, where Bobby took on [...]

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