We have had something crazy like 58 straight days without rain. That is unheard of in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been amazing. Nothing but day after day of gorgeous weather. I’m hoping it continues and we get a full on Indian Summer. Cross your fingers. And because this is it – the last time we… Continue Reading
Category Archives: growing your own food
Watermelon infused water + our dinners for the week
If there is such a thing as “hot spinning,” I’m pretty sure I did it. I hopped on our spin bike around 5pm and rode for 45 minutes in what felt nearly identical to a sauna. Sweat-y. It was in the 90′s today and we don’t have air conditioning so the ceiling fan and an… Continue Reading
Hot Dog
Someone is hot. And he’s kind of been driving my crazy since we got home. It was about 90 F so it was too hot to walk him after work which made him extra wild (this dog knows when it’s time for his walk and for food) and he ended up running around through the… Continue Reading
If you give a mouse a cookie…
He’s going to want a glass of milk* Except we’re not talking mice and baked goods. We’re talking about these guys: How beautiful is that strawberry??? I came home after work to water my plants and saw that my strawberries had finally popped. Woo hoo! There is just something about growing your own food in… Continue Reading
Spending time in the garden
We’ve had some seriously amazing weather this week and every day after work I head out to my garden to water my crops. I love it. I planted seeds a couple of weeks ago and slowly I’m seeing the beginning of my summertime dinners. I know I’ve talked about my yard before but I’d thought… Continue Reading
Best workout of the week
I can’t wait for the hours to tick away today. Sunday is my birthday and this afternoon we’re heading to the coast for a weekend of all my favorite things. Tonight we’ll be enjoying my favorite pizza in the entire world, tomorrow we’ll be going to my favorite brewery for one of my favorite beers. … Continue Reading
Homemade pizza & The Biggest Loser
Is there any irony in the fact that our dinner last night was homemade pizza and yet right afterwards we watched Biggest Loser – a show where people are trying to lose weight and change their lives? I’m glad Bob Harper was in my TV screen and not in my living room. (Although I did… Continue Reading
Bugs in my broccoli
Oh yes friends, you read that correctly. I just about ate bugs tonight. Close. Call. We were going to eat chicken penne pasta but we switched it up and decided to do spicy shrimp, broccoli and goat cheese pasta. So I’m moving along through the recipe…I’d already marinated the shrimp and they were chilling in… Continue Reading
Garden Party
So I mentioned here that it was a beautiful day yesterday. And we don’t get a whole ton of those in the Pacific Northwest ever, let alone in March. Chris went outside to power wash the deck and I headed out to my garden. I’m going to start planting all my crops in a few… Continue Reading