Oh, the lack there of. I write ideas for blog entries, accept for the photo heavy ones in a journal I keep in my purse at all times. Ironically, that page is still very much so blank. Chris' birthday week just wrapped up so here are some major highlights: -His best friend Andy came down for a quick visit from PDX last Wednesday. -I managed to pull off a rocking surprise party for Chris on Saturday, that sorta devolved into an episode of the Jersey Shore. I couldn't have done it without my accomplices Elisa, Mychal, Nathan, and Nell. -For Chris' birthday evening I was reduced to tears because sometimes we suck at communicating our expectations to each other. After we talked and I calmed the eff down he opened his gifts a scale for our kitchen, pinch bowls and The Batman then we went to dinner at Toshi's. After dinner we went to SafeWay so he could buy Zicam, and then home for him to play Batman and me to catch up on all the amazing TV I missed on Monday. (Read: The Hoarders season premiere!) I'll post pictures from the party, what few I have, since it is unwise to handle a camera while you've been enjoying yourself. Other than that just trying to get the house cleaned up and organized, then getting ready for Halloween! I hope your week has been going well so far! |
Elena's Late Start
October 27, 2011
It Seems Fitting
October 21, 2011
Why I Wore Purple On October 20th: A Letter to my Future Children
Wearing purple to support the LGBT community. |
October 19, 2011
What I (honestly) Wore Wednesday
Shirt-Target, tank-H&M, necklace-local artisan, pearl studs-F21. Not pictured: Levi Jeans |
Long sleeve navy tee-Old Navy, white sports bra-Wal-Mart, black capri workout pants-Target Look at that awesome post run glow! No, not really, I look awful. I started the C25K a few weeks ago, but I got a cold and I fell out of the saddle and now I am back in it! I will say the Champion capris from Target I wear are so freaking comfortable, I kinda get why women wear them, and pants like them, all the time now. |
Unmatched, silly, brightly colored, and holey socks totally make you run faster. It's proven by science! |
Dress and cardigan-Target, scarf-from the lost and found at work, belt-Charlotte Russe, necklace-Wet Seal, bracelet-gift from Chris |
Boots-DSW |
October 18, 2011
My Hobby Is Weird.
Or, at least some people may think it is. |
Me at An Tir West War this past July, in the first dress I ever made. |
Getting my Award of Arms in court from the King and Queen of An Tir, court is all about pageantry and I love it. |
One of the best parts? Matching eras (we're all in Roman) and great friends! |
Me, after I got my Award of Arms at An Tir West War this past July. |
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Fall, So Far
Nathan, Elisa, and Devin came over for Rosh Hashanah dinner. |
My cousin Andrea married her partner of 7 years, Matt in an offbeat wedding. |
Chris and I at Tiffany's 26th birthday dinner. |
I made her a gluten free cake, Chris put the Alot on it. |
Tiffany, blowing out her Alot of candles. |
On a very perfect fall afternoon Elisa and I to a walk and got pumpkin spice lattes along the way. |
I love being able to wear sunglasses in the fall, probably because it's always rainy here. |
Fall means boot weather! My boots were from Chris for our first anniversary last year. |
Last week was Sukkot and I had Nathan and Devin over for stew, fun was had by all. |
October 14, 2011
How to Order Thai Food, Like a Boss: Part 1
First, let's start with some misconceptions of Thai food:
1. Everything is spicy: Nope. While some dishes may be spicy right off the bat like a curry (since curry is a naturally spicy spice) not everything is spicy. All restaurants should have a base level of spiciness of level/star of one or two that can be made hotter. It's just hard to make anything less spicy if it already is. One way to look at is that in Thailand they eat all their meals family style, as in there are several entrees that everyone shares. So if mom likes something with a level three of spice but dad likes a 10 and their daughter likes 2 they have to make something at a base line of spicy. Then they would heat it up with hot sauces.
2. Thai Tea: It is not made with coconut milk, but diary. We use both condense milk and half and half. Also Thai tea is very different than Chai tea. Despite the fact that Chai is Indian and Thai tea, is well, Thai, Chai is spicy and sweet while Thai tea is just sweet all around.
3. Thai food is just like Chinese food: Several customers have said this to me on many occasions. No, it's not. They're two very both unique, beautiful, and delicious cuisines with deep historical and cultural significance.
4. Chopsticks: While many Thai resteruants (including the one I work at) have chopsticks available to customers they don't actually use chopsticks in Thailand to eat Thai food. They'll use them for other Asian cuisines like Chinese or Korean. But when they eat at home they use a spoon and fork.
5. Pad Thai: It isn't made with peanut sauce, just has peanuts on the side. It's primarily tamarind juice.
6. Salad Rolls: A lot of Thai places have them, some don't. Salad rolls (sometimes called summer rolls) aren't Thai. They're from Vietnam. So my restaurant doesn't have then because they're not Thai, and our owner likes to keep things traditional.
The next parts will be about dish suggestions, how to order them, and suggestions for kids.
October 11, 2011
The Hawaii Posts: People
This is Chris' half sister Natalie. She hung out with us after we checked into the hotel that Chris' dad and step-mom work at. |
Chris and Natalie together. Would you believe she's 13? She is tiny just like her mom, Lucy. |
Chris' Aunty Cheryl took us and several family friends to dinner at a teppanyaki restaurant called Kobe. It was a lot of fun for the kids. Aunty Carol brought her two sons Nicholas and they had blast. Here is Chris with Natalie, Ethan, and a tanuki statue. Notice the sizable nads on the tanuki. |
This is Aunty Jewel with her partner Aunty Cheryl Anne. They live in a beautiful house on Koko Marina. This was taken on the top of Mariner's Ridge. I enjoyed all of the time I spent with them. |
This is Chris' dad Greg. He is a big foodie and baker just like me. |
Please ignore Chris in this picture. This is the only picture I took of his Grandma. |
This is Chris' step-mom, Lucy, who is Natalie's mom. See the resemblance? |
This is Greg, who is Chris' best friend older brother. He's huge Doctor Who fan, just like me. |
This is Elisa, she came and rescued us at airport in Portland. |
Chris, using my phone to talk to someone. I think it was Andy's mom. |
This is Andy, Chris' best friend, and me. He's Greg's brother, Sue Jan's son. |
Oh, Irony
Last night I decided it was the night.
The night that I was going to blog.
The night that I was going to blog about my holiday in Hawaii.
I was excited to say the least. I had divised a posting system (see below) that I thought was perfect. So I set out choosing the perfect pictures and putting them into organized (well, for me) files.
I started my first post and I noticed my MacBook's battery was low. No big, plugged in my charger, hooked it to my baby and I started typing away again.
Then I noticed that the light wasn't on. It wasn't charging.
So I checked the power strip, which was working, because I had my heating pad plugged into it and it was working just fine.
(Yes, I am an old lady.)
So I tired just about every combination of cords and outlets with no result.
Apple is calling me at 4:30 today.
Hopefully whatever is wrong is covered by the warrenty.
Is it too soon to blame Steve Jobs' death?
(I have a very dark sense of humor.)
October 10, 2011
The Hawaii Posts
People
Places
What We Did
Food
Us
Once they're all completed I will link them with in this posts (in the list above) and to each other.
Each post will contain a lot of pictures, so bear with me. Also a lot of things will over lap, especially with places, food and what we did. But I tried to not duplicate pictures so each post will be different.