They gave me some creative suggestions, and last night I rounded up supplies then Todd and I worked until early morning getting our project perfected. I've never had so much fun with cherry jelly.
Presenting.....'Peep Fiction'
Friday, March 21, 2008
Peep Fiction
On Wednesday, an office memo went out about the annual Peeps contest, so I sent out a request for ideas to my always ingenious Non-Blonde girls. They're four of my close friends from college that helped me through many a late night working on last-minute advertising projects. Now that we're all geographically separated with jobs and grad school, we resort to daily emails to keep each other entertained and bounce ideas off of one another.
They gave me some creative suggestions, and last night I rounded up supplies then Todd and I worked until early morning getting our project perfected. I've never had so much fun with cherry jelly.
Presenting.....'Peep Fiction'
They gave me some creative suggestions, and last night I rounded up supplies then Todd and I worked until early morning getting our project perfected. I've never had so much fun with cherry jelly.
Presenting.....'Peep Fiction'
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
My new favorite thing
I went to REI last night to buy Todd a new Nalgene water bottle since he's on a 'no soda' rule and I thought I'd make it easy on him so he could keep one at home and one at work. While there, I found my new favorite thing.
Introducing......my SIGG.
(only mine has the twist top, not the cap top)
SIGGs have many appeals, including:
1. The aluminum design is eco-friendly and doesn't leave a 'plasticy' taste. In fact, I think it makes the tap water taste better (that's probably all in my head though). And with recent studies claiming that plastic bottles can potentially leak toxins into their contents, I figure I'll do my best to avoid that risk.
2. Very cool graphic art exteriors and various lids to choose from.
(here are just a few)
3. They're made in Switzerland, and I'M made in Switzerland! Ok, technically, I wasn't MADE in Switzerland, but my maternal ancestors were, which makes me 1/2 Swiss.
I love all things Swiss...Swiss Cheese, Swiss Chocolate, Swiss Army knives, Swiss watches, Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa (although this isn't actually made by the Swiss, it's made by Nebraskans). And most importantly, the Swiss' neutrality during World Wars. Gotta respect that.
This is where I segue into my lifelong dream to travel to Switzerland....ever since I was little and my grandparents would talk about their ancestral land, I've wanted to go there and stay at a chalet and eat cheese and chocolate and play an alpenhorn while frolicking in the Alps in some lederhosen with my hair braided like Heidi. Someday, somehow I'll fulfill that dream. And I'll be sure to have my trusty SIGG by my side.
Introducing......my SIGG.
(only mine has the twist top, not the cap top)
SIGGs have many appeals, including:
1. The aluminum design is eco-friendly and doesn't leave a 'plasticy' taste. In fact, I think it makes the tap water taste better (that's probably all in my head though). And with recent studies claiming that plastic bottles can potentially leak toxins into their contents, I figure I'll do my best to avoid that risk.
2. Very cool graphic art exteriors and various lids to choose from.
(here are just a few)
3. They're made in Switzerland, and I'M made in Switzerland! Ok, technically, I wasn't MADE in Switzerland, but my maternal ancestors were, which makes me 1/2 Swiss.
I love all things Swiss...Swiss Cheese, Swiss Chocolate, Swiss Army knives, Swiss watches, Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa (although this isn't actually made by the Swiss, it's made by Nebraskans). And most importantly, the Swiss' neutrality during World Wars. Gotta respect that.
This is where I segue into my lifelong dream to travel to Switzerland....ever since I was little and my grandparents would talk about their ancestral land, I've wanted to go there and stay at a chalet and eat cheese and chocolate and play an alpenhorn while frolicking in the Alps in some lederhosen with my hair braided like Heidi. Someday, somehow I'll fulfill that dream. And I'll be sure to have my trusty SIGG by my side.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
....she was a showgirl
It's been awhile since I've posted about our Thursday Night Dinner Club outings, but with guests in town and conflicting schedules, we took a short hiatus. Well, we're back and we've gradually morphed into Friday Night Dinner Club– due to 50% of the club wanting to watch 'Lost' now that new episodes are airing (we are the other 50%). As a result, a fairly unanimous decision was made to change TNDC to FNDC (and by 'fairly unanimous', i mean that Aubrey and I made an executive decision without consulting Ryan and Todd).
This week's FNDC took us to Lola, a Greek-inspired restaurant that uses locally grown ingredients. Normally, it would be a bit out of our price range but being married to/dating Microsoft employees does have its occasional advantages– this time in the form of the Prime Card, which gives you a 'Buy one entree, get the second free' deal at numerous area restaurants, Lola being one of them. It's practically our only chance to eating fancy.
The Oregon Pinot Gris was yummy, and since Greek food is practically my favorite cuisine, I figured anything I ordered would be excellent. Lamb, hummus, feta, olives, scallops...those are like the best foods ever! I LOVE lamb and don't ever order steak (or even eat it more than maybe once a month), but the Washington Hanger Steak reeled me in and boy was it succulent! I would totally go back again, but I'm not sure that Todd would if it weren't for the Prime Card savings, since most of the menu is lamb, goat and seafood dishes. It's my ongoing struggle to get him to branch out and try foods other than chicken, cheese and coffee.
The one downside to eating at Lola? For the entire evening and most of the following day, I had Barry Manilow's Copacabana lyrics dancing through my head....
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there....
And now hopefully you have it in your head too. You're welcome. :)
This week's FNDC took us to Lola, a Greek-inspired restaurant that uses locally grown ingredients. Normally, it would be a bit out of our price range but being married to/dating Microsoft employees does have its occasional advantages– this time in the form of the Prime Card, which gives you a 'Buy one entree, get the second free' deal at numerous area restaurants, Lola being one of them. It's practically our only chance to eating fancy.
The Oregon Pinot Gris was yummy, and since Greek food is practically my favorite cuisine, I figured anything I ordered would be excellent. Lamb, hummus, feta, olives, scallops...those are like the best foods ever! I LOVE lamb and don't ever order steak (or even eat it more than maybe once a month), but the Washington Hanger Steak reeled me in and boy was it succulent! I would totally go back again, but I'm not sure that Todd would if it weren't for the Prime Card savings, since most of the menu is lamb, goat and seafood dishes. It's my ongoing struggle to get him to branch out and try foods other than chicken, cheese and coffee.
The one downside to eating at Lola? For the entire evening and most of the following day, I had Barry Manilow's Copacabana lyrics dancing through my head....
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there....
And now hopefully you have it in your head too. You're welcome. :)
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Blingaring
A little backstory:
When Todd proposed, he did so with a simple solitaire ring, and my first thought was "This is nothing like the design I had told him I liked, but oh well, it's still pretty". He explained that my 'real ring' was still being custom made so we went to the jewelry store to see what my ring would look like. And last week, I finally got the final product.....drumroll please.......
....*drumming sound*.....
He did well......very well.
When Todd proposed, he did so with a simple solitaire ring, and my first thought was "This is nothing like the design I had told him I liked, but oh well, it's still pretty". He explained that my 'real ring' was still being custom made so we went to the jewelry store to see what my ring would look like. And last week, I finally got the final product.....drumroll please.......
....*drumming sound*.....
He did well......very well.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
just keep swimming....just keep swimming
The engagement shock has worn off and I've turned into part-time, full-blown wedding planner extraordinaire (that's only somewhat of a contradiction). It's been one month and I have the church, reception venue, caterer and DJ all booked. My dress is bought and waiting for me in a secured vault at the seamstress.
The wedding planning is coming along quite swimmingly. The marathon planning, on the other hand.....that is swimming along like a cement block in Lake Union.
This is where I'm all out of whack— I haven't been able to balance the two very well. My running has suffered in the name of invitation designing and reception idea brainstorming. Tell you what— it's a good thing I am my own designer, because the bill for my hourly labor spent so far would be more than I spend on rent for the year.
And while I've been told "that's okay, you should enjoy this time of your life since it only happens once", I can't wholeheartedly agree with that. I NEED running. I NEED the escape, the fresh air, the energized feeling, the lack of guilt when I eat 4 Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs. Seriously, what do they put in those things to make them so tasty and addicting?!?
So I've decided that while I have my 'Handy Dandy Little Wedding Planner Organizer' binder thingy, I need to get my 'You Are Going Running and There Will Be No Excuses' schedule thingy planned out so I stay focused on keeping myself (and everyone around me) sane.
The wedding planning is coming along quite swimmingly. The marathon planning, on the other hand.....that is swimming along like a cement block in Lake Union.
This is where I'm all out of whack— I haven't been able to balance the two very well. My running has suffered in the name of invitation designing and reception idea brainstorming. Tell you what— it's a good thing I am my own designer, because the bill for my hourly labor spent so far would be more than I spend on rent for the year.
And while I've been told "that's okay, you should enjoy this time of your life since it only happens once", I can't wholeheartedly agree with that. I NEED running. I NEED the escape, the fresh air, the energized feeling, the lack of guilt when I eat 4 Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs. Seriously, what do they put in those things to make them so tasty and addicting?!?
So I've decided that while I have my 'Handy Dandy Little Wedding Planner Organizer' binder thingy, I need to get my 'You Are Going Running and There Will Be No Excuses' schedule thingy planned out so I stay focused on keeping myself (and everyone around me) sane.
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