First, a great Pip story. Someone taught him the letter names of the keys on the piano. So on Christmas I played a couple of notes (all white keys) and asked him what note they were, and he identified them all correctly. Then I played a G-sharp/A-flat and asked him what that was. He said "aaaa..." and kind of trailed off, thought for a bit, and ( Read more... )

Attn. Seattle foodies: Serious pie. has some darned good pizza-like food. And roasted beets with a bit of cheese, some julienned mint and not a whole lot else are darned yummy. And if they offer someting with the housemade salami, order it. Wm and I lunched with my mom and and her wee girlie. Wm was SO EXCITED by little L. He was just reaching and ( Read more... )

Got up this morning, kathrynt and the wee girlie came to fetch me and the little lad, and we headed off to shop at Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat. I'd have loved to take some of the classes, but it just wasn't going to happen this year what with the babies and all.

So! ( the haul )

Yesterday we took advantage of no school on Wednesdays and lovely weather, and went for a drive out the North Cascades highway. Which meant home-made raspberry chocolate chip ice cream at Cascadian Farm (oddly enough, they've gone from being a little organic farm stand to a division of General Mills which is the largest U.S. distributor of packaged ( Read more... )

However, this would be a bad time to eat a cupcake, because wrog and I are going to fondue with kathrynt and llachglin in just under two hours. Woo hoo, double date! And I'm attempting to stay hungry, because I imagine there will be a lot of food.

Doesn't stop me from wanting a cupcake, though...

No Cheese Weasel Day party this year, due to a baby shower and Too Much Death and other stuff. But I still got some really tasty cheese. My local grocery has started carrying a few things from Beecher's cheese, a local cheesemaking biz. Their "fresh curds" are delightful, both in the plain variety and in the garlic-and-herb variant. In fact, I ( Read more... )