So...today was day 7 of the cleanse that i am doing. i started doing this cleanse because i was illin', i had visited the land of excess a few too many times, my inner fat kid had flared up and i was mowwing whatever came my way in a thoughtless manner. i felt as though i needed an emotional pause and a habit reset.  i am a dabbler in trying ( Read more... )

jon and i have been having a little getting to know you period with the farther reaches of north portland, the bits that are now quite close to where we live.  sauvie island is now a mere 10 minute drive from our house which makes traveling there for things such as farm fresh eggs, farmer's markets and nature preserve blackberry picking adventures ( Read more... )

just want to sort out some thoughts and associations here ( Read more... )

i go a bit stir crazy from time to time.  restless in the soul.  i start to do things and quit rapidly for hours.  i feel an uneasiness.  i eat a lot, make excuses to rest a lot and then think of all the things that i should be doing a lot so that i can't enjoy my rest and my food.   it feels ghostly and hopeless and forever, and then it passes ( Read more... )

jon and i went and signed the lease at our new little house today.  we also laid down a huge sum of money.
it was really nice to go there because already some of my new home fears have been appeased.  this house is far away from all of the previous hubs with which i am familiar.  it is north, like norway north.  it also sits atop a hill and is not ( Read more... )

jon and i are packing up our little home today.  almost the whole upstairs has been packed into boxes and our roommate casey literally just moved out.  it is starting to feel so blank and sad in here.  this is a house that we have dreamt about owning and worked on attaining.  i actually was convinced that someday, sooner than later this would be ( Read more... )

sleeping next to this on the fourth of july was a very good idea.  i once thought i heard a firework but jon assured me that it was just the sound of the rushing water moving the rocks along the floor of the creek.  as the night wore on, i found he was correct.

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jon and i just got back from what was by far the most enjoyable way to spend this fourth of july.  i was desiring quiet, not partying, fireworks and beer.  maggie the dog was seriously freaking out on saturday night due to the warm up fireworks.  so we spontaneously took a last minute suggestion and went to opal creek, a little pocket of willamette ( Read more... )

after 30 days of not drinking at all.....i drank for about 12 hours straight yesterday.  that is a looooong time for me even when i am well seasoned, which i never am because i am a booze wuss.  but yesterday i was a champion of whiskey.  i had a great time with alicia in celebration of rocking the socks off of a year of anatomy and physiology.  ( Read more... )

please let me wake up to this being my bedroom!

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