Ten on Tuesday

Carol's question for today: 10 Good Deeds You Did This Week.  This is a hard one.
1. I cleaned out Mike's side of the closet
2. I held the door for a guy in a wheel chair who works in our building
3. I thought about a friend when at Auto Zone (something she really wanted)
4. I sent a love note to my little sister
5. I put my bitch away while running one day
6. Does eating a doughnut so that a friend doesn't count?
7. Did a little extra laundry

8. Took a little extra work from a friend
9. Planned a surprise
10. Saved a lady bug!

What good deeds have you done this week??

Family Friday

Well ... In our world sleep still rules. Zooey has slept through the night a few times, but of course now we want more. She seems to be in a growing spurt (like I can see inches on her every day) and her animation is hilarious. I'll have to post a "talking" video soon.

Watch Wednesdays

Makes me think of Mr. Darcy in a fight!

Putting Up - mid summer edition

I love my garden and I love storing my harvest for winter. More pesto and ginger apple butter have been put away. I picked 40 lbs of apples the weekend and 20 cups of basil. What a lovely time of year!!!

Family Friday

Why not take Fridays to tell you about what is going on. First Zooey is suppose to start daycare August first. I'm really having a hard time letting go. She has been at home with her Grammy this whole time. She also has started rolling over a ton, saying ah-goo and teething. How fast they grow!!

Watch Wednesdays

I think Wednesdays should be for videos.  Here is one of my favorite songs - and the video isn't bad either.

Santa Fe

We went to Santa Fe this weekend.  Poor Zooey got really hot and needed a break in the car out of her car seat.  We also went to Jackalope and saw a cool prairie dog and a kitty in one of the shops.  It is ....... the city different!

A Little Weekend Fun.

It has been a while since I've taken some time to write.  This past weekend a few exciting things happened.  1) the tour de fleece started (which means I will be spinning roving every day) 2) I had brunch with a group of girl friends 3) the weather here is hot hot hot and it makes me not want to go outside.

POTKU

A friend told me that they were looking for my blog and looked up POTKU.  Guess what it means ....

Finish for kick

Interesting I know.  Who knew that I would pick such a great word for my blog!

As a thank you to my friend here is my latest macro photo.

Baby Fashion

I love the fact that I can put Zooey in anything I want and there is nothing she can say!

Hot Hot Hot

It has been pretty hot these days. To still be cozy and get away from the heat I have fantastic summer slippers!

100 Days!

Zooey turned 100 days old yesterday. As in traditional Korean cultures we had a party. Sort of Zooey's coming out party. It was nice to see lots of people and have people meet her.

Birthday!!!

It was my birthday this past week. And what a birthday it was. I woke up to flowers, chocolates and presents. Went to work where I had a good day. Lunch time trail run with the ladies and then ate lunch at the ski hill. After work we went to Prometheus and then pizza for dinner. Really lovely day!!!

Zooey Time

Next Friday she will be 100 days old. Party time!!!

Putting Up Part II

The neighbors across the street have a pie cherry tree that is going crazy. I've decided to try and make cherry ginger butter. The sugar base in it is honey. I'm going to put this over vanilla bean ice cream tonight!

Pumpkin Patch

Mike has created me a new pumpkin patch. The chickens took over my old one. The first seeds are coming up!

Summer Macros

I love taking macro photos of bugs and things in the yard.  Here are some of my latest!  The garden is growing well and that means bugs bugs bugs!

Growing Girl!

Zooey is growing like a weed. She is now 9 lbs and giggling,smiling and noticing stuff.

Memorial Day!

We relaxed and BBQ with friends - what did you do?

RIP Moab!

Today we had to put Moab down. She was an amazing cat and we will miss her!

Eclipse!

We got to see the eclipse tonight. I don't have any fancy photos of it. But here are some from my phone!

New Tree!

We wanted to get a largest tree to block our view from the hot tub and the neighbors house. The new tree arrived today. Here are before and after photos!

Weekends ...

This past weekend was Mike's first motorcycle race weekend, since Zooey arrived. It was Zooey's first RV trip was well.

In other news I've gone back to work. Life is a lot more busy now!

Baby Love

Things in our house are different - but not too much. We still spend our evenings snuggling and hanging out (but now there is an extra person).

I find that we need a bit more time to get out the door and we have to be a bit more organized when leaving ... But otherwise all is the same.

Now Methow would like to disagree with me! We are taking the cats and Zooey to the race track this weekend. Should be fun!!

Putting Up

Remember all the carrots that I harvested a while back. I wanted some way to save them - but wasn't sure what. I decided to blanch them and freeze them. After blanching they still taste delicious (FYI).

Slow Updates

I told myself after having a kid I would keep the blog up and not only blog about her. I seem to be sucking at that. Do how about a kid update?
She is 6 lbs 11 oz tonight and we had our first hike in a national park.

I can't wait to introduce her to all the wonders of the world!

Check Out My Garden!

My honey finished one side. Love it!!!

Summer Is Coming!

The temperature is rising and that means summer is coming. Mike has decided to redesign my garden. More photos once he finishes. This redesign means I dug up all winter carrots. Look at how many made it through the cold months!

Tired.

Yep. We are pretty tired around here. The lack of sleep means that we try and catch a little shut eye whenever we can!

RIP Kevin

We noticed today that one of the Kevin's was acting tired and just not her self. The other chickens were avoiding her. We gave her a warm bath to see if she had an egg stuck. Turns out it must have been something else - because shortly after the bath she died. We will miss her!