busy baking weekend

Yesterday I baked, and baked, and baked.











All the cookies (and the brownies) are for a care package to my cousin in Iraq.

On top of all my cookie baking, I decided to make pizza for dinner.



Today I made Smitten Kitchen's breakfast apple granola crisp. I'm so beat from all this cooking and baking that I didn't get any pictures of the apple crisp. Oh well. Such is life.

pretty dish mat

Using this idea from Amanda Soule's book, I re-purposed one of our old bath towels into a dish drying mat.



I used a Moda Central Park charm pack that I picked up from The Quilting Loft awhile back. I used the quilt-as-you-go method and added some simple bias tape around the edge.



I have a few more old bath towels that need a new life, so I think I'll make some more of these.

new hair

Well, it's still my old hair, just a new look.




My now-tiny ponytail.


This should give you an idea of how much I cut off. Roughly 4 or 5 inches, depending on the dread. They were a bunch of different lengths, anyhow.




My head feels so much lighter now. =)

this moment

From my walk last weekend.


Starting to sprout.

spring planting (finally)

beautiful sunny Seattle day

There wasn't a cloud in the sky.


It's been so chilly that many of the trees were still pretty bare.


A closer look at the trunk showed plenty of green.


Things were very green, and warm, in the PSC butterfly house.


We checked out the new Star Wars exhibit, of course. I'll leave you with a few images. And yes, I am sporting a Star Wars t-shirt. Cause I'm that kind of nerd. =)

settling in, one room at a time

We moved a little over a week ago, and are getting settled in. It's quite overwhelming to pack up everything you own. It's even more overwhelming to unpack into a new space. Since I've had this week off from work I've been slowly going through boxes, deciding where to put things and how to best organize. Besides the necessities (where are my socks?!), I've found that making a space my own, complete with pictures on the walls, really helps me feel grounded.

I've been working on the kitchen space.







Not yet finished, but definitely coming along.
And those spice jars all lined up on their shelves? They make me smile.