fur ball friday - the cat and the keyboard

 

yeah, i'm not completely crazy.  

i know it's monday, however i want to talk about friday morning.  you see friday morning we awoke to a hacking cat (bamboo) and the eventual sound of kitty vomit.  JD did a quick sweep of the house at 5 a.m. to see if he could find it and then returned to bed.  at 6.30 when the rest of the house awoke i got my cup of tea and headed over to the computer to check email when i found the pile of regurgitated kitty food on the keyboard of our mac.

crap... so i clean up the keyboard, disinfected it and went on with checking my email.  everything worked fine.  if you have been reading this blog for a while you will know that a little kitty puke doesn't slow us down.  bamboo has had a sensitive stomach since he was a little kitty and even though we have special food for him... this happens on a regular basis.

friday night JD sat down for his internet surfing time, after i went to bed, only to find that the left side of the keyboard didn't work.  he tried restarting and cleaning the keyboard but, no luck the keyboard was fried.  JD was ticked to say the least.  this is the second keyboard we have lost to the cats... (Ginkgo peed on the first one).  so i am off to the mac store today at lunch or tonight to get yet another keyboard.  

i had so many computer related items to take care of this weekend that didn't happen... so this week i will work on blogs and my taxes and hopefully the kitties will stay away from the new keyboard.

the weekend

well that weekend flew by in a blur. 

i had such aspirations.... ahh and then they slowly went down the tube. 
remember the kitchen?  well JD and i went two weekends ago to purchase the wood trim for the window and the wood for the kitchen shelving.  since then, the wood has been in a pile in the basement waiting to get finished.  this weekend was to be the finishing weekend. (warning:  no wood was finished.)

instead, i did a much needed bit of shopping for essentials; jeans, spring jacket, and flashy necklaces.  the when we got home we were too tired to work on the wood so we watched "sunshine cleaning".  (such a cute movie, i would highly recommend it.)

sunday we awoke with renewed aspirations only to find that the dogs were not in line with our work plan and seriously needed some outdoor time.  so JD, Rainier, Baker, and i headed to the dog park (along with the rest of seattle) for some puppy play time.  i kid you not, there was at least one of every breed of dog at the park.  i guess everyone figured a morning without rain was the perfect time to get out.  even though there was no rain there was plenty of mud and post park time was filled with puppy baths and lunch with friends. 

before we knew it we did our weekly shopping and settled in for some fun with the Grammy awards. 

no work was done but it was a good weekend.  maybe this weekend we will get to some of that wood?

AWOL

hey everyone... (if anyone is still out there).  

i sort of fell off the face of the earth for a while and for that, sorry.  i really needed the past month to try and refresh and get things in order.  the past month has been a bit crazy and i have just felt worn down like an old rug.  so instead of trying to burn the candle at both ends and keep the blog up to date, work, and do etsy stuff on the side i decided to just go to work and come home and really minimize everything else.

December all seems a blur to me now - looking back that is. things always start to go a bit crazy at thanksgiving and this year was no exception.  after thanksgiving started the holiday parties, my birthday celebrations, and holiday preparations.  throw in there a baby shower (that i made a quit for), a custom design apron order, a large graphic design package, and the quilt i was working on as a gift for christmas and poof... December was more than full.

but i'm back now (if you'll take me) and i have tons of stuff to share with you.  sewing projects, graphic design stuff, and new stuff for 2010. also super soon i want to recap 2009 and all it's ups and downs.

ps... D, your intervention worked - I'm back.

holiday vaca.

since i have been oh so bad about blogging this month i have decided to throw in the towel. 

i will be back (hopefully refreshed) in the new year with tons of fun and exciting new stuff to share.  have a wonderful holiday everyone and a bright new year!

where does the time go?

wow it has been a week since my last post... how is that possible?

last week was so jammed packed i hardly had time to breath.

1.  last friday was my birthday... (we won't discuss numbers)

2.  JD took me for dinner at Dahlia Lounge where the owner and great chef Tom Douglas was milling about visiting with guests.

3.  After dinner we went to the Seattle Symphony where we saw the Holiday Pops with Cirque de la Symphonie.  it was amazing... a truly wonderful birthday.

4.  Friday was more eating out.  We had authentic Italian at La Rustica, which reminded me of our living in rome.

5.  Sat was chalk full of shopping, birthday lunch, and  holiday party.

6.  Sunday was more eating with a holiday brunch and more shopping with friends.

i'm tired from even thinking about it. the next week is going to be spotty again with blogging.  i have so many projects that need to go out the door before the holiday really kicks off.  so i apologize, but i bet you're all too busy to read too!

(great little vintage clock via bright wall vintage)

i so want this...

check out this megadoily by Ladies and Gentlemen that i spotted on design*sponge.

i so, so LOVE it.

it would be perfect in our house.  it makes me nervous that there isn't a price listed, but if you have an itch to send me a rather thoughtful gift i would like one of these. (remember my birthday is on friday!)  ha.

oh how time flys

(a holiday tree decorated with glittered pine cones i made last weekend)

where did the weekend go?

seriously one minute your planning all that free time you have and the next, poof, it is monday morning.  as i am sitting here i am slowly dissecting our weekend. 

thursday night was JD's holiday party. 

friday the pups and i went to the dog park, i got my hair done, then we went to dinner with friends.

saturday was house work, getting the tree, sewing and a nap (cause i was sleepy)

sunday i went to a baby shower (i will share my gifts soon), decorated the tree, then did more sewing.

it was a whirl wind weekend. 

i haven't even begun my shopping for the holidays.  i am having a hard time getting into the spirit.  i need to calm my mind and just slow down a bit... sometimes at this time of year i get stuck on overdrive and don't take time to breath.  today i think i will try breathing. 

what have you guys been up to?  running about i'm sure.