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On the day we moved

October 1, 2013

Before I get into it I wanted to say happy October! I love this month and I will love it even more in the years to come because my sister is having a baby this month! Also yesterday was her 31st birthday-happy birthday again sister-I love you!

Yesterday I took a look back at our old apartment and today I’m sharing some sneak peeks of our new place. Once we’re settled in I will share again but this will do for now. We started our move last Wednesday and in preparation for the move I made a full meal to feed our helpers once we were done. We decided not to rent a truck and take advantage of the generous help that was offered to us. I felt really lucky to have so many friends offer after just over a year of living here.

Our layout is this. We are renting the back half of a duplex that shares a living room and kitchen wall. We have 2 bedrooms (can I say studio/guestroom?!), a backyard (all to ourselves) which is surrounded by a community garden and has a swing in it, we have a garage (not for parking but for fun things like beer making and setting up my summer studio), we also have a sweet mirrored wall in the living room-which I thought was weird at first but I actually really like.

A few of them are a bit grainy because I only knew where my iphone was when we were moving. I promise when I share proper photos of the place I’ll use my actual camera. There is a sneak peek. It’s been almost a week in the new place and I’m starting to really appreciate it. I knew I would because transitions are hard for me but I can feel myself coming over the hump and it’s good.

A quick trip to austin

September 23, 2013

Last weekend Walker and I took a quick trip to Austin. He had a work trip and I wasn’t planning on going at first. Then I got to thinking that I hadn’t experienced a lot of real summer weather, you know super hot days and warm nights-the kind of days you don’t have to change your outfit at all. As silly as it sounds I was also really wanting a hair cut and my stylist is in Austin. You think after a year of living in Seattle I would have found one but no. I finally committed when I saw that tickets (only 2 weeks out) weren’t that expensive and I could use miles-even better! So I just booked a ticket and went to Austin.

It was quite the whirlwind of a trip. We had dinner with Walker’s parents as soon as we landed. We met up with 2 sets of friends that evening. The next day we had brunch with friends at Snack Bar on South Congress. I met up with a friend in the afternoon and we had a great time catching up while sitting in the sun. It was so warm when we were there and it felt great! I was so happy to be sticking to my seat. Sometimes it just feels so good to be hot.

Later on Sunday we met up with a group of friends and went on a boat party. That was unexpected and really fun. I stayed with my friend Katie that night and met her dog Rio for the first time. On Monday I wandered around Austin and walked by some of my favorite places. I stopped by my old office and said hi to my coworkers. Walker and I had dinner with friends that night. On Tuesday I got my hair cut, had lunch with a friend, and headed back to the airport. It was short and packed full of fun and I can’t wait to go back again. I really do love Austin.

A book reading

September 18, 2013

I’ve been absent for a couple of days as you may or may not have noticed. I decided to go to Austin somewhat last minute and I had posts ready to go for the days I would be gone but I got too busy before I left to actually schedule them. It’s alright though I’ve been learning lately to let some things go in order to enjoy myself more fully.

Before I left for Austin (which I’ll be sharing about soon) I went to a book reading by Langdon Cook. When I first moved out to Seattle I read his first book called Fat of the Land all about foraging in the Pacific Northwest. His newest book is called The Mushroom Hunters and as you probably guessed is all about mushrooms. I’ve been following along with his blog so when I saw that he would be doing a book reading at the local book shop I planned to attend.

We were supplied with a mushroom pate and wine and an ample amount of body heat as the tiny room filled with people. It was worth it though because everyone was fascinated by his stories and of course the morel giveaways during the event (I did not win). When the reading was over I waited in line to get my book signed and biked home happy and intrigued to do some mushroom hunting of my own (with professional guidance of course).

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