Day 135 [Greenback]

Photo = Garage sale success!!

Thankfully that pile is not all singles....happily it's much larger bills.

We have spent months going through our stuff, piles for donate, garbage and garage sale.

Today we saw two thirds of the garage sale pile walk with happy new owners.

It was a lot of work that was rewarded with a bountiful of greenback!

Day 134 [Right Said Fred]

A quick stop into Fred Meyer today with my husband.

When we pulled into the parking lot we saw this guy mowing the lawn area of the parking lot.

My husband's exact words, "Look, it's Right Said Fred!"

I burst out laughing as he was so right!

Day 133 [Drive By]

Today's picture is a drive by shot.

On my way home from picking up the little guy from preschool I got my camera ready for the shot.

We live near a lake, really it's a water resevoir, that they drain almost empty every winter...it's quite the ugly sight!  The lake has slowly been filling for the past several months and it now full.

The boats are starting to sprinkle the docks around the lake.

I have wanted to take a picture of this particular spot on several occasions as it is a cove of the lake with Mt. Rainier in the background.  It's just off the road I travel every morning to and from preschool.

Today, as you can see, is a gorgeous day!

Day 132 [Prep]

We are partaking in the community garage sale this weekend.

We live in a master planned community so there are A LOT of homes and this annual event is very well recieved.  We have A LOT of stuff to put out this year.  All the stuff you see here takes up half of the spare bedroom.  We have equally as much in the garage to sale as well as some furniture and such.

I'm hoping the weather cooperates and the people come with money in hand.

I would like to see most, if not all of this stuff find new homes this weekend.

Day 131 [Just Because]

...he loves me!

Today he came home from work with these pretties to brighten my day.

He wanted to get me my fav...Gerbera Daisies but they didn't have any.

No matter, I'm happy with any floral love he brings home just because.

Day 130 [Legen...wait for it....Dary!]

This morning I took the boys to the brand new doughnut shop that opened over the weekend near our house.  Ideally I would have taken a picture of the doughnuts in the box, but I didn't quite have photo on my mind until after we scarfed down our delicious breakfast treats.

So I took a picture of the logo on the box.

Don't ya just love the doughnut for the o?

Day 129 [A Birthday & A Mother's Day]

May 9, 2010

Mother's Day and Bailey's 15th birthday!

We left the housein the morning, breakfast at Starbucks then headed into the city for some kayaking.

We have a place near UW that we patronize several times each summer to get our kayaking fix.  We headed over there and got to the place just in time, before the mass of people began to arrive.

Since Bailey isn't 18 he needs to ride with one of us.  It was my turn for a single kayak, so I was thrilled to be in my own craft!  We start off on the westside of the Montlake Cut (for you non Puget Sounders)...the Montlake Cut is the manmade stretch that connects Lake Washington to Lake Union just north of downtown Seattle.  We have always kayaked through Lake Union, so today we headed east to the other side of the cut and kayaked the Arboretum.  It was fantastic! 

The Arboretum is a sweet place where no motorized watercraft can get to, so it's smooth water and easy paddling.  It's tucked around the westside of the 520 floating bridge, so you hear traffic the entire time, but somehow it's still very peaceful.  We were on the water for almost an hour and a half and traveled approx. 2.5 nautical miles.  It was fantastic! 

We had a hearty lunch, stopped in for a quick visit with my MIL before heading to Ben and Jerry's for an ice cream treat.  They were having happy hour!  2 scoops for $3.00! 

We got home and are all beat!  Sun, water, kayaking, food and fun will suck the energy out of you!

It was a good Mother's Day and I believe an excellent birthday for Bailey.

Day 128 [One Day]

A certain someone has a birthday tomorrow.

15th to be exact.

Lucky him he gets to share it with my special day...Mother's Day!

Whipped up a card for him tonight.

He's excited for tomorrow to come. It's going to be a great day!

Day 127 [From The Windmill]

We have a great nursery near where we live.

It's a quaint place that has a restaurant, gift shop, gardens to walk through...it's fabulous.

I stopped in today to pick up some seasonal goodies for two special ladies.

Day 126 [Blooming Clematis]

While I was bringing the trash bins up from the curb to their place behind the gate I passed by the clematis alongside the garage.  I noticed it was blooming so I took a moment to enjoy the blooms.

I thought you would enjoy the blooms too.

Day 125 [Cinco de Mayo]

In 'celebration' of Cinco de Mayo I made grilled tacos (chicken for me, beef for him) tonight for dinner along with some corn on the cob.  It was just me and the boy tonight for dinner as my hubby is at a business dinner in the city.

Surprisingly they are not dining Mexican.

It was a tasty celebration.

Day 124 [It's A Go!]

Got this text this morning from my husband.

He gave a proposal to his company that will allow him the time and support to finish his degree and then put it to use within the company.  He is very excited about the opportunity to do this and I'm so proud of him for thinking outside the box and making things happen! 

Day 123 [Swaying]

This picture does not do it justice!

It's virtually impossible to capture the amount of winding blowing at the moment.

It's crazy windy outside, has been since the middle of the night!

This is looking out from the front of our house...the trees are moving like mad.

The windows and doors are creaking due to the gusts of wind.

I can't recall a sunny spring 'storm'....it's odd not to have dark clouds pouring rain down us along with these massive winds. But I won't complain, sunshine and blue skies are always welcome, even if it comes with crazy wind that makes your hair look amess after seconds outside.

Day 122 [Mosaic]

For lunch today we tried a new place.

The food was quite good.

We ate at in the bar, at the bar.

We was struck by how amazing the bar counter top was.

The colors and texture were beautiful!

Not something you would expect to find in a bar, but a pleasant surprise.

Day 121 [NSD]

Today is National Scrapbooking Day.

As an avid scrapbooker, I celebrated this day at my friend's house creating pages and pages of memories.  My friend, Buffy, has an amazing scraproom that is a delight to create in.

We took some time to go out for lunch, which was a delightful break.

We returned back to the creative space to scrap away until the early evening.

A lovely way to spend the day.

Did you create some memories today?

If so, don't forget to document them!