Did you know that Channel 8 is building a studio in the space that the Powell’s Travel Bookstore used to occupy in Pioneer Square? I think it’s a great/awful idea! I love that we will have a Today Show-style news studio here in little ol’ Portland and that the only people hanging out outside the windows will be street kids and crazies.
I can’t wait!
Pumpkin pie bars I’m going to attempt to make for a party this weekend. (Via)
Oh, awesome. I am into all things pumpkin right now. And by things I mean food. I’m also into non-pumpkin foods.
Basically I’m into food.
she has peed on my nieces bed three times. all over. on the comforter, on the pillows, on the sheets. not to mention all over her roommate’s clean laundry.
I think a lot of things can cause a cat to pee places other than it’s litter box. I’m not especially knowledgeable on the subject. Still, when Catherine and I lived together she got a kitten named Trevor. He had a habit of peeing on our beds occasionally. We basically just thought he was an asshole- I think me, especially. I really didn’t have any patience for him.
Well, it turned out he had some kind of terrible bladder problem that ultimately proved fatal. It was really sad and I ended up feeling like a total jerk for being mad at him all the time.
Maybe the kitten should visit the vet?
Yeah, I’ll see your Recess and your Pepper Ann and I’ll raise you the Weekenders.
(Even though I admit I liked Pepper Ann best.)
Just hearing Pepper Ann mentioned instantly made me start singing the song in my head. Turns out I know every word! Glad that’s taking up space in my brain!
I went for a run this morning (still doing the Couch to 5k thing. It’s going really well!!!) and, as you can see, I fell down.
Tripping and spilling yourself on a dark sidewalk at 6 AM is pretty pathetic. No one was around to be concerned. No one helped me up. There was no point in saying “Ow!” because no one would have heard.
I could tell by the white glow of my iPod screen that I was bleeding, but it was hard to tell if it was very bad. It sure stung.
So, I got up and kept running. I did the whole run I had planned on doing and actually did better than I had expected. Plus, getting home and cleaning my wounds made me feel like a bad ass.
Yesterday Catherine, Kay and I held our second annual Pumpkin Party. At our Pumpkin Party we drank pumpkin ale and made pumpkin bread. Catherine and Kay also ended up making pumpkin milkshakes. It’s was pumpkin-tastic.
I tried to find the same recipe we used for last year’s pumpkin bread, but it seems that Martha Stewart has removed it from her website. The one we ended up using claimed to be Martha’s recipe, but I’m pretty sure it was different.
You can find it here.
I ended up doubling the cream cheese in the frosting because it was too buttery tasting at first. Also, I was pretty sure that the bread was totally going to burn. I tried to take it out after like 40 minutes or so but Kay and Catherine convinced me that I was stupid and that it needed more time. We ended up backing it for about 55 minutes and it turned out perfect. It is sooo good!
Yay for seasonal baking!
Ever since I purchased my rubber boots I’ve been wishing I had more opportunities to wear them. I know that Oregon is known for it’s rain, but the last couple months have been relatively dry and even when it does rain it hardly requires special gear.
Well, today is the day I was waiting for. It is really coming down. But did I wear my rain boots today? No. I even considered wearing them and then decided against it because I thought it might not be raining all that hard later and I would have to carry them home. Oh, and guess what shoes I wore instead! White linen flats!!!
Now I have two filthy, sopping sponges on my feet. So smart.
