Snippets

I started this post about a month ago and am only now getting around to finishing it. I'm going to have to start doing more exciting things worthy of reporting.

I finally uploaded a couple of months worth of pictures from the camera. I found lots of food pictures:


Blueberries we picked at a farm down the road. I washed and froze a couple gallons so we'd have berries for pancakes and muffins throughout the winter. I think we need to get a chest freezer so we can stock up on goodies.


We went out for dinner at a restaurant called Lovely Hula Hands a couple of months ago and have been making this salad at home since. It's made of summer tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, and goddess dressing. We went to the farmers market this weekend and got the ingredients to make this for the last time this summer.

Those pictures were summer food--this weekend has been all about fall food. I picked up a few pumpkins at the farmers market and roasted and pureed them last night. Today I roasted the seeds and made some pumpkin bread and muffins. We also made a big pot of split pea soup with enough for leftovers this week plus some to freeze for a quick dinner sometime in the future.

Awesome blog if you like cake and/or things that are funny

This is my new favorite blog. It's a compilation of pictures of professional cakes that are just horrible. It always makes me laugh.

I'm back

August was a busy month, but I kept putting off writing. I'll try to catch up now.

Work has been busy but good. I was out in the field off and on through August, but now I'm done and back in the office for the foreseeable future (except for a conference in San Diego at the end of the month).

A couple of weeks ago, I completed the Portland to Coast walking relay with a team of women mainly from my office. It was fun, and I was able to walk my three ~5 mile legs relatively unscathed (I have one purple toenail) which I consider to be quite a feat since I didn't really train for the relay. I didn't take my camera, but I'm hoping to get some pictures soon.

Our labor day weekend was pretty relaxing. I spent most of today reading, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

I'm sure I left something out. I hope to write more in September.

Erica