730 Days in Photographs

8.28.2010

Day 712. August 26. Special Xray Club.

Xray is officially 3-years-old.

To celebrate, Carly sent me this sticker.

I don't know what a "special Xray club" is,

but he seems to like it & I think it's perfect.

Day 711. August 25. Pizza party.

Tonight, Britt came over to catch up about our summers

so I thought, why not turn it into a dinner party?

I decided on homemade pizza!

Thanks to Trader Joe's ready to bake pizza dough,

I made us Giada's tomato mozzarella pizza.
Giada never disapoints.

Day 710. August 24. Tomato-Watermelon Salad.

"I will eat healthy."

That's my phrase of the semester....

So, I bought this salad cookbook,

& tonight I "cooked" my first recipe :

tomato-watermelon salad.

It's so odd that it's delicious,

I was pleasantly surprised.

Day 709. August 23. Messy.

School started today.

I'm not mentally ready.

My room looks like this,

& I really want to get organized.

Day 708. August 22. Move.

I'm all moved back into my apartment

& my red dresser is officially primed

and ready to be painted green!

Day 707. August 21. Goodbye & Hello.

We said goodbye to Matt & Kate as they headed back to San Fran

& then I said hello to Lenny as she visited LA for the weekend!

(Kate said "goodbye & don't die" to Captain)

Day 706. August 20. Matt Q turns 21!

8.26.2010

I lost a bet.
This bet entailed going to yoga 20 times before June 16...
I thought I could do it, but I in fact only made it to 12 classes before my deadline.
So, tonight I paid my dues to Padre Miguel by making him and the family dinner.

I (thankfully) had Matt to help, otherwise the 3 courses would never have been completed...
We made prosciutto wrapped scallops with a tomato based reduction, asparagus and shrimp cilantro salad & lemon souffle for dessert.

Now considering I ~~rarely~~ never cook : I was kinda proud of this little dinner...

And, Padre Miguel and I couldn't finish dinner without placing a new bet on the table...
Looks like I won't be dying my hair until December 31.
This one might be harder than 20 yoga classes.

8.24.2010

Day 704. August 18. Suite-mates.

Padre Miguel's sister, Jan & nephew Conor are here this week from Washington.

Jan was my suite-mate all week & she's definitely my favorite suite-mate ever
(sorry what's your names from SPU 3 years ago).
Conor & Garrison love each other.

If you think Kate & I are strange...
(which we definitely are not)

Then you would find Garr & Conor
to be VERY weird
(yet extremely entertaining)

Also from tonight's adventures:

Kate's
"Awkward, Up Close and Personal"
portrait series:

Day 703. August 17. Volunteer.

I'm not sure if I've blogged about it yet,

but this summer I've been volunteering at a

Speech/Language Pathology private practice.

Today was my last day with them & when I wasn't

observing my last few sessions,

I was creating their Back to School board out of construction paper.

With the help of Google to give me a visual on what a "school house"

& swing set look like, I think I did a pretty good job in this silly little board.

Day 702. August 16. Soup.

Tonight my camera phone helped me capture my after closing Julienne project.

My co-worker, Derek & I reorganized all of the frozen soups,

starting with emptying the freezers : hence this really silly picture.

We're kind of proud that a week later, the freezer is still organized...

Day 701. August 15. Matt(s) & Garrison.

Day 700. August 14. Ikea, please.

I really, really, really, really, really

want to go to Ikea.

P.S. 30 days until my blog is done.....

Any ideas for the next one??

8.22.2010

Day 699. August 13. Us7 Reunion (#2).

You might remember these 7 girls from last year's post.
But if not, these are my 6 best friends from elementary school.
(Me, Camille, Laurel, Camly, Kristen, Kate & Becca)

Last year was our first "reunion" since Jr High & tonight all 7 of us got together again
for champagne (on ice) & bull riding at Saddle Ranch.

It was the best reunion yet.
We're planning the next one for Decemeber...