Scrapbooking my life...one page at a time

Frye Museum ...

Yesterday was such a beautiful day.  The sun was shining, the birds were singing and we had blue skies - it felt more like spring than winter.

A perfect day to go for a drive into town, something I rarely do.  Dana and I had made plans to spent the day together and she suggested that we go into Seattle and visit the Frye Art Museum - which is one of her favorites so that is exactly what we did.

Although I'd heard off the Frye before it was not a museum that I'd ever been to and since getting into town and seeing more shows, museums & plays was on my list of To-Do's it was a wonderful suggestion.  Thanks Dana! 

At the Frye we saw an incredible exhibition called, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History examines the unique collaboration between Rollins, an artist, activist, and educator, and K.O.S., a group of artists that emerged from the ranks of Rollins’ classes at Intermediate School 52 in the South Bronx, New York.

We both enjoyed wandering through the gallery and taking in the show - there were some incredible pieces in it. 

After the gallery we decided to head back over to my house to visit and scrap together for a while. 

Nothing big, nothing crazy just a nice day spent in good company.  Thanks DD

Ah, the Magic of Ordinary Days

N

Another 4 Years ...

Katy has loved every minute (okay, well, almost every minute) of the last 4 years she has spent at Washington State University and this May  (time sure does fly) she will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology. 

Mike & I are very proud & thrilled to announce that in September she will begin another 4 years at WSU because she just been notified that she was accepted into the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Congratulations Dr. Katy

YEAH -YOU DID IT

We {heart} You

:-)

An Ordinary Miracle ...

I can't believe it , I know stranger things have happened but really, you just never know.  I mean it - Never say Never cause I'll be darned if it's not a miracle ... an everyday ordinary ... MIRACLE!

No, I  didn't find the job of my dreams, lose 20 lbs or find Jesus on the side of an old 1970's crock pot.  Recall that I did say, 'everyday ordinary miracle, but a miracle nonetheless.  So, what's the miracle you ask - well I still can't believe it but ... someone actually .... took my advice  ... AND ... it worked!

You don't believe me ... well, let me explain ...

First, I follow a lot of blogs, some that I read daily, some weekly and some just every once in a while.  One of the blogs that I read almost every day is called, 'Out of the Crayon Box'. It is published by a teacher in L.A and her 'crayons' are what she calls her student (so cute) anyways, this is how she describes her blog ...

'This is my very own show and tell for all the things I do out of the Crayon Box. When I am not with the Crayons or grading their papers, I am most likely making some sort of mess in the name of creativity.

So anyway, a while back she posted that she had an ugly old crock-pot [pictured above] (I think we all have an ugly old crock pot sitting on a shelf somewhere don't we) and was thinking about whether she should try and spray paint it red and was asking her readers what we thought about that.  Well, I thought about it for a while and I posted the following comment on her blog ...

Anonymous from Seattle, WA said... (Yup, that's me)

"I wonder if you could try paining it with black chalk board paint - You could then write on the pot what is cooking inside it! "

Well, she took my suggestion and painted her old crock pot with black chalkboard paint and it turned out great and I {heart} it.

It's a rare day in June, a once in a blue moon kinda event when someone actually takes my advice and it works - so needless to say ... I'm thrilled. 

So, I'm thinking - that since I'm having all the girls from my bookclub over for a movie & book discussion next week  - that I might just paint my ugly old 1970's style crock pot up with chalkboard paint and make some tasty Swedish meatballs in it for them,  I'll see if I can impress them with my Top Chef Skills (ha), my creative talents and clever idea (well, it was 1/2 mine) ...

 

Happy Crock-Potting

N

Ten on Tuesday ....

Top Ten Things I'm Looking Forward to Right Now

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1. Jess & Aidan coming to visit in March
   
2. Going to WSU Mom's Weekend in April
3. Going to Kate's Graduation in May
4. San Diego trip
5. The Bookclub Girls coming over for a little food / wine & "The Good Earth"
6. Spring / Sunshine / Watching my Garden Grow
7. Baseball Season & going to the Opening Day Game
8. Begin our weekly Bowling matches with friends
9. Begin going into town once a month to a Gallery or Play with friends
10. Begin regular Monday Morning Walkabouts with Therese again!

Life is Good

N

Fantastic Fun Fanfest ...

2010 FanFest

Oh ya, this weekend was the official start of the Baseball Season.  The M's hosted their 12th Annual Fanfest at Safeco Field and Mike & I (along with about 10,000 other people) went on Sunday to regale in all things Mariner.

We are both very excited about the M's potential this year and along with the rest of baseballdom, we believe that maybe, just maybe, they have finally found their MOJO again.

Mike & You Know Who

Mike & I's first foray into being Season Ticket holders (the 2008 season) was not an entirely pleasant experience as we bought into what has to be one of their worst seasons - E.V.E.R-  

Trust me, people are still talking about it, trying to analyze it and reliving it, - last year we only attended a handful of games (life was consumed by things greater than baseball) but, this year  ...

Chatting about BBall

... this year we have fully recovered and are very excited to have once again purchased Season Tickets (only a 16 game package this time) to what we believe will be an amazing year! 

One of the fun things about FanFest (besides seeing players, listening to Q&A's with coaches, managers & players, photo ops with the Moose, tours of the players M's Clubhouse & running around the bases, etc)  is being able to go up into the stadium and try-out the seats you want to purchase your seasons tickets for. 

 

The Roof's Control Panel - looks like something from the deck of the Enterprise - doesn't it.

We also got to go up and check out the control room where they open/close the roof.  This was one of Mike's favorite activities of the day.

In six weeks the M's are off to Spring Training and then it's time to .... PLAY BALL

Hope you had a great weekend

N