You know those things blogger does to make sure you are a human and not a computer? The little pass code things? When I, an actual human, have to try three times to get it right because they are so cryptic and hard to read, something is wrong.
The machines are getting too smart for me.
And I should probably not blog at 8 am either ;).
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Sisters, Sisters, There Were Never More Devoted Sisters
First up this weekend would have been better with Amanda and Peter, just saying. But don't worry Thanksgiving and the Turtle Rock festivities are just around the corner! Complete with (hopefully) weather that is more conducive for using the wrap around porch and the fire pits and the hot tub. I. Can't. Wait.
Okay that being said this weekend was pretty fun. Rach and her boyfriend Dan came up - okay more like across - for the weekend. I love chill house guests who help you do the dishes and go grocery shopping and don't mind that you have no idea what you're making for dinner. They got in town Friday night with plenty of time to eat a delicious pizza Spencer made with our homemade pesto before we headed out to watch the cards play (for the record I think we've already made 12 jars of pesto from our basil plants and you can't even see where I picked basil - so ridiculous!). Go Cards!! That game was so ridiculous! And heart attack inducing! Good thing DMac has cable and lives 20 steps away, so we could walk across the street and watch it in the comfort of our hoodies and socks - even though he was in Bentonville not Tulsa for the night haha.
In the morning, after some yummy breakfast and coffee, it was off to Porter, OK, the home of peaches. We went to pick . . . wait for it . . . nope not peaches :). We went to pick apples and pumpkins! The apples were a no go, apparently it's too late in the season but we did find some lovely pumpkins. We decided to be cheapos and skip the hay ride and just walk out to the pumpkin patch to find us some lovely gems.
Today after church we just all sat around on the front porch and chilled. It was so, so beautiful. 75 and sunny and breezy. And the company was delightful. Once they headed back to Arkansas we took our crazy not lap dog to walk by the river and then it was home for a delicious breakfast for dinner with David and Kat and David, complete with pumpkin pancakes topped with delcious apples and maple syrup and whipped cream. Yum Yum. I'd call that a pretty good weekend :).
Okay that being said this weekend was pretty fun. Rach and her boyfriend Dan came up - okay more like across - for the weekend. I love chill house guests who help you do the dishes and go grocery shopping and don't mind that you have no idea what you're making for dinner. They got in town Friday night with plenty of time to eat a delicious pizza Spencer made with our homemade pesto before we headed out to watch the cards play (for the record I think we've already made 12 jars of pesto from our basil plants and you can't even see where I picked basil - so ridiculous!). Go Cards!! That game was so ridiculous! And heart attack inducing! Good thing DMac has cable and lives 20 steps away, so we could walk across the street and watch it in the comfort of our hoodies and socks - even though he was in Bentonville not Tulsa for the night haha.
In the morning, after some yummy breakfast and coffee, it was off to Porter, OK, the home of peaches. We went to pick . . . wait for it . . . nope not peaches :). We went to pick apples and pumpkins! The apples were a no go, apparently it's too late in the season but we did find some lovely pumpkins. We decided to be cheapos and skip the hay ride and just walk out to the pumpkin patch to find us some lovely gems.
Rokcy and Blitzy also had lots of fun laying around the yard and getting in mock dog fights all weekend long. For the record Rocky is so chill and he loves sitting on your lap and cuddling.
Blitz however does not love sitting on your lap. But it is pretty funny to try and get her to cuddle with you :).
After heading back from the pumpkin patch we hit up topeca and shopped around some little botique places downtown before heading home for bunches of football and some crazy weather!! The boys wanted to make steaks and decided it was still feasible to grill them outside even though you could barely see through the rain to the garage!
Rach and I opted for staying dry inside and making this awesome pie from some apples we got at the pumpkin patch (you could buy them just not pick them haha). Our dinner turned out so, so delicious. Steaks marinated in this awesome sauce we saw on a cooking show, grilled corn on the cob, and yummy potatoes roasted to perfection with spicy mustard and garlice. And of course the pie :).
Today after church we just all sat around on the front porch and chilled. It was so, so beautiful. 75 and sunny and breezy. And the company was delightful. Once they headed back to Arkansas we took our crazy not lap dog to walk by the river and then it was home for a delicious breakfast for dinner with David and Kat and David, complete with pumpkin pancakes topped with delcious apples and maple syrup and whipped cream. Yum Yum. I'd call that a pretty good weekend :).
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Bring on the Chilly Bumps
Yes Alisha that's for you :).
It feels like fall - like yesterday we had on our air conditioning, and today I'm kind of wishing the heat were on! Instead I'm just enjoying all things fall. Like wearing my Uggs even though it's only 47 out and getting a new pair of boots! My old ones were pulling apart from the soles, and they only cost 19 dollars so I don't feel too bad about replacing them :). And that was all before 11 this morning! I also drank a lovely irish cream latte and about licked the cup it was so delicious, but since I was at an establishment instead of my house and I was with friends from work I refrained haha. Then it was off to the post office and grocery store which stressed me out - too many people shopping on Saturdays! So I headed home to finish baking some pumpkin snickerdoodles I had started last night. Guys, these cookies are so, so yummy. And now we're sitting watching football and eating cheezit duos while Spencer waits for the dough to rise on a batch of homemade cinnamon roles. I'd call that a pretty good saturday. Ooo and we still have thai food to look forward to tonight at Libby's bday party!! Man I am spoiled and apparently my life most definitely revolves around food :). I guess there are worse things life could revolve around haha.
It feels like fall - like yesterday we had on our air conditioning, and today I'm kind of wishing the heat were on! Instead I'm just enjoying all things fall. Like wearing my Uggs even though it's only 47 out and getting a new pair of boots! My old ones were pulling apart from the soles, and they only cost 19 dollars so I don't feel too bad about replacing them :). And that was all before 11 this morning! I also drank a lovely irish cream latte and about licked the cup it was so delicious, but since I was at an establishment instead of my house and I was with friends from work I refrained haha. Then it was off to the post office and grocery store which stressed me out - too many people shopping on Saturdays! So I headed home to finish baking some pumpkin snickerdoodles I had started last night. Guys, these cookies are so, so yummy. And now we're sitting watching football and eating cheezit duos while Spencer waits for the dough to rise on a batch of homemade cinnamon roles. I'd call that a pretty good saturday. Ooo and we still have thai food to look forward to tonight at Libby's bday party!! Man I am spoiled and apparently my life most definitely revolves around food :). I guess there are worse things life could revolve around haha.
I really need to switch over my drawers so that they aren't full of shorts and tank tops, but right now the couch is feeling pretty good and looking at fall outfits on pinterest is calling my name. Oh and I also started cleaning out the attic - that might have to get finished another day too ;). I have for the record changed some of my candles from coastal se blue to a fall cinnamon color. That's about as far as I've gotten in saying goodbye to summer.
Oh and I almost forgot GO CARDS!!!! :)
Monday, September 24, 2012
Be Prepared To Be Jealous
Check out the new table on our front porch!! Compliments of my lovely husband :). Who would have known he could build such amazing things?! I think it looks like it could be out of the Restoration Hardware lookbook which is currently the "book" I'm ooing and awing over.
A little zoom in on the detail . . .
And look, even the benches are lovely!
Now all I need to do is figure out how to do a centerpiece that won't blow away and Blitzy won't eat :).
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Peaceful Fall Nights
Something about the weather changing is making me okay with just staying home and resting. Could also be that the venturing out we did do this weekend to run errands consisted of not finding what we needed and feeling like everyone on the road was in a hurry to kill someone! So back to the comforts of home. Our house smells deliciously like fall thanks to a "Leaves" candle. The name does not do it justice. It smells like cider and mulled wine and baking pumpkin bread all mixed together. Lovely. Tonight I made chicken taco soup (I know, I know mom I have finally decided there is something redeeming about soup - for the record though I'm pretty sure I will never like bean soup, even if it is only on principle haha), and we sat out on our front porch on the new table and benches Spencer built from his dad's old cedar fence posts. When it's not dark out I'll take a picture so you can see how awesome and restoration hardware like it looks :). Then I tried a poached fig recipe (weird) while Spencer ironed and we listened to The Milk Carton Kids and now we are reading - okay Spencer is reading, I was reading till The Smartest Guys In The Room started putting me to sleep. It's actually a really fascinating book about the fall of Enron, but I can only handle so many pages at a time that require me to really pay attention to business details!
Now for a little Colorado photo fun. I know, I know it's almost a month late, where has the time gone?!
Here's me thankful I made it up the pass alive all by my lonesome. I might not have been smiling if I knew the way down was an hour and a half of gravel roads and no cell service! Good thing I trusted my instincts and it made it to Taylor Park safe and sound to meet the rest of the gang.
My attempt at being artistic. Our lovely host Roy had the most chill dog every, Panda. Well most chill ever unless you tried to pull out his matted hair, then he was vicious, not that I would know :). Roy also owns the cabin we got to stay in. It was so beautiful and peaceful. And there was no cell service and no TV and no internet which was also beautiful. And there was a shower which was also beautiful. I know, I know not true roughing it, but what can I say I do like to wash my hair after a long day of hiking or four wheeling . . . more on that later!
The view after our morning hike up the hill above the cabin.
My handsome hiking loving hubby and half of his mom haha.
Four wheeling!! So this looks pretty tame right? Wrong. We definitely ended up going up the side of the mountain and right when we were on the edge of the tree line it started hailing! So we huddled around under the last few trees and got soaking wet with freezing rain. After that we still had to make it up the mountain and then back down again! It was so wet I couldn't even see out of my visor and my pants were soaked through and I couldn't feel my hands half the ride down and we almost got run over by some crazy dirt (mud) bikers who thought I was an expert at steering my four wheeler up the side of the mountain. The view at the top was totally worth it though. And like I said getting to take a nice hot shower when we finally made it back was pretty awesome too :).
Probably the coolest ring bearer I've ever known.
The cute couple whose wedding was the whole reason - make that excuse - for going to Colorado in the first place. I mean, come on how cute are they?! :)
Spencer and I came back from the trip with a rekindled love for hiking. We took two "easy" 3 or 4 hour hikes while we were there. At least they were easy according to the online sites. The first one was not easy!! But it took us up to the continental divide and to, two really pretty lakes nestled up against the mountain on the tree line. We had a nice little picnic of Nut Thins and apples and wished we had gotten up early so we could lay in the sun by the lake. We also wished we had brought Blitz, she would have loved it! So now we've decided we want to make hiking a regular thing, only problem is we live in Oklahoma, hiking is not really a state past time. We did hit up Turkey Mountain last weekend though and we're thinking Arkansas mountains sometime soon! Anybody know any other places to hike? Other than redbud which won't let you bring your dog - lame.
Happy fall to all. Wow on that awful cheesy note I think I'm going to head to bed!
Now for a little Colorado photo fun. I know, I know it's almost a month late, where has the time gone?!
Here's me thankful I made it up the pass alive all by my lonesome. I might not have been smiling if I knew the way down was an hour and a half of gravel roads and no cell service! Good thing I trusted my instincts and it made it to Taylor Park safe and sound to meet the rest of the gang.
My attempt at being artistic. Our lovely host Roy had the most chill dog every, Panda. Well most chill ever unless you tried to pull out his matted hair, then he was vicious, not that I would know :). Roy also owns the cabin we got to stay in. It was so beautiful and peaceful. And there was no cell service and no TV and no internet which was also beautiful. And there was a shower which was also beautiful. I know, I know not true roughing it, but what can I say I do like to wash my hair after a long day of hiking or four wheeling . . . more on that later!
The view after our morning hike up the hill above the cabin.
My handsome hiking loving hubby and half of his mom haha.
My handsome hiking loving hubby pushing down a dead tree. Boys will be boys :).
Four wheeling!! So this looks pretty tame right? Wrong. We definitely ended up going up the side of the mountain and right when we were on the edge of the tree line it started hailing! So we huddled around under the last few trees and got soaking wet with freezing rain. After that we still had to make it up the mountain and then back down again! It was so wet I couldn't even see out of my visor and my pants were soaked through and I couldn't feel my hands half the ride down and we almost got run over by some crazy dirt (mud) bikers who thought I was an expert at steering my four wheeler up the side of the mountain. The view at the top was totally worth it though. And like I said getting to take a nice hot shower when we finally made it back was pretty awesome too :).
Probably the coolest ring bearer I've ever known.
The cute couple whose wedding was the whole reason - make that excuse - for going to Colorado in the first place. I mean, come on how cute are they?! :)
And the lovely view I had of the river Spencer and his dad fly fished on while Gena and I read. If you're looking for an easy, gratifying read, you should get Plainsong. It's written by a guy from Salida (where the wedding was) and it was one of the most understated and yet redeeming books I have read in a long time.
Spencer and I came back from the trip with a rekindled love for hiking. We took two "easy" 3 or 4 hour hikes while we were there. At least they were easy according to the online sites. The first one was not easy!! But it took us up to the continental divide and to, two really pretty lakes nestled up against the mountain on the tree line. We had a nice little picnic of Nut Thins and apples and wished we had gotten up early so we could lay in the sun by the lake. We also wished we had brought Blitz, she would have loved it! So now we've decided we want to make hiking a regular thing, only problem is we live in Oklahoma, hiking is not really a state past time. We did hit up Turkey Mountain last weekend though and we're thinking Arkansas mountains sometime soon! Anybody know any other places to hike? Other than redbud which won't let you bring your dog - lame.
Happy fall to all. Wow on that awful cheesy note I think I'm going to head to bed!
Monday, September 3, 2012
The Beautiful Noise Of . . . High Pitched Screaming
It is so hot today. I want to work in the yard. I want to go places. I want to enjoy the great outdoors before the fall gets crazy and it's Thanksgiving and Christmas before I know it. But, it's 108 degrees out, and it's making me feel so worn out! So instead I'm listening to the new Avett Brother's new CD compliments of NPR's first listen while reading about canning and preserving - oh and talking to Alisha, that made me a little less ho hum haha.
So Saturday we decided to have a little cookout, well okay not really little. Little would be like Spencer and I and a friend, instead we had a bunch of our neighbor friends including the Brennans. We kind of like to all act like we are still in college and now we just have really big dorm rooms across from each other and on campus jobs that pay enough for us to stock the fridge with things that didn't come from the C-store. I digress. But for the record, living within walking distance of the people that stood in your wedding is pretty awesome. Hint, hint all you who are not here, you should probably just move on over here ;).
So we had these lovely girls over also. And they are so loud. And so full of life, and it was making me remember why I love little kids. I really do! And I don't mind the screaming, I think it's music to my ears to think they are so full of life, so excited about things like coloring books that also have Cinderella and Ariel stickers!! Oh and styrofoam guns. Yep they completely took apart the game cabinet and found our "Cash and Guns" game, complete with fake guns. Let the party begin :). They kept running around shooting eachother, well all except lizzy who kept the gun in her mouth most of the time, so now I have one gun full of teeth marks ;). Sorry for the poor quality of these pics, apparently four moving girls in the evening light of our house is something the iphone still can't handle. Maybe generation 6 will get that one right haha.
So Saturday we decided to have a little cookout, well okay not really little. Little would be like Spencer and I and a friend, instead we had a bunch of our neighbor friends including the Brennans. We kind of like to all act like we are still in college and now we just have really big dorm rooms across from each other and on campus jobs that pay enough for us to stock the fridge with things that didn't come from the C-store. I digress. But for the record, living within walking distance of the people that stood in your wedding is pretty awesome. Hint, hint all you who are not here, you should probably just move on over here ;).
So we had these lovely girls over also. And they are so loud. And so full of life, and it was making me remember why I love little kids. I really do! And I don't mind the screaming, I think it's music to my ears to think they are so full of life, so excited about things like coloring books that also have Cinderella and Ariel stickers!! Oh and styrofoam guns. Yep they completely took apart the game cabinet and found our "Cash and Guns" game, complete with fake guns. Let the party begin :). They kept running around shooting eachother, well all except lizzy who kept the gun in her mouth most of the time, so now I have one gun full of teeth marks ;). Sorry for the poor quality of these pics, apparently four moving girls in the evening light of our house is something the iphone still can't handle. Maybe generation 6 will get that one right haha.
Okay I promise next time I'll put pics of Colorado. And tell our funny ATV story, but for now these lovely little girls with guns will have to suffice :). Happy Labor Day. Hope it's full of brauts and watermelon and cookies. Okay okay cookies are random, but I've thinking about making them so they are in my head. I think I'll get on that and actually make some!
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Bucket Lists
It is beautiful in Tulsa today. 80 and breezy at lunch time. Last week it was 115 and sauna like at lunch time. Ironically, I'm fighting off a cold today. Who knew, colds and sinus issues in August. So I've been ordered by my kind husband who takes better care of me than I would myself, to not run a million errands today and to just rest. So I ran one errand to get our co-op food and called it a comprimise :). Blitz and I are just sitting out on the front porch enjoying the glorious day. Now if only I had a porch swing bed like thing that I've seen on pinterest . . . hmm maybe I need to add that to the bucket list.
Okay so the other night Spencer and I were talking about bucket lists. What do you guys think, do they need to be realistic goals? Like things you think you can actually accomplish, it would just take a whole life time to get to all of them? Okay this is vague, I'll just tell you our lists so far and you can judge if they are unrealistic haha.
Spencer
- go scuba diving
- be a part owner or an owner of a business
- be asked to speak at a conference
Jenny
- drive an aston martin (not own one, just drive one!)
- hike northern Ireland (thanks to Evelyn! which by the way we saw her and Scott last night and it was wonderful. I just wish they didn't live so far away!!)
- see the Grand Canyon, okay this is actually on both of our lists, how convenient :)
- have a kid, also on both of our lists, again convenient ;)
- have a backyard we can enjoy (I know you're thinking, what in the current state it's not enjoyable?!)
- be able to access 800 million dollars of credit instantly - okay so this is where I started wondering how realistic do the bucket lists have to be. So the CEO of our company can access that much money just by picking up the phone, how awesome would that be?! So I'm putting it on my bucket list. Probably not appropriate, but you never know right? ;)
Okay that's where we got to the other night. For the record I had been thinking about it for a couple of days before I sprung it on Spencer that we should talk about our bucket lists, so I had more time to brainstorm :). I'm sure we'll keep adding as we go. Any new things on your bucket lists lately?
I'm off to read some more Ray Bradbury. I just finished Illustrated Man this week, and I loved it. Short stories may be my new favorite thing. They don't require you remembering what you read last night while you were falling alseep ;).
Okay so the other night Spencer and I were talking about bucket lists. What do you guys think, do they need to be realistic goals? Like things you think you can actually accomplish, it would just take a whole life time to get to all of them? Okay this is vague, I'll just tell you our lists so far and you can judge if they are unrealistic haha.
Spencer
- go scuba diving
- be a part owner or an owner of a business
- be asked to speak at a conference
Jenny
- drive an aston martin (not own one, just drive one!)
- hike northern Ireland (thanks to Evelyn! which by the way we saw her and Scott last night and it was wonderful. I just wish they didn't live so far away!!)
- see the Grand Canyon, okay this is actually on both of our lists, how convenient :)
- have a kid, also on both of our lists, again convenient ;)
- have a backyard we can enjoy (I know you're thinking, what in the current state it's not enjoyable?!)
- be able to access 800 million dollars of credit instantly - okay so this is where I started wondering how realistic do the bucket lists have to be. So the CEO of our company can access that much money just by picking up the phone, how awesome would that be?! So I'm putting it on my bucket list. Probably not appropriate, but you never know right? ;)
Okay that's where we got to the other night. For the record I had been thinking about it for a couple of days before I sprung it on Spencer that we should talk about our bucket lists, so I had more time to brainstorm :). I'm sure we'll keep adding as we go. Any new things on your bucket lists lately?
I'm off to read some more Ray Bradbury. I just finished Illustrated Man this week, and I loved it. Short stories may be my new favorite thing. They don't require you remembering what you read last night while you were falling alseep ;).
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