still alive

[ironymaiden]

i'm busy, and mostly happy. things are very intense at work, which means that i a) don't have time to write lj posts from there and b) don't feel like staring at the computer when i get home.

highlights:

• scarlettina managed to get me off the ledge Friday with Wonderfalls, kitties, and chocolate/twix/butterfinger ice cream from Mix.


• ZOMG Quiltfest. i didn't shop much this year, just goggled at other people's work. highlights included the Q Quilt, fruits of the sea, and the man from UNCLE. photoset here.


• i ended up buying a flickr pro account because i couldn't stand to see the old pics disappearing as i topped 200 images. Quiltfest also led to my discovery of AutoStitch. i love your photo management tools, Canada!


• astonishingly good dinner before DeVotchKa at Teapot Vegetarian House. (all vegan. must take hgross.) like Cafe Flora, it's a destination where the vegetarian menu is a happy coincidence. they put Bamboo Garden to shame. it was wonderful to have dinner with L where i didn't feel like she got all the crappy food, and we riffed on how to make a savory adult PB&J with their thick, chunky peanut sauce.


• the concert was great, but the openers were horrid. i mostly liked feeling the floor flexing under the sold-out crowd at Neumo's, but i don't want to be there the night it breaks :)


• mimerki taught me that jam is not scary and i have jars that i at least stirred to prove it.


• on Monday late i got C from the airport! i made a wrong turn taking 99 down, but it it means that i finally bought a Thomas Guide.


• Tuesday i worked from home so that i could sleep in and have breakfast at Vera's with my husband. this helped with the suckage of my current project. a bit.


• we went to see the corpse blossom at the conservatory. photos here.


• butterflydrming got me to Ohana for the first time in about two years. i'm so sorry i stayed away. the food is quite good. when you pay $7.50 for a drink there, it doesn't come in a martini glass - it's roughly the size of my head. the company was grand. long live Sushi Night!


• C brought me all the OOTS books from GenCon :)

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! And thank you for the QuiltFest pictures. Better yet, thank you for the day that resulted in the Quiltfest pictures. I had a wonderful time.