you should come!

For those of you in Portland,


And more...including me! Oh yeah, and some pretty cute handmade books...which are not available on etsy! Tell everyone! haha, I have to at least make back the deposit for my booth!

Click here to see the the facebook event.


p.s. Thanks to my blogstalkers that admitted that I am totally stalkable. Don't worry, I stalk you too. =) However, the real culprits I was trying to call out never said anything....I should name names to make things awkward...but that would be awkward....

the poll majority said girl....

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GIRL!

Isn't she hot? Having a head the size of your torso is so in right now.


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dear blogstalkers,

I know you are out there...and surprise surprise, I know who most of you are. Just please leave a comment if you read my blog! Otherwise, you look like a big-o creep-o when someone tells me you've read my blog, and you know about whatever meaningless thing that is going on in my life, which I guess makes me pretty special since I am so interesting to stalk. =) Wow, that was an awesome run-on.

Just leave a comment at least once, so I know you're there! (and since I know already that you're there, you might as well fess up). This will keep me from going private--where you can no longer stalk me...

Sincerely a little creeped out & semi flattered,
Julie

one of five

With Michael's backpacking skills and my photoshop skills, we won a WSCC photo contest! 1 of 5 winners. (Congrats to you too Jeff!)


This isn't really photoshopped all that much--it was pretty dang awesome to begin with....

The theme was vacation/school break/weekend trips or something to that effect. You want to go vacation here? Well, it's in Wyoming (so pretty much in the middle of nowhere), on route to Gannett Peak. Oh, it's only like a 30 mile (?) hike, some of it above the tree line (which means no camp fire and oober windy...see any trees in that picture?), and you need an ice pick and cramp-ons (I hate that word) even if it is the end of summer.

I obviously opted out on this trip. I don't carry my body weight on my back up and down several mountains to then summit the tallest peak in Wyoming. I had to be crazy to even think about going on this trip, but good thing Michael was crazy enough to go and get a winning picture, plus this one that didn't make the final cut.


Here are the rest of the losers... =)


Periodic Springs, WY

Sundance, UT
Oswald West, OR

for the less observant

If you didn't realize what the full "effect" was in the last post--a little one has decided to grace us with it's presence (hence, Thing 3). We'll officially meet face to face April 20, 2010, or thereabouts. I'm 17 weeks, and we'll let you know in 2 weeks whether it's a boy or girl. Cast your guess on the right!

p.s. thanks for all the congrats!

happy halloween!

These are our awesome pumpkins! The one on the left I carved a week ago and is slowly starting to curl, mold, and slouch in the back. It was Jack Skellington with his boney hands up going "AH ha ha ha!"--you know, like in the movie. I bought 2 thinking Michael would carve one and I would carve one. No such luck. I carved both--just more fun for me!
Anyway, we were Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat. Yet another hand painted costume. We're cheap, what can I say? Our hair is blue...too bad you can't tell. And you might have to click on the picture to get the full "effect".
Oh, the background is our curtain with fish still on it from the fish pond game at our ward activity. Thanks Teresa for helping me with the fish!

Happy Halloween!

3 things thursday: 3 yummy AllRecipes

These are a few of the recipes I've tried from AllRecipes.com that I love. This website has practically every recipe you're looking for. Even strange Asian recipes like mochi, and it was awesome!

Perfect Sesame Chicken
It calls for different kinds of soy sauce--I used what I had. A little time consuming, but way cheaper than take-out!


No-Noodle Zucchini Lasagna
I thought when I was making this that Michael would never eat it. He's not one for the veggies, but he liked it and even ate all the left overs! I would highly recommend salting and draining the zucchini and maybe even drying them a little with paper towels--they let out a lot of water!

Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake
Oh my goodness. I haven't actually made this one myself--had it at Bethany's. All I can say is... YUMMM!
What's your favorite recipe(s)?