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Yesterday TxK and I decided to venture out of the snowfields of the eastside and head south in search of warmer weather…

To Puyallup we went to the Spring Fair and to the Smashfest Demo Derby.  Even with the frigid tempatures (for April in Washington anyway), we had a super fun time.

Heck I'd go so far as to say: Best $20 I have spent on live entertainment in a long time.

I also found a most wonderful wool hoodie sweater and a carmel apple, both of which have been on my hunt list for a while now.

I need to go on another trip... *sigh* 

I dumped all of my photos in my flickr account but I did very little editing... here are a few of my favorites that I do not think I have already posted...

In a blender add:

 

1 Jeep

4 friends

1 dog

300 Miles

1000 tons of sand

34 Petrified Logs

1 closed malt shop

1 waitress gone mad

14 wild horses

1 bridge

 

Sprinkle with laughs and road bugs and blend for 6 hours.

 

So I did it.  I traded in the Snaab for something newer and better. 

Things were just starting to go mysteriously wrong.  Things that no one could pin point exactly and I for one and not about to just start paying money for a hunch of what could be wrong.  Things that felt like the front wheel wanting to fall off, so I turned her in.

I got myself a new car.  I have had my eye on it for a while.  A distant cousin of Url. 

It is really quite lovely, the clutch is a little different, oh heck, everything is a little different, but that is ok by me.

mmmm love that new car smell...

A little while ago I decided it was time to move.  My friend TxK was also looking at moving and found a place closer to work, than where I was living.  It just so happened there was more than one unit available, so I decided to move to the neighborhood too.  I am still moving, but I will soon have a whole room for crafting!!  I have not done much other than pack and unpack, but soon.

Through it all I discovered my new favorite movie.  If you like action movies with a little humor, or you simply find Clive Owen as hot as I do (I even named a goldfish after him), you will love this flick.

 

This weekend TxK, J9 and I headed out to Portland. 

I decided to only take my fisheye lens with me, for the sake of simplicity as much as a challenge.

We decided it would be fun to take the train, which was nice since none of us had to drive, though of course I lost my return train ticket and had to buy a new one.  Oh well.

We headed down there for the Crafty Wonderland Craft Extravaganza. 

The first night we called a friend who runs tastingmenu.com to see if he had any recommendations, but he did not. 

So we decided to take it into our own hands when I found a review for Dan & Lois Oyster Bar.  TxK called Pkl who we were meeting for dinner (the place with the bacon tater tots was unavailable).  The food was quite nice.  The steak cooked PERFECTLY.

After dinner we headed for Voodoo Doughnuts since they have a maple bar with bacon on it, yes I said bacon, on the doughnut.  It was quite delightful. 

Then we went to a bar that Pkl’s friend is a co-owner of.  The service was meh, the drinks were good, the lights were blue and the bathrooms stunk.  I am hoping it is a sign of just working out the kinks. We stayed at the Jupiter. 

Which brings me to the Crafty Wonderland craft fair… usually it is in the Doug Fir which is at the Jupiter, not this one; we failed to note this though we ALL looked at the email.  Sadly this resulted in us not getting the goody back.  The fair was packed, I would have taken pictures but all you would see is a sea of people.
Then we headed to another craft fair up the street, something about a Bunny…?

After which we searched for lunch and stumbled upon Hippo’s which was AMAZING.  They have pretty much everything hardware, lighting and bathroom related. 

They even had these HUGE tubs, over six feet!!  One was in One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest (the movie, probably not the book).

We went to Nicolas’ for lunch, delicious.

As we wandered around we came across a tattoo shop.  Kelli decided to get a green star inked on her wrist.

Then it was time to head home.  I had to buy a new train ticket, but whatever it was my own fault for losing it. 

Overall it was a fun weekend, good friends, good food, good crafts.

Dead Runnies have taken over my life!  I sewed a bunch and then boom I had to take a break.  When we got another order I was glad that I was already halfway there with the extras I had made the first go around; though now I need to update my etsy shop which means sew more!  Oof!
It is good though, now we have them in two shops in Seattle.  I went to drop off a batch at Railey’s and he ordered more, right then and there!  Thankfully they were Zoink’s which currently TxK makes so I was off the hook for it.  We also got some good feedback from the owner on Ziggy (Ziggy is what happens when a Dead Runny is unrecognizable as anything specific).
I also crocheted part of TxK’s Christmas present, which was supposed to be a birthday present but I completely forgot I said I would make.  Oops, but really what is a few months anyway?  I will not be posting pictures of that until later, cause TxK reads my blog and she keeps saying she should get it before Christmas, so I do not want to encourage that silliness.

This weekend I finally worked on a baby quilt for my cousin.  I really like how it is turning out, my cousin went through my stash and picked the fabrics that she liked, so at least I know she will like that.  It was inspired by a quilt I saw in a Denyse Schmidt book.
I am SO behind on the baby quilt thing, I think I have three or four cold babies out there.  I sort of took a break from crafting for much of the summer though.  That happens.  I need to stop sometimes and just do something else. 
I took a lot of pictures.  I did some family shots for my friend Prut which she is using for her engagement announcement, holiday card… and maybe something else.  She has also asked me to shoot her wedding in May, which I told her I would do as long as it was not on my birthday. 
I will post pictures after work, but for now I should get back to that… work.

How are you celebrating Halloween today?

Dressing my dog up as a pig and making pumpkin ravioli from scratch.

additionally Umlaut has a new friend, Jet.  Jet looks like an oversized Umlaut.  They play well together.

So much for a slow weekend.  I spent a lot of time at Norm's, kicked ass at cards, got nothing I needed to get done done... but at least I had fun.