I had a really busy weekend and it was sunny the whole time! On Friday night Rosie and I went to go see tune-yards all the way downtown. It was really great and we were both surprised at how excited everyone was. Then early on Saturday morning Emily helped me move into the yellow house. We ran a few errands and then it was shaping up to be a really nice day so we biked with Tommy down to a park by my old house and met up with Eric.
Then we decided to go get pizza and while we were waiting for Rosie, Jen and Bean to meet up with us we went to my old house for one last ride on the quad-bike. We rode it around the top of the hill a few times, past a bunch of kids at a birthday party (?) a few times, they were really excited about it. Riding it around puts everyone that sees you in a good mood, everyone just seems to love it. Then we rode down the hill a little bit to Pizza Pi where everyone else was.
Sunday was sunny again! The weather predictions were saying it would be 100° but it didn't get quite that high. I think at one point I saw a thermometer that said 87 but I'm not sure. Emily and I went to the park again, this time to Gasworks park where there a bunch of old metal structures. There were tons of people out there for fun in the sun.
Now it's rainy again but I think that it should be getting sunnier and sunnier which is all the more great because of how long the days are.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunny Day Weekend
Friday, April 22, 2011
Sandals
It's been a busy week because I started working at my friends' sandal company! They make sandals for 'barefoot' running. Their website is here: http://lunasandals.com/
Most of the sandals are just a piece of rubber, sometimes a leather footbed and a lace, elastic, leather or hemp. They look like this:
I am moving into the Yellow house on May 1st and my new housemate Tommy also is working at Luna, by the start of the summer I hope to be able to beat him and his car to work on my bike! Next week the sun will come up for the first time before 6am and it's already going down after 8! It's great!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
826 Seattle
I started volunteering this week at 826 Seattle which is a part of the same organization as 826 Valencia in San Francisco. The location in San Francisco is a combination pirate supply store and youth writing center, the location in Seattle is a combination space travel supply store and youth writing center. Yesterday I volunteered with the Mr. Geoduck field trip where a class of, this week 2nd graders, come in and collaboratively write a book that we then publish. All in 2 hours and each kid gets to take home a book.
Yesterday I was part of the team that was putting together the books and then I was in charge of putting them in the binding machine which was fun. Next week is spring break so there's no field trip but the week after I'll be doing it again. I also got trained yesterday to volunteer to work in the store. The store sells everything you'd need (except for maybe a rocket ship and fuel I guess) to plan your very own adventure to the moon. Let me know if you need anything! All the proceeds from the store go to support the writing programs that go on in the back.
Also here is a picture of a dinosaur garden Rosie and I found last week:
Monday, March 21, 2011
Biking Around Town
Over the past few weeks I keep thinking of things to write on the blog about but by the time I get around to writing about them I never seem to remember exactly what I wanted to say. My parents did get me a new camera for 'christmas' last week so I will probably be posting more pictures now that I have that. Also I have made a goal to get myself to start doing more activity like things which always leads to crafty blog posts.
Today I told my grandma I'd write about how I have been biking around more than ever here. I made this map, on the left, of my most common route: from my house, on the right, to the yellow house:
Because I would rather not pay for the bus I have been biking everywhere I have to go. My house is in a very central location so I can get pretty much anywhere North of downtown Seattle in less than 45 minutes which is not too bad. I had my first flat tire of the year this morning so I patched the tube and put the tire back on (with a little strong finger help from Emily) and was on my way!
I have also been working on a few other things like a website for my friend Rosie, right now it is at rosiewilsonbriggs.blogspot.com but soon to be rosiewilsonbriggs.com I think. Also I have been working with my friend Brendan on a book he wrote that we might publish soon and with Jessica on our next children's book.
Monday, February 21, 2011
February
Hey, it seems like February is almost over, the weather has been getting nicer here but maybe this week we're in for some more cold and maybe snow? I am moved into my new house which is nice. I have a job interview on Wednesday for a position with a bike non-profit but it is only part time so I am still looking for other things. Tomorrow I will bike down to Pike Place and turn in a resume there.
Last week Bonnie came and visited me at the Yellow house and we took a long bus ride together to crazy land. We had fun all day.
On Saturday I went down to Portland with my friend Emily for the day to go to a very very large fabric store there. They had pretty much every fabric ever. I wish that we had gotten the wackiest print there so that Emily could make some scrubs for Rosie to wear to work at her new vet assistant job but I didn't think of it until right now!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Seattle
Hey! I moved to Seattle, I've been planning on writing this blog post for a while now but I keep having a hard time thinking of exactly what to write so maybe I will just keep it short. I am living with my friends Rosie, Emily, Eric, Tommy, Allison, Jen, Bean, and Zelda until I move into a new house on the 15th. The new house is in the U-District which feels kind of silly but it seems like a nice house.
I have been having fun and looking for a job but no luck there yet. Also I made this cake for Mariah's Birthday!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Backyard Update
We got the rest of the backyard dug up and we even fixed the fence today!
Before and after. In the hole behind the kale and cabbage we planted potatoes a few weeks ago, hopefully they will come up soon:
The garlic and lettuce is growing up but the spinach might need some extra encouragement:
We took a lot of the ivy out but it's hard to get all of it. Three weeks ago and today:
Saturday, January 8, 2011
New Pictures
I finally got my pictures from the last part of the trip developed! Here are a couple and the rest are on flickr.
Me at the Utah Capitol Building, and Erik inside the potato museum.
Me in front of the Potato Museum.
Friday, January 7, 2011
House Project
Earlier this week Bonnie and I went to the library to work on her research project on our house. We found the water company records of when the water pipes were first connected to the house and were able to cross reference this with Fire Insurance Company maps to determine when our house was built! 1923, how about that, it is the second oldest house on the block. We are the house 150 feet South of Estero on the records on the left here.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Garden Project
Bonnie and I have been working in the backyard the past few weeks trying to make a small garden. So far we are just working in the area around the perimeter of the yard which has gotten pretty overgrown the last few years. Bonnie started along the north side of the yard with a few small plots and later I started clearing ivy along the west side of the yard. Now we are clearing all of the dirt and ivy in between those two areas so almost half of the yard perimeter area is clear.
Here are some pictures taken today from the house of Bonnie working on her original plots:
Here are pictures of the space where I cleared a lot of ivy and another part of the yard showing what it used to look like:
