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Content

Sarah — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:00:16 +0000

“The people who seem to be the most content don’t focus on a time years ahead when they hope to have whatever they imagine it takes to be happy — money or time or a wonderful relationship. They live in the present and take their pleasure seriously. And they create their own pleasures.”

~ from the book Simple Pleasures

Bare Necessities

Sarah — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000

“Have nothing in your houses that is not useful or you do not believe to be beautiful.”

~ William Morris

Not By Bread Alone

Sarah — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:25:05 +0000

“When we lack proper time for the simple pleasures of life, for the enjoyment of eating, drinking, playing, creating, visiting friends, and watching children at play, then we have missed the purpose of life. Not by bread alone do we live but on all these human and heart-hungry luxuries.”

~ Ed Hayes

Sugar Cookies & Puppy Love

Sarah — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:39:38 +0000

Well, my baking bonanza was a success. I spent the better part of 3 glorious hours in the kitchen, cutting out shapes, drizzling icing and sprinkling coloured sugar. It’s a good thing I had prepared and refrigerated the dough on the weekend when Melissa and Carvill and I had a cookie-baking day of our own. Otherwise, I might have been in that kitchen for at least a couple more hours. I did, after all, make a double batch.

But all of my efforts were worth it. These cookies were gobbled up by my coworkers and at the end of the day when I went to check there were maybe 5 remaining in the tin, which I left for the night crew to enjoy. (Whoever got their hands on one before they were all gone, anyway.)

After my busy day on Wednesday, I was glad to be working from home yesterday and today. I definitely needed the peace and quiet. And Daisy was definitely missing me while I was gone too. She followed me around on Wednesday night from room to room, where ever I went, keeping an eye on me and cuddling me whenever I sat down.

To think that this is the same dog who was so independent and spurned my attentions when she was young, only to grow so attached to me in her old age. I can’t believe she’s gonna be 13 in February. Has it really been 13 years since I was 16, demanding that my parents let me buy her with the first earnings of my first job? Wow. It really is incredible how fast time flies.

Have I Got Some News!

Sarah — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:00:20 +0000

Well, well! I have some big news! The biggest news ever, actually. But first, let me start at the beginning.

So, this weekend was the (Dave’s and my) 3-and-a-half-year anniversary of our first date. I remembered that it was coming up a little while ago and so the two of us made plans to take a nice romantic walk on Sunday. As for Saturday, I made plans to get together with a friend of mine, leaving Dave to his own devices. However, my Saturday plans fell through and since neither of use really had anything better to do, Dave suggested that we play some rounds of our favourite card game: Fluxx.

Well, Dave’s a sore loser and I’m sorry to say it, but I’m a sore winner. Not an excellent combination when I kept winning and Dave kept losing. He got grumpier and I just laughed. One hand, two. A third round, then a fourth. I just kept winning.

After I won that fourth hand, Dave was practically fuming. “You don’t wanna do that,” he said. “Take it back.” “Ha, ha!” I laughed. “Too late, too late! I win again!” Dave grumbled as I gathered up the cards for him to shuffle and he dealt out the fifth hand.

Now Dave meant business. He immediately got rid of any cards I might use for a quick win. Then he made me discard all the cards in my hand so I had nothing left in my hand to win with anyway. Finally, he went on a “take another turn” rampage, playing card after card until finally, he played the “Love” keeper. And on its heels, he played a custom card he’d made that I had never seen before: the “Marriage” goal.

“What the heck is this?” I asked, picking the card up off the table. I read it: “If both Love and the Ring are on the table, we both win.”

Confused, I asked, “Does this mean I win too?” Then I looked down at the table in front of him. There, beside the Love keeper sat the most beautiful ring in the whole wide world. I looked up at Dave, saw him smiling and immediately started laughing hysterically with joy. He walked around the table and got down on one knee, slipping the ring on my finger. I hugged him tight, half jumping up and down in my seat, still laughing hysterically. He just smiled and smiled. And finally, I came to my senses long enough to shout, “Yes! Yes! We BOTH win!”

So there we are, happily engaged and brimming with joy! We’re thinking Fall 2010 for the wedding, which will give us some time to plan. I’m so excited already, I can’t wait! Which means you can probably expect many more wedding-related posts in the months to come!

Yippee!!

Veggies for Everyone!

Sarah — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:00:17 +0000

Dave and I joined a CSA this summer and we’re into week 3 of our veggie deliveries. It’s so fantastic to have all sorts of local, in season, fresh, organic goodness to eat every week. (Though we may be ODing on lettuce for the rest of the month.)

We’ve both been trying to get in shape and be more healthy since March. We’ve been going to a gym and changing our diet a lot, both in what we eat and how much of it. Not that we weren’t eating veggies before, we were. It’s just well, small changes can help in the biggest ways. So as part of that, we’ve been eating even more fruits and veggies than ever before. Heck, sometimes 75% of our meal will be veggies. And though it does take a bit of extra prep work, we’re actually enjoying finding different ways to eat them.

Anyway, back to the CSA. Basically, we get a quarter of a bushel of fresh, locally grown veggies every Tuesday for 20 of the 52 weeks of the year. It changes from week to week depending on what’s in season and ready to go. I’m personally loving it and I think Dave is too.

And if I’ve left you with a fever for veggies, you can find out more about our CSA here:
Twin Creeks Organic Farm

Have/Have Not

Sarah — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:18 +0000

What I would’ve bought today if I had any money at all:

Five of these gorgeous photo albums to put all our photos in. Getting them out of my childhood Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse albums and giving us the ability to print more of the backlog of photos stored on our computers.

Cool, money-free thing I did instead:

I bought this tree more than a year ago when I was part of my first and only craft show. Since then, it’s been collecting dust at the top of my craft closet. Because I’m always so frustrated at not being able to see my jewelry, thus remembering what I have to wear, I decided to pull it down and actually use it. The little momiji doll was a gift from my sister. I love that little doll. Makes the whole thing look so much better.

Yesterday and Today

Sarah — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:21:53 +0000

So yesterday was my last day at work. Stretching before me now is a whole month to figure stuff out. Yesterday was also my friends Ram and Mezan’s respective birthdays. It was a lot of fun to go out for dinner and before we left, Ram was awesome enough to let me borrow his Canon DSLR for a couple weeks. I’ve been drooling over the Canon Rebel series from afar for a while now, and it will be nice to actually get to try one out. Especially now that I have this time off and I want to blog my way through it, having a camera that takes great pictures will be super helpful, I think.

I’m a very visual person, and being able to see the world around me through a camera lens, while I decide which path to take, will be a different and challenging experience. I’m usually too wrapped up in myself to remember to take pictures of anything. Yet, whenever I do, I’m always so happy with them. They end up meaning a lot to me, like my grad photos that I just edited and uploaded this morning. I was happy to have those pictures and with them, the ability to remember that moment clearly. Since I am trying to slow down, be more deliberate and think about things more, the camera should help. I just have to remember not to get so caught up in it that I’m not actually experiencing the moment. The perfect capture every time is not necessary.

But on the side of the slightly ironic, what do you suppose happened today, on this, my first day off? Why, I feel like I’m coming down with something, that’s what. The feeling I had in my lungs and chest this morning was as though I had spent last night puffing my way through an entire pack of cigarettes. Something I have not actually done in a long time, and certainly didn’t do last night. I really hope this doesn’t knock me down for the count, but I was planning on forcing myself to take this time slowly, so this may just be the universe’s way of making sure that I do.

You know, it really is amazing how much of a weight I feel lifted off of me, just since I got the okay from my boss to take this time off. It’s shocking really, especially since earlier this week I could feel myself drowning fast. I’m almost worried that this euphoria will mask some of the goals I have for this time. This feel-good surge will be all too fleeting if I wind up right back where I started after this month is over. I just can’t let that happen. I’ve been letting almost everything blow past me in a daze of unresponsiveness lately. If this is going to work, it will have to be deliberate.

Fingers crossed and here we go.

Hump Day Favs

Sarah — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Because you gotta have something to get you through the week.

1. lumpy, crusty, twisty, tasty, 2. 22:365, 3. Fabric Inspirations, 4. recycled sweater, 5. Snowmaggedon, 6. still blooming, 7. My Pretty Freaking Awesome Purse I sewed, 8. taste of entrelac, 9. one quilt november

Hump Day Favs

Sarah — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:00:02 +0000

Because you gotta have something to get you through the week.

1. one quilt november, 2. Finally finished, 3. Donut Party, 4. Inspired By: Joana Vasconcelos, 5. vase and dove, 6. july block, 7. Sweet Lil’ Dollhouse, 8. Castle, 9. inside