I looked in our Portland hikes book for the easy hikes that allow dogs and we decided on the University Falls hike starting at Roger’s Camp, in the Tillamook State Forest. The description said 5.8 miles, easy trails, and about a 2.5 hour total hike. It was wet, very wet, and I’m pregnant, 17 weeks…

Why is Portland so bad at making Mexican food? There is plenty of good meat and produce in this town, and there is no lack of taquerias, in fact, I don’t think I’ve seen a higher concentration anywhere else in the United States. But the salsa is always either made from really dry, bland, unripe…

Every day I’m thankful for a few key pieces of pregnancy aids and I thought I’d share. Each one was either a gift or was recommended by someone. So if you’re looking to get the pregnant lady in your life something special, this might be a good list to consider. A big tub of Cocoa…

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Well, the amazing fluke of an early spring is now gone and we are back to very dark, grey, wet skies here in Portland. I don’t think I’d mind them that much if I didn’t feel like I was waiting, waiting waiting so much these days. We get to close on the house in a…

I’m big. My belly wants to be free. I’ve been adorning it in overalls which are ust about the most genius piece of clothing ever invented. I’m thinking about going all out old man with suspenders look. When I wear my suspenders I imagine I look all cute like Bananrama, I’m sure that’s not reality…

I’m eating so much fruit these days, I think my baby might come out as Carmen Miranda’s hat. Watch her in Copacabana Just look at how beautiful this grapefruit is. It tastes even better than it looks. I’m going back for more.

Wow, 5 weeks? Really? I guess I really am pregnant. I’m sure I felt the baby having a giant spaz attack during dinner a few nights ago. Other than that, just little flutters that I think might be my little one but they are over so quick, I’m never totally sure. I’m growing bigger every…

I started watching this video series on YouTube, there are 9 of them. I just went out and bought some of my old vinyl on cd or iTunes. I had been holding out for years to find the first OMD record on vinyl again (I sold off all my vinyl when I moved out of…

Well, Our Valentine’s Day included a whopper headache, searching for moving boxes and filling said moving boxes but we still had a very nice day. Coffee and a coffee cake at Grand Central, a swim at the gym, and cheeseburgers for dinner. Me: “Can we have cheeseburgers for Valentine’s day” Tom: “Um, yeah!” Me: “Ooh,…

I have really bad luck with office chairs. I have been through quite a few, from several stupid Office Depot varieties to a few very cute but uncomfortable vintage chairs. The chair I’ve been using for the last year is a wooden kitchen table with a woven rope seat. It’s a great chair and I…

Though it may feel like it at times, sales my life is not a made for tv movie. There is no plot that needs following. Outcomes are not predetermined and my choices are exactly that, pharmacy MY choices. Feeling obligated is an emotion and not necessarily a call to action. I can take my time…

Last night I announced to my friend that I was only 18 drawings behind in my quest to create 365 drawings in 2010. He laughed. I understand why he laughed, but I told him not to. He said I was pregnant and I don’t need to put that kind of pressure on myself right now.…