Lavendar Creme Brulee

Our dessert at Crow this evening.  So yummy!

The ultimate cake

The very cool pirate cake from my nephew's Birthday party.

Quizzical Wednesday: Madonna Song

You Are Ray of Light

You are optimistic and hopeful. You can't help but see the light in every situation. You are able to see things from a more spiritual viewpoint. You have the gift of perspective. You respect the cycle of life. You know that you will experience both joy and pain. You try to realize that you are just a small part of something infinite.

What Madonna Song Are You?

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Quizzical Wednesday: Pen or Pencil?

You Are a Pen

You are a very precise and detail oriented person. You don't make many mistakes. You're the type who can risk writing in pen. You like making things permanent. You are decisive and focused. You know what you want, and you go after it. You like to be in control, and you don't really care for change. You like to count on yourself.

Are You a Pen or a Pencil?

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Quizzical Wednesday: Childhood Toy

You Are Blocks

You've always been a architect of projects, even when you were a kid. You tend to dream big, and there's a part of you that feels like you can build anything. You are highly inventive and imaginative. As a kid, you didn't need fancy toys to make you happy. You could make a game out of anything. You were (and are) very resourceful.

What Childhood Toy Are You?

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Thoughtful Don

Don is very deep in thought this morning, I happens so rarely I had to snap a pic.  :-)

Happy Birthday Ricker!

Thanksgiving in Utah, originally uploaded by JewellsinSEA.

Today is a milestone day for my step-dad Rick as he marks his 70th birthday! Rick has been a part of my life for 13 years and for 13 years I've called him "Ricker." He is a very kind, loving, thoughtful man, who makes my Mom amazingly happy. When you ask Ricker a question you more than likely will receive a giggle which we have nicknamed the U.R.R. (the Universal Ricker Response). But don't let that fool you, it is not that he is unengaged or not compelled to answer, he is just thinking it over.

Since I have no idea what it is like to turn 70, I thought I'd share the words of one who has:

"I have achieved my seventy years in the usual way, by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else....I will offer here, as a sound maxim, this: That we can't reach old age by another man's road."

--Mark Twain
At his seventieth birthday dinner, in 1905, as quoted in Saving Your Brain, by Jeff Victoroff.

Ricker, you have certainly taken your "own" road to this point and I have no doubt that you will continue the same way.  I hope you have a amazing birthday and the next decade of your life is filled with love, adventure and many happy memories.

Happy Birthday! I love you!

Quizzical Wednesday: Inward or Outward?

Your Focus is Inward

You prefer to spend most of your time alone. Other people tax your reserves. You appreciate and enjoy your own company. You can always find a way to entertain yourself. You don't believe in being bored. In fact, you don't think it's even possible. With so many ideas, books, and places to explore, you are never lonely - even if you're all by yourself.

Is Your Focus Inward or Outward?

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Puget Sound View

Took a walk atop the hill this morning and enjoyed this lovely view of the Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains.  What a beautiful day!

Artisan Coffee

I absolutely love baristas the make pretty designs atop my coffee.  Happy Saturday everybody.