Seriously Adorable

I'm a lucky lady to have a friend that's so talented...click on the link to watch as my friend Sarah's baby films her changing his diaper.
This is so freakin' cute.

Cadence's Diaper Change

Acccgh: missin' on the fidge.

Jason and I were lucky enough to have the amazing Lacey dog living with us for the last month and a half. What a sweet and loving little dog. We gave her many nicknames during her stay at the Phillips Pet Hotel, but the most lasting was Fidget. We miss you little fidge, come back anytime.

Things I'm coveting...

this stew...
marriage-maker stew

this room (in the upper left corner)...
which is the same image I've been planning my dining room re-do based on.
The other 3 are lovely too.


and thick scratchy wool blankets, that keep toes warm on the coldest winter nights.


oh, and these chairs...
my favorite part is the web site that sells them says, and I quote:
"Please inquire as to the availability. The supply is limited, and the maker has an attitude.
(He should, the chairs are great!)"

Long and lovely (and BUSY) summer...

I was clearly a terrible poster this summer, the first half of the summer was insane on my block, which included 2 shootings and a police raid. They're all gone now, and we have new families in both of those houses.
In the meantime, we celebrated May Day with the big parade,

went camping with friends




spent the 4th of july with family at the cabin,

(henry decorated his brother ben for the holiday.)
I did some pickling with ladies,

grew a lot of tomatoes,

and we had to a whole lot of construction on the house, thanks to PPL.
(more on that to come...)

Trying Something new...

In the backyard...not sure if it works...

Happy Easter! and an update...

It's been awhile since i've posted, so this is more of an update for my mom than anything else.
Let's see, I turned 31, I said goodbye to my grandma's wonderful 2nd husband Lu, who passed away on March 1.


I got a new hot water heater installed yesterday by my amazing neighbor contractor James Brown, molehill? mountain?


and played with his sweet daughter all day,


and moved out of my studio and into my basement...
so now I just have to make a nice studio space in the basement, and I'll be saving myself a whole lot of money.

Happy Sunday...

Happy love day passed to all of you in my life. Here's the menu for the week:
Last night for valentines day we made homemade pizza with Canadian bacon, jalapenos, and garlic...so so good.
Oaxacan Potato Soup
Thai Chicken saute with cucumber salad
and
Homemade black bean veggie burgers

This week's menu:
- Anna's Vegetarian Chili
- Italian Risotto Frittata from the amazing book From Our House to Yours: Comfort Food to Give and Share
- Hearty Goulash
and
- Grilled Chicken with Creamy Pumpkin Seed Sauce

Need to get to the studio today and make some hats, and I have an idea for some new drawings ...more to come on that. Also got beautiful fabric yesterday for new bedroom curtains, and spent a very cold afternoon out on Medicine Lake at the Art Shanties.

Grrr

This is what I woke up to this morning.


and, there was something that looked like a pool of blood behind the car.
Living in the hood sure can suck some days.

Green in the Hood

Dear Xcel Energy,
please do not put 115-kilovolt above ground transmission lines through my neighborhood. We have enough things to fight, please don't make us fight you.
Because, we will--we'll fight like only poor people with nothing to lose can.
xoxo
krista

Dear Neighbors,
This is what our 115-kilovolt transmission lines could look like:

Not to mention that there seems to be quite a bit of scientific evidence that these above ground power lines increase the risk of leukemia.
Here's a really interesting report by the world health organization about a community that fought these lines in their area, and subsequently changed state law to ban them.
click here to download this report
Please go to the open houses on Thursday of this week to voice concerns to Xcel.
Plaza Verde
Thursday, noon–2 p.m.
Thursday, 5 p.m.–7 p.m.
Tell them to bury them.