five senses friday

Hey everyone! I've been keeping pretty busy around here... I recently started applying for jobs and lately Robert and I have been house hunting! It's definitely exciting in a real world kind of way, but unfortunately I don't have any pretty pictures of those activities (I know: I should), so you'll have to use your imagination!

How about a round of Five Senses Friday?

Tasting: Apple Pie French Toast!! So yummy. (Recipe via Closet Cooking) Also this week: chicken tingas (like spicy tacos with potatoes and peppers), blueberry buttermilk cake, homemade tomato soup and sourdough bread, and Gobi Manchurian [which was *way* spicy but delicious]. I am ridiculously spoiled in the food department thanks to Robert!

Seeing: Grey skies- it's been awfully rainy this week. Also seeing words on the page: I finally started reading Half Broke Horses for the Slow Readers Book Club! (We have a forum for discussion now!)

Smelling: The above mentioned foods? I always have a hard time thinking of smells! The Gobi Manchurian ('specially the fried cauliflower) smell stuck around our apartment a while, but it was okay!



This was an excellent package from Amazon!

Hearing: This week I've been listening to Devo (because Robert just got into this album and he keeps putting the record on!) and Elliott Smith's XO which I just got on vinyl. When I love every song on an album, it must be acquired in every format.

Feeling: Cold hands. A little sunshine earlier on in the week. Burning mouth from Gobi Manchurian. More than a few tears when I found out someone I've known since high school passed away. It's always so startling and sad when someone near your own age dies.

Aside from that last sad bit, it's been a pretty productive and satisfying week. I hope your week has been great and that the upcoming weekend is even better.

five senses friday: pajama edition

I'm taking a pajama day - I'm going to relax and not feel guilty about it! I know that may sound ridiculous coming from someone who stays home all the time, but I do try to be very productive-- otherwise I feel like I'm wasting away. But... I just realized it's almost lunch time and I'm still in my pajamas, and I feel fine about that! I've had a really good week and completed a lot of things.

hot cocoa and story time, last night

Here are some sensations from this week!

See - falling leaves, Halloween decorations popping up everywhere

Hear - Robert and I have been taking turns reading The Neverending Story aloud to each other. It's very exciting, though sometimes Robert changes things to make me laugh and I have to take the book away from him to see if that's how it really reads.

Smell - I'm bad at remembering smells - the only thing I can think of is that when we went to the grocery store it smelled way too strongly of artificial cinnamon because of some holiday decorations they put out!

Touch - it's getting COLD; this morning I wanted to stay in bed forever (ah, the snuggly feeling)

Taste - homemade hot cocoa, butternut squash (love it but almost getting tired of it), candy corn (the only candy I am addicted to), yummy eggplant parmesan

work-in-progress embroidery project... wedding gift! more on that later.

Yesterday evening I remembered that it snows here [for anyone who doesn't know, I'm a Texas native] and I got really excited about the upcoming seasons!! Living somewhere that has 4 seasons is quite thrilling. In Texas there is basically only summer and winter, with a few transitional days between - I'm thoroughly enjoying all of the seasons in Tennessee!!

five senses friday

It's been a while since I did a five senses friday post - normally whenever I remember these, it's not a Friday! But you get one today.

Put an embroidered thing in my Etsy shop - finally!

Got lipstick all over this ice pop thing I was eating. - gross/neat!

This week's sensations!:

See: It's been dark and rainy all week. Lovely to watch.

Hear: Rain, thunder, quiet time! Also been enjoying this Bat for Lashes song a lot this week.

Taste: Spicy foods and popsicles. Veggie tacos! (check out the recipe!)

Smell: Rainy outdoors, strawberry lip balm, cooking peppers.

Touch: The fabric on my latest embroidery project was sort of thick and my fingers got very sore of pushing the needle through.

giant robot

Here's my photo for the latest assignment over at Souvenir Foto - we were supposed to get down low for a new perspective! I didn't get very creative with it; a robot is pretty much my go-to source for a likeable picture. Do you like robots as much as I do? This is one I gave Robert for Christmas last year.

I've been sort of out of it the last couple of days! Actually, things were going nicely until we got into a tiny car accident last night. Really, it was very tiny - we just got bumped into at a red light. Still, the hood of my car needs to be replaced. That's not fun! It should be all taken care of by Monday, but I'm sure you all know how annoying little accidents can be.

So today I haven't really felt like doing much - just craving comfort, lounging around and asking Robert to make cinnamon rolls! And he has obliged me. They're supposed to be for after dinner, but we started early so I could take photos of the process. He even let me mix up the cinnamon/sugar combination with my hands! And there's nothing I like more than sugar all over my hands.

I hope everyone else is having a good day! Robert's off for the holiday weekend (tomorrow is Independence Day), but I have to work tomorrow. I'll probably be scarce around here until everything is back to normal!

peas in a pod

It's finally Friday! It's been a while since I did a five senses Friday post, so I'm going to do that now! Here are the things I've experienced this past week.


See: Pretty peas in their pods (we got to shell a bunch from our CSA share this week!)

Hear: Quiet (at home), children (at work).

Taste: We had Sauerbraten this week (beef that's been soaked in vinegar with a sauce made from ginger snaps!!!! It sounds disturbing but it was actually pretty good).

Smell: Baking sourdough bread, potatoes frying - just yummy smells coming from the kitchen when Robert's in there.

Touch: Mostly work related this week-- wet paint, dry pottery, variations of wet and dry on my hands as I clean up tables.

Here is the horse my mom painted when she came to visit me at work last week! I'd been eyeing that pony and I knew it's what she would pick!

friday finds & five senses

The estate sale we went to this morning was, without a doubt, my most favorite estate sale ever. I walked out with 3 amazing dresses, 2 amazing purses, 2 adorable necklaces, a cute shirt and a pair of boots. The dresses will end up in my etsy shop because none of them quite fit me. However, I'm pretty attached to these boots and this necklace... I think I'll keep them!

When I don't like what my hair is doing, I just put a big bow on my head and hope for the best.

Isn't it pretty?

Shiny surprises!

I haven't taken pictures of the other things yet, but I'm sure you'll see them soon! Until then, here are some things from this week for Five Senses Friday:

See: flowers everywhere

Hear: thunder and rain (it rained so hard yesterday evening that water almost came in the backdoor!), listening to Elliot Smith on my record player

Taste: key lime pie (my very favorite thing from this week)

Smell: vintage clothes (not in a bad way)

Touch: wind and raindrops while walking home yesterday (it felt great!)

It's been awfully rainy around here, and aside from that my allergies are driving me crazy. I sneeze every 5 minutes or so and I'm constantly wishing to take a nap.

five senses friday

I've decided to play along with abby try again's Five Senses Friday! It's a neat idea. I'll just list a few items that sum up the last couple of days. And I have some pictures from today to show you!

see:
The Parthenon
Inside of a giant old house having an estate sale (never seen so many rooms in a basement, or so many vintage clothes in BAD TASTE)
Justin and Diane, my brother-in-law and mother-in-law

Ceiling around the outside of the Parthenon

The door of the Parthenon.

On top of the Parthenon

smell:
Baking cherry pie
Thrift shops (and a creepy Army Surplus store)

hear:
Tons of laughter (I almost choked at dinner because of a Phil Collins singing incident)
Quiet conversations
Outbursts of, "Look at THIS!" - and inevitably, Robert and Justin would follow up with mocking: "I KNOW! IT'S SO ADORABLE!"

touch:
Hugs
Sunshine and a breeze

las paletas!

taste:
Russian Rock cookies from my mom (raisins + walnuts + cinnamon + a little sugar)
Homemade cherry pie
Girl Scout Thin Mint popsicle from Las Paletas (it had the actual cookies in it!)

Overall, we had a really fun visit with Justin and Diane. They were only here for about 26 hours, but we packed in a lot of good stuff. Diane is so sweet and she loves vintage things (especially purses), so she really liked the idea of my Etsy shop and then she got into the thrifting mood... we dragged the boys along, and of course they ended up waiting for us in the car. Same thing for estate sales this morning. We went so many places and ate way too much food, and it's going to take a while to fully recover!