Movin' on up!

Do you know what this means?

I'M MOVING!!!!!!

woohoo!

So obviously, part of this month has been spent looking for a place to move to. That was kind of a pain to juggle since we all know I have such a hard time being productive after work... but luckily I had someone to help me look. I just had to worry about showing up. Hard work pays off and I've found the perfect place to start.

I'm super stoked to have an area that's just mine... that has a door... and a closet... and a RUG!!!! oh man! this is gonna be awesome! Needless to say this weekend can't come soon enough. I get my moving truck Saturday afternoon and Sunday night I'll be crawling into bed in my new room... in my new(old)house... with my new roommates... in a new city... 

does life get much better?

I swear I'm still alive

Holy sweet mother of Pearl!

Hey guys... May's almost over, did you know that?

CRAZY....

I haven't even gotten to tell you anything about the raspberry filled chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate cream cheese frosting (to die for!), my big move to the U-District (which I'll blame my lack of updating on), the new/final art project in my wax series(which is gonna be awesome), folk life... there's so much to talk about. I keep telling people "oh i'm gonna update my blog tonight" and then one thing after another takes priority (especially sleep) and now i'm looking at June 1st on friday and that means more cupcakes. I gotta get this up to date!

good news though.... its gonna happen... somehow, maybe over the next few days... while I anxiously await the weekend....i'll get you guys some pictures and try and catch you up before we move onto the next month....

I fail..I know.

Off to work now though :)
stay productive!

Kubota Garden

Today was another lovely day in Seattle. My sister and I planned to venture to Good Will and look around, but with the amazing weather we decided to take a quick detour to walk through the beautiful Kubota Garden.  There are so many birds, flowers, tree and different pathways... it's a beautiful little escape in a rather industrial part of town.

 The next couple weeks should lead to a lot of blooming in the garden which is something I'm looking forward to. I'll have to make sure I put another visit on my calendar so I don't miss it.

Rattlesnake Ridge

 Rattlesnake Ridge will always be one of my favorite hikes. It nearby, pretty short and super rewarding.. it was such a beautiful day for a hike (everyone else thought so too) but it was great to spend an afternoon outside, have lunch on the warm rocks in a cool breeze, and then stroll along the river...FANTASTIC. it really made me want to stick to my goal of hiking once a week. Gotta make it happen. It's easy when the weather is good.

oh how they grow!

When I was a little kid there were these videos in my house that were a "see how they grow" series where you could watch animals and plants grow and develop... anyway... that thought just sort of crossed my mind after typing that title. Anyway, I'm not sure if I mentioned that I started growing sunflowers inside...

They were cute and tiny... I used plastic cups that I poked holes in and put in a shoe box... well with a little love and some beautiful days they grew... and since its been 3?weeks since they were planted.... they have made quite the progress. I didn't expect this to go as well as it did... and now I find myself wondering.. what on earth am i going to do with all of these sunflowers...Earth day is tomorrow. Maybe I'll celebrate!

Work is never over

 I'm still loving work. It is awesome. I'm so thankful for this opportunity. I mean really... who care's about waking up at 5:30..

 Sometimes... it looks like that in the morning.

Plus, I enjoy starting the day early... it makes me feel productive... I like being productive.

 

And I mean, that's the view from my desk. I love all the windows and the view of the train... we have fantastic plastic flowers. :) 

 

AND I can hang out places like this on my lunch break. Its really rather charming. <3

It's keeping me busy and I'm still working out that balance thing... but it's going well I'm figuring it out... and I've gotten quite a bit done in the last couple weeks.

its been a while..

YIKES!

I'll let you all take a moment to guess which part of my awesome life I've been neglecting recently....

you got it! my blog!

Mind you, there needs to be a balance between working, writing my blog and actually doing things I can write about. Obviously I'm still struggling to find that balance so.... this weekend I'll be doing a massive update... I've had a lot going on in the last two weeks and really fell through on keeping anyone updated. 

I really think everything is worthy of its own post though, and I didn't entirely forget about blogging... I've got pictures! GOODIE! 

okay... so I'm gonna get to my updating... I just thought I'd let you know I'm still here... and still doing this thing. :P