Daring

I made Pita Bread (!!) to go with the baba ghanoush I made earlier this weekend. It was so easy and they puffed up just like real pita bread. Really!

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My New Home

My new office... mostly moved in now. Note the Worst Office Chair Ever... it sinks to the lowest setting every 5 minutes. I HATE IT. Awesome Corporate Factoid: it will take upto 49 days to get me a new chair, according to the Facilities Request site.

The Great Ramen Challenge

Lucky Me! Oh the qestions I have about this one... why the shrimp on the lid if it's Chicken Flavor? What the hell was that orange goop? Are those white things supposed to be chicken?

hey, blogger, stop sucking!

If You Don't Come Across, I'm Going To Be Down

Word Nerds... click "vic fleming" for a great song from the movie I saw tonight...

O My

Promises
Originally uploaded by missmegancelia.

Gardened a bit this evening... ate a few more cherry tomatoes and asked the pear tomatoes nicely if they wouldn't turn yellow a bit more quickly. My patio is absolutely taken over by the garden, there's hardly anywhere to sit or stand out there and it's being eaten alive by tiny spiders. I wish they'd eat the black aphids faster.

He Wasn't Kidding About The Stairs...

the view down from the 5th floor walkup.

(This post should have arrived Thursday evening but was held up by some miscommunication between my phone and Blogger)

A Green Harvest

My green bean plants are giving up on life, but I got a good last harvest!

So you say it rains too much in the NW?

caught in a thunderstorm in NY, ducking a torrential downpour on our way to canal st.

(this post should have arrived Friday but blogger and my phone were having trouble communicating from NYC, apparently)

These Guys Are Confused

on the border of china town and little italy, a shop with personality disorder.

All I See

I spent my afternoon staring at the backs of heads because I was too tired to answer email anymore. now i am tired to even stare. But! dinner tonight in the city with my cousins! woo!

Goodnight Princess

I am in New Jersey tonight, and my hotel looks like a castle!

home at last

no elevator. third floor apartment. luggage. yay.

The Coldest Winter

Headed North over the Golden Gate on our way to Napa for the day. The city is buried in thick fog and very cold. Everyone is wearing coats. It is 40 degrees colder here than it was in Dallas.

Hotter Than...

103 degrees in Dallas as I leave this evening...

hi, adam!

dinner, playing hookey from work, trying to find something on the menu that doesnt involve more than one type of meat at a time.

the bed i am not in

Gotta catch up on all the work i didnt do while i was trying to do work today. sigh.

a family tradition

i am visiting my aunt in Dallas, and amused by her collection of plants-in-pots. she has herbs growing in an old grill! Also, more sunflowers than you can shake a stick at.

Whatever God Wants, He Keeps

Whatever God Wants, He Keeps
Originally uploaded by missmegancelia.

Fleeting handprint on a rock in Denny Creek at the end of our hike up to Annette Lake, about an hour east of Seattle. A lovely hot day spent in the shade of a (very steep!) hike, and to round it out, a few minutes with our feet in the creek at the bottom.

way up there...

i am headed out to hike annette lake this afternoon!

Progress!

yes, they are actually touching.

The Great Ramen Challenge

this one has a bonus nurse lady on it... must be healthy! seriously, its 2pm and i am just now eating. I hate the first day back from vacation. also- holy crap if this is "Mild", i need to stay away from "Medium".

Happy 4th of July!

Fireworks
Originally uploaded by missmegancelia.

I went sailing on a boat in Elliott Bay to watch the fireworks this year, with Rishi and his family, and Jason and Irene. The sunset was amazing, tool. It was cold, but beautiful and lots of fun: a much better experience than watching from a yard or a roof!

my house is a mess

welcome back to civilization

sitting in jason's backyard enjoying his new copper firepit... now all we need are vegetarian marshmallows and recyclable skewers.

Eggshells

Eggshells
Originally uploaded by missmegancelia.

I'm home! I went backpacking at Elfin Lakes, in Garibaldi Provincial Park in Canada, with my friend Sarah. It was a one night trip, only 11km but half of that was over snow a lot like this in the picture.

The snow melted all over in crazy eggshell case shapes, maybe because the reflected light kept melting it further and further? It made it hard to walk!!

ouch

Travel Tip: Snow is a reflector for sunlight. Wear sunscreen EVERYWHERE, or suffer the consequences. Did i mention ouch?