March 2nd, 2008 - Wasabi Hammie

Wasabi eats his spinach so he can be strong like Popeye! Nom Nom Nom!

March 1st, 2008- Mr Happy wants you to Dine for Darfur on March 4th!

February 29th, 2008 - Creepy Doll

She towers over the cubes in the office. She REALLY creeps me out.

February 28th, 2008 - Mr Happy checks out the office bathroom reading.

Only at The Stranger. Any other place I have worked, any book with the word "playboy" on the cover showing up in the office, would be cause for the entire office to attend some sort of eight hour sexual harassment course. I'm glad things are more relaxed here, it just amuses me sometimes just HOW relaxed they really are.

February 27th- 2008 - A spring in her step.

My mom's shoes always make me think of that tune, "The most wonderful thing about Tiggers..."
She says they are great for her knees and for people who work on their feet all day. Makes sense.

February 26th- 2008 - MR Happy goes to work.

February 25th- 2008 - Mmmm.. Spun Honey

A childhood favorite revisited.

February 24th, 2008 - Yarn Doodlez

I made these this weekend. I was showing Bree how to crochet a few weeks back and in the process picked up a hook again myself. I made some cat toys and realized how quickly I can make them so I got a bit carried away. I just started making shapes and when they were coming together I decided what they looked the most like and turned them into that thing. Some of them are finger puppets and some are cat toys. We have a mouse, a fancy pig, a boar, a purple octopus, a yellow man, a cat in a hat and even a unicorn!

This is MR Happy (emo-con)
Jon told me to caption this one:
"MR HAPPY goes postal."

(You will be seeing more of him. I'm sure of it.)

February 23rd, 2008 - Exit

February 22nd, 2008 - Happy little cloud

I think it resembles a fat bird.

It was a BEAUTIFUL sunny day!

February 21st, 2008 - New bag

Found it at the thrift shop for $6. It is kind of amazing.

February 20th, 2008 - Lunar Eclipse

It was so cool, I really wish my camera could have taken a better photo of it.

February 19th, 2008 - Roo!

We are cattsitting this cute guy all this week. He is so much fun, we will miss him when his parents get home next week! Doesn't he have the best eyes?

February 18th, 2008 - I Luff You!

Jon & Darian surprised me at work today, just because.
I love them!

February 17th, 2008 - Mice & Piggies

These are cat toys that I made today. They are going to be taking a long journey soon. Some are going to the UK & others to Australia!

Here is another view.

February 16th, 2008 - Wasabi vs Broczilla

February 15th, 2008 - One for the road.... (Maria's last day)

My dear friend and co-worker celebrated her last day with us today. We all went for drinks afterwards. She and I have been sharing a cubicle wall for a longer time that I like to acknowledge. You could not ask for a better daytime roomie. I will miss her a lot!

February 14th, 2008 - One for my baby....

Valentine's Day was AMAZING! Jon surprised me with a hotel stay, an evening at The Triple Door to check out a Sinatra impersonator, and an extra special surprise gift.
The hotel was beautiful, the dinner at Jasmine was perfect, the Sinatra was spot on! Jon had arranged for us to get the best seats in the house. We were right in the center right up against the stage. It was a perfect evening. I actually got teary eyed at one point during the Sinatra set because he did such a spot on job that it hit me that I will never get the opportunity to see the real thing. I LOVE Frank.

I was a little nervous at first, because I was afraid that an impersonator would come across as making fun of him, but this guy did it in such a way that it was a classy tribute, it had it's silly moments, but for the most part I think Frank himself would have enjoyed it.
At dinner Jon presented me with the most exquisite diamond necklace. I LOVE it! I was shocked!
I gave Jon a set of webcams for our computers so that it is even easier for us to stay in touch while he is overseas. With all of the Posies 20th anniversary stuff coming up, it looks like he will be spending all of April in Europe. Now we will be able to see each other! Don't you just love modern technology? I remember when he and I could only talk once a week and have to rush because it was costing us so much money and that was when I was in Alaska and he was in Seattle!! Crazy, no?

I wish you all a very happy day today. I am floating on a cloud (as comfy as this bed)


PS- I am still taking a photo a day, just have been a little slack on getting them uploaded with how busy I have been. Getting caught up...

February 13th, 2008 - Mmmmmmm....

It wasn't mine, but it looked so pretty I had to take a picture. Very long meeting today, but it went well. Feeling very inspired!

February 12th, 2008 - Happy Birthday Abe!

He would be 199 today! Honestly, the day would have gone by unnoticed if it were not for my friend, Bree. She LOVES Abe so much she even got his name tattooed on her ribs!

Some surprise flowers:


Here is one of the cat toys I made over the weekend. (The purple seems to be the favorite color of the kitties!)