the list is shrinking...

i wouldn't be the blogging geek that i am if i didn't post an update from this morning's to-do list. so here you go, with pictures....

so far i have:



*made the quinoa salad



*baked the muffins



*cooked the chicken for the sandwiches



*washed the dishes



*packed



*charged the ipod & camera batteries



*bathed

and


*cut the batting for the picnic quilt

and now it is time to eat something, baste the 2 pieces of batting together, figure out how to get them sandwiched, make the sandwiches for tomorrow and watch my netflix...

today's to-do

we're heading out to visit with family up the coast this weekend and there is a picnic planned for tomorrow. since i am a lover of picnics and picnic pretty and we never really muster up the picnic mojo, i am going all out! mr. a-go-go will be home around six and then we head out for a multi-houred drive, so the to-do list is a bit hectic today. today i will attempt and hopefully finish(as in do, not dream, plan or scheme):

*the picnic quilt
*bake a dozen chocolate chip muffins
*watch my netflix
*the quinoa salad
*the savory yummy delicious sandwich
*pack
*bathe
*mint lemonade
*go to the library
*sweep floors


all mostly do-able. its the blanket/quilt that is going to trip me up. i'll start roasting the beets now and sauteing those greens and onions. oh and the chicken needs to be cooked. okay, there seems to be a bunch of hidden steps in that do-able list. gotta go! i leave you with an early morning shot of the official august bed which is nowhere as nifty as last year's. happy weekend!

i'm nothing if not a dreamer

i dream, i scheme, i plan. sometimes, if i am lucky, i do. a new farmers market has opened up just down the street from us. it is a literal five minute jaunt and suddenly i am surrounded by green, by citrus, by all things that grow. i do love a farmers market. the good food, the people, the man who sells white sage...the kettle corn. i only picked up a few green goodies. we're going on a picnic this weekend with family and i do adore a picnic. here is hoping i put to good use each any every bit of this lovliness.

what we did today

somewhere near the los angeles river...

bodie bodie bo bodie

on our way to reno via the 395 and mono lake we made a detour to the old timey ghost town of bodie. bodie celebrates its 150th anniversary this summer but just so ya know, it wasn't completely abandoned until the early 1940's. that said, it makes for a pretty neat trek out to the middle of nowhere and along a three mile stretch of unpaved road. the only sore spot i think was that we got there just before lunch time and that bright, bright sun was super hot and my pics are all a little too bright. i wish bodie opened earlier. can you imagine how cool it would be to photograph during the sunrise? make sure you bring lots of water when you visit, a hat would be a good thing as well and if you have your head on your shoulders you'll remember to bring your own favorite hat from home so that you won't end up in a stupid stupid antm baseball cap that you picked up in desperation at a wal-mart in palmdale. so here ya go, bodie through my eyes...a lot of old door knobs, spooky interiors shot through windows, people peeking in through windows and that pretty, pretty, so blue sky!

the week in review: aug 10-16

a whole lot of homebody time. puttering about taking care of things that need taking care of. too much time on hold. i hate the phone! a knotted, twisty kind of ick that finally got kicked in the arse and a weekend with the mister running errands and being home. we're back in the swing of things. click here for more info on the week.