View change

View change

Posted by Brit

I guess people are calling this "snowmageddon"... I'm calling it "possible adult snow day". The Honda just isn't a fighter when it comes to snow. I'm currently waiting to see if I can find a ride.

The [perfect] Weekend

The [perfect] Weekend

Posted by Brit

This has been a fantastic weekend.  Yes, I'm writing this on Monday night... today is President's day and so I had the day off.  For some reason I was feeling the need to do things this weekend; I'll admit my weekends usually include a lot of lounging.  I usually get up on Saturday to eat the breakfast Brandon has prepared for me, and he usually gets up on Sunday to eat the breakfast I've prepared for him.  After breakfast on both days I tend to go back to bed for a little while at least...

My weekend began with a great surprise on Friday Night!  Tia and her pup drove down to pay me a visit and she and I got ready together and then headed out for the evening to Rock Island Live in Old Town.  The Calamity Cubes!, Tater Famine, Filthy Still, and Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy all played kick ass sets.  I was so happy to be running around with old Tia again in Wichita.

Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy

Filthy Still

Saturday I made breakfast for Tia, Brandon and I.  I napped and then did a little grocery shopping.  We had Brandon's family over for dinner.  He made carnitas, chile verde, and guac.  It was mouth-watering.  I seriously thought about that pork all day Sunday. 

Beginnings of Chile Verde

Carnitas Cooking

Seared pork

Sunday I ran some errands and got some crafting gear.  I purchased some beads and cord to make some bracelets, and began by making one last night.  I also picked up some candle making supplies.  I bought some Valentine's flowers for $2.50 at Dillons, and while I am sure the boys in my house could care less about them, I'm happy to have something to brighten the place up!

Today I made a chocolate peanut butter cream pie and then took it and lunch (leftover Carnitas) to Brandon's parents' house where he is working on remodeling their bathroom.  After lunch I headed home to work on making a candle.  I am pretty excited about the results!  The scent is Citrus Sage and it smells fresh and clean.  I bought some antique Ball canning jars at Metcalf Sisters Antiques while out and about Sunday and they worked perfectly!

Melting Wax

Poured

Finished Candle (and wine and bon appetit)

One last thing I enjoy about my weekends this time of year is the afternoon sun that enters the living room when we have all of our (read: Brandon's) plants inside.

Have a happy week!

This couldn't come soon enough.

This couldn't come soon enough.

Posted by Brit

Can't wait to have a weekend away with Ashley.

Evening.

Evening.

Posted by Brit

One of the good things about it staying lighter longer is that I can [try to] exercise after work. I love a jog after work when my view looks like this.

Feeling at Home

Feeling at Home

Posted by Brit

I'm starting to feel more and more at home here. For the first several months, despite their efforts to make me feel otherwise, I just felt like I was a guest in Brandon and Nathan's house. I'm starting to think up little ways to add a little of myself to the place, and my things are gradually being moved from storage to this place now that we know we'll be staying here for at least another year.

Tia and I had a kitchen shelf last year for cookbooks and a plant and a sort of mail holder that I wasn't very great at using. I wanted to have a place for a plant and get rid of a chunky, unappealing shelf that was already in place and full of food. The shelf I built last year fits perfectly; it is a little slimmer, has more shelves, and is much prettier. This one wont have cookbooks, though I may find a wire basket for mail, and it also holds a lot of our dry goods.

Have a happy week, everyone.

Rights

Rights

Posted by Brit

Last night Brandon and I went to see a one woman play about Rachel Corrie, a young American woman who was in Palestine trying to help Palestinians lead a peaceful, non-violent, resistance against the Israeli government and militia in 2003. She was run over by a bulldozer while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian home by Israelis. Honestly, I don't know much about this conflict. I have a few friends who are interested in it, and I definitely have a lot more to learn. The point of this post, though, is to remind people (how I was reminded last night) how important human rights are. I am so lucky to have been born here and to have been born white. I am so lucky to have been born late in the 20th century, when many women before me already fought a long battle to be equal in this country. Though women still have a ways to go here, we're luckier than many women on this planet and the women before us faced a lot of the tough stuff so we didn't have to. I am lucky to have been born straight. I've had it pretty easy. People think human rights gets complex because there are so many levels to it. Just consider that we are all human and not one of us has the right to judge or dictate the other based on our own beliefs. Human rights boils down to treating others the way you'd like to be treated and helping those less fortunate than yourself. This is part of almost every religion and/or belief the same thing, so lets follow through with it. Fight for the benefit of future generations. There's so much more I could say...  Please just take time to consider others, to love others, to respect others. We're all human.

Off my soap box now, and about to enter nifty nut house and buy some damn tasty treats. :)