My name is Sarahfae and I'm a Veggie-holic

Happy Friday ya'll!

I know I'm in a bit of debt with food recipe/updates --- but I promise to have a few posted before I get back to work next Tuesday...and Desert too!
What?
Desert?

Raw Vegan Creme Brulee?

Ohhhhh...yeah!

In other news I'm in love with this guy. For a couple different reasons:
1. He's a nerd, a very smart, talented, and funny nerd.
2. He looks like Buster Keaton.
Yes, I'm sort of his web-stalker. I often read his blog and imagine the two of us hanging out and laughing together, and then of course he realizes that I'm his muse, falls madly in love with me, and dresses up like Buster Keaton, wherein we film a series of wonderful black&white shorts that catapult us into immediate fame as the newest indie film stars. The End.

Another weekend has flown by. I'm sad to see it go because it's been so nice.

This morning we headed over to the Flea Market (my favorite monthly event!) and I found a few really great treasures. I added to my growing collection of vintage figurines, as well as my collection of fun vintage books, and a few really pretty vintage scarves (I've been wearing them in my hair a lot lately).

At the moment I'm resting with my foot up and an ice pack wrapped tighly beneath my arch. No more pain, but just taking a precautionary move because I ran today for the first time in two weeks. It was SO wonderful, I seriously almost cried because I was so happy to be on the pavement again. My lungs didn't freak out (surprising because I'm still such a newbie runner), and I'm sure it was the adrenaline rush, but I didn't want to stop, and after one mile I felt like I could keep going forever. But I didn't because that would be dumb, since my foot (while almost back to norm) is still on the mend.
It's really incredible how different I felt in the absence of running every day. I definitely needed a break to properly heal my foot, but I also think it was beneficial for me to see how important the activity of running truly is, and it's affect on my day-to-day life. In spite of the fact that I've still been working out daily I knew that the cardio I was missing was so valuable. I found myself with a lack of energy, didn't sleep nearly as well, my motivation to be in the kitchen was totally slumped, and I just didn't seem to care as much about what I was eating. Weird.

Yesterday I made the appointment with Dean to start finishing the bottom half of my right arm in July. I really want to keep what I'm getting a secret, but I'm SOO freaking excited about it --- and when I'm excited I can't keep quiet! My Buster Keaton tribute tattoo...*sigh*...it's gonna be my favorite.

I still have a lot of food pics to post...I haven't forgotten, I'm just lazy. Soon, I promise.

Merry Xmas ya'll!
I am relieved that the holiday is over, but sad in a small way too.
Family was wonderful tonight: bonding with the not-so-lil'-sis, Wii bowling, stinky-dog petting, stuffing my face with yummy food, laughing to the point of snorting, smiles, memories, and tons of wonderful affection from my awesome hubby. Cheers!

My favorite gifts (from the hub) are as follows: the most' perfect porcelian elephant (40's era), old-school canvass vans (the feet kind), and a verrrry thoughtful book titled "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris --- I can't wait to sink my eyeballs into it!

At the moment I've got a very sweet little Kona sleeping at my side --- her parents are on an Xmas holiday in Ashland, so D and I are doggy-sitting until tomorrow. We are very happy to have her, and I think Lucy is too. Lots of cute doggy/holiday pics to come.

For now, how about a cute snap of me and my adorable sister?

My first day of official unemployment....it's been great so far. If you call my cell I've been answering it:
"Thank you for calling the office of Sarahfae - officially unemployed. How can I help you?" 
Granted, I've got a couple of really awesome irons in the fire --- so I don't anticipate being in this position for long *fingers crossed*.
For the time being I plan on packing up our house in preparation for the big move (squee!!), doing about a thousand loads of laundry, cleaning, and making a ton of yummy food.
In addition, my personal goal is to do a lot of soul searching (says the Atheist) in the area of my education and musical aspirations. D keeps piping at me to write more music, mainly because I don't want to do another show until I've got a good amount of new material to play. With the help of my very good friend Deric, I'm hoping to record a solid ep sometime early next year.

I dropped off a bunch of Thank you cards to my co-workers this afternoon. That felt good. I love giving hand-written cards to people.

Amusing thoughts that are in my mind at the moment:

Lucy ate one of my pearl earrings. Yes, I'm watching all of her bm's to try and recover it. I know, it's gross.
One of the many things that we've learned about being owners of a dog that will chew on/eat ANYthing is to keep all small objects out of her reach. This includes: remotes, candles, pens and pencils, plastic bottle caps, plastic bottles, books and magazines, wireless cards, bluetooth devices, batteries, wine/champagne corks, headbands, tupperware, jewelry, dradles, and ear plugs. (The aforementioned are all things that Lucy has put in her mouth, if not destroyed or consumed.)

A certain husband of mine, who will remain nameless, admitted to liking "some"  chick-flicks. This occurred yesterday when said husband (who will still remain nameless) got caught watching "27 Dresses". I love this man so much!
 

What an incredible Anniversary weekend. D surprised me with two nights [instead of just one] at our beach side cottage rental, where a bottle of my favorite champagne and a note from the Turtle Rock staff greeted us. The cottage was nothing less than amazing, a perfect setting, perfect [weather minus a little wind], and a perfect place to forget about everything except the two of us - and maybe Lucy too, since we brought her along.
Saturday we woke up and headed to Harris beach - in my opinion one of the most incredible beaches on the Southern Oregon coast. We weren't there for more than ten minutes when we dropped our camera in the sand. Lesson learned: Do not ever drop your camera in the sand.
It was totally busted within seconds. Luckily we managed to snap a few pics before this tragedy - a few really cute shots. Of course the cuteness ensued after the breakage of the camera - and it almost killed me to not have the ability to to capture the moment. On our way back to the car we passed a bench where an elderly couple sat eating their lunch - and squirrels were surrounding them! Cute furry, friendly squirrels! D and I stood there watching, and then - the cutest thing I've ever witnessed in my lifetime happened...
One of the squirrels walked right up to Lucy, they touched noses, and the squirrel went on it's way.
I cursed our broken camera.
Shortly after our trip to Harris beach we headed to Fred Meyer and bought a new digital camera - and began taking more pics.

Yesterday, being that it was the actual official date of our Anniversary, we went out to the Sea Grill for dinner [my favorite salad bar in town], and went on to the Shanty to to share a toast with the friends we knew we'd inevitably find there. Jon [our bartender friend] issued another friend to play the anniversary waltz - on the juke - and our other good friend Deric played a few Tony Bennet tunes for us. I succeeded in forcing D to slow dance with me, and for the most part we didn't have to buy a single drink. There's no place like home - and we'll always find a little bit of home at the Shanty.