4th of july pics - just a little late

who wants to knit in this heat? i don't want anything warm anywhere near my lap right now. but i have knitted a little bit - just not enough to really see the progress. so let's see, i got my tattoo finished up on saturday. i'm waiting for it to heal before taking pics. just got the pics from 4th of july off the boy's camera - too lazy to make it fancy, but here's the best shots of the fireworks:


here are those amazing Miniature Tartlets with Walnuts, Brie and Grape Salsa (the Butternut Squash, Corn, and Cilantro Phyllo Rolls didn't come until a few days later - they were a LOT of work):


mmmmmmmmmmmmm...easy AND yummy!

4th of July

yay for getting the 4th off!!! waking up at 5am everyday is hard - but worth it cuz i only work 4 hours....hehehe. so in the past couple of days i've cast-on for the leg cozies (those are size 3 Brittany needles - the smallest i've ever worked with and i feel like i'm going to break them. i have a feeling this project will take a looooooooong time to finish)


and i made the boy's favorite Nature's Burger Primavera Casserole. mmm.....



i took this at the Seattle International Beerfest last weekend. guess we were too buzzed to get any shots of the craziness around us. ;)


tonight we're going to hang out on my sis's roof down in belltown - should be a great view of the fireworks and hopefully not too many crazies. it's going to be a potluck affair so i'm making Miniature Tartlets with Walnuts, Brie and Grape Salsa from Vegetarian Times and Butternut Squash, Corn, and Cilantro Phyllo Rolls from The Real Food Daily cookbook.

what is going on? there's been hardly any knitting! all i wanted to do on my birthday was lay around and watch movies - ok, i actually got some productive things done too. i ran some errands and made yummy yummy summer rolls!


i could eat these things nonstop for days.

so ya, actually i did the tiniest bit of knitting on thurs (when i meet my friend for a mini stitch n bitch). i was working on my sis's scarf but just couldn't get the damn pattern to look right. stupid here and there cables. so i changed it to something like this cable scarf. the cable pattern is from the Log Cabin Socks in Handknit Holidays. so there's really not enough progress on that for a pic.

but i do have a pic of the tattoo that i got yesterday. just remember that it's not done.


the boy had gotten me a gift certificate to Madame Lazonga's 2 xmas' ago. this is my right ribcage and let me tell you that there is no way i could've sat through this without the numbing topical that she used and i've got a high tolerance for pain (at least i thought so). i would recommend this shop to anyone. Jacqueline was amazing and super nice - really made me feel comfortable. the rest will be done in June - once it's healed and Jacqueline gets back from Paris.