Grandma's Dumplings

Having spent our first holiday away from home I decided we needed a little taste of childhood. With southern cooking masters on both sides of our families I figured I do our Grandmothers proud with an adventure into Chicken & Dumplings. I’m of the opinion that it was a success and plan to visit southern cooking more often. A basic recipe, sure, but a yummy one! Here are a few shots of my adventure into home cooking!

Finally settling in...

A little over two weeks in Seattle and I'm finally getting a chance to blog. Don't get me wrong, I still haven't touched the office so I'm stealing the boyfriend's laptop for a few. There are still boxes scattered throughout the hallways and bedrooms but they're becoming fewer and I really am starting to feel at home.

The trip went really well despite our certainty that something was bound to go wrong (we both have pretty crappy luck). To our delight we made it without any mishaps and all of my plants are alive and well! Yay!!

I'll make sure to post pictures of the new place plus I hope to get out with a camera or two soon and snap some shots of this pretty city we moved into!

HELLO SEATTLE!!

Packing, Replanting & Organizing OH MY!

Moving day is this week and I'm getting soooo excited! We signed our lease today and Jon faxed all our info to the new landlord while I spent this afternoon replanting my leafy friends into larger and more move-safe pots. My avocado trees are still small babies so I'm worried about them, but I think my small trees, succulents and tropical plants should be alright. I hope they will be at least!

Although its kind of crazy living in this cramped little city of boxes, it's nice getting everything packed and organized. I just have my kitchen and closet to tackle before Wednesday when the truck will be here so I actually feel like it's real for once. I'm sure it'll feel more than real once we have to drive that huge moving truck all the way across the country :/

rip Irving Penn

Road Trip!

Next Wednesday/Thursday we pack up everything we own in a moving truck, hook the car to the back and make our way, Oregon Trail-like, across the country. It's been several nerve wracking months in the making but we finally have a home to go to and we've scaled down enough to make this move tolerable. We'll need a serious trip to Ikea and the area thrift stores once we make it but this is finally doable. I plan on shooting the entire trip, taking video and keeping a journal so I'll add more to this as we go/once we get there.

I can't describe how excited I am to move to this beautiful city, but I'd be lying if I said I won't miss Atlanta. A fun town with some super-fun people plus it's growing beautifully. Can't wait to visit in the future to see it continue to progress, but I definitely feel Seattle will bring more to my life in the next few years!

elk!

driving home from Gatlinburg was full of sogginess and rain but we did get to see these guys.

Seattle

It seems like forever since my last blogpost!

Anyway, I've had a busy month...

We spent a week in Seattle,WA sightseeing and visiting with friends. We also decided Seattle is the city we'd LOVE to live. With that, we're moving there the first week of October. I'm not looking forward to a week in a moving truck with my car-sick pup or hundreds of miles of desert, but I think the reward in the end is more than worth it. I'm so SO excited to live on the coast again(I'm originally from Naples, FL) and the culture there seems more my style. After eleven years of "southern hospitality" I've had my share!

Also, I've included a link to my Flickr set of Seattle pictures I took while there. Click on this blog title and enjoy!!