wednesday 11.25.09

working barriques. me & heidi. washing the bakery oven. wiping off all the…crap?... that gets on it and accumulated throughout the work day and week. plenty of time in the work day to tidy up some of the store.


-bkh

tuesday 11.24.09

putting the finishing touches on an email to my gals back in maple grove. ash sent out an email asking us to list ten things we’re grateful for in the month of november. my list, you ask?

1. job. money. vacation.
2. lala.com and npr.org/music
3. my able body
4. coffee shops
5. letters cards postcards via USPS
6. my independence
7. my roommates (ok, even liza)
8. color
9. family
10. friends (especially high school relationships that have lasted outside of MGSH since 2002)
    

alright, so maybe that actually 16 or so. but, whatever. i'm a grateful gal. and, it is more cohesive in the paragraph form i used in the email. but that is reserved for my gals.

-bkh

monday 11.23.09

happy 25½ birthday, me and bkhainje!!

celebrating my half birthday at barriques. with travis, aka ‘new heidi’. putting away the soups. it’s time to get moving and going! i have some leftover cookies i’m going to need to be eating at home soon!


-bkh

sunday 11.22.09

looking at some beautiful pictures of food and life at cucinanicolina.com. whenever i am looking to slow down a bit and remember how much i like stillness and peacefulness every now and then, i pull up this site. (so, basically i look at it every day.) the woman who write for this blog has such a great appreciation towards seemingly little things. and she finds this joy and shares it through pictures and writing. it is what i aspire to be, all right there on one site. after an unfortunately uncomfortable day, this was precisely what i needed.


-bkh

saturday 11.21.09

getting ready to go over to kara pennoyer’s. kara pennoyer! the newest madison friend. moved up from chicago and threw a moving party, which was actually just a clever name for a ‘drinking boxed wine out of a can’ party. grabbed some beers, just in case. the crew of kara, henzie, stacy, liz, ryan, fred, nick, jake, wilkie, shaina, katy had been moving & drinking since 3. so clearly i had little confidence there would be drinks left.


-bkh

friday 11.20.09

barriques downtown. wine tasting night! reading up on local activities in the isthmus. waiting for steph birr to come join me so we can get this cali wine train moving. enjoyed a few hours of good wine and excellent conversation before walking (it was a generous tasting this day...) over to the high noon for the haley bonar show.


-bkh

thursday 11.19.09

having some dinner on my night off. quinoa with almonds, lentils, and sautéed vegetables. watching a tv show about coca-cola on msnbc. relaxing relaxing. all i want to do is relax. ryan fred katy and shannon went to the oak crest for a few drinks, but nothing sounded more appealing to me than slipping into pj pants, sitting in the big green chair in front of the tv, and eventually making some puppy chow (thanks for the recipe, mom). so that’s exactly what i did.


-bkh