Salad is my excuse to eat croutons and a thrift store find turned into diy goth goddess

Amanda and I found this really interesting wall plaque at the Goodwill store near our home. For us, it had a pagan feel and just seemed like it needed to come home with us. There was a very faint, barely there sort of paint job on the flowers and leaves, and it had some dirt in the nooks and crevasses. I didn't like weird dirty pink tone of it, so I decided to paint it. At frist we thought it would be a pretty Greenwoman. I've been drawn to the idea and image of the Greenwoman for many years. Actually, I was at a Renfaire and saw a Greenwoman mirror stand with a round mirror that set into the top of it and knew instantly that it was mine. Sometimes you just know. (Elen of the Ways is the closest I've come to finding a "Greenwoman" figure- not that I looked really hard until a few months ago when I saw some statues. Just kind of seemed like a rare thing.)

Anyway, I was going to do some "as I work" pictures but never seemed to remember to take them while I was painting. I'm sorry, I really got into it. So here is the final result. 

Believe it or not, trying to get paint into some of those tight and small spots was kind of difficult, especially when I was trying not to get it in places I didn't want it to go. I had to keep going back to do some touch ups. But no more, it is finished, sealed with a clear spray paint and ready to go up on a wall. I just haven't decided which wall and in which room as of yet. 

Yes, as the title suggests, the small salad I had for lunch which was basically mushrooms and spinach, was my vehicle and excuse to eat the seasoned herb croutons I bought from the store last weekend. I don't normally buy croutons and pretty much have them once in a great while as a kind of treat, but I was craving them for some reason. 

Since we happen to have mushrooms, another thing I don't buy often because Amanda doesn't like them and will only eat them if they are in cream of mushroom soup, I put them in my breakfast scramble this morning. That consisted of an 8th of a pound of sausage, onions, spinach, red and green bell papers, and mozzarella cheese. Because I woke up after Amanda went to work, I just made a small batch, just enough for myself. It was lovely. You know what else was lovely, pumpkin pie spice coffee creamer. Yep, we found some at Fred Meyer this last weekend. I love having it in my coffee. 

Adventure Monday and cute things

Wood Splitter Lee

There is a this girl on deviant art who makes these beautiful and amazing, poseable animals and fantasy creatures. The colorful kitty above is just one of many of her wonderful creations. I would love to be able to make something like this but I don't know that I would have the patience to sit for hours and sculpt or mess with the fur. While I will probably own one of her creations one day, that time is not now. So in the mean time, I will simply enjoy her work via pictures and share her page so more people can see her stuff. 

We had a lunch date with Rachael today. She picked me up, we headed downtown to grab some food, and then we took it to Amanda. There are only two draw backs to having lunch with Amanda at her job- well aside from parking being a pain in the ass. They are the sun and bugs. We sit on the 7th floor terrace. There is a nice view and we like to visit the gargoyles. But the sun beating down on me and burning me sucks and sometimes bugs fly around our food. Yuck. I am not one with the bugs. Otherwise having lunch at Amanda's work is pretty fun. 

After having lunch with Amanda Rachael asked me if I wanted to check out a farmer's market place she was thinking about setting up at. Since I only had homework, I figured why not, besides I like road trips. So we went to Medical Lake and then we decided to check out a spot in Cheney, before taking a slightly longer way home. We ended up in a place called Plaza, which is very small, before we got back on the road we needed to be on. But once back in town, we stopped at Grocery Outlet. I only needed to get bobby pins (all of mine disappeared and I am blaming Narcisa because she likes to steal my hair stuff), but ended up walking out with some sparkling water, a little chocolate, some sparkling fruit lemonade, lavender dish soap, and a bag of pizza rolls. Now I really love pizza rolls and try not to get them very often because of how much I love them. Since we don't have a microwave and have been doing very well without one for 6 months, it has actually helped us not buy a lot of crap food, stuff like pizza rolls. But I broke today, because damn it, sometimes I just want pizza rolls. I will have to bake them in the oven, which doesn't bother me, it just takes a little longer. 

After that we had dinner at a friends and came home. I got on to my college's website to see what I needed to do this week since today began the new term. I don't know what the hell is with the 200 level classes but they just seem to have a shit ton of work. I have an annotated bibliography to write, a paper, and two discussion board posts to write as well as all the reading to do. Damn it!  

The good news is that I got my copy of Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury in the mail today. I will start reading it as soon as I finish reading the book I am reading right now. In the mean time, it is time for bed.