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with a beautiful day off? well we went for a "scent"ic drive out to the beach. we being the dog. and me. she loves to stick her nose out the window and smell where we are going. we took a few lonely roads. ok, so maybe like 10 little roads. i make turns at random when i'm not in a hurry. and can you blame me? just check out the view! it really was spectacular. i would love to live out this way! we finally arrived at north beach in point reyes national seashore. they have a few beaches where leashed pets are allowed. i snacked on a quick lunch of tomatoes, figs, raisins, and almonds (from the farmer's market again) then we headed down to the water. my baby is 12 and she's never seen the ocean. i must be a terrible mother or something. she was just staring and staring. she couldn't get enough. after repeatedly chasing and running away from the waves for a half an hour she was content to just sit back and relax on a dune. and then she stood and told me it was ti...

so about a hundred years ago when i was in school i had a handheld computer. it helped me keep track of birthdays, addresses, assignments, and my high score in bejeweled... today it came out of the box in the back of the closet for the first time in i don't know how many years. you see i think i'll be needing to keep track of my bejeweled scores in my new position. no? k, how 'bout this? i think i might need a better calendar than my free hallmark one. in the past it has served me well. until now i was able to write down my schedule and then scribble in schedule changes in those one inch squares. i could happily cross off days until vacation started. i could draw lines through days i couldn't work for some event or another. i could even fit in knitting night notices and the occasional lunch date. alas i think i'll need more space now. there will be actual stuff happening during my days. more stuff than making coffee that is. (i'm kinda panicking here ...

i think my favorite place this year may just be the santa rosa farmer's market. it has been fantastic to pick up the freshest produce week after week*. not only does everything taste great, the colors are fantastic. i just love heirloom tomatoes there are every shape, color, and size imaginable available the best part today was the tomato tasting...i think i ate 2 or 3 whole tomatoes worth. well if you were to glue the hodgepodge of types they had into one fantastic fruit! there are also all kinds of squash beets and radishes, carrots and more and the peppers! purple green red yellow orange sweet hot and everything between and the best part well best after tasting everything (i love samples) is bringing home your favorites 2 kinds of pears, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, black mission figs, apples, nectarines, plums, basil i see fruit salad and pizza in our future! *oh, and its not just the best place for produce, there are also: preserves, honey, bread, pies, olive oil, vinegar, che...

i know it has been a little quiet around here. but i was trying not to spill the beans. i've been teetering on the edge of my coffee house seat here for a while but it is now official. i've made assistant store manager! it's really exciting and a little bit scary. i'm moving stores again which is sad. but it is a move in the right direction. yippee!

although the furniture is here, my mental house is vacant. i've been on an emotional roller coaster. i'm knitting to stay sane or what passes as such. eventually there will be photographic proof of said knitting. but for now. you will have to take my word for it. the knit projects links go to ravelry ...go sign up! i'll be getting the blog back in working order in the coming weeks. patience. dave still has so fix my computer. in the meantime a couple of updates. we moved to california in a ridiculously short amount of time (finding a house, a store, packing and driving in 3 weeks) i've spent a lot of time with the family back in texas. visiting with family, taking care of my dad and saying goodbye. settling into our new place and my new store . california rocks by the way. it is beautiful here. i can't wait to get back out and hike some more. my new store is great. i love it too. i have the best manager who has been incerdibly understanding with m...