We have 3 chickens or shall I say pets.  Delilah, Esme, and Seabon.  I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the first egg and I moan to everyone who will halfway listen.  Well, one of these listeners is my great neighbor who makes felt pins and goodies.  She, as a good luck charm, made me this wonderful chicken clip as a good luck laying eggs charm.  And sure enough 3 days after this beauty was made this beauty egg was made and laid. 

but a good luck laying eggs charm isn't good luck unless there is a hidden egg attached to the charm!  Thanks Jess!

a week ago today we were robbed.  they (whomever they are) got a large chunk of jesse's tools.  needless to say he was devastated and on a MISSION to recoup.  so saturday morning we went on an adventure... a knox rail salvage adventure.  it is a scary OOOOOLD school building that was bought... not kept up... and filled with millions, and I mean millions of random overstock construction supplies and anything in between.  Here are some of the goodies I found while in:

All in all, I think I lost 6 years off my life do to the asbestos I am convinced I inhaled, and while searching for goodies I thought I might come across a dead body or someone might come out of those scary goodies and make me the next "rail victim"... BUT jesse found a deal on a new miter saw so the trip was a life decreasing success...

Garden stores sell only sets of 6 in green chile peppers... well that's my opinion.  And that is all well and fine unless you are me and plant all 6 and then comes September and you have 0345823451693847 chiles that you can NEVER eat fresh.  I can't even give these puppies away.


So my mom told me about a way to dry and preserve the pepper to enjoy year round.

Take embroidery floss and a tapestry needle and string them... all 3984713-04981 of them.

Then simply hang it up (in my case on our back cabinets) to dry.  Pick, cook, and enjoy in a couple of months.


Thanks mom

College Football players dream of getting "the pick" to become a pro football player... but isn't that why we go to COLLEGE?  to go "pro"...fessional?  I went to university to go "pro" in design.  I got a job so I got "the pick"... So why am I not making the big $$$?  Why am I not featured on ESPN or DIY if that makes more relative sense to my "pro" status.


Michael Jordan went from "pro" basketball player to "pro" baseball player.  Just like I"m going from "pro" design to "pro" educator.  


I think my second career will work out better than Michael's.