Baking club

Two of my friends and I try to get together every couple of weeks to hang out and bake something. We've done cookies, empanadas and last night we tried our hand at bread pudding. I forgot about taking pictures until we had already carved up the goodness into pieces to eat and some to take away. None of us had made bread pudding so it was fun uncharted territory.

Things otherwise are pretty quiet. It's finally gotten cold so there will be no more talk of garden veggies.

Election day

I hate when I feel like I have nothing to say. I did like this photo of Hairy that I took with my phone; she's so cute and fuzzy.

Today is election day. I'm struggling with wanting to vote but also not having a clear idea of who I should vote for. I have a few people in positions I know I want to vote for, but I haven't been very diligent at getting informed about judges and some of the other positions. I suppose I should vote for the ones I know and skip the ones I'm not sure about. Or is this like standardized tests; just pick C and move on? I don't know. That doesn't seem like a good idea.

I just wish there was a good way to feel informed. Although, the 2008 presidential election I feel like has already gained a ton of chatter, but much of it doesn't seem informative.

Cabbage patch kid

Maybe it was some flashback to my childhood love of cabbage patch kids that made me fall in love with these flowers, but whatever it was I loved these cabbage roses. There were several flower vendors at the Pike Market in Seattle that had these for sale and used them in arrangements that were beautiful and inexpensive-- my kind of object.

I got to enjoy a bouquet of flowers I bought kelvin for his birthday while we were there.