Moving Part 2!

I really don't enjoy looking for places to live. It's a little stressful and I hate to make the commitment to the lease and really I just hate it! Luckily enough I have this pretty awesome cousin who lived in SE Portland in a 2 bedroom house all by herself! She knew I was moving and asked me if I wanted to move in. At first I said I couldn't cause I came across this sweet deal to live in Wilsonville, rent free! A Starbucks customer of mine said the house was his mothers and when she past away they started using it as storage. He offered it to me free of charge! Awesome! Well, turns out it sits in Charbonneau (which is a golf club) and well, I would have to pay club dues, utilities and the added cost of the commute to my Starbucks out at the airport. When I went out to look at the house it was not so much trashed, it was just that the last person who lived there (his niece) never cleaned it. So, you know when you are cleaning out a room and move some furniture you find a build up of dust or random items such as paper clips, old receipts, pens, scrap paper....etc. She never cleaned that up or vacuumed up all the dog and cat hair. While showing me around the house we came across a cat box that had been there for a year! Not Cleaned! Sick!
Aside from the nastiness of the house, it was so out of date! I had never seen the style microwave that was in there. It had all sorts of dials and no buttons. It was weird! So, needless to say I decided against the gross "Free" house.
That very day, I sent Laura, my cousin a little note asking if she was still in the market for a roommate. Turns out she was, about a month later, I moved in. Highlights to Laura's house:

An upstairs room, with a blue walls and big window!

A big kid bed (I used to sleep on a twin sized bed).

My very own bathroom!

a Giant closet that has a little step in it. Seriously the step was my favorite part!

A microwave and saran wrap.

a pantry that can hold my mixer so I don't have to haul it up and down stairs.

Tonya (a friend of ours) comes over all the time and sometimes we cook.

There is a sewing machine that I can use for my quilting class.

A treadmill in case I want to use it.

I am sure the list will continue to go on the longer I live here. Thanks Cousin Laura for taking me in, I really appreciate it!

Moving!

For the last 2 years I have been living in the basement of my good friend Tori's house. I loved it there and had Tori not gone off and gotten engaged I would most likely still be there. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy for Tori! I just don't care to move and CHANGE things. Here are some fabulous things I loved or learned while living with Tori!

Watching Prison Break and lost while eating beans and rice or Totino's pizza. With Murphy snuggled in between us on the couch.

She loved Murphy and all his grossness just as much as me!

Learning to live with out a microwave and saran wrap.

That mini chocolate chips make banana bread yummier.

if you want to you can crochet your own kitchen rags and cotton balls.

She always cleaned the bathroom and never asked me to do it.

Walking to the Hollywood Farmer's market and buying veggies.

Walking to Laurelwood and me having a beer and her having a glass of beer cause she is a bit of a light weight.

Grocery shopping at Trader Joes.

Waking up to go to work or the gym and she was just going to bed or getting home from work.

Sometimes waking up at midnight and having a snack and chatting for an hour and then going back to bed.

Always supporting a McDonalds, Burgerville or Ice cream run.

Almost always knowing exactly what to say and how to fix most situations.

Chasing the mice.

I have been friends with her since JR. High and we have always kept in touch. I probably hadn't seen her in a year or two when I moved in. We hit it off as roommates! Thank you Tori for all your love and support over the last 2 years! You have really made my life a lot better! Congratulations on your engagement/marriage to Andy, he is so nice and as you know loves you so much! I could not be happier for the both of you!

R.I.P Mr. Man

I Adopted him while living in Telluride, and he was my best friend the whole time I was there! Murphy you were my heart and you will be missed, stinky ears and all!
Please excuse all the pictures, I couldn't narrow them down!

Another wedding cake

At the end of August my cousin Emily got married and had asked me to do her wedding cake. She wanted it to be square and all off kilter. I think it turned out nice and she loved it!

Happy 30th Hannah!

On August 1st we all headed down to Rockaway Beach to celebrate Hannah Brownlee's 30Th birthday. She is the youngest of us all and I am pretty sure she is the last friend of the group to turn 30. Instead of us going out for drinks or dinner, she planned a bon fire lunch at the beach. She invited friends and family and since I grew up with Hannah, I knew the whole gang! It was fun to hangout with friends and eat s'mores on the beach! I didn't happen to take any pictures so I stole these from Hannah's Blog and Shannon's blog, thanks for taking the pictures!

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All My November posts are new. I just don't know how to back post them.

Back to Amagammy and then Home.

When I got back to Molly's house, Her Mom had come into town to visit. Heidi is a lot of fun, I often call her Zippy. Since Molly works so much Heidi and I headed to TJ Max to find so clothes for Molly and to pick up her laundry. I was suppose to go back to Mynor's house in the City but decided to stay with Molly and take the train back in to JFK.

* TJ Max with Heidi.


* Finding a totally cute hat that I wore the rest of the day.


* Having dinner with Heidi and Molly.

* Read on the porch.

The morning I had to leave Heidi took me to the Train Station and we waited for the train. Which Never came. So, I had to take the Jitney (or as most people outside The Hamptons call it The Bus). When I got on the Jitney I sat down right in front of Cynthia Nixon from Sex in the City. That was weird. The Jitney took me to Queens where I took a cab to JFK and then Flew home. My trip was super fun, I would totally do it again. It was great to see all my friends from Culinary school and Starbucks. I love them all!