Burnt Pizza, First-weekend-of-June Treasure hunting with mom, hammock, family photos, stretching, yawning cats, breeze.

What a nice day! And I can't WAIT to show you what I found in a yard sale this morning!

But for now, take a look at what I found on Etsy this morning:

I've been doing a lot of internet "I wish" shopping lately. 

I'll share with you my finds.

I want a maxi dress sooo baaaaaaaddd.

The good times are killing me.

Happy Valentines Day!!

How was everyone's weekend? Mine was goood.

I picked up Chris in Knoxville, and we

DIDN'T have reservations at a nice restaurant like he promised

("They were all full up when I called! I swear!")

but we DID get Bubble teas ( my new favorite!!) at the Cereal Bar and

had delicious greasy hamburgers and huge thick fries from Shelley, Idaho.

And that was amazing.

Of course, over our weekend of virtually doing nothing

(and yet having time to do nothing, either)

but watch movies and spend money,

we once again failed to do as we promised to each other and forgot to take pictures.

Except for two!!!

So here they are!!

This week my mom is in New Orleans with our neighbor Sam,

so me and Benny have custody of the baby!!

And it's potty training time...

Wish us luck!

I think maybe I know why I can't stop browsing the internet,
even though I want to get off and start creating my own stuff.
I feel very blocked off from the world where I am,
and maybe this is me reaching out.

I'm gonna go with that as a right answer.

love, rudi

My little dream of opening up a shop (of SOME sorts- whether it be brownies or boots)
would be so much more realistic if I was a good cook.
I want to be, though, so bad.

Last week, while driving to Knoxville,
Michaela told me,
"That's one of my favorite things about you, Victoria- you love fancy food!"
And I like to keep that little compliment far away from the "Lost and Forgotten"
section of my mind where most information ends up.

But this morning, after convincing myself to get out of bed at eleven AM (It's already three?!?)
I plopped down on the couch (already inhabited by my darling mother)
and read some old Real Simple magazines my Aunt Patty gave me.
And wow.
Oh, wow.

There's another dream job- I would love to work for Real Simple.
Except, I kind of lack the whole "organized" culture they have...
but I can dream, can't I?

So here's some excerpts of Real Simple stuff
that caught my eye this morning.

Let's start with the food :)

First, Stuffed Apples, which I have
1) Never heard of before and
2) Cannot wait to eat

The other pictures are pretty self-explanatory,
and I'm heavily considering making the Jerk Chicken for dinner tonight,
sort of like a "End of Fall Break" mourning feast.

Plus, this little bowl of delight from the Real Simple websitesounds especially inviting today. I'm really missing my Gnocchi soup...


and a pretty haircut, with pretty eyes, and a pretty headband.


and in celebration of a pleasant morning reading a pleasant magazine,
I made myself quite a pleasant breakfast.




love, rudi