Kyle Anthony Mafnas!

Yesterday was Mr. Mafnas' 21st birthday, and it was quite a happy birthday if I do say so myself, haha :)

A quick summary of the day's events:

I made him brunch consisting of vegan french toast, hash browns, and veggie sausages...with coffee and a hint of love :)

For presents he received his much needed phone case (he lost the microfiber case it came with), it is pretty neat, and doubles as a stand if he wants it to. I also bought him the car kit for his phone, so that he no longer endangers his/our lives while driving and looking at the gps at the same time, hehe :) Love letters, and a very special afternoon of games also count as presents, at least in my book :)

For dinner we went to this cute/fun restaurant over in Ballard called La Isla...it was Puerto Rican/Carribean cuisine, and Kyle ordered his first legal drink (I don't count the beer he bought at midnight) a classic Mojito, and I had a Carribean Crush...which amounted to be too much of a drink for me (it was quite harsh, but it was just a bunch of rum...including Bacardi 151!) so we switched, also because I like lime more than he does :)

For Dessert I had baked him the most awesome cake ever! I took our prized special sammich (peanutbutterbananacinnamon) and turned it into a Cakewich! I ordered the bread mold online, and it was basically a giant yummy cake, that blew his mind, as I knew it would :D

I forgot the camera at home during dinner :( but we took pictures with his phone! So I'll post those when I get a hold of them :)

So, here's to you babe! You are my sunshine in this overcast city of ours, and you make me feel golden! I love you! I hope you enjoyed your birthday :)

p.s. in case you're wondering why I'm so awful with posting pictures recently, I realized I've yet to whine and complain about how I dropped my laptop while an SD card was in the slot, and got it jammed in there...and then after being able to remove it, my slot is having trouble reading cards...as in it doesn't do it anymore :(

Hello, friend!

I know, I know...I used to be so good to you little blog! I used to fill you up with pictures and words, and you'd hold onto those memories for me and share them with whoever came across them.

But lately, I've been cold, and distant, I haven't given you any attention :(

So, honestly, I apologize, and please let me try to make it up to you!

First, you should know that life is currently still really busy, when I'm not at work, I'm at home working, so there is very little down time for me to decompress and blab about my life. This past week has been pretty fun...Jenny and I made a joint dinner, and it was pretty damn tasty! She made these bomb veggie potstickers, and I made General Tso's Tofu with broccoli and bell peppers :) We went to Gasworks park, as well as Volunteer park...we went up the water tower and there was a beautiful view of the city at sunset :)

Kyle, Dexter and I had a fun adventure day...we went out to our secret spot and played with the flying squirrel (his Frisbee like toy), then we walked to Petsmart where we bought his raincoat. It hasn't rained since we bought it, but I'll post pictures of him in his coat soon, it's ridiculously cute!

We played a game of King's Cup with Four Lokos...which turned out to be a bad idea for me personally, hah. I drank too much and got sick :( I have a good alcohol tolerance, up until a certain point, which I normally don't break, honestly, the last time I was drunk and threw up was over a year ago when Kyle and I were still living in San Diego! But anyway...

Today is Sanya's birthday! He's been my best friend for so long, and it sucks because I honestly haven't seen him since last winter break :( But, I bought him this great CD of an artist that I LOVE, and the only place to buy their album (it's their first) is at this little local music store, so I know he'll really enjoy it :)

Saturday is Linda's birthday! My parents are meeting her and Chris out in Vegas (she's there for business right now and is just extending her stay to include her birthday, because really, why not? haha) I wish I could meet up with them :( But, I bought her this adorable clutch from Matt by Matt & Nat that I saw on their website, and it is just SO her :)

Kyle's birthday is in 8 days! It's so exciting! I possibly have an amazing surprise being set up for him, fingers crossed that things work out...and I actually know what I want to get him for his birthday, haha :)

Anyway, that's my story for now! I'm just gonna sit here, enjoy my day while eating some cookies (Skydottier=best cookies evah!) and my berry applesauce :)

Weekend Warriors

My weekend began with an adventure to Costco with the roomies (Kyle, Jenny, and Diego), which is something we've kind of been putting off/not really putting off, life has just been getting in the way of our grocery shopping. We bought a butt-load of stuff! We haven't spent that much money at Costco in forever! But, seriously, we needed to go to Costco weeks ago, and as more time passed, more stuff was needed! On the bright side, we won't need to go grocery shopping for at least a month, haha, maybe two!

After going to Costco, we went home so we could drop off/put away our food, pick up Dexter, the cameras, and some jackets, and then we headed down to Discovery Park. We took D & J down the same path we went last time, through the forest, and down to the beach. We made it just as the sun was setting, and it was beautiful :) It had been a clear day, so the sunset was extra gorgeous! Then it was a race against the light as we went back up through the canopy covered forest and headed back to the car, we made it back before it got too dark. Dexter had so much fun, he loved all the running around in a new environment! I'll post my pictures from that evening eventually :)

Saturday wasn't too exciting, lots of building/cleaning...I made black bean burgers for dinner, and they were yummy! We (Kyle and I) recently got sucked into watching True Blood, so we did that pretty much the entire evening. We also played Scrabble :)

Sunday was fun! Jenny & I went shopping at the mall, and we bought a bunch of cute stuff, mostly in preparation for fall/winter :) After our shopping spree, I went and had dinner with Carly. It was funny/awkward because we went to The Highline and ran into our boss and her husband (what are the chances?). They were finishing their dinner and we had just put in our order, luckily it wasn't too awkward despite our boss recently being mad at Carly. For dinner I had the "Fish Sammich" and a "Strawberry Fields"...the sammich was delicious, and tasted just like a fish sammich without being too fishy, and my drink was very yummy! I enjoyed it a lot more than the "Tortuga" I got last time we were there! Carly got a salad and some beer, and we just spent the first half of our evening chatting away. Afterwards we went back to her new place (she's renting a room in this super cool house) went down to the food mart, bought some beer, walked back to her place, and chilled in their kitchen and talked some more. It's really cool having met someone who I can actually talk to, lol. I adore all my girl friends, but it's nice having some new ones to talk to, both Jenny and Carly are so my type of friend, it's great! I think they'd really get along well, so I'm going to introduce them soon :) I think I've managed to talk them both into attempting to skate with me, haha, so that'll be fun!

Oh, Carly and I also had a great talk about music, and we jokingly/seriously are thinking about starting a little indie girl band with lots of clapping, ukelele playing, tamborines, and lots of "ooohs" and "aaahs", just for fun! hehehe :D

Overall, it was a fun weekend, and I'll do a post full of pictures the next time I'm near my camera :)

Sky Lanterns

Wouldn't it be beautiful to partake in either a Sky Lantern Festival...or have your own Sky Lantern Party? Maybe next summer solstice? :)

Mister Dexter

Having a puppy has been a lifelong dream for both Kyle and I...we both grew up puppy deprived, so you can't really blame us for getting a puppy! Haha...Dexter is such a sweetheart, he will kill you with kisses, seriously, heart-melting is a problem around the house these days! His housebreaking has been difficult, but overall, not too bad. Yesterday he only had 1 accident! Trust me, that's way better than what it used to be! Thank goodness for stronger bladder muscles...too bad it also means he's growing up! He's already visibly bigger than when we first got him!

He knows "sit", "shake", "lie down", and he's almost perfected "roll over"! He's pretty good at "stay" depending on his mood, but really, he's so smart! And CUTE, did I mention cute?? Hehehe

I absolutely love my little man :)

Looking forward to...

September!

Because that means my beautiful friend Chrissy will be visiting! I looooooooooooooove her, she's amazing! :D

Then it will be Sanya's Birthday!

Then Linda's Birthday!

(excuse my yucky hair, lol)

Then it will be Kyle's Birthday!!!!!!!!

September's going to be a great month! :)