2 posts tagged “link-happy”

What was the highlight of your summer?
Submitted by ladym.vox.com.

I know I can't pick just one.  The summer was full, we were busy, and we did a lot of great things.

• Over a long weekend, we took a vacation to Seattle. (photos tagged seattle)
• I helped planned Lisa and Jon's wedding and then we participated in the wedding weekend. (posts tagged wedding)
• We drove a bunch:
• The summer started off with a fun drive in the gorge.
• We spent several different days downtown Vancouver.
• We went to our favorite mall that's a bit further away on several occasions, including our anniversary.
• We watched a lot of movies this summer (movies tagged netflix)
• I read more books from the library this summer (books tagged library)
• I spent a lot of time with family and watched Leah grow up, and get ready to welcome baby Leonard to the world, too.
• We had two visits from my in-laws.
• I moblogged a lot, and blogged way more than recently too. (posts tagged moblog)
• We walked more throughout the whole summer.
• I worked a lot, but I worked on Vox.  And that really is awesome, I love Vox. :)

It was a good summer, no doubt!  And even though I'm sad it's mostly over, thinking towards the fall and winter and maybe slowing down a touch does make me a little happy.  When at the store last night, seeing apples and piles of acorn squash thinking about potato season is a happy part of the fall.  And the leaves outside are just starting to change and that's pretty too.  I'll miss the summer but fall's not all bad.

Measuring eggs

E and me were looking for meals we hadn't had for a while (which contrasts with my earlier-this-week repetiveness), so tonight I got things ready and made Jumbo Stuffed Shells.  It's a great dinner, even though it's a bit messy to stuff the shells.

Unrelated... earlier today, I saw a podcast with Mena that I was curious about, with Leo and Amber.  I don't normally have a chance to listen to podcasts, but I downloaded it anyhow.

Soooo, I was thinking... and I downloaded it to my ipod and listened while I was cooking!  It took me just about that long to cook the shells, come back up and check my email, and then stuff the shells and then it was over.  Perfect!

It was a great interview too.  They really did a good job spotlighting Vox, and Mena had great stuff to say.  I enjoyed it.

Pink music

And then I was thinking back and it made me happy to remember the first time I saw Leo Laporte.  It was the first interview he did with Ben and Mena back in 2002 on The Screensavers.  Robyn taped it and mailed it to me!  Later on that week, another TechTV show did a spotlight on TheRedKitchen.  Which brings us full circle back to cooking. :)

I've definitely got to listen to more podcasts this way.  During laundry, maybe bouncing on my exercise ball, somethin'!  I've got some of Carla's sitting here waiting and it's just such good stuff, I can't help but want to keep hearing.  Yay!