March saw many a walk in the park.
A whole month without blogging! I think some catch-up is in order, don’t you? Here’s what I’ve been up to for the last 30+ days :
The month began with my baby’s first birthday, on March 3rd. Squee! How did this happen??! He’s such a kid now – see?
Waits fast asleep on the morning of his first birthday.
His actual b-day was super mellow family time. Him and I spent the whole day playing – playing in the park, playing in the mud, playing with toys. Fun fun fun. Then Dad came home and we played some more. It was pretty much awesome.
Waits at the park on his birthday
The next weekend, Damian’s parents came to visit – and for more celebrating!
Grandma gives Waits one of his prezzies. Lucky boy! (he had SO much fun playing with the bag, haha)
Early on in the month we took a long weekend trip to the Oregon coast, where Damian was competing in a pool tournament. Betchya didn’t know I married a degenerate pool player, huh? (just kidding of course, he’s insanely talented and if only pool were golf then we’d be millionaires, sad but totally true)
It was a great little vacation, except . . .
This is what 2 night owls look like when they’ve been rudely awakened before dawn – awakened by the town’s AIR SIREN, which just so happens to be located about 40 feet from their motel room door . . . awakened because they’re being EVACUATED DUE TO TSUNAMI. Seriously, that was an exciting morning (no, there was never any tsunami where we were)
Meanwhile, back in P-town, I’ve been diligently attending the year-round farmer’s market each week (taters greens & mushies, taters greens & mushies).
And then, finally, my dearest Saturday FarMar re-opened for the season. YAY!
Waits riding piggy-back in his brand new ‘big boy’ birthday organic Ergo carrier – thanks Papa-San! – at the first FarMar of 2011
That same weekend we finally had a real birthday party – a triple header for the not one, not two, but THREE VEGAN BABIES born last March. It was so full of cute it was out of control.
The birthday crew, about to eat their “cake” – see them eat it here.
The “cakes” were my own hippie creation (of course!). Waits has never had any sugar of any kind, nor has he had wheat. And I wasn’t about to start now! So I whipped up these adorable pink confections made of coconut cream and raspberries, and dusted with coconut shavings. They look remarkably like those Hostess Snowballs you get at the gas station, but they’re totally wholesome and totally nutritious. Delicious too!
March was officially my month of Sip obsession. I love this little food cart, which serves fresh pressed juices and wheatgrass, as well as vegan blended desserts. The owner is an AR activist and their slogan is “Milkshakes For Eco-Terrorists” – HA!
Wheatgrass makes me feel a-mazing. New discovery, totally life changing.
Waits is also a wheatgrass fan. Green mustache > milk mustache.
Wheatgrass complete, and moving onto my matcha latte. That, my friend, is heaven in a steaming cup.
And this is why I love love love Sip – taking donations for a farm sanctuary.
This month we got some sad news, too. Our Harley was diagnosed with a sarcoma tumor, which is unfortunately non-removable (they tried). Luckily for now it’s not spreading. Think good thoughts for Harley please!
Harley looks pretty punk rock with his “reverse mohawk” surgery patches. He’s a tough dude. (full disclosure: Harley has roughly as much ferocity as a tulip)
In some fun news, I met a neighbor and gave her my potato tires (new project coming soon!). She returned the favor by dropping off these amazingly delicious super spicy homemade pickles on my door step. Yay for awesome neighbors!
Canned with love for extra flavor – delicious!
The month ended not-so-fun, with my very first bout of food poisoning, from my very favorite restaurant (the ultimate tragedy). This is what I look like after tossing my cookies all night. Simple smoothie – the only thing I could tolerate and not even green – was saving my ass.
And that was that! What about you, my dears? What did you do this March? Catch me up!
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http://windycityvegan.wordpress.com Monika {windycityvegan}
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http://katehateseverything.blogspot.com Kate in SB
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Richard
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http://windycityvegan.wordpress.com Monika {windycityvegan}
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Julie
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http://Gingeristhenewpink.blogspot.com Lauren
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Kat
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MorganInJapan
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http://victoriaoconnell.blogspot.com/ Vicki-Lou
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http://goldfinchanchor.blogspot.com Kaitlin
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http://lovestitches.wordpress.com Steph
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Angela
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Minna
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http://creativespiderbite.blogspot.com/ Pat
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http://sweetness-light.tumblr.com Natasja
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Sandra
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Christina
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Beens
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http://twitter.com/erosan erosan
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Kathryn
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http://www.raggamuslims.wordpress.com eternitysojourner
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http://mutualmenu.blogspot.com Joselle
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Meghan
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http://duhautdemoncannelier.blogspot.com/ Sabbio
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http://miraz38.livejournal.com Mandie
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http://miraz38.livejournal.com Mandie
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Kelly H.