Jennifer's 365 Project

All week we kept forgetting to swing by the post office and pick up a package. So today we made an effort. It just so happened that for whatever reason the route we took had a backup.

We were so close. Missed the post office closing by about 5 minutes. Oh well. There's always tomorrow.

Who can say no to a little ice cream pick-me-up on lunch?

The weather is much cooler today and hovering around the mid-70s. So after work Chris and I headed out to Palmer Park to enjoy some dining and relaxing.

I can definitely say that inspite of the very hungry mosquitoes, it was a relaxing way to spend a few hours in the evening.

The sky over the freeway was a reminiscent Darkshore this morning.
Sans pier, of course.

There's a concert going on, apparently, the next few days. I was vaguely aware that Rock The Rapid was going on, but I honestly thought it was next weekend, not this entire week.

So anyway, this big 'ole stage was plopped down in the parking lot near where I work and during the day they were doing sound checks. Made for interesting (though muffled) sounds throughout the afternoon.

Today is the last day on the last weekend for the Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire in Battle Creek. I've know about the faire for a few years but never seemed to make it down there to check it out. So we decided to check it out today, since there was a low chance of rain.
We walked through the vendor shops and down to a fork in the road where a show was going to begin at one of the stages. So we sat down to watch the Rogue Blades (who also perform at the Michigan Renaissance Festival in Holly). Chris was lucky (or unlucky) enough to be coerced into participating in the act.
They put on an amusing show, despite the rain and thunderstorm that rolled in and an over-eager participant in the audience (aka heckler).
We walked around a little in the rain after the show, hoping it would let up. We even ran into my cousin Nate and Amanda, oddly enough.
Since the rain didn't seem like it was going to subside, and my new SLR camera bag does not have a rainproof pouch to cover it with, we headed back to the car and decided to head over to Kalamazoo and check out Fanfare.It's a pretty nice size comic store, with some collectible card trading and table top gaming as well. It may not be as hipster as The Vault of Midnight, but it's definitely a substantial store. Nicer laid out than anything I've been to in Grand Rapids.
Comics browsed, we wandered a bit more around Kalamzoo until we stumbled across D'Nicios Parlour. A nice restaurant where Chris was able to get a coney loose.

All in all it was a short but pleasant trip out and about today. A nice contrast to the all day reading and gaming marathon of Saturday where I didn't leave the apartment once.

Today was full of reading, sleeping, video games, and general laziness for me. Since I didn't do anything to terribly exciting, I present you with this: a photo of Leki getting frustrated that the ferret is hiding in her maze of cardboard boxes.

It's been awhile since I've been out at the bar enjoying tasty Oberon. I was supposed to go Wednesday night and meet up with a bunch of old co-workers but things changed. But Melissa (one of the original peeps from Wed) was free tonight as well so out we went.
We met at the Blue Water Grill, which I'd never been to before but have heard good things about. I ordered some fancy lobster & avacado pizza. Once I picked off the avacado, it was tasty.
They had a band playing, which did a range of covers from Green Day to the Flaming Lips. It was...odd.

Anyway, I had a good time. We got to catch up on things, enjoy the nice weather, and enjoy tasty Oberon.

This week has not been the most stress-free at work, and today was particularly trying.

In an attempt to lift change my mood (and because there was no way I was cooking anything tonight) we ate out at a local Chinese food restaurant. Well, I ate. That whole spread? That's all mine.

Hooray for leftovers!

So. Close.

Ugh.

Maybe I didn't blanch them long enough.

Walked away from the family reunion this past weekend with an abundance of of grapes. So tonight, I'm going to try to make some raisins in the dehydrator.

Right now they've been in there for about 5 hours and they're only just barely shriveled. I anticipate waking up to raisins in the morning.

Whenever the clouds in the sky look like this all I can think is how it reminds me of a quilt I had once.

Also, it makes me think of the quilted northern commercials. Go figure.