Day to Day Life: Week Twenty-Four (Three/Two)

Perhaps you’ve noticed I’ve been pretty neglectful of this little blog the last couple weeks… Here’s a little catch-up from the last few weeks:

My mom’s banana bread recipe is still my go-to.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Sugar Bob, the infamous deer resident at the Applegate Lodge, where my husband played two nights in a row with his band, Cast of Clowns…
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Dinner at the Lodge was delicious. Fresh salmon, rice pilaf and sautéed veggies, eaten amongst the gorgeous Applegate River.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

My husband’s band played two nights in the Applegate, then in Portland, Eugene and Ashland. Chicken got to come along for the car rides and hotel-stays.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Early morning Applegate River.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Mid-show at the Aladdin Theater in Portland.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

A burrito from one of my favorite stops along the freeway.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

After being gone for four nights, coming home to piles of laundry like this is nauseating.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Nachos for dinner! (AKA chips for dinner!)
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Before the ridiculous heat we’ve been getting, we had a lot of rain… which left all of our roses blooming like crazy. Love this color.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

I call this a thousand pieces of complete, utter procrastination. ;)
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

The week after we got back from my husband’s shows, the school year finished up for Vincent and Silas. Then that weekend Vincent played in a water polo tournament up in Eugene. Face block.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Pretty crazy that this dude is going into his senior year come September.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

We had dinner at Cornbread Cafe one of the nights we were in town. Gotta love a Eugenewich.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

And the next afternoon we had Off the Waffle, as per Vincent’s request. My waffle was tasty, topped with goat cheese, basil, smoked paprika, and over easy eggs.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Blue skies that weekend.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

A delicious experimental curry one evening.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

I turned 30 this week. My husband’s sentiments were lovely to wake up to…
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

We had dinner without the kids at Lark’s, here in town. We opted for drinks and a number of shareable appetizers. I drank an Oregon Mule (cinnamon apple vodka, lime and ginger beer) while my husband had a fresh plum margarita. For eating, we shared spring pea hush puppies with lemon basil aioli, New Orleans style bbq prawns with smoked brie grits, dungeness crab and 5 cheese fondue with grilled rosemary bread! It was all so damn delicious!
an oregon mule (cinnamon apple vodka, lime and ginger beer); spring pea hush puppies with lemon basil aioli; new orleans style bbq prawns with smoked brie grits; dungeness crab + 5 cheese fondue with grilled rosemary bread!

Silas also had a birthday this week and is officially in double-digits now. He asked for a s’mores cake this year, so I did my best to accommodate his wishes… Perhaps the tallest birthday cake I’ve made yet.
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Apparently I am a gen-u-wine crazy bird lady. I was sitting on our porch on my birthday enjoying a cup of coffee when this little half-gray scrub jay came flying up and landed 6 inches from my feet. It just looked at me. I went in the house and got some crumbs of bread… the scrub jay happily ate every piece I’d throw, and then began hiding each new piece in different places around the yard. Once all the bread was hidden, the jay went back to each spot and ate the crumbs one at a time! This little bird has been back everyday since, multiple times each day… This afternoon it even ate out of my hand! (And gently nibbled my finger tips and gave my hand a little bird lick!) We’ve always chased off the scrub jays because they tend to mess with our resident pigeons… but this one’s pretty sweet so far. (I told Craig I was going to be able to hold her — I’m guessing it’s female because of the coloring –by the end of the week!) (I also call her/it Blue Chicken.) Hehehehe!
Forbidden Rice Blog | Day to Day Life Week 24, 2015

Hope the last few weeks have been enjoyable for you!

About Julie Hashimoto-McCreery

28 year old food blogger and writer.
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