just call me suzy

fall is here and i did some fall like things today. my mom gave me some apples and matt has been asking me to make him a pie forever. today was the day! the pie was fun to make and it turned out great! i used this recipe.

i also made some pickled red onions. we had them in portland and they were so yummy. i hope mine turn out! i tried this recipe.

the prep

sugary goodness

looking good

Ta-Da!!

some onions in my grannie's old enamel bowl

the brine cooking

pickle away my pretties!

weekend fun

my love and i managed to get out of town on saturday and got to spend some time together.  we checked out a new skate park..... 

and then we just drove around and enjoyed each others company and the beautiful scenery...

it was the kind of trip that we love. singing along to our favourite songs, stopping where ever we want to take pics and to just relax. it was awesome!

kitchen reno!

this was our kitchen.

ho-hum..... it was lame....


we are now getting close to the end of our reno... here's a sneak peak at what some hard work can do!!

bitchin' kitchen!

ta-da!!

we have been working so hard the last 3-4 weeks renovating our kitchen. we gutted the space and redid everything! thankfully matt is uber talented and was able to do everything himself with some assistance from me! it is not quite done; we have the backsplash etc to tile and the baseboards to do and some paint touchups, but it is a functioning kitchen and it looks AMAZING!!!!!!!  here is a sneak peak!!

more jasper!

matt catching some air on the knob

the best shot my inferior photographer could get! ha ha!

jasper suckas!!

matt and i did a day trip to jasper yesterday. we had a free day each on our sunshine-marmot cards and we definitely wanted to use them up! we have been having such an awesome season of ripping it up!! we have so much fun cause we have the same style: go super fast and hit every bump/roller possible. so fun! we ended up having awesome snow and some fresh powder even! check out some snaps from our trip!

some fresh snow on the knob

some sun peaking through

we saw all sorts of weather on the drive home, including this storm.

a couple kilometers later and this was the scene. beautiful blue skies and water to match!

my latest projects

So my friend chelsea ended up having a little girl last month. i had made her a red and white striped touque. she looks so cute in it! audrey took a bunch of pics of her in it. so sweet! BUT i thought she should have something a bit more girly AND a bit smaller since the red/white one was pretty big. i made this cute hat from my own pattern and then embellished it with the bobble edge and teeny tiny flowers from Lucy's blog http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/ she makes the cutest things and totally inspires me to use more colours!! anyway back to my projects...... so the hat ended up being SO cute and i wanted to make some booties. my friend sally send me the pattern for some sweet booties. they were easy to make and i made them to match! i can't wait to give this set to chelsea and ava! when i was on ravelry i read that someone was thinking of making the booties into little watermelon style ones. so i put my spin on it and made these ones!!! i LOVE them! i think i will give them to jane/audrey!!  

cuba wuba

in march we went to cuba for a well needed vacation. it was great because it was cold as hell when we left and while we were gone and then it got nicer when we got home! we missed the crap weather. we went to varadero again but stayed in a much nicer resort. we sat around, drank beer, did some off road scootering, swam in the ocean and did a lot of good old fashioned people watching (my fave). cuba is a great place to visit. its mellow and the locals don't hassle you, in fact they are just doing their thing, living life, laughing and smiling. i definitely recommend cuba! check out these pics and see if they don't make you want to go............

beautiful blue water

fresh seafood

excellent people watching

ahhhhhh bliss

beautiful sunsets

lizard eating birds

scooters. so fun!

taking pics on the beach with the one you love : )

looking forward to the good weather

the snow is finally melting! i am so happy. that was one long and painful winter! the nicer weather has me thinking of spring evenings ahead. there are so many things to look forward to! i can't wait to get out on our bikes, have a fire in the yard, drink a beer on the patio, eat outside, play in the garden, drive with the window down, wear flip flops and skirts! wheeee! 

all the thinking about good times and good weather made me think of all the amazing trips matt and i have gone on together. when we travel we usually try to take a route that lets matt hit up as many skate spots as possible. we have seen a lot of the country this way both in canada and the northwest states. i like travelling this way. matt gets to check out a bunch of new parks and i sit and read or go take photos and wander around. here is a sampling of some of the photos i have taken while wandering. enjoi!

snowing pollen in kaslo, bc

whitefish, montana

hood river, oregon

lincoln city, oregon

lincoln city, oregon

got gizzardz? near sprague, washington

alberta street in portland, oregon

march sure came in like a lion........

arggh! this has been one of the worst winters i can remember. we did have a couple nice days in february but not enough! now march 1st we woke up to -30C weather which felt like -40C with wind chill. BRUTAL!! well my love and i are escaping the cold and going somewhere hot, hot , hot! cuba! wheee! i can't wait to lounge on the beach, drink some girlie drinks, and have no responsibilities for a full week!

in honour of our upcoming trip i wanted to post some beach pics. these were taken on a cool day in late august along the oregon coast near lincoln city. enjoi!

beach love... and garfield : )

dreamy

scenic view

the one that i love

beach + beer = bliss!

hose hound returns! lola is so awesome. she makes me laugh everyday : )
i love her so much!