Snowed In

Zoey is the most dedicated snow watcher in our house, but this storm is wearing her out. This is Zoey's favorite sleeping position when she is super tired and we refer to it as "the face plant". She starts out laying down with her head up and looking around. Then ever so slowly, it seems as if her nose gets heavier and heavier until it has landed directly in front of her with her forehead mashed on the ground. The whole process is very cute to watch but I think the still picture still captures how tiring it can be to be a kitten sometimes.

So what snow has she been watching so diligently?


Here it is: day 11 of snow in the rainy city and we are officially out of produce in Zoey's kitchen which has made cooking a little less exciting. Zoey's dad is planning a trip to the grocery store later today to pick up some essentials (KALE) and I am hoping that works out because I am getting a little tired of pasta and cous cous. Granted, we have enough grains and beans to last about a month but I am craving fresh produce like crazy.

The funny thing is that when we heard a storm was coming 12 days ago, the only "essential items" I thought to pick up at the store were items for holiday baking. In my defense the storm was only supposed to last 2 days and yet, it continues on. So the only "green" I have eaten in the past 24 hours are these cookies:

By Montana standards, I might consider this a normal winter day, but here in Oregon there is no hope of getting out until it melts.

First Blog Award! (and Zoey learns some Federal Income Tax)

Zoey and I have been up since 6am and as evidence of my morning mental state I managed to already publish the title of this blog post which makes me wonder if that means that people can see me writing the actual post. Well, if so- that's exciting!

Let's see... it has been a busy week! First, Zoey and I had a tax exam. This picture actually doesn't do the size of the book justice so I'll need to grab another picture sometime this week.

Then, we got our very first blog award from Tara over at The Snowy Vegan! Thank you Tara, that put a huge smile on my face.



Here is some information about the award:

"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Here are 8 blogs that I check on regularly and I don't think they have gotten this award yet:


Jess, at Get Sconed
Stephanie, at Vegan Duckling
Liz, at Food Snobbery is my Hobbery
Meagan, at No More Sad Geraniums
Awesome. Vegan. Rad.
Speed Vegan
Ruby Red Vegan
Knits with Carrots

These are all great blogs and worthy of reading even before the sun comes up!

Oh- and why am I up so early?

Well, I am snowed in (at least that is my version of the story). In western Oregon we don't get much snow, so when 6 inches of magical white stuff fell from the sky yesterday, I decided that today would be a good day for all my holiday baking. I am making cookies for my neighbors and Zoey's dad's co-workers. The only thing I haven't figured out yet is how many cookies to make. I got one batch of dough started early and it is chilling now so I suppose I will see how I feel after that.

I have missed blogging and checking up on blogs as often as I would like. Luckily I have a little break from school now and about 4-5 months before I have exams again so I am ready to have my life back!

Income Tax makes Zoey anxious

No pictures tonight because it is the eve of my income tax test and Zoey and I are a wee bit anxious. Earlier in the week I did take a picture of Zoey next to the abbreviated Internal Revenue Code so maybe I will get that up here tomorrow after the exam. And just so you know that the IRS has a sense of humor, you will get to see the size of an "abbreviated code".

Here's what I learned tonight: If it is 12:30am on the night before your tax exam and you are finally starting to feel a little bit confident DO NOT decide to start looking at sample exam questions and answers that A+ students submitted in previous semesters. I mean who are these people? Some of these answers blow my mind and they were written in under an hour. Some of them even have clever uses of comedy! Seriously, how can I compete with that? At least now I know why I haven't gotten any A+ report cards.

Zoey is curled up by the fire next to me and sleeping, she is a good study partner. We will get to cooking this weekend, I just wanted to post something tonight so that I didn't leave the blog world hanging!

Zoey wants a nap

It's the beginning of exam season and this picture pretty much sums up how Zoey and I are feeling these days. Once I have proved my competence with the Federal Income Tax (in exam format) I can get back to the important things in life- like cooking with Zoey!