In the garden the rhubarb is growing. I need to figure out where to plant the azalea. Soon I'll buy vegetables to plant once its a little warmer at night. 

Current house project was started today, not really on purpose. I got my homework done and decided to tap one the bricks and the whole wall moved. I asked Peter to come over and help me and we got the wall of bricks down in a short amount of time. Now I need to repair the wall and move the pellet stove to the corner. Check out the awesome wallpaper and we found a brick that says Bangor, ME on it. :)

“It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it’s about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then you’ll be a great cook. If it’s only about passion, sometimes you’ll be good and sometimes you won’t. You’ve got to come in every day with a strong desire. With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.”
- Thomas Keller

I do like the new light I made for the dining room. :)

Happy Mother's Day! I am lucky to have an amazing mother. :)

This weekend I got to watch Peter graduate from the University of Maine. I am so proud of him.

In my dining room I had no light fixture. Over a year later and I finally have one that I made myself with a little help from Peter. It's made with an old light fixture and hanging baskets. 

Chicken and Waffles at Hash A Go Go

Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

These cigarette machines dispensed local art for $5 in the Cosmopolitan Casino. 

I tried crawfish for the first time at Hot n Juicy Crawfish in Las Vegas

I visited the Neon Museum. They have a great guided tour.

The Grand Canyon was amazing to see in person. So beautiful.

Look I'm in Nevada...now I'm in Arizona!

I had a great vacation recently. I visited Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.

One of my favorites spots in Orono.

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I've had a busy week working overtime. I had an interview at work today and am hoping I make it to round 2. Amazing how calm I feel going into an interview thinking I'm wearing a name tag saying "Hi, I'm Awesome." I read somewhere to fake confidence if necessary. That seems to help me when I'm feeling nervous. I am hoping things calm down next week before my vacation.
Yesterday I made a bird feeder with Peyton which was fun.

I went to game night last night at a friend's house. It was a lot of fun.