by Monica | Sep 28, 2012 | Blog
Last Spring I was nominated for the Alliance of Women Owned Businesses’ Crystal Star Award, and I became a finalist. Normally I just go about my day without really thinking about where this has all come from and how it all came to be. Last Spring I was forced to...
by Monica | Sep 24, 2012 | Blog
Folks have been noticing that I have dropped a significant amount of weight over the past year. Everything has changed for me and while this has not been an easy journey, I am learning different things every day. I don’t know what ‘switched’ on (or...
by Monica | Sep 6, 2012 | Announcements, Blog
Finally (sort of)! Last November I started this project of creating a new web site and after 3 months of slow and frustrating ‘progress’, I set it aside. I just wasn’t getting the help that I needed and it was far more complicated than it needed to...
by Monica | Aug 24, 2012 | Announcements
Does someone love you enough to have given you a Monica’s gift card? Have you loaded one up for yourself? All of Monica’s gift cards act as rewards cards! Even if you no longer have a monetary balance on your card, you will still earn points with every...
by Monica | Jul 13, 2012 | Announcements
HOLY CRAP A DOE JUST WALKED THROUGH OUR YARD! We have lived here over 10 years and never had a deer here because all the neighbors can’t manage to keep their animals put, so there are many dogs roaming our unfenced acre+. It JUST happened as I was sitting down...
by Monica | May 20, 2011 | Announcements
I awoke to the smell of sweet peas. Last night I put a lovely bunch, which I got from Pheasant Fields Farm at the Bremerton Farmers Market, into a small vase high atop the baker’s rack in our kitchen so the cats will not tear them apart. When I woke up this...
by Monica | Apr 26, 2011 | Announcements
Wow what a weather week we had! Yes it’s back to colder (though warmer than it was) and rainy, but I cannot help but be so very grateful for the gorgeous week we had last week. The Seattle Times article came out on Thursday and we noticed increased traffic and...
by Monica | Apr 12, 2011 | Announcements
The sunshine is bringing folks out to the park these past few days. It’s still quite nippy out, but we true Western Washingtonians know to take advantage of a day with sun (breaks) no matter what the temperature is! People are sitting outside and actually have...
by Monica | Feb 27, 2011 | Announcements
You may remember that last August my gals pooled together with a few family members and friends, and they gave me a Canlis gift certificate for my birthday. They all know I have a long list of restaurants in Seattle that I call my ‘wish list’; places I...
by Monica | Feb 23, 2011 | Announcements
Do you love cookbooks? I do! I love to read them cover to cover, like I am reading a novel. I don’t necessarily read every single detail of every single recipe, though I do for many of them. I love to know what the author uses for salt, and the good ones include...
