Jan. 29 - Duck day!

Steamed buns. Raspberry Chipotle sauce. Duck le'Orange. Wine, wine, wine. Games.

I love duck day.

Jan. 28 - Persian cooking, pink wine

Family outing to a cooking class in Everett where we cooked Persian food, grated our own nutmeg, and used ingredients like dried black lime, rosewater and pomegranate syrup.

Food was great. Family time was even better.

Jan. 27 - Comfort zone

Even though we let him hang out uncrated in the house all day when we're gone at work, in the morning Major still puts himself in his crate and waits there patiently for a treat when he hears me get my keys on my way out of the house. It's so cute how his crate has become his little happy place.

Jan. 26 - Bluesday

This is a lazy photo out the window of my office because I didn't have time for anything more inspired today. Next time I'm feeling lazy I'm still going to have to work harder for a photo than this, because this was literally the easiest possible photo from my standard working position.

Jan. 25 - Craig is a girl

Casey brought home a kitty last night - his parents' - who we will be babysitting for the next couple months while they're snowbirding in Hawaii. Her name is Craig.

Jan. 24 - Fever

And not the Saturday night kind. Super sick. No pic today.

Jan. 23 - House calls

Spent time with some of my favorite girls today - Lindsey, my mom, Marianne and Briana - and met baby Matthew for the very first time. What a charmer. This photo has really nothing to do with any of that. It is simply a Peking duck I saw hanging in a window and thought "Hey, that's a Peking duck. Weird." *click*