Great Cardio Songs of the 80's #1 "Gloria" by Laura Branigan

I think they've got your ALIAS!!!!

I kinda miss you!!!

Well, today I remembered that I once had a blog! So I felt like updating it...

If you want a more regular hit, try Twitter!

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Here are some things I've been into these days:

Magic Sauce, scrambled into eggs with some Parmesan cheese on top. The recipe for Magic Sauce is on 101 Cookbooks, http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/magic-sauce-recipe.html It's also amazing on noodles!

The Linus 8-Speed Mixte in Sage Green, http://www.linusbike.com/models/mixte-8/

I'm going to try to save up and buy it.

Laplander Bags! http://laplanderbags.com/

I especially love porteur racks, and I love this bag by them that snaps onto one!

I've also been looking into fashionable helmets! They are out there. Yakkay, a Danish company has some great solutions! Also, they sell a little bag that locks up to your bike, so you can lock your helmet up too, all the while it stays dry, and you don't have to carry it around! Brilliant. http://www.yakkay.com/

And I'm really excited to buy this rain cape by Iva Jean. It's so beautiful! and has so many great built-in features to make riding my bike in the rain less inconvenient.

Notice how NOT UGLY it is? It's kind of spendy, but I've been saving up and should be able to get one next month. I think it is worth every penny, especially since I will probably have to wear it every day.

Obviously I've got bicycling on the brain right now. I'm trying to get pumped to brave another rainy Autumn and Winter by bike.

I'm still looking for some recommendations for gloves... Or glove systems. Waterproof outter shell, wool glove liner? Let me know if you have any suggestions or what you use.

Also, I've been getting up at 5:55 a.m. and going to the gym before work, it has really improved my day. If anyone has any workout app suggestions, please pass them along. I want something on my phone to keep track of my workouts and suggest new workouts. I just hope I can stick to it when it gets dark and crappy out. Walking the dog and hopping on a bike starts to get really hard in late December... However, I have to say I love my new 'Gentle Alarm' app on my phone. Really gets me out of bed (in combination with my simulated dawn alarm, which slowly turns the light on in my room.)

Working on a painting right now that I'm getting pretty jazzed about. I will probably be able to post pictures next month. After this painting though, I'm thinking of heading in a totally new direction. I'm going to play around with a more impressionistic style, and do more figurative stuff. I'm thinking about attending some figure drawing sessions at Hipbone Studio. Next year I will have a whole room for my studio, instead of just a corner of my bedroom, and I'm thinking of switching back to oils too! I'm so excited!

Lastly, I'm considering moving to Los Angeles to be closer to my Dad. Probably not until Spring 2013, at the earliest, but there is so much to take care of, it could be much later than that. Could be a great adventure right? Plus maybe I will find some good gallery representation! Who knows dude.

Hope you're enjoying September. Maybe I will update this again in 2 more years.

xoxo,
Lisa

RIP thesleepyowl.net

I have decided to retire my website thesleepyowl.net. I'm kind of sad about it, but truthfully I don't have any paintings I want to sell right now and kind of want to rely more on fate for them finding homes in the world. But as a last grasp at self-promotion I thought I'd post all of the pictures from my website (most of these paintings are sold, but I do still have some prints for sale!) Rest in peace thesleepyowl.net!

Nerd Girlfriend Entry #11: Mrs. King (of Scarecrow & Mrs. King)

It was really hard finding a picture of just Mrs. King. Man, Mrs. King can't keep her hands off of Scarecrow:









The vegetables seem so random in this one, sort of like they tried to bring a little dutch northern Renaissance still life into the picture, or hint at the masculinity of Scarecrow while simultaneously reminding us of Mrs. King's domestic nature:



I have no idea what she's holding in this picture. So I'll just leave it alone.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Man, I've been feeling so lucky lately I should buy a lottery ticket! I remind myself of the things I'm thankful for almost daily, usually as I'm waking up and thinking about how nice and comfortable my bed is and that it's in this really safe, good house; then I think about all the other things I'm fortunate for. . . I have amazing friends, all of them kind and smart and funny; I can't believe how amazing they are. I have a great Dad. He's also one of the kindest, smartest, funniest people I know and we are having the best time hanging out together this week! So nice to have finally grown out of that young-adult-frustrated-with-your-parents stage where you butt heads and stuff. We really understand each other and get along so well and he's such a unique person that I feel so lucky to know him and have been raised by him. He really sacrificed a lot to raise me all by himself, plus he can design/build/fix anything on the planet!

And the rest of my family's pretty great too! (with a few exceptions, hehe)

Other things on my list are:

*Bicycle, and Portland's Bicycling culture
*Gainful Employment!
*Baking (especially Tassajara Bread)
*Cat, she's funny and doesn't pee on stuff
*Large computer monitor
*My new storm door
*Books, libraries, librarians
*Social workers
*Music and karaoke
*Carl Sagan
*Squirrels
*Homegrown produce
*Winter Squash
*Hand embroidered wool slippers from Poland
*Fancy underwear on sale at Marshall's
*Iced green tea
*SAS shoes
*Flannel sheets

I could go on for a while longer, but I have a pie to bake!

Hope you're all having a great Thanksgiving! I'm also thankful that all of you seem so happy and safe and well this year too!

Great Helicopters of the 80's

Red Dawn:




Magnum P.I:




Riptide:





Of Course there was Airwolf:



There were also lots of helicopters on Simon and Simon, the A-team, Heart to Heart, Charlies Angels, Miami Vice. . .the list goes on and on, in fact, I think you'd be hard pressed to find an 80's tv show that DIDN'T have gratuitous use of helicopters. I, for one, miss excessive helicopter use on TV, maybe I'd watch more TV if there were more helicopters. . .

squash

also, I bought a whole cookbook dedicated to squash. my cookbook collection is getting out of hand.