Beautiful blooms spotted in Bellevue last week. You gotta be quick to catch a glimpse of blue sky these days–wait 5 minutes and it’s raining again.

Over the weekend we managed to get our entire bedroom painted–this gorgeous teal for the accent wall, and then sort of a light “celery” color for the rest of the room. We didn’t want the other walls detracting from that teal! Now we’re in the process of finding curtains. We bought some from Cost Plus on Sunday, put them up and realized they were all wrong. My job today is to go back to Cost Plus, return them and then find another set of curtains that aren’t…distracting.

Sunday was fun. We decided to explore downtown Everett, even though it was pouring rain and there was a terrible windstorm. Who says we’re not adventerous? We started out having lunch at the “Vintage Cafe”–I ordered a Cobb salad (the Monte Cristo caught my eye but I wasn’t in the mood) (can you believe it?) and Josh ordered the soup of the day and a BLT with turkey. The food was SO GOOD. I should write a positive Yelp review about it.

The cafe was packed so we sat at the bar, where this grape-themed Tiffany lamp caught my eye. How is it that I have made it this long in life without owning a (fake, of course) Tiffany lamp? It’s a cryin’ shame!

Up the block from the cafe is a fun store called “Home Inspirations”, filled with vintage and contemporary art and collectibles and furniture. I had to try this tinsel-covered crown on, of course.

I suspect it was from wearing my blue raincoat, but everything BLUE caught my fancy that afternoon. Look at this blue glass! Whine whine snivel!

Our main motivation for going to downtown Everett was to check out the Schack Art Center, where they were having a juried art exhibit. Starting in May they are having a Chuck Close exhibit, which I wrote on our calendar, because I’ve always loved his work! These gorgeous (blue) alcohol ink tiles caught my eye in the gift shop. The Center has a class available where you learn how to make them. Fun! Fun! I’d do it.

Love these doggy ornaments too.

After enjoying the art at the Center, we retrieved the pets from the car and did a quick little mile around downtown. More pictures to come. The wind was ridiculous–all kinds of trees were tossing branches, power was out around the city…and Bear Cub was NOT having it! Heigh ho. We tried!

Big-time PMS ’round here, which means that Snuggle Cub comforted me while I SOBBED (I mean, really ugly sobbed) over the end of “50 First Dates”. I KNOW, an Adam Sandler movie! How humiliating! I can’t help it, I get moved by music, and this song plays at the end. Josh teared up a little over the song too, but mostly he just made fun of me for sobbing.

Speaking of emotions and having too many of them sometimes, I’m trying out these little guys for a Xanax replacement. I think they work! Who knows how they would fare against MAJOR stress, but for little worry bubbles they soothe.

My old old old old old blogfriend Pom recommended the Netflix show “Love” to us, and it’s adorable! I was pleased to see Kerri Kenney pop up in one of the episodes, playing Mickey’s neighbor. I loved her in “Reno 911” and “The State”.

We had a big ol’ Cost Plus gift card from Christmas (thanks Mumsie) to spend, so I didn’t feel TOO guilty buying this gorgeous teal-and-pink caftan and matching drop earrings. It is the Year of the Caftan, after all! Note to self: no more buying caftans, now you have to start SEWING them. Sheesh.

Today I’m trying to sort out if the headache and sore throat I have is a cold, versus stupid seasonal allergies. Hard to say. Back to Cost Plus for some different curtains, grocery shopping for lentil soup ingredients (Josh’s choice), and then this evening I have an IVF support group. That’s right! I’ve done support groups over the years for all kinds of things, this seemed to make sense to me. I just wish it wasn’t a 40 minute drive away, harrumph. Catch yer later.