tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:08:03 +0000A Peek Into My Lifehttp://sashaswindow.com/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Dillon Hawkins)Blogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-4617052488366988151Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:55:00 +00002008-10-07T16:56:08.341-08:00perhaps because i'm down the hall from the laundry mat. you know i don't think i've ever typed those words and as i do, i can't help but wonder if that is the way its spelled. is it "laundry mat" or "laundromat". what's with the "mat" anyway? what does that even mean? anyway . . . i'm totally digressing from the point of this post so let me get back on track. i'm sitting in my new office in the http://sashaswindow.com/2008/10/i-can-smell-dryer-sheets.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-1729014795595284168Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:55:00 +00002008-10-07T15:46:32.908-08:00it doesn't look like the doctors i saw in san fran about reconstruction are going to work out. no need for details. insurance companies suck sometimes. 'nuff said. but, i have found another doctor, this time in seattle. i'm heading down for a consult at the end of the month, so please keep your fingers crossed for me. i had the chance to add on a couple of little trips around this doctor's http://sashaswindow.com/2008/10/another-doctor.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6127634156763879438Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:20:00 +00002008-10-06T23:21:12.807-08:00is a beautiful thing. i'm pretty lucky to have found one of my very own. ha. i'm kidding. really, i actually just have a roommate that is bartering for his rent. he works on my endless list of house projects, he teaches me what he can, and he helps me out with the heavy lifting. he also cooks, plays scrabble with me, and has become a friend. we seem to have dropped into one another's lives at http://sashaswindow.com/2008/10/house-boy.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6713424657850720020Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:25:00 +00002008-10-06T10:41:19.747-08:00is the bomb! if you want to try it for yourself, i'm not sure that there is a better spot to do it than coyote gulch. its in the glen canyon recreation area of escalante, utah. nolan and i experienced it first hand this summer. among other amazing things about this backpacking trip, the time spent tromping along barefoot, in the soft, sandy, shallow river bed was such a wonderful feeling. duringhttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/10/barefoot-backpacking.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-7287302006856872670Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:44:00 +00002008-09-11T22:26:27.646-08:00today is my birthday and i'm feeling happy and alive and totally psyched about being 31. yes, i do feel a little bit old, but my feeling of excitement and anticipation of a really great year ahead far and away out shadow any ridiculous thoughts of being 'old'. in about 20 minutes this day will officially be over. it was such a good one and tonight was especially great. although i've been home in http://sashaswindow.com/2008/09/lovin-31.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-335627121618482891Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:58:00 +00002008-08-01T21:01:12.841-08:00i'm leaving in about 3 hours for utah. quick visit in slc then further south with my little bro for a backpacking trip through one of my favorite places on the planet. i'm still not packed. i've had all day, and yet, i've still got an empty bag. you'd think with as much travelling as i do i'd have the packing thing down. but, i don't. i struggle everytime. better get to it. peace.http://sashaswindow.com/2008/08/yaaaaaaay.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6762677326582819938Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:10:00 +00002008-08-01T13:32:31.173-08:00i was inspired by a story/video that romy posted on her blog so i thought i'd also share a recent video clip that made my heart swell. love is all you need. (i couldn't figure out how to embed the video right here on my blog, so the link actually takes you to another blog i found online that posted the story too.)http://sashaswindow.com/2008/08/love.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-5918368628120354998Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:36:00 +00002008-07-28T22:09:49.927-08:00i've never had the opportunity to use a greenhouse before and i almost missed my chance this year. as you might remember, thanks to my wizard mother, i was able to get my first real garden started earlier this summer. watching the plants grow in the greenhouse is really pretty amazing. it almost feels like magic or like at the very least i'm sort of cheating. it was a lot of work to get the soil http://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/its-like-magic.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-3541970813177806308Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:22:00 +00002008-07-23T19:31:59.650-08:00romy, i'm telling you, you've made me a changed girl. i feel a i must write a haiku at every turn. see what a teacher you are. one little moment on a dark ferry ride and you taught me this. thank you. you all should try it. really. just a quick little moment captured by three little lines. 5-7-5. i wrote my haiku for san fran on a napkin on the plane ride home. here it is. sublime and divine http://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/san-fran-haiku.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-979309749505239986Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:00 +00002008-07-21T00:37:07.733-08:00so i learned this weekend about someone else reading this blog. to my surprise and delight, i will add. i often wonder who is reading, what they think, and why on earth my little life is of interest. most of the people i know who look at this love me and so i guess that answers the why for them, but what about the rest of you? i know there are others out there that are acquaintences or people whohttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/another-request_4201.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6517862323452920734Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:30:00 +00002008-07-28T22:13:50.516-08:00finishing off my weekend at shoreline park where the sun is on my cheeks, the wind is cool, and the water is calm. boats are sailing by with ease and i'm looking across the water to the bay bridge. feels almost too perfect. i'm here in san francisco for a medical appointment (which went very well by the way), but even better . . . to spend a long weekend with my girlfriend alethea. fortunately, http://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/san-francisco.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-2739166164809068036Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:40:00 +00002008-07-14T00:03:39.616-08:00 i should be in bed, but i'm still so excited about this awsome weekend i had. i've got to share it. home from nome on sunday and by monday was planning another weekend away. my friend izzy had a group of friends fall through on a planned cabin rental, so at the last minute, mike and i were able to join him instead. i'm on a 4-10 schedule now so i'm off every friday. we left thursday after work http://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/peaceloveshoup.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-8021608056879048201Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:28:00 +00002008-07-07T15:01:13.191-08:00i took my first trip back to nome for the 4th of july weekend. in just a few weeks it will have been a year since i left. as soon as i landed i just felt good. it was so nice to be back there and it was hard to wipe the smile off my face. thursday night i booked a mileage ticket, left early friday morning, and was already heading home yesterday afternoon. short, but sweet. my friends kim and seanhttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/theres-no-place-like-nome.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-7445265082652953529Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:09:00 +00002008-07-08T22:36:51.067-08:00 was just a few weeks ago when my mom and brother came up to anchorage for a visit. we had such a good time. nice weather, lots of laughs, projects, fun day trips, and the discovery of a new, favorite quote . . . "there is no charge for awsomeness . . . or attractiveness" ~pothanks again mom and nolan for making the trek here. i love you both so much! they arrived late on a friday night and we http://sashaswindow.com/2008/07/best-week-i-can-remember.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6588888164304314962Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:56:00 +00002008-06-20T10:57:06.740-08:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXYwNDrU8khttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/06/too-cute-for-words.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-6793803392602015953Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:09:00 +00002008-06-08T14:12:39.374-08:00and my houseguests were the ones to find him. i changed his water a couple days ago and put this fake plumeria in it that i had from hawaii. it seemed safe, but when i cleaned the bowl out it felt like the texture of it had really changed and it made me think that maybe it was made with something toxic. terrible. i feel bad. not sure if i'm going to replace him. maybe its too soon.http://sashaswindow.com/2008/06/samantha-died.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-5675395438482351338Sat, 31 May 2008 17:00:00 +00002008-05-31T09:03:02.495-08:00http://www.funstufftosee.com/frogleaptest.html i finally got this after way too many tries. then it took me almost as many tries to repeat it. super easy once you get it, but i'd be curious to know if you can do it on your first, or for that matter, even your 5th try. let me know.http://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/can-you-do-it.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-9026598194200572967Wed, 28 May 2008 05:20:00 +00002008-05-27T22:20:38.994-08:00so, i don't know about you, but when i think of putting in a little ground level deck, i think . . . easy, fun, simple project. and, well, it was fun and it was simple . . . but it was noooooooot easy. duke isn't sure about this whole deck project. he likes his shady spot and decides to stay right there most of the day.digging holes for the concrete pilings was literally back breaking work. thankhttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/way-harder-than-you-might-think.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-2818800932892136823Fri, 23 May 2008 06:20:00 +00002008-05-22T22:27:41.246-08:00i have an appointment with dr. horton, the breast surgeon in san francisco, on july 18th. i'm actually pretty excited. this is just a consult, but is definitely a step in the right direction. or in my case, the breast direction. tee hee. my friend lee from utah is going to meet me there to spend the weekend too. yay. romy might make it up as well. anyone else want to come? its going to be a http://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/new-boobs-are-on-horizon.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-5038742700272559449Fri, 23 May 2008 05:58:00 +00002008-05-22T22:14:47.973-08:00so the joys of having dogs includes the joys of having a patchy, yellow spotted, backyard. sad. it was really green and pretty when i moved in last year, but between the fence project, the terrible number the bobcat did, digging up the garden, filling in low spots with new soil, having the cable company come and dig up all that new soil only to resurface all the rocks i had just buried, and of http://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/my-pathetic-backyard-that-i-still-love.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-7207616117265139364Fri, 23 May 2008 05:32:00 +00002008-05-22T22:20:21.879-08:00 its been absolutely amazing and beautiful here for the past week or so. the weather has truly just been out of the world. bright, sunny, warm, but still breezy. its been really hard to stay inside all day to work. tonight after work i rushed right home and before i did anything, i just changed my clothes, loaded up the dogs (i've got erik's boys too because he's been working some really long http://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/powerline-trail.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-143016540953664990Fri, 09 May 2008 06:16:00 +00002008-05-09T13:27:15.311-08:00yesterday i finally got outside to do the terrible duty of picking up the dog poop that has been collecting all winter. somehow with the snow on the ground it becomes justifiable to just leave it there and wait until all the snow is gone before you really take the job on. well the time has come and gone a few times now over the past month and everytime i think i'm going to get out there and do ithttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/drivel.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-7296387539702918378Tue, 06 May 2008 06:37:00 +00002008-05-05T22:48:07.812-08:00yesterday was the two year mark since my diagnosis of breast cancer. it feels like a dream. i just read my post from last year and i'm struck by all that i had to say. this year, i feel that i have very little to say. i thought about writing yesterday, but felt this loss for words that i still feel today, so avoided it. for some reason though i guess i just want to say it out loud. its beenhttp://sashaswindow.com/2008/05/two-years-later.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-7609379768710497521Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:28:00 +00002008-04-21T21:29:25.609-08:00is my life really so uneventful that i just posted a picture of my beta? wow. oh well. i love him.http://sashaswindow.com/2008/04/really.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18415457.post-921749083768762048Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:15:00 +00002008-04-21T21:23:53.563-08:00the long awaited pictures of my pretty boy beta named samantha are finally here. . . it was 49 degrees today. yay! http://sashaswindow.com/2008/04/meet-samantha.phpnoreply@blogger.com (Sasha)