L'Andana...

I never wanted to go back to bartending. In fact, I told Craig I would NEVER go back to bartending even though it IS what I'm good at (sounds stupid I know) but I LOVE it and I seem to think it shows :)

Where I work matters to me. I know to some driving an hour to work is CrAzY but I look at it like it's my only option. Working for the best there is for so many years and then being asked to come work for them again is both flattering and an honor (cheesy but true). I actually don't mind the drive. There are zippo kids in the back seat screaming, crying or teasing each other...which means I'm not screaming, yelling and cursing. I'm calm which almost never happens.

This is where I work and this is a fantastic photographer who took shots of our restaurant about a month ago....wanted to share :)

Come visit me!

xo

Juice...

This lovely device is used for numerous things.
Most find it helpful when juicing a lemon,
an orange,
a lime.
I however deemed it prudent to juice my finger.
Yes, it worked.
Juiced and juice.



Ahhhhhhh. Nothin quite like bartending with a mangled finger.
I'm thinking next time I should just stick to the lemons and limes.
OUCH!

Quick!

Just a quick post so my sister doesn't get testy...she's mentioned a time or two that it's annoying to come by and not have something new to read :)

• I was hoping to be able to show you the skirt I've been working my tail off on but alas, I ran out of tulle :( I've placed an order so I'll hopefully have it finished by Friday!
• Made this cute little guy for the shop but looks like it won't go in there until tomorrow morning.
• Working tonight.
• Need a shower.
• Raining.
• I've got sprouts in the Fairy meadow...sprouts people! I'm not a seed failure after all!!
• 10 days left of school or 9 since two of those days are only 1/2 days.
• Just booked Ruby's birthday party at the Works (pool).
• I can't believe we stopped watching last seasons Weeds...playing catch up last night...such a great show!
  
• I'm supposed to take a food test at work. The word 'test' IS a four letter word...kwim??? Stommmmacheee achhhe.
• Time to print the tide chart.
• Time to print Butternut Farms fruit schedule.
• mmmmmm, Summer.

A little something for someone...

I made the big pillow to go in the shop but it's not perfect so I'm keeping it! I just got in some super fun fabric to back more pillows so do stay tuned!!

Goof girl in my pseudo (cough) garden.

Flying color.

My kitchen aid until I get the Ice blue Kitchen Aid...ho hummmmm.

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~ I'm fighting another headache.
~ Made delicious chocolate chip cookies with Ruby this afternoon...hence the headache maybe?
~ No sign of any...not even one teensy tiny bud from the seeds in the Fairy Meadow I planted.
~ I'm like a ticking time bomb...don't mess with me.
~ Laundry, laundry, laundry.
~ I hate that I often feel like I don't measure up...broad statement and that's how I want it.
~ Chef Jamie made me feel awesome Saturday night when he said 'why can't you work here seven days a week.' :) You just can't find owners and management like this everywhere...worthy of the hour commute there and back.
~ I'm attempting to make Zoe a skirt...you'll see what I come up with if it looks decent enough to share.
~ Yippppeeee for Farmer's Markets!!!
~ Three weeks of school and I'm scrambling.
~ I'd love to send Zoe to either a Waldorf or Montessori school in September.
~ Do I look like a mind reader?
~ I love our neighbors Charlie and Patty Brown. Yep, Charlie and Patty Brown...how freakin cute is that??? Charlie even wears a Charlie Brown tee shirt!
~ Three fighter flew over our house this afternoon...F.r.E.a.K.y!!!!

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Ok. Gots-to-go! Have a super fab night!
xo

Hello!
I know I've been a little MIA lately.
I worked a crazy night last night.
SOOO many LOL's that I wish I could share here...
I'm quite sure it wouldn't be appropriate.
Mob guy + Mistress + Two old men = TROUBLE
(let your mind wander from there)...oh BOY!
Plus,
my friends drove an hour to have dinner at my bar last night...that meant so much!
Lots of laughs...Lis, you always make me smile!!!
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I'm in total Spring cleaning mode.
Thankfully we have a dumpster sitting in our driveway (for our new roof) cause Mama's gonna ditch e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.!
This is how I clean. Toss it away...give it away...just get it away.
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OK. I'm off...I've got a ton I want to do today and I'll be doing it on sheer adrenaline and coffee :)
Have a good one!
XO

So.
Remember when I made my friend a play block like the one above?
She liked it so much she wanted to buy one for one of her girlfriends!
I'll be listing them in my shop in the next few days...the one above is already in there but reserved :)
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I'm totally exhausted and still a bit under the weather...I need to get through tonight and tomorrow night and I'll be home free! I'm only working two shifts next week and I can hardly wait for the down time.
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We had some real beauties at the bar last night! I couldn't possible make up the things I hear and see every night....to quote my fellow bar chic they're all WACK-A-DOODLE!
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Spring is definitely finding it's way to the Seacoast...the snow is finally melting and I can actually see grass!!! Yesterday I took Ruby and Stella for a quick walk...the birds were singing so loudly...it was so nice to hear :)
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Happy Friday to you!
xo

STAT...

My first day went well!
The drive down was peaceful and I made it there in an hour.
I worked with a great girl named Shannon...so glad I got to train with her!
I'm going back tonight for round two.
I have to say...it's HARD getting back into the groove after not pouring a drink for six years!
I'm the type that just has to be thrown into things to learn the ropes so I'm hoping tonight that will happen.
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XO

Shaken or stirred?

Woke up soooo early this morning filled with nervous energy.
I haven't stepped behind a bar in over 6 years!
Prior to having Ruby this was my career.
I LIVED in clubs and restaurants most of my adult life.
Can you picture that?
Do I seem the type?
One thing's for sure...I'll have S.T.O.R.I.E.S to tell...oh yes I will!
I often think I should have started a journal while being behind the bar all those years...definitely would make for an interesting read!
I'm hoping I'm received with open arms (I hate being the new girl).
I hope on my first day I don't break a glass in the ice (that's every bartenders WORST nightmare).
I hope pouring a drink is like riding a bike...you never forget.
I hope someone doesn't order one of those drinks a bartender only hears once in a lifetime.
I hope my feet don't kill at the end of the night.
I hope Sia, Regina Spektor, Ray Lamontagne and Dave are good friends to me both to and from work.
I hope I don't miss my kids too much.
One thing is for certain...I can't wait!
xo