life:

1. helped build a cob bedroom. who knew that sand, clay, straw, and water could build a super solid wall. not i.

2. rode with a trailer full of chicken wire from the dirty dirty se to north ne. my legs hurt really bad and it was really late...shut up.

3. finished my bike wheel chandy in the yurt. fucking stylish.

4. ate awesome yam and onion stir-fry for dinner. thank god for soyaki.

5. rocked out to a rad bicycle rock song while making dinner.

6. planted nasturtiums and arugula starts in a recycled egg container.

7. visited my 'new' library in n. portland, way better than the stinky ol' sterile library on belmont (se).

8. got a new job: i will be the book store manager for the international animation festival in portland this summer. $15 an hour baby.

9. checked out more zines...damn addictions.

10. finished my adorable bike prom dress. watch out canada, we're coming your way. more hot women and dudes than you will ever be able to contain.

11. put down plastic and cardboard flooring. reuse is the best!

12. i'm heading off to a rad pdx film fest right now!

love,
kelly peach

oh! i'm planning a great free fun event!

everyone should make plans to visit portland on MAY 31st to JUNE 3rd! because i am throwing a giant free fun festival that is going to be loads of fun. for more information check out the website:

http://ballyhoo-pdx.blogspot.com/

hooray!

love
kelly

i've got a floor!

today i had a really funny conversation with a lady at new season's. she asked what i was doing this afternoon, and i stated, "i'm installing flooring in my house." then i had a really awkward time lying to this lady about what the meant. we ended up deciding that i was putting down wooden flooring in my kitchen. my excuse for the white lies: it would have taken too long for me to explain to this lady that a.) i live in a yurt that i built b.) what the hell a yurt is AND c.) that my 'flooring' consists of stapling down plastic and heavy duty cardboard on top of my sketchy pallet foundation.

i got my hands on a staple gun, which is awesome. i stapled the flapping fabric from the walls down to the door frame. i laid out amazing plastic donated by kelsey (juggle friend) and then haphazardly placed thick cardboard throughout the space. then i put down my bed and my rug! now i can walk around the whole space without having to step over spaces in the pallets and avoid soft spots. it's pretty awesome. it's now a chill space rather than a temporary housing solution.

right now i'm worried about the roof. the tarp needs some serious work. i've also bought a lock, which i'll install soon. progress, progress, progress!

i'm one nomadic lady

so, last night i slept at my new house for the first time ever. on sunday a bunch of cool folks came over and helped me erect my yurt in the backyard of the kitten shak. it was a success for sure, but i still need to work on the floor. right now it's nothing but exposed pallets...not so fancy.

as i sat in bed this morning, in, yet again, a new address i tried to count the number of locations i've lived in the past 4 years. it turned out that in the past 4 years i've lived in FOURTEEN different housing situations! 14!! that's crazy. i haven't stayed in one place for more than a year since high school. when will this madness stop? or will it ever!?! i just get antsy if i stay in one place for very long...

the 'yurt raising work party' was awesome. it was beautiful out, we finished everything i could have wished for, and we even broke out the bbq. thanks to everybody that came out. i now have a house!