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Awww! Happy Friday.

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My favorite part is the party hat he has on his shell. hehe.

cold feet?

I don't know if everyone's seen this commercial yet. If not, take a look... I laugh every time I watch.

Seriously, one of the best commercial's of all time!

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Can you find the Kitty?

Weekend Update

It's been quite a while since I've updated my blog. Haven't felt the motivation to really. And honestly, not a lot is going on to blog about.

It's been a while since we've had a really exciting weekend. All of our "disposable" income is gone now that I've lost my job. There's no happy ending to that situ either... I'm hoping this will end soon and I can get back to work.

This weekend was pretty fun though. Friday night we made a delicious dinner and headed to Boarders for a coffee and a good read. It's always a fun and cheep way to get out and have a date night.

Saturday we woke up, fired our motorcycles and went for a nice 3 hour ride to Mt. Rainier.

We stopped 1/2 through to fill up and grab some lunch. It just so happened that the town we stopped in was having an old car show. The downtown streets were lined with old, restored cars. We walked around and gazed at the handiwork of the owners who were proudly sitting alongside their cars watching as onlookers who gawked at their prized possessions.

one of many street lined cars

We found this little sports bar called Mint along the main street of the downtown. We stopped in for a quick lunch before heading off again on our bikes. The food was absolutely delicious!! We weren't expecting much from a small town sports bar. We were just blown away at the quality of the food.

Aaron got a blue cheese burger. So tender and juicy and the bun was to die for. I ordered a Cobb salad. The ingredients were so yummy and so moist that I barely touched the salad dressing.

After lunch, we hopped on our bikes for another 1.5 hours until we finally hit Mt. Rainer National Park. There were so many different hiking trails and camping sites that it made me excited to come back for a more extended stay next time. Perhaps I'd even agree to camp!

This was an absolute beautiful drive with long winding roads. It was very fun on a bike. We stopped at the peak of Sunset trail. When we got off the bikes, this was our view:






The pictures above were pretty much a 360 degree view. Just breath taking! It took us another 3 hours to go back home. Our butts were SO sore after such a long ride but it was a blast.

Sunday was church as always. Afterwards I went to a girlfriends house for her wine and cheese party. It was a great time and nice to see some friends who I haven't seen in a while. When I came home, A was making some amazing football food: sliders and potato wedges and a salad make 100% from his garden. We ate, drank our beer, and watched My Boys beat one of their biggest rivals. It was an excellent game!

GO PACK GO!!

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Have a great weekend.

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hehe.. TGIF!

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This is Yours Truly, on her first birthday.

Happy Birthday to me! Lets the party begin! :)

two words....

i'm ashamed :(

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such a cool ad.  TGIF

Dear Brett,

Look, I know we had our falling out when you went to the Jets last year. Thanks for being patient with me and waiting for me to come around to the new idea of seeing you in a different shade of green. All had been forgiven and although I did not agree with your decision at the time, I supported you because it was what you needed and wanted. Love sometimes is about helping someone achieve their hopes and dreams.

However, now things have gotten ridiculous, nay OBSCENE! You've broken my trust, tainted my love and YOU, mr. favre have BROKEN my heart for the last time. All those nights talking to me about your retirement and assuring me "it's over this time, for real" we're all LIES. You have ruined your credibility and trust in your fans, and worse.... in me.

I think of you as joke and as hard as it is for me to say this.... WE ARE THROUGH! No amount of touchdown throws can win my heart back. You are nothing but a big pass interception to me now.

Sure, I'll see you occasionally from a distance and probably have to wipe a tear away from my cheek as I remember all the good times we had together. But i'm doing this for me. You are no longer good for me.

I'm moving on.....

Thats right, #4 is dead to me.... #9 is my new love!

ps. you're going to look like a fairy in purple. Looking forward to the day Lambeau Field boo's you.

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TGIF

Weekend Project

I have been wanting booksleves for a while now... They are pretty expensive to buy and we didn't need really nice ones, yet the ones from Ikea look really cheap and we haven't had any luck with the Ikea furniture durability. It's been on our list for over a year for A to build some bookshelves, but it keeps getting bumped down on our priority list.

Even since we've moved to Seattle, our poor books have been suck in boring brown boxes never seeing the light of day. If we'd occasionally need a book or DVD and have to dig through tons of boxes never quite knowing what was in which box.

Eventually, they ended up looking a little something like this:

Yeah, not pretty. So this weekend, A FINALLY built me some bookshelves. He did a fantastic job! I had a blast unloading all the books, organizing them into categories and putting them where they rightfully should have been years ago!

And yes, I alphabetized my DVD's. I'm O.C.D like that.

Making Jam

I had bought a batch of Apricots at Costco but didn't take the time to check them all for their firmness. They were really soft and squishy... not that they had gone bad, but no one like soft and squishy apricots. So, the economical thing to do was make jam.

We started by halfing the apricots:

Then we added some sugar and water to heat to melt the sugar:

Once the sugar was melted, we added the apricots:

Then covered them with the melted sugar:

We let it sit, stirring occasionally:

We waited about 30 minutes, or until the apricots stated breaking down naturally. At this point, we added a little bit of lemon juice and some non sugar pectin to give it a jelly consistency:

We sterilized the jars and lids in boiling water:

Added the jam to the serialized jars:

And VOLIA! Home made apricot jam:

I can't wait until all the blackberries get ripe so we can make blackberry jam next.

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lol, cats can be so weird sometimes...  Enjoy your weekend :)

Who Needs Kids?

What's Up Doc?

Woah Carrots! This is the outcome of our first carrot harvest from our garden. They are so yummy!!!

And yes, i'm a dork. A leaves the green stems on so when I eat the carrots, I can be like Bugs Bunny....

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Our blueberry bush...

We're averaging about 2lbs of blueberries a week. Soon the blackberries will be ripe. mmm..

Heat Wave - Day 3

Ick, day 2 was pretty bad but A and I sheltered ourselves from the heat by going out for sushi and doing a little shopping. Sleeping wasn't too bad as the fans kept us cooled down.

Today is the worst yet....

Mind you... NO AC. I went out to lunch with a girlfriend and then we went to the movie theatre (sooo chilly there, i love it!) I'm home for about an hour until A gets home and then we are going to bunker down at a coffee shop until they kick us out.

The cats are just fine. I thought they'd have it rough but they aren't even phased by the heat. It surprises me especially because it's 97 degrees IN the house. I just make sure they have cold water to drink and I got them a little fan to keep them cooler.

One more day of this, then back to weather in the 80's.

Interview Outfit

What do they call it? The Power of Persuasion? At any rate, I needed an interview outfit for ALL the interviews I will be getting in the future. One could hope right? ;)

Please don't mind the hair and glasses.

Well, what do you think? Do I look like a professional Project Manager?

Heat Wave - Day 1

Most Seattlites don't have air conditioners in their homes because it doesn't really get that hot here in the summer. There's always an exception however. One week out of the year it gets H-O-T! This week is the week and boy am I sweating.

Wednesday is supposed to be the worst. :(

The temp reading in my house around 4pm.

pretty in pink

I'm lovin' my new shoes....

Aren't they the cutiest? They remind me of ballerina shoes but with heels. They're sooo comfy too.

More fresh (and free) flowers

My peach rose

These are called Chocolate Cosmo's because they smell just like chocolate.

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A much needed weekend, I'm sure!  Enjoy and relax :)