Category Archives: Holidays

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Early Planning

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When do you start thinking about the holidays? This weekend, MK and I realized that we need to think. Besides this giant move and drive, I’ve got to write another novel. I’ve got to finish my first novel. I mentioned that I was invited to a birthday celebration. MK mentions the day trading convention that we went to last year. Are we going again? JH calls and announces his wedding, Dec 1st. Can we make it? I’d love to see Key West…Where are we going for Thanksgiving? Where will his family be? I haven’t seen my family back home since last year. We must get some skiing in this winter. Utah? Colorado? ARGH!

Not to mention I miss my friends. All of a sudden, our penciled in little monthly calendar looked messy. How do you sort out all your time?

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Covert Operations

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Well, I’m back from my week of fun in the sun, and you didn’t even notice I was missing!
At least I don’t think you did. I was able to write ’em up before I left and get a little hand posting! I missed you guys, really. While I was sitting on the beach in the sunshine, dipping in the pool, and enjoying 2 for 1 margaritas (banana mmm) bean and cheese nachos, and fresher than fresh salsa, I wondered how you were. I even fleetingly wondered if the entire site had crashed or not.

But all is well, and I am more tan than ever. Can’t wait to share the pictures with you.

So much happened while I was gone! Expect an onslaught on posts that keep you riveted this week. It’s good to be back. Hope you Labor Day weekend was as good as mine!

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Summer Festivals

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Just when I thought I’d exhausted the weekends of running around to various summer fun…I really think Seattle has more of this stuff than anywhere.

I’ll be at either

The Kirkland Festival

The West Seattle Festival

or

The International District Festival.

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All these to do’s on the “quatorze juillet“. Happy Bastille Day “Fête Nationale“!

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Independence Day Revelry

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The 4th of July here was undoubtedly the best weather we’ve seen in Seattle to date. It was pretty, clear, and the warmest day yet, high 80s. The night before we’d purchased a full days worth of roof food. We went for a walk in the morning. Around noon we headed up to grill our turkey burgers, expecting a full roof of people intent on remaining in the sun until 10pm. There were maybe 5 people. We brought up chairs with which to steal the best spot, and cooked and ate. I got some great sun hours. We visited with friends and shared beers and stories. Good times.

Running up and down for refills and breaks from the heat got harder and harder as the day went on, and numerous people I’ve never seen, don’t think actually lived here, and can’t determine where they all could have parked started to show up. In addition, South Lake Union got busier and busier too, filling up with boats. We could also just barely make out the people filling up Gas Works Park across the water, which you can see getting packed in the photos across the water.

Burnt and burnt out, MK and I took a breather around 6 and checked out some tv and some snooze time. Revived and hungry again, we managed just barely to find room on the grill for some chicken and eat on our laps. Somebody paid a DJ to show up, and fill the air with house music, which would have been fun if he were not terrible. It was novel, at least.

And then, the fireworks. You can also see in the photos the Space Needle. On the left is Puget Sound, where the first set of fireworks began. Then a helicopter circled Lake Union with a giant American Flag, and the main fireworks display there began.

Here are the pictures.

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Happy Anniversary

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Some of you might have noticed (in my dreams you all pay way too much attention to this website) that last week, July 5th, to be exact, was my little bloggy anniversary- I’ve had this silly space for one whole year now!

I’ve learned so many things about the interweb, computers, people, and how to blog, I just haven’t employed any of that here. I would apologize to you, but, well, that’s just not my style. I will, however, accept any gifts you feel like bestowing upon me. That is my style.

blogversary
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Ode For The Day, Dad Style

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If I was a young, handsome dude, and got married, and then had my first baby, and it was a girl, a too big for her own britches loud crazy girl, I don’t know what I would do. Here’s what my Dad did: Set me straight and knocked me off my high horse and taught me humility and respect. That’s what makes him awesome. That and teaching me about sports. And cars. And other Dad stuff. Call your Dad this Father’s Day, if you can, kiss him. Even if he hates kisses. Or put up a terrible blog and picture, if that’s all you’ve got. 😉

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Ode For The Day

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Not sure if you are as lucky as I am, but my mother is certainly my best friend. She and I talk nearly every day, which Dad and MK love as they pay the phone bills. I had so much fun growing up because of her (and my dad but that’s for June). It’s interesting to grow up and learn more about life and really start to see how important family is and how much more appreciative you become. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there – I think I know one beside my own…

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Chinese New Year Presents

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Well, I may have missed it by a day, but it’s the year of the pig! Yay!

We did all the appropriate stuff, I ate some Ramen Noodles and we celebrated in the traditional method of watching 24 hours of Law & Order on the TNT marathon. I got to go out last night and see some old friends and of course, if you know anything, you know that RB is in town (this guy from San Fran) so we got to party, and that is always the Best Of Times.

The house is a full, shiny, happy place full of fun and wonderfulness, despite me waking up every morning with my face still in pain. Boo.

Don’t google year of the pig, whatever you do, there are too many gross pictures of carved up pigs on the internet, that is for sure.


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Love Is In The Air

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Last night, I found myself peering across the table from a lovely date.

Last night before I left my husband for this date, he let me in on a little secret, that the night before Valentine is the common night that men take their mistresses out. He said he read it on the internet. Hmm. Well, this was KD, not my man or my mistress (well, I did get her a card), and I didn’t have time to wander the restaurant asking other people there if they were in the middle of being unfaithful. Maybe next year.

It was a blast to spend some relaxed time together after all the gym-ness we’d been rocking together.

All the holidays have been my favorite this year. Card shopping has been fun. Why you ask? I get to buy stuff that says “husband“. I have a husband. This is the first time that that has happened. All the holidays have been happier, even though we’ve been together for a long time, just knowing that we’ve cemented that. MK has always been the best guy at Valentine’s, a list of all my sweet and thoughtful gifts would make you want to puke, all the other gifts would make you want to rob me (why I’m not listing them). He reminds me everyday, not just today, why I fell for him.

Anyway, knowing there are some out there that are not in love with what I agree is a cheesy day, a commercial day (velvet and snippy), there are also those out there that think of it as a time to reflect, to be happy, to call their mother, to give their single friends cards, and eat a little candy, to kiss someone just a little longer, to remember the little school parties and construction paper cards. Either way, Happy Valentine’s Day!


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