*insert your favorite euphemism*
Brrr! Winter has come early and with a vengeance to the Pacific Northwest! As I'm writing this post, it's 20 degrees outside and our street looks like an ice rink. Now, I don't mind a bit of snow, but this ice crap is for the birds! Bring back 45 degrees and rain - that's a proper Seattle December.
Of course, the snow had to fall on the day that we had a big Christmas open house planned. I had been shopping, baking, and cleaning all week in preparation and was horribly depressed when I looked out the window early Sunday morning to see all of the snow. We sat by the phone and kept checking email to see how many cancellations there would be. In the end, about 20 brave souls made their way to the party. We had a great time and it was fun to ring in the season with lots of food, drink and fun.
As Christmas quickly approaches, I just have a few last minute things to do to get ready. The shopping is almost done and I just have to finish the last of the Christmas cards and a couple of crafty presents. It's been so hectic this year with school and holiday prep so it's nice to take a deep breath and enjoy the season.
If I don't get a chance to blog again before Christmas, I hope that each and every one of you have a wonderful holiday season!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
This fits my mood today
I don't know if it's pre-Christmas burnout or just a case of the Monday blahs, but this video gave me a chuckle.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Gobble, gobble
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I have to say that as far as holidays go, Thanksgiving is not a big one for me. I rank it alongside Easter as an "eating" holiday. It's good for a meal, but other than that, it's not big on my holiday radar. It's merely a milestone on the way to CHRISTMAS!
We're doing the Turkey Trot in Tacoma tomorrow morning. Cole and I will do the two mile walk and Chris will run the 5k. It's early and it's cold but it's a nice way to jump start the metabolism for the turkey coma that will come later in the day.
Chris and I are heading to Portland this weekend for our annual Christmas shopping bash. We're also belatedly celebrating our anniversary so I'm sure we'll eat lots of good food and just enjoy spending time together.
I've only got a week left before the end of the quarter so I'm madly trying to finish my big project and study for my final. After that, I've got a month off!
Hope you all have a fun and safe Thanksgiving!
I have to say that as far as holidays go, Thanksgiving is not a big one for me. I rank it alongside Easter as an "eating" holiday. It's good for a meal, but other than that, it's not big on my holiday radar. It's merely a milestone on the way to CHRISTMAS!
We're doing the Turkey Trot in Tacoma tomorrow morning. Cole and I will do the two mile walk and Chris will run the 5k. It's early and it's cold but it's a nice way to jump start the metabolism for the turkey coma that will come later in the day.
Chris and I are heading to Portland this weekend for our annual Christmas shopping bash. We're also belatedly celebrating our anniversary so I'm sure we'll eat lots of good food and just enjoy spending time together.
I've only got a week left before the end of the quarter so I'm madly trying to finish my big project and study for my final. After that, I've got a month off!
Hope you all have a fun and safe Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Disney, Christmas, Portland and Short-Timer Syndrome
1. Cole and I had a great time on his surprise birthday trip to Disneyland. Seriously, I don't think that there are two other people in this world who love Disney as much as we do. From riding Space Mountain at 7am to shin splints and sore feet, we were all Disney, all day (and night) long for three days straight. We rode, we ate, we shopped and had lots of great bonding time. I think I may have even put a dent in my fear of flying because there was quite a bit of turbulence and I didn't even have a panic attack. Yay me! You can see the rest of the pictures here.
2. In addition to Disney, I also have a love of Christmas. Not so much the actual day but the whole season. Each year, I seem to start a little earlier with the decorations and the all the assorted holiday stuff. I've been listening to Christmas music around the house for about a week which means that I'll be sick of it by December 2nd. FYI: Don't buy the new Enya "Christmas" disc. It sucks. *shudder*
3. Speaking of Christmas, Chris and I have a fairly new, yet fun tradition of heading to Portland the day after Thanksgiving to shop, eat, and relax for the weekend. A big bonus is that Oregon has no sales tax so we save a bit of a money on the shopping. We try to do most of our Christmas shopping while we're there which takes a bit of pressure off of us in December. We're also belatedly celebrating our anniversary. I'm really looking forward to getting away with my sweetie :)
4. I've only got two weeks left of school and I'm totally giddy. I just want to be done with Stats for a month before I delve into the second part of the class in January. I'm off until January 10th - just long enough to forget everything I learned this quarter :) Short-timer syndrome: I has it.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Happy Anniversary to us!
Today is our 10th wedding anniversary. Chris and I have been together for 12 years and married for 10 of those wonderful years. I know it sounds cliche to say that you're married to your best friend, but it really is the case with us. I have never felt so connected to another person, and it's amazing to be married to someone who totally gets me.
I am very blessed to have him in my life. In addition to being a great husband, he's an awesome stepfather to Cole. I couldn't ask for a more compassionate and caring spouse. He makes me laugh, lifts me up when I'm down and provides unwavering love and support.
Happy Anniversary, Chris. Love you! :)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Cows are funny
A little post-election humor courtesy of my good friend, Becky.
The World Explained with Cows
DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
DEMOCRACY, AME RICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have down sized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock's price goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch an d drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
Then you kill them and claim a U.S. bomb blew them up while they were in the hospital.
IRAQI CORPORAT ION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who like the brown one best, vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best looking cow.
CALIFORNIAN
You have a cow and a bull.
The bull is depressed.
It has spent its life living a lie.
It goes away for two weeks and comes back after a taxpayer-paid sex-change operation.
You now have two cows.
One makes milk; the other doesn't.
You try to sell the transgender cow, but its lawyer sues you for discrimination.
You lose in court.
You sell the milk-generating cow to pay the damages.
You now have one rich, transgender, non-milk-producing cow.
You change your business to beef. PETA pickets your farm.
Jesse Jackson makes a speech in your driveway.
Cruz Bustamante calls for higher farm taxes to help "working cows".
Hillary Clinton calls for the nationalization of 1/7 of your farm "for the children."
The legislature passes a law giving your farm to Mexico.
The L.A. Times quotes five anonymous cows claiming you groped their teats.
You declare bankruptcy and shut down all operations and the cow starves to death.
The L.A. Times' analysis shows your business failure is Bush's fault.
The World Explained with Cows
DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
DEMOCRACY, AME RICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have down sized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock's price goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch an d drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
Then you kill them and claim a U.S. bomb blew them up while they were in the hospital.
IRAQI CORPORAT ION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who like the brown one best, vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best looking cow.
CALIFORNIAN
You have a cow and a bull.
The bull is depressed.
It has spent its life living a lie.
It goes away for two weeks and comes back after a taxpayer-paid sex-change operation.
You now have two cows.
One makes milk; the other doesn't.
You try to sell the transgender cow, but its lawyer sues you for discrimination.
You lose in court.
You sell the milk-generating cow to pay the damages.
You now have one rich, transgender, non-milk-producing cow.
You change your business to beef. PETA pickets your farm.
Jesse Jackson makes a speech in your driveway.
Cruz Bustamante calls for higher farm taxes to help "working cows".
Hillary Clinton calls for the nationalization of 1/7 of your farm "for the children."
The legislature passes a law giving your farm to Mexico.
The L.A. Times quotes five anonymous cows claiming you groped their teats.
You declare bankruptcy and shut down all operations and the cow starves to death.
The L.A. Times' analysis shows your business failure is Bush's fault.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Celeb-reality, birthday boy, Gobama FTW!
1. I had a brush with "celebrity" this weekend when I ran into "Mr Jay" from America's Next Top Model at Sea Tac. He was nice enough to pose for a pic with me after I took a picture of he and his family for him. He's very tall and very bronze. VERY bronze. ANTM is one of my guilty tv pleasures, and I should have asked him who won this cycle but I didn't want to be a fangirl. Go Elena!
2. My baby turns 16 today. How the hell am I old enough to have a 16 year old? Even more scary, how am I almost old enough to have a soon to be 18 year old?! Craziness! He's a really good kid and I'm so proud of the person he has become. Love you, Cole! He's spending the day with his dad but we have some fun things planned for the weekend. :)
3. In addition to this being a big day in the Lynch house, it's also a big day for the U. S of A. Either way it goes, it's going to be history in action today. Let's just hope that the right (left) person wins. Chris and I voted by mail and we'll be glued to the TV either at home or at an election party downtown. This is the first time in about 8 years that I am super excited about the results.
GoBama!!
2. My baby turns 16 today. How the hell am I old enough to have a 16 year old? Even more scary, how am I almost old enough to have a soon to be 18 year old?! Craziness! He's a really good kid and I'm so proud of the person he has become. Love you, Cole! He's spending the day with his dad but we have some fun things planned for the weekend. :)
3. In addition to this being a big day in the Lynch house, it's also a big day for the U. S of A. Either way it goes, it's going to be history in action today. Let's just hope that the right (left) person wins. Chris and I voted by mail and we'll be glued to the TV either at home or at an election party downtown. This is the first time in about 8 years that I am super excited about the results.
GoBama!!
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