love it…

THINGS I LOVE.

• Brooks running shoes
• mom made quilts
• striped socks
• plumbing snafus
• grass
• a good neck cracking
• new magazines
• hardware stores
• Naan-N-Curry
• knowing where my money is
• sweet raw carrots
• new tooth brushes
• Netflix on the Xbox
• hand lotion that really works

Short list… haven’t left the house much. blech.

Oh Christmas summary…

Oh Christmas, I’m glad you are over.

Oh Mom and Dad, thank you for the camera.

Oh Kevin, thank you for the Dr. Martens.

Oh aunt, I think your opinion of Seattle is a little off considering you don’t live in the same county… I have no sympathy for people living on steep hills… I am also one of them. I got rides to work. I have blisters on my palms from digging out my driveway and car. I don’t have chains for my car. And I admit I have no one to blame but myself. Most times, you are a bit much. And yes, we feed our dog.

Oh new running shoes, I can’t wait to use you!

Oh mom, you really need to learn to cook pork better.

Oh Napa, I can’t wait to visit you.

Oh snow. I’m glad you are melting

Oh 2008, I’m glad you are over next week!

And finally, oh Weight Watchers… man I’ve fucked about for the past 2 months. I’m done with the excuses.

please sir, could I have some more??

seriously?
3 more inches of snow?
wow, I’m still in Seattle? right?

2008, I <3 you…

Holy geez, hello winter!! Cold and more cold! More snow is predicted for tonight, tomorrow and Christmas day… with rain to follow.

Kevin and I were sick for the past 2 days. I’m ready to leave the house now! But, I can’t back out of our driveway due to the big ridge of snow left by a plow, lack of a shovel, lack of chains and my weak Civic.

Hmm. 2008, you were so crazy and seems like you might be that way until the last day.  But I might still love you… when I can look back and laugh.

THINGS I LOVE. 2008

• Weight Watchers
• vacations
• DKNY Soho Jeans
• teary weddings and fun family parties
• midnight swims with outlaw mom
• Deschutes beers
• a new boss
• tires under warranty
• Canada
• Afternoon Royal Tea at the Empress Hotel
• dogs and their good ways and learned bad habits
• SNOW!!
• water slides and wine
• new opportunities
• turning 30
• learning to stand my ground and actually doing so
• 5ks and doing them even though I can’t run one completely
• Cetaphil skin stuff
• paying off 2 student loans !!!
• hardwood floors
• finding old friends via email/facebook/internets
• spousal unit’s connections with people who have houses to rent
• a chiropractor when you really need one
• monkey puzzle trees
• homeopathic remedies for blisters
• a better yet still stressful relationship with my mom
• dreams that help set you free
• shooting a revolver… totally hot!
• bailouts and the people who didn’t deserve them…
• letting my mom know one of my real main reasons I’m choosing not to have kids
• Theo Chocolate and the $5 tour
• bicycles… road and cruisers
• curbside recycling
• wacky news coverage… on everything from the economy, election, weather and pop culture
• not dying my hair
• Google reader
• “grown up” dinners made from real food… not packages or boxed
• MAC eye makeup
• job security and seniority
• falling house prices (sucks for some, but great for peoples like me)
• getting back to basics
• kaiten sushi
• clothes that fit, again
• voting for president elect, Obama.
• seeing people with hope, happiness, and pride.
• people realizing how important it is to get out and vote, record turn outs!!
• realizing I am only human and I make and create 99% of all things that happen or go on in my life and only I can be the one to fix itmake it better or make it worse. Only I can make my own changes.

Why do people like white christmases?

Winter is here, and what is the best way to start it? Snow, snow, freezing temperatures and more snow. Seriously, more snow? The weather has been insane for something like a week.

Seattle hasn’t seen snow like this since 1990. See grandma, I don’t have to decorate for Christmas… nature did it for me.

In other awesome news, Kevin and I both have colds.

I love the brrrr.

Holy geez… it’s 30°. Which happens to be up a whopping ° from when I got up at 9:30a. Hmm. It is supposed to be pretty cold until next week… when the high is 37°.

I happen to be one of those nutty north westerners that likes and enjoys cooler weather.

THINGS I LOVE.

• hats with bills
• wool socks
• Oatmeal Sappo Hill Soap that I could eat
  
• fresh newspapers, opened by me
• my local dumpy post office that most people don’t know about
• dog prints on freshly washed sheets
• sun sets
• Laughing Cow cheese wedges
• Dr. Hauschka mascara
• Seattle’s winter weather coverage, relax, it’s just snow.
• string cheese
• scarves so wide I can’t move my neck
• finding old friends on Facebook.com
• handle bar mustaches and the people who sport them
• finding motivation in weird places
• crunchy frozen ground
• tea
• herbed cream cheese spread
• new spiral notebooks
• people at the post office, in their bathrobes
• soapy water that freezes when applied to a windshield
• snowmen
• dogs that give the evil eye
• Ave Maria by Celine Dion
• the weather in Yakutsk, Russia
• a chilled beer from the back porch
• homemade soup
• Burton socks

sawing lumber in a bad way….

Srsly?

Chainsaw?

At 1am?

WTF?

thus far?

Pounds gained since in the past 2 months= 6

Snow for the weekend= highly possible

Tonight’s wine tasting = champagne !!!

My temperature of choice for the house = 70°

Kevin’s temperature of choice = 62°

Shoes worn today = Converse and Diesel

Glasses of water drunk today = 4

Dog = smells like it needs a bath.

Worked = 6a – 2:30p

Moved in = mostly

Friday = Friday, payday and possible bonus day

me-yow!

Nothing says let the holiday drama begin like a newly pair of shaped eyebrows.

Glooooomy Tuesday…

Today is just another dreary Seattle day. Yay! I’m trying to reduce my caffeine intake… yuck.

THINGS I LOVE.

• heavy coffee mugs
• rain drops on branches
• fuzzy slippers
• hot vanilla tea
• hardware stores
• tile
• semi-trucks with wreaths on their grill
• cooking magazines
• piggy banks
• furry beards
• snuggling in bed with the dog after Kevin leaves
• butternut squash
• Nivea’s A Kiss of Moisture
• Henry Mancini
• Seattle all decorated up for the holiday
• soup
• brisk walks
• new jeans
• the thought of snow for the weekend?
• Monkey puzzle trees
• Bucky of Get Fuzzy
• home cooked meals
• The Muppets, but not their 12 days of Christmas
• Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me
• cookie cutters
• snowmen
• Christmas M & Ms
• pecans
• Ikea decorating possibilities
• a freshly washed and lotioned face
• new MAC eyeliner
• fur lined hoods
• new opportunities
• snotty baristas
• Ugly Dolls

THINGS I DO NOT LOVE.

• slow wireless internet connections?
• a dog on my next door neighbor’s back porch, on a blanket with food and water dishes near by. NO ONE LIVES THERE! The little old lady who owns it is in a home and her daughter tends to the yard. Um, excuse me? Hi yes, this dog needs to be inside more than outside. It has shorter hair and it is 40 degrees outside! RUDE!! Poor older thing. Who do you belong to?! Why are they being so rude to you? I’d help you if I could be you seem to be locked in the yard? If you are still there tonight, I’ll talk to Kevin about it and we’ll see what we can do. Don’t die, you look old. I ran about to do errands and when I came home the dog on the porch was no longer there.
  

Drinking isn’t against the law if you’re over 21….

You really should have a drink today… seriously.

Today is the the 75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 21st Amendment (the end of Prohibition,) December 5th.

If you’re an American, be a Constitutionalist and have a drink. A beer. A shot. A glass of wine. Bottoms up!!

Please be smart about it. If you have a serious problem with alcohol, I also advice you to look deep in yourself and see if you need help. I’m one of the few in my family that doesn’t have an obsessive gene involving alcohol. I have depression and anxiety instead.

Dear dog-

Abigail aka dog-

Yes, that was the furnace that turned off… thank you for barking. If you really feel that someone might be entering the house, jump off the bed and go look. Dummy. I know you are still a little unsure about this new little house but yeah… sitting on the bed and barking isn’t nearly as effective as you think. But, I’m glad that our bed has become your safe spot. You’re so cute and a pretty good dog, way to be. In a bit we’ll go get coffee and I’ll make sure the lady gives you a biscuit or 2.

xoxox

-J