Friday, May 23, 2008
its always that way
how come when everything seems to be going well and you think that everything is right on track all the bullshit starts. ok, actually the bullshit has been going all along but i have been dealind with it. but tonight the bullshit that broke the camel's back hit the fan. and now i am all pissed off and sad.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
mudder
ths past weekend the whole family went out and raced the whidbey island mudder. it was the 2nd time i had been on a mtn bike since the xterra in july 2006. that was a long time ago. i had gone out to a wednesday night a few weeks back and had so much fun ithot maybe it would be fun to try a race. i hadn't ever been to whidbey island, and we got to ride the ferry which was fun for everyone. anyway, to make a long story short, i won which was exciting and suprising. the kids both raced later and eric, too. this video eric took is mainly great because of the audio. make sure to have the sound on.
friday we put the house up for sale. the house that eric has worked so hard on and we have put so much money into. its quite sad. i love this little house and i love our yard and our view and our neighborhood. but i have told many people, the things we don't like are the things we can' change, and it seems like now is a good time to move. we put the house up on friday night and got zero calls on saturday. there was an open house on sunday and over 40 people came through, some more then once. monday there was another open house for agents, but there were showings all day as well and by that night there were rumblings of some offers. tuesday we accepted one. so now the clock is really ticking. if all works out we will be in the new house june 20. nutty.
now we just have to get through the onionman olympic distance tri this weekend, yikes!
friday we put the house up for sale. the house that eric has worked so hard on and we have put so much money into. its quite sad. i love this little house and i love our yard and our view and our neighborhood. but i have told many people, the things we don't like are the things we can' change, and it seems like now is a good time to move. we put the house up on friday night and got zero calls on saturday. there was an open house on sunday and over 40 people came through, some more then once. monday there was another open house for agents, but there were showings all day as well and by that night there were rumblings of some offers. tuesday we accepted one. so now the clock is really ticking. if all works out we will be in the new house june 20. nutty.
now we just have to get through the onionman olympic distance tri this weekend, yikes!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
what a day
first, last night we went to a wedding preception. the couple had a big party before getting married. good fun, and the beers were flowing nicely.
this morning eric got up early and headed out to meet some of his friends to go trail running. feather and dave were going to pick me and the kids up at 8 to head out to that same trail so that eric and i could do a kiddo hand off.
we got to the trail head to see eric and his friends standing around and eric on the phone. he wasn't talking to me, so who could he have been on the phone with? the police of course! someone had broken into the car and stolen his wallet. disturbingly they did it by somehow pulling down the front passenger window. its not broken though. they took only his wallet and decided to not take his $250 oakley sunglasses. the last time a car of ours was broken into and a wallet stolen, they took my totally awesome 1998 oakley irridium lens razor blades. this time, they weren't interested in optics. as soon as eric was off the phone we called and cancelled the credit card and his debit card. they had already tried to use the card at the gas station.
eric and the kids hung out and the feather and dave and gumball and i went on the run. it was tough. gumball loved the mud, the 8inch mud. she would jump in and just hang out. then there was the super soupy mess she totally immersed herself in. it took us 49 minutes to get to the top which included the regroupings and the walking through the bogs. it took 10 minutes less to get to the bottom, but boy the return trip felt much longer then the trip out.
when we got back, eric told us all about how when the people broke into the car it somehow activated the tail lights. he called the dealer and some local shops and no one knew how to fix it so he just pulled the spark plugs. during all this messing around the battery managed to go dead. so he had to call AAA who came out pretty quickly and gave him a jump.
what a morning.
we headed to my work where we took showers and had some lunch.
then we went and did something that could turn into something that will change our lives forever. we put an offer on a house. in the suburbs. like the most suburb of all suburbs. on the east side. like, about as east as you can go with still be considered western washington. ok ok, so not that far east, but its pretty darn east - east of two major lakes, and its pretty darn suburban. but we are very excited!
this morning eric got up early and headed out to meet some of his friends to go trail running. feather and dave were going to pick me and the kids up at 8 to head out to that same trail so that eric and i could do a kiddo hand off.
we got to the trail head to see eric and his friends standing around and eric on the phone. he wasn't talking to me, so who could he have been on the phone with? the police of course! someone had broken into the car and stolen his wallet. disturbingly they did it by somehow pulling down the front passenger window. its not broken though. they took only his wallet and decided to not take his $250 oakley sunglasses. the last time a car of ours was broken into and a wallet stolen, they took my totally awesome 1998 oakley irridium lens razor blades. this time, they weren't interested in optics. as soon as eric was off the phone we called and cancelled the credit card and his debit card. they had already tried to use the card at the gas station.
eric and the kids hung out and the feather and dave and gumball and i went on the run. it was tough. gumball loved the mud, the 8inch mud. she would jump in and just hang out. then there was the super soupy mess she totally immersed herself in. it took us 49 minutes to get to the top which included the regroupings and the walking through the bogs. it took 10 minutes less to get to the bottom, but boy the return trip felt much longer then the trip out.
when we got back, eric told us all about how when the people broke into the car it somehow activated the tail lights. he called the dealer and some local shops and no one knew how to fix it so he just pulled the spark plugs. during all this messing around the battery managed to go dead. so he had to call AAA who came out pretty quickly and gave him a jump.
what a morning.
we headed to my work where we took showers and had some lunch.
then we went and did something that could turn into something that will change our lives forever. we put an offer on a house. in the suburbs. like the most suburb of all suburbs. on the east side. like, about as east as you can go with still be considered western washington. ok ok, so not that far east, but its pretty darn east - east of two major lakes, and its pretty darn suburban. but we are very excited!
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
new and more
so much has been going on but then again not a lot all at the same time.
i turned old the other day. well, quite a few days ago. i had a great bday though. it was a nice day out so i met up with renee after werk and we headed towards home. we met up with eric and the kids in bothell. sirus was passed out in the stroller and stayed that way the entire time seamus played at the park. renee turned back at the log boom and the rest of us headed home. as soon as e walked in the door the kids started talking about cake. cake, cake, mommy lets go have cake. so that is what we did, and oh my godness, presents, too, all wrapped in bacon wrapping paper. they got me some of the greatest presents, too. like season 1 of Nip/Tuck and a sno-cone ice shaver machine. allie also got me another fold up bag that i used that day since my other one was left at work and a great new camera case! the best of all those was the kids and how excited they were about the whole thing.
the weeks and weekends have been full of biking home from work and some running. we did a 10 miler this past weekend and the weekend before and tomorrow i have to decide if i am going to do a 1/2 marathon this weekend in tacoma. i was planning the kirkland 5k but i might just change it. but its expensive.
tomorrow is the very first luna ride which will be fun i think. i am curious to see if anyone comes out for it. most of the teammates are coming, so it should be fun regardless. i do hope it doesn't rain.
other big news is on the horizon which is going to make us extra busy and stressed out for the next few weeks.
good lord can any one person eat as much as i did today? i think probably not. no one can compare.
the other day i went to the vending machine with $0.50. I put my money in, pushed F1 to get some doritos and the doritos got stuck. i went back up stairs to my office and grabbed a dollar and went back to the vending machine. i put the dollar in, pushed F1, the remaining $0.50 dropped to the bottom, but my doritos did not. i put in the last of the $0.50 and pushed F1 and the 3rd bag of doritos got triple stuck. someone is going to be very lucky in the doritos department.
i turned old the other day. well, quite a few days ago. i had a great bday though. it was a nice day out so i met up with renee after werk and we headed towards home. we met up with eric and the kids in bothell. sirus was passed out in the stroller and stayed that way the entire time seamus played at the park. renee turned back at the log boom and the rest of us headed home. as soon as e walked in the door the kids started talking about cake. cake, cake, mommy lets go have cake. so that is what we did, and oh my godness, presents, too, all wrapped in bacon wrapping paper. they got me some of the greatest presents, too. like season 1 of Nip/Tuck and a sno-cone ice shaver machine. allie also got me another fold up bag that i used that day since my other one was left at work and a great new camera case! the best of all those was the kids and how excited they were about the whole thing.
the weeks and weekends have been full of biking home from work and some running. we did a 10 miler this past weekend and the weekend before and tomorrow i have to decide if i am going to do a 1/2 marathon this weekend in tacoma. i was planning the kirkland 5k but i might just change it. but its expensive.
tomorrow is the very first luna ride which will be fun i think. i am curious to see if anyone comes out for it. most of the teammates are coming, so it should be fun regardless. i do hope it doesn't rain.
other big news is on the horizon which is going to make us extra busy and stressed out for the next few weeks.
good lord can any one person eat as much as i did today? i think probably not. no one can compare.
the other day i went to the vending machine with $0.50. I put my money in, pushed F1 to get some doritos and the doritos got stuck. i went back up stairs to my office and grabbed a dollar and went back to the vending machine. i put the dollar in, pushed F1, the remaining $0.50 dropped to the bottom, but my doritos did not. i put in the last of the $0.50 and pushed F1 and the 3rd bag of doritos got triple stuck. someone is going to be very lucky in the doritos department.
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