My car has a mind of it's own

Yesterday I couldn't get my sunroof to close. No matter what I tried it would not stay closed! So knowing that the sun could turn to rain in a matter of minutes I knew I had to get it taken care of ASAP unless I wanted rain soaked interior. I left work and drove the 30 miles down to the dealership, all the while still trying to get the stupid sunroof to shut. Eventually I just gave up!

(Not actually my car, but you get the point...)

As I pulled up to the service department I automatically went through my normal getting out routine: turned in my mirrors, put my iPod in glove box, grabbed my purse and closed the sunroof. And what do you know...the stupid thing shut!!!

I was in disbelief so I opened it up and closed it again. Yep, it worked just fine! I felt pretty stupid going inside and telling them that my urgent appointment was no longer required. Turns out my breaks needed replacing and I was due for an oil change anyways, so my trip wasn't a total waste. Plus, I got to skip out from work a few hours early. Maybe that was the Sun God's way of giving me a few hours off?? Hey, I'll take it!!

Memorial Weekend

Utah turned out to be loads of fun. So much fun that I stayed an extra day. Poor Rob had to go back to work alone. We didn't do a whole lot, just all hung out together and laughed at the silly kids.

Mel had her wedding dress out and all the girls just had to try the veil on. Chase was a good sport and took a turn as well.

Monday morning we stopped by the West Point cemetery to visit some family graves. While Saturday and Sunday were a bit rainy, Monday was the perfect day to be outside! We really missed Tyler and his family though.

After the cemetery we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for breakfast with the whole big family. It was really nice to be able to see everyone while we were in town. Following breakfast we took the trip out to Antelope Island...Rob was thrilled!! Too bad he had to leave half was through the trip in order to catch his plane. He also missed the buffalo sightings, which happened right after his departure. Apparently next time we visit he plans to spend an entire day out there. As you can imagine, I am counting down the days. :)

We visited the 'beach' and did a little rock skipping and wading. I got a killer of a sunburn. You'd think after all these years as a redhead, I would have the sunblock thing down. Apparently not!

The water was SO far away from the shore...it was quite the trek back up, especially in the deep sand!

Rob and Jordan now and five years ago. Jord sure has gotten big!

It was so fun to have everyone together...we had a great time!

Here we come

Last minute...yep, that's us.

We've got two and a half days of Utah with our names on it. It only took guilt trips from a few people to get us out there.

It's been a year or so since Rob and I both got to go to Utah together. Too bad we won't have enough time to see everyone and do everything we want to.

And Rob's been asking me for years to take him to Antelope Island. Looks like that will have to wait until next trip out as well. Darn it! :)

'To do' really means 'I'm not doing it'

I've had the exact same to do list for months...and have yet to cross a single thing off of it! Here's a little taste:

• Clean out my car - my trunk is so full, I can barely fit my bags in when I go to the grocery store.
  
• Drop off bags at Goodwill - there is about a five or six square foot patch of garage that is taken up by stuff I keep meaning to take to Goodwill (which I pass three times a week!), but I just can't bring myself to load it up...which also goes back to my last task...I don't have room for it anyways. The pile is growing too...pretty soon Rob won't be able to fit into the garage!
  
• Clean out the fireplace. It's still full of ashes. And not ashes from logs...it burned my old bills instead of shredding them. I thought it was a great idea, but turns out it made a HUGE mess. Rob was not happy!

I am hoping to use this long weekend to tackle a task or two, but I will most likely keep up my streak. I'd be better off paying someone else to do it...that's the only way it will happen. So, who wants to make $20?

Peanuts & Cracker Jacks

Saturday we attended a friends birthday celebration hosted at the Terrace Club at Safeco Field. The Mariner's played the Boston Red Sox...and lost, but it was still a great game to watch! While I think that watching baseball on television is the slowest sport ever (well, next to golf!), baseball games are my absolute favorite to attend! The energy of the crowd and the environment as a whole is so fun!

An old Seattle favorite is back in town...Ken Griffey Jr. up at bat. There were so many Red Sox fans in attendance. It was funny to watch the groups of fans cheer on their teams and taunt each other.

Rob even made sure that we had our Cracker Jacks to make the experience authentic. While I don't care so much about the Mariner's, the games are sure fun to go to! We were given tickets to go again this Thursday, but sadly I have an exam that I cannot get out of...bummer!

Smelly

For the past day or two I have noticed a bit of an odor in my office. After some sniffing around yesterday I couldn't find the culprit, so I just sprayed some body spray to try and mask it and then forgot about it.

I walked in this morning to the stink of all stinks! It was SO bad!! After pulling my entire office apart, I found the culprit...leftover olives from my lunch...on MONDAY!

I had sampled a mix of olives from the deli olive bar. The ones that didn't go over so well were the ones stuffed with feta, which I chose not to eat. They tasted yucky, and apparently smell even worse after sitting around for a few days. I know that I chucked them into the bin, so I have absolutely NO IDEA how they ended up stuck between my desk and the wall. Makes me wonder what the janitor does in my office after hours.

Rotten olives are now outside in the dumpster and my office is back on it's way to smelling as it should...or at least on it's way back there.

NYC, DC and Philly

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I have finally gotten around to posting some vacation pictures! We started the trip out by staying Friday, Saturday and Sunday in NYC. We had a great hotel in Rockefeller Center! The location was really amazing. On Sunday morning I walked outside and heard bagpipes playing at St. Patrick's Cathedral. I was SO ready to move there!


We had so many things that we wanted to do, but kept getting sidetracked by other places we saw along the way. We hit the normal touristy places: Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Top of the Rock, NBC Studios, Empire State Building, Times Square, Ground Zero and Central Park.


Monday morning we grabbed a car and headed down to Washington DC. Our trip was a little delayed in mid-Jersey when we had to detour a few hours to find a dentist. Overnight I developed a crazy infection which resulted in a golf ball sized abscess in my cheek. Gross, I know!! A few hours and a few pharmacies later, we were back on our way to DC. We ended up staying in Arlington which is about 5 minutes out of the heart of DC.


Once again, we hit the traditional spots: Arlington Cemetery (so cool!), the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Capitol Building, WWII Memorial and the Aquarium (lame!). We didn't get a chance to make it to any of the Smithsonian museums, which we were pretty bummed about. Somebody (I'm not naming any names...*cough* Rob *cough*) couldn't get their self out of bed early enough. :) The cemetery was so much more than expected...there was tons to see! We were lucky enough to see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was a really neat thing to watch. The White House was such a let down!! That place is SO small...it isn't anything near the size you expect it to be when you see it on TV. I was really surprised.

Next we were on our way back up to Philadelphia. Thanks to all of the rain, we didn't get to see as much in Philly as we would have liked. Most of it was seen from the car, hence the lack of pictures. We did take a 90 minute walking tour where I managed to snap a few shots. Forgive the lack of info on them though...I was literally soaked through my clothes from the rain. We got some raincoats back in NYC just to be prepared for all the rain that had been forecasted, only Rob's turned out to be water proof while my was only water resistant. Big difference! After changing out of my sopping clothes in the parking garage, we headed back up to NYC.


For NYC part duex we stayed in Chelsea. It was a bit further from things, but the neighborhood was fun. I found a great little salon around the corner that did eyebrow threading and had to try it out. It was so painful though! I would rather have bushy brows than go back...I am such a baby! It seems like all we did was shop, walk and eat. We are not big foodie people so we didn't fully take advantage of all the cuisines NYC had to offer, but we did hit some simple yummies: The Shake Shack, Tasti D-Lite, Magnolia Cupcakes and Rob's new favorite, The Cracker Barrel - yuck if you ask me, but the man loves his breakfast foods! We didn't hit nearly all the sites we wanted to, but this just means we need to go back!



In our hopes of hailing down the Cash Cab (and to avoid anything that skitters around with a long tail) we skipped the subway and stuck to the Yellows, but sadly none of their ceilings lit up. Oh, we could hope though, right!? All in all, it was a great trip, that I cannot wait to do again...if I can ever talk Rob into it!