hot, Hot, HOT!

Long time, no blog. Nothing blog-worthy lately, so I am going to resort to the boring-est of all boring topics - the weather.

This afternoon it was 100*. Last week it was 65*. Now, that is a big ol' swing in temps. I miss 65*!.

Jackson doesn't like the heat either so we've been cooling him down with sugar free popsicles. He just can't get enough of them.

We've got a 5K coming up this weekend and higher temperatures to accompany it. Let's hope the good ol' weatherman is wrong...I'd definitely rather get my sweat on in milder temps!!

Thrifty must hate me

I've been meaning to post about our UT trip we took after Christmas, but I've just been too lazy busy to get around to it. I will however tell you that it didn't start out on the best of notes.

That bad note being this goober of a car, also known as the Chevy HHR. They were sold out of all the cooler, more appropriate cars, so this silver nerd was mine for the week.

It was dubbed the Loser Mobile by a loved one. At the time I thought it was funny, but now I realize that since I was the driver, maybe they were talking about me. No, that can't be right!

She (yes, I decided it's a girlie) does NOT handle well in the snow. But thanks to my mad snow driving skills, we all made it through unscathed...well mostly. ☺

We're Melting

It is hot up here.

Like 100* hot.

I know this doesn't sound that bad to a lot of you, but up here in the Pacific Northwest central air or even air conditioning isn't standard for most residences. So yes, it is stinking HOT!!

Last night as Rob and I laid on the floor downstairs with three fans blowing on us we realized we'd be much better off to

a.) be sitting in a cool movie theater

b.) drive around in the car with the air on high

c.) be anywhere but where we were

Since we've seen nearly every movie in the theaters we decided it best to put on our shorts and tanks and head over to Alki Beach.

It was SO much cooler by the water! We took a nice stroll and then had an amazing dinner at Cactus. It used to be a grocery store that was recently transformed into this funky Tex Mex restaurant.

We had a great table *bonus point* that gave us a perfect view of the beach *another bonus point*. Since it was our first time there they gave us some yummy appetizers on the house *that deserves two more bonus points* and the dinner was delish *yep, another bonus point*, so all in all, looks like Cactus has made it was into our regular rotation of restaurants.

We decided to head back home around 9:30, certain that our place would have cooled down to a much more tolerable temperature by then. We walked in the door and felt like we were hit by a heatwave. Ugh!

I've already decided that I will be putting in some time at the mall and then catching a movie after work today so that I don't have to endure any more time that necessary at our residence, which appears to have relocated to the Sun.

Who is the crazy one here?

I just stopped by the bank on my lunch hour. One of the sales employees was trying to convince me to switch to another account that they were running a special on. I was not biting. At the end of her schpill (sp?) she said 'You'd have to be crazy not to switch over!' Me, crazy? Mind you, she was wearing a reindeer antler headband that had blinking yellow lights with bells on the ends. And I am the crazy one?!? I mean, this isn't some preschool center where you wear this kind of attire to amuse the kids...this is a financial institution! Did her coworkers/boss not see the problem with this?!? I had the hardest time keeping a straight face as she talked to me. I about died when she got up to walk to another desk and jingled all the way. Perhaps I am more Scrooge-like than I thought??

Mix these two together and add some jingle bells and there you have it!

As I searched online for a picture to share with you all, I couldn't find anything that resembled hers. I SO wanted to snap a picture of her with my phone, but I would like to argue that I have more class than that. I think the real reason is that if I were caught I would be embarrassed and forced never to visit that establishment again. That would be a pain! Hence, no picture. Thinking back, I still think that I should have taken one!

Me vs. the 'Bucks

After living in the Seattle area for nearly a decade I can officially call this my home. I have really acclimated to the culture with one major exception. I don't drink coffee. I cannot stand the taste of it, let alone the smell of it! With Seattle being the unofficial Land of Coffee, I am definitely considered to be an oddball due to my dislike of the bean. However, I do my part in supporting the King of Coffee, Starbucks.

I recently gave into the hype of the new drinks they are promoting and tried their Salted Carmel Hot Chocolate. As I hit their drive thru in the early morning hours instead of ordering my usual chai tea latte, I gambled and grabbed the cocoa instead. It was terrible!! I've had several people rave about how great they are, so why am I gagging it down?

Perhaps I shouldn't have nixed the whip? But everyone else loved it...can it really be that bad? Maybe I should try it again...just to confirm that it really is crap. The barista probably mixed it incorrectly, that's why I didn't take to it. Everyone else cannot be wrong, right? But if I do try it again and it's crap, then I am just the chump who bought not one, but TWO crap cocoas.

After a few days I gave in and tried it again...I was right. It is crap! Back to chai tea for me.

I rest my case.

Let's get *flashy* (like a camera flash...get it?)

I decided to add some pictures of us to our page and set out on a mission to find some. Sadly, I found very few. In the nearly decade (okay, that is a slight exaggeration, but we are almost there if you round up :) )that we have been together we have maybe two dozen pictures of ourselves together and only a third of them are actually decent. We do a lot of those ones where we pose together and then reach out our arm to take the picture ourself. This usually results in a picture with the inside halves of both of our faces...certainly nothing frame worthy. It doesn't really help that neither of us is particularly photogenic. Our initial reaction when a camera is within 10 feet of us is to sheild our faces...no wonder we don't have any pictures together! As I looked throught the gazillions of vacation pictures that we have taken over the years, they are all of things other than the two of us. Out of the three times that we have been to San Diego, there are about six pictures of Rob on an aircraft carrier...all on the same trip and none of myself! This means that the other two times we snapped about 100 pictures of animals from the zoo!?! Ridiculous! So, I have decided that we are going to make a point to take more pictures of ourselves, especially together. I think that it will make a much stronger memory versus looking back over vacation pictures that are just full of scenery. Now I just have to get Rob on board with me!