Hello! Let me dust the cobwebs of my keyboard real quick. I've taken a bit of a blogging break (I blame Pilates). Here's a little update on what we've been up to lately. Our good friends came to visit on their way home from Alaska. We had so much fun! It is always wonderful to have visitors. Hint hint. ^^Taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island. ^^These two cuties :) ^^Clam cup. ^^I love nighttime ferry rides. Do you blame me? Jon and I celebrated 4 years of marriage. So crazy! But oh I love him so. Fall happened. Halloween happened. Thanksgiving happened, including a trip to Utah which was hit the spot for my soul. And I am in the thick of my second round of Pilates Training. This time around, I'm getting the comprehensive certification which is exciting. It's been even scarier than my last certification process, but totally worth it. So hey! If you want a free Pilates class, or know someone who does, send yourself or them my way. :)
Cheers! Happy winter! Unless you live in Seattle, in which case, happy eternal spring!
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First things first, this happened. For real. (You may have seen the documentation on Facebook, in which case you may skip this section and continue reading below. If you did not see the documentation, well, get ready!) It was a warm spring day and I was sitting on the toilet in the privacy of my own home, and dare I say enjoying a light breeze that was coming through the window, when all of the sudden a spring shot out of my sink and whacked me in the face. Weird, I thought. And also super gross. Then the sink started filling up with black "water." As the spring grew longer and longer, so did my fright. But just as I was about to really freak the f*ck out (That asterisk is for you, Grammy. I apologize for the foul innuendo.), the spring slithered back into the sink. So weird, but what are you supposed to do? At least it was over. Nope. I heard some more raucous in the bathroom, so I went to scope it out. I opened the door to this: Yes, that is my shower curtain being sucked down the drain. At this point, I really started freaking out. I was banging on the wall and yelling stop to who knows who. Anyone who would listen, I guess. No one listened. So I ran down the stairs and banged on the landlords door. Nothing. And on the neighbor's door below me. Nothing. And on my next door neighbor's door. Nothing. I ran back into my apartment and helplessly watched the curtain rip one ring at a time off the curtain rod and plunge further and further into the sink. So I ran back over to my next door neighbor and furiously knocked on the door, yelling for them to please stop. FINALLY someone answered the door, and I told them to come look at what they were doing. This person did not speak english, and unfortunately my spanish is lacking in the plumbing vocabulary department. So he kinda just hung out in my apartment for a while and fiddled with spring of death. But alas, it all worked out, and now I just have a dirty torn up shower curtain to show for it. *For a real treat, you can check out the sketchy video on my instagram. In other news, I just got back from a wonderful trip to Utah, where I was able to attend my cousin's wedding and a family reunion. I also got to catch up with the loveliest of friends. It was much needed. Somehow, I only managed to take one photo of the trip? And I also chopped 12 inches off my hair!
I'm really hoping to one-up Facebook here, because when I saw my Facebook year in review spiel... If that thing isn't a huge bummer, well then I don't know; I guess you have a cooler, more facebook-involved life than me. So here goes a year in review. My own, better, version. For my birthday, Jon surprised me with a road trip to the Northwest. We went to Boise, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco to check out places that we were interested in moving to. (*Note: We were not considering Boise haha. It was just on the way. But it was still a cool place. No hard feelings Idahoans.) We really fell in love with all of the cities, but decided that we would try to end up in Portland! I learned to cook! I mean, I NEVER thought I would enjoy cooking. But, let the record show, I made all the above food (and even enjoyed it). I graduated!!! I attended sewing school, worked on a bunch of stuff for 63 Strings, and participated in my first craft fairs! Jon and I were bridesmaid and groomsman in this cute wedding. Look at those cakes! And isn't Jon the cutest?! Just as I got our little condo all decorated and feeling homey, we decided to move to Salt Lake for the summer. It was bittersweet leaving our first newlywed home, where we had shared lots of firsts and good memories, but we were excited to move closer to friends. When we went to lock up the empty apartment, I even cried a little. Totally wasn't expecting that! But the tears were short-lived, because we moved into the coolest house in town. We made the dearest friends, learned about gardening, went to lots and lots of pot lucks, and pretty much just had the best summer ever. My mom and I went to visit my cousin in New York and had a blast exploring the city with her. I had to say goodbye to these cute little munchkins that I had become so close to. That was pretty rough. We went to my cousin's beautiful wedding in October. It was extra cool because Jon and I were able to celebrate our anniversary at the same spot where we were married. The wild animals hosted a Fancy Tooth Benefit Going Away Party Halloween Prom, with turned into a plain old (but super fun) party. I reunited with my beautiful friends back east, and got to spend lots of time with my family. Jon and I went to Europe! We road tripped back to Utah and made it back just in time to ring in the New Year! What a good year it was. Happy 2014!
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