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It will be three weeks on Tuesday since we've moved into
the townhouse. The move was as stressful as all moves are, but we got through
it and it has been so entirely worth it. The extra space just feels so nice.
Even the cat agrees! Ladybug has been exercising by running from the living
room, up the stairs, and then back.
We've been mostly settled, but we got a whole bunch of
the remaining boxes taken care of yesterday. I had my first guest over since
moving in and I was determined to make at least the downstairs presentable. My
co-worker, Shielah, and I decided to have a small sugar cookie party with the
kids. Aunt Mary brought Jake over and Shielah brought her son (Isaiah, 7) and
daughter (Sari, 3). We had an awesome
time! The kids did most of the dough making, and they got to choose from a good
handful of cookie cutters to make their cookies. I do have to say, trying to
make cookies with three children is really difficult.
We did end up burning some of the cookies. Child
wrangling and cookie baking is a very delicate balance. Totally worth it and
the kids didn’t mind the burnt cookies. Haha!
After the cookies were done baking, we set up a frost and
sprinkle station. I'm not sure if they enjoyed making the dough or frosting the
cookies more. I'm pretty sure Jake's favorite part was eating the dough, and
then the cookie.
They, of course, found Brandon's stash of Godzilla toys
and put them to good use in destroying some of the other toys. One of the
Godzillas will spit a blue stream of fire when you move his legs. I think they
enjoyed that toy the most. Jakey was also great in sharing his toys, so they
had a lot of vehicles to play with, and also a purple spiky ball. They played
keep away with the ball for a little while, and at one point even got it stuck
above the window in the living room.
Overall, it was a great visit. I think Shielah and I will
have to do something like this again.
Last weekend was pretty great, too. It was my turn to
plan Valentine's this year, as Brandon was planner last year. He took me to
iFly, and then we went to breakfast. It was great. This year we started with a
bit of pampering at the nail salon, did a bit of shopping (we both needed new
pants), and I surprised him with a dinner cruise through Lake Union and Lake
Washington.
It was a lot of fun! It’s a smaller boat, maybe had about
20 tables or so. You order your food when you make the reservations, so Brandon
had picked salmon, and I got steak. The food was fantastic! Unfortunately, the
weather was not nearly as great. They have a deck on the upper portion of the
boat where you can go outside and check out the views. We stayed on the deck
long enough to snap a couple pictures and just enjoy for a couple minutes, then
promptly back into the warm, covered parts of the boat.
They also do a little bit of narration of different
landmarks you can see from the cruise. They even took us by Bill Gate's house!
It was pretty dark, so unfortunately it was hard to see much, but what you
could see was really neat. Apparently when you walk on the docks in front of
his house, the dock makes music with each step you take!
Last Sunday and Monday we got a good amount of snow. I
think we had 6.5" by the time it stopped. Fortunately Brandon had Monday
and Tuesday off so he didn’t have to drive in the snow, and I was able to work
from home. Unfortunately, the snow pulled the gutter away from the roof on the
front of the townhouse. You can see it slipping down in one of the photos. The
weight of the snow also snapped one of the branches of the Rhody in the front
porch.
My boss, however, had a lot more damage. He lives out on
Vashon Island, and he and his husband are huge into gardening. They had this
50+ yr old Willow tree that was a focal for their pond-scape completely come
out of the ground and topple over, ruining other parts of their garden.
Compared to that, I'll totally take a low hanging gutter and a snapped branch.
Brandon and I went to Ikea on Friday to look for a couple
new pieces of furniture. I promised him a real couch when we moved into the new
place. We found a couch, and a futon that we like, but we are going to wait
until this coming Friday to get them. We did pick up a couple new rugs for the
living and dining room, two lamps for the living room, and two mats for feet
wiping at the front door.
Today, Brandon will be working 2:30-10:30, and my plan is
to continue getting my craft room put together. It’s the only room not complete
at this point.
❤
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