Igloo-Sonic

Igloo's, Sonic, and snow!

So, we have been planning for months to go out to Steven's Pass in the Northern Cascade mountains to go and try and build an igloo. Unfortunately, Tyler's truck was not running for about 3 weeks until we repaired it. It had a broken water pump, leaky gaskets, and hose. After many months of wanting to build this igloo, we finally headed on our way up there to build it. We bought our molds at Target and were on our way. We got up to the pass around 2-3pm and had to find a good place to build it. We decided to try near the Nordic run and found a nice place in between some power lines and hidden in some trees. We started building the igloo and the snow was perfect!!! Sadly, we realized that we really didn't know how to build this and that when we neared the roof that it was going to most likely collapse. So after about an hour and feeling the temperature start to drop and it gradually getting darker we called it quits. We decided to go eat at the 59er Diner up near Leavenworth. At this point, I had a brilliant idea. I told Tyler that we should just head over to Wenatchee and get Sonic. You know that delicious restaurant with awesome Strawberry Limeade and Ex long chili cheese Coney dogs???
He thought the idea brilliant and that it would be a great B-day present for his little sister. So we drove another 40-50 miles or so to Wenatchee and bought a ton of food, drinks, and icecream. We bought a cooler and filled it with ice and put it in the back of the truck where it stayed nice and cold due to the snow that fell when we were driving back home. We got back around 9:00 and his little sister and brother couldn't stop jumping and giving him hugs for getting them Sonic. They miss it a lot.

Valentine's Day

I had a really good date last night. Tyler came over around 9 and took me out to my favorite restaurant Duke's Chowder House. For those who know and have eaten there I am sure you are drooling and very jealous. We went to the one at Alki Beach and started off the meal with warm sourdough bread, traditional clam chowder, and for the main entree Stuffed Salmon stuffed with dungness crab and oregan bay shrimp along with yukon mashed potatoes, and fresh asparagus. Tyler got the Cedar plank salmon with yukon potatoes and asparagus. It was such a delicious meal and I savored every bite! I gave him a Valentines gift of dove chocolates and ghiradelli's in a red sparkly bag with a CD of his favorite country songs that I made for him and 3 homemade cards. Tyler got me a large balloon in the shape of a light bulb that says "You turn me on" and a potted plant with daffodils, a type of african violet, and flowers that are pink magenta that seem to grow backward. It was such a fun night!

Job Searching!! Ugh...

Well, I can't say that I have been up to much good lately. Same old stuff. The past month went by pretty uneventfully except for the fact that I am job searching and get phone calls every day from recruiters. These people are very cheerful and friendly though and seem to brighten your day even when the job sounds horrendous and they are doing their best to sell it to you. Haha! Last Friday I had a job interview and it went very well. I am just waiting to hear back. Fortunately, if I get the position I will be able to stay where I am at currently and not have to move anywhere. Phew! I don't like moving. Other than that I am just working at the hospital waiting for the day when I can give my two weeks notice and never have to deal with crazy patients again. Wait... I will still have to deal with crazy patients I just won't have to spend 8 hours continuously with them for two straight days. About the most exciting thing so far this past week was going to shopping at Banana Republic and buying $300.00 worth of clothes for only $50.00 bucks. Awesome sales! Well, that's it for now and I can't wait to wear my new clothes, except for the fact that I have to wait until the 9th cause all the pants have to be shortened. Ugh!!!

Back in Seattle

Well, I am back in Seattle after a fun time back home. Not much has changed since getting back. Just going back to work and hanging out with Tyler. Tyler made a really good meal of corned beef and hash for me on friday night. It was so good! We then went to Gameworks downtown and played some old school games like pacman, frogger, basketball, and more. We didn't get to play too long because of a special event for middle schoolers that night. We are definitely planning on going back. That's about it for now.

Weekend Fun

We headed off to church this morning. Only about a 1/2 hour late!! Whoops! Nick and I got to see a bunch of our old friends. The remainder of our day will be spent playing nintendo wii and sleeping.
Yesterday we headed to Sears to get Benny's 1 year old birthday pic taken. He was dressed up as Santa, a birthday outfit and a nice sweater outfit. We then trucked over to the mall and just went shopping for some socks. Yeah right. I ended up buying a new pair of brown heels and my sister got a black pair of heels. I also got some socks. Anyway, afterwards we were supposed to head over to some mexican's house who invited us over to dinner and we get over there and nobody's home except all the men. Apparently, they had all went to the mall. My mom was feeling very frustrated with her friend. So, we headed home and mom made some sloppy joe's and mashed potatoes and green beans. It was super delicious!! Well, it all turned out in the end.

Happy New Year 2009

I am happy to report that I survived the many ups and down's of 2008. Lots of things occurred during that year and the end of 2007 that were great and some that were not so great.
My accomplishments and good things that happened this year:
1. Graduate from UW Nurse Practitioner program
2. Completed my thesis project on Medication tools for Transplant Patients
3. Rita and Jed came and visited me in Seattle
4. Mom, Dad, Kai, and Benny came to my Graduation
5. I got a job as a staff Nurse at a hospital
6. I went crabbing and salt water fishing for the first time and loved it!!
7. I passed my Nurse Practitioner Boards Exam in November
8.I have a nice boyfriend who loves and cares about me and we do lots of fun things together.

Not so good things:
1. Lots of stress from finishing up Graduate school
2. Lack of money
3. Looming student loan debt
4. Economic Hard ship
5. Gas price up to $4.50 in Seattle. Made driving almost non-existent and pricey
6. Ali my neighbor's Boxer died
7. Car accident ticket(not my fault) will contest in a few days
8. Snow storm in Seattle (had to walk to work and it was awful and walk back) Don't ask for details!
9. Job searching; difficult and stressful
10. Paying for things like license's and tests that are ridiculously expensive