So, Chris and I turned on the TV to watch the ball drop on New Years Eve.  (Doesn't everybody?)  He happily pointed out that we were actually watching it LIVE this time, not with a three-hour delay.  But watching Dick Clark on the show made me feel bad for him--He slurred his speech and got his numbers wrong on the countdown.  I'm sure he has his ( Read more... )

Well, 2008 certainly ended differently than I expected it to.

First of all, Seattle got positively dumped on with snow.  On December 15th and 16th Chris was home sick, then made it to work on the 17th.  Oh the 18th, we started getting lots and lots of snow, and he couldn't get to work.  He worked from home Thursday and Friday, as we watched eight ( Read more... )

I've been writing this entry in bits and pieces since December, so you have my (at least somewhat sincere) apologies if it ends up being ridiculously long.

For Christmas last year, Chris and I drove down to Tillamook to spend the holidays with my family.  My parents were originally planning on coming up here, but I asked if we could stay at their ( Read more... )