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Mom tried to make Aussie a sled dog...with limited success.

We walked around Little Cranberry- who knew throwing rocks was so fun? We did this for at least 10 minutes.

It was a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Best Quotes from Thanksgiving:

"Is your fire fake? Everything you do is fake!" -Henry

"I'd like to propose a toast..." 5 minutes later, "I'd like to propose a toast.." 5 minutes after that, "I'd like to pro...wait, do I get to take home leftovers? Then never mind" -Henry

"Is he blind?" and "His hands look like grandpa's"- Lili after meeting Henry.

So here's a toast to Henry- the most entertaining older gentleman at Thanksgiving dinner. It was nice to meet you.

"Snow, snow, snow, snow, SNOW!"

I had a crush on Danny Kaye when I was 4 years old :)

It's snowing Seattle!

Lili has a dollar

Last Monday Lili asked me to count her change:
Me: Sure! I'd be happy to. (counts change). This pile is a dollar and this pile is $38 cents.
Lili: Really? I have a dollar?
Me: Yep.
Lili: Oh good. I'm going to take it to the bank and get my dollar.
Me: Well, this is already a dollar.
Lili: No, I'm going to get a real dollar- a dollar bill.

She left and walked to the bank. Lili returned about 15 minutes later and proudly pulled a dollar out of her pocket. With a huge grin on her face she told me "Now I have a dollar!"

My mom thinks the people at Lili's bank know her pretty well :)

No more laundry

I had the laundry all divided. I put the whites in the basket, measured out the soap (and discovered we only had enough left for 2 loads), grabbed my keys and quarters, and headed down to the laundry room. I loaded up the first machine, put in quarters, then soap, and turned it on. I loaded the second washer (there are 2 total), put in quarters, and went to put in soap...but there was already soap in the dispenser. Weird. I didn't want to overload it and I felt weird using someone elses soap, but the clothes and quarters were already in. I pressed start and nothing happened. I pressed it again. Nothing. I pressed the "return coins" button. Nothing. Great! I took out the laundry and headed back up to the apartment. 35 minutes later I transfered clothes to the dryer and put in my second load. I was putting in the 5th and final quarter when I realized the machine hadn't registered my 4th quarter. It was stuck. And now the 5th quarter was stuck too. I shook the machine. Tilted it backwards. Even shoved my key into the slot to see if I could dislodge them. Nothing. I finally called the manager who informed me the washing maching guy is coming on Friday and that she'll return my $2.50 in quarters to me when he comes. At least I got one load done...right?

Happy Birthday to me!

Kurt gave me a Kindle! I love the "screen savers".

We also went to the Harry Potter Exhibit at the Science Center and watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Imax. We had a great time! Thanks Kurt!

Costco

Our first stop on Friday night was Costco. We ended up buying this:

It's never too early to prepare for Christmas, right?

And then we stumbled across this in the art section:

Anyone know which temple it is? Kurt said Portland.

After Costco we went to the Crest Theater and saw Inception- I loved it!

Adventures in A-Town

When I got back to Lili's apartment after grocery shopping, Ani came down and joined me. She had a few questions about my trip:
Q: Who was your checker?
A: I don't, but she was very nice.
Q: Do you know what her name was?
A: Nope, sorry hun! (yep, I call Ani and Lili 'hun'.)
Q: Was her name______, ______, _____, ______, or _______? (she listed off at least 5 names).
A: Really, I don't know.
Q: Who was your courtesy clerk?
A: It was a boy.
Q: Oh...(pause)...Why are they called a courtesy clerk? Because they have to be nice to customers?
A: Yeah...that's what the courtesy part means. And clerk is their position...their job title.
Q: Ohhh. Ok. Well, what about the checker? What's their title?
A: You know who would be a good person to ask? Kurt- he worked at Safeway for a few years.
Q: Reeeeaaally? Well, did he wear a brown shirt or something else?
A: Sorry, Ani I don't know.
Q: I thought you talked to your husband about his jobs Chew! Why don't you know?
A: I'll try to do better.



P.S. The Giants won the World Series today!!!!!!! Gooooo Giants!