Snow Day!

Do you know what a day like this means?

It means I pull out my 'Russian' hat!

We enjoyed our day off!  I hope everyone else in the NW did too!

Snowy Roads

People from not-Northwest-Washington like to make fun of us for cancelling school and not going to work when we get a few inches of snow.  Let's review some things:

• there are hills here. They're slippery when iced.
• people don't have snow tires or chains
• there aren't snow plows (at least not very many) to clear the roads
• we don't know how to drive in the snow

Would you want to drive in those conditions?  And a small reminder- there are places where people freak out about driving in rain.  Rain.  It's pretty much the same as driving in the sun.  Let's make fun of those people.

Weekend Wonders

I got my hair cut today!  Chandra, a lovely lady in my ward, opened up her own salon today so I stopped by to change up my look:

For those of you who don't see me regularly, here's how long my hair was:

Sorry to post a repeat picture, but it's the most recent one I have of myself!

 

And in case you didn't notice in my first set of pictures: it's snowing! Right now!

Small things make life better

Like a new straightener that actually works!

Cable!!!

And a bath mat :)

Skyline

Look what I can do with my new camera!  It has panorama assist.  This is Seattle as viewed from Gasworks Park.

Internal Dialogue

On my way to Anacortes yesterday I was running low on gas, so I stopped just after Mt. Vernon- about 20 minutes from my destination.  I was already running late (I'm not much of a morning person) and I didn't want Lili to be late to work, so I swiped my card, lifted the handle, filled the tank, and grabbed my receipt as fast as possible.  Before I knew it, I was on the road.  I was about to the bridge by the casino (that's the official name) when I looked in my left side mirror...and did a double take!  The gas tank door (what's that thing's name?) was open! 

Shoot!  Did I put the cap on?  Oh geez.....ooooohh geez.  I hope no one else noticed (really self?  That's what you're worried about?).  If I didn't put the cap on, it's probably lost!  It's not connect to my car by a rope, string, or piece of plastic.  It's a free cap!  Oh man.  Am I spilling gas on the highway?  I can't stop!  Lili needs to get to work!  It's ok.  I'll go to Ace and see if they have anything I can use in the meantime until I can get a replacement cap.  It will be ok.  It's fine.  I'm fine. 

I made it to Anacortes, called Lili, and parked out front.  I jumped out, and guess what?  The gas cap had stayed in it's little rest on the inside of the tank door.  No reason to worry.  Lili was only 1 minute late to work.

P.S. Lili's new favorite phrase is "you know what I mean?"  She uses it quite liberally.  Like- "Hey Chew- I'm going to put this in the microwave.  You know what I mean?" or "Chew, I really liked those tacos- you know what I mean?"   Lili, you crack me up- you know what I mean?

2011

Here's 2011 according to my blog (just the highlights).  It was a good year, but 2012 has a lot of promise.  3 niephews on the way and a few vacations already in the works.  I can't wait!