another fun weekend has come and gone.
ma, carl, eric and rc all flew to san antonio, tx for the weekend. they left bright and early friday morning and don’t get back until this evening. dave and i held down the fort in kirkland for them while they are soaking up the rays that we’re not seeing here in seattle. darby, grams, dave and i managed quite well. we invited ryan and esther over on friday for dinner and guitar hero... it was nice to spend some time with them. rowan crashed the party as usual with her big eyes and giggles. saturday morning dave and i attempted to make crepes... i called my dad and he rattled off his recipe and dave worked his magic. i thought they were pretty dang good, but dave being the perfectionist cook he is wants to try, try again. i’m looking forward to those attempts.
sonja cruised over for a bit on saturday for lunch and rummikub. i’m pretty sure we were clocked at a solid 4 hours of play time or something crazy like that. that was the first time i’ve played and i got the hang of it pretty quick. we had a relaxing time listening to paul simon, the beatles, phil collins, star wars soundtrack- whatever was on top of the pile of records. and then dave put the new metallica cd in with hopes of livening us all up a bit, but the competitiveness and intensity shot through the roof- we quickly turned something else on. pretty sure dave sent sonja home with the score card... so she could forever witness the beating she endured. LOVE YOU SONJA.
we grocery shopped for grams on saturday night... made french toast sunday morning. dave had helped my parents with a broken pipe earlier in the year and the drywall never got finished, so dave had the wonderful idea to have it finished for them when they come home (did i luck out with an amazing man, or what?!). dave did a great job and we got that all wrapped up yesterday (okay, okay HE got that all wrapped up yesterday). he explained to me what he was doing as he worked, sharing how his dad would have been able to do this project in the blink of an eye... i think dave takes after clive quite nicely. we also walked around downtown kirkland for a good portion of the afternoon. the weather was gorgeous and chilly. we spent most of our time at an antique store. we found a rad old pepper grinder, and a silk scarf for me. antique stores are one of our most favorite places to explore. the tales and treasures they hold is fascinating. we wrapped up our evening with a little pasta, dave made cookies and a quick dip in the hot tub.
what a get-away this was. how simple it is to stay at my parents house while they are out of town... but driving 35 minutes north of auburn can feel like another world. it felt great to ‘go home’ for the weekend. we had a wonderfully relaxing time together.
dave is working today! he starts training this week... we’re not really sure what he needs to be trained on because he’s done more than he’ll be doing at this job, but it’s work! i hope there will be some sales training, just as extra for him since he hasn’t realllly done the sales side before. regardless, he’s stoked to be working and can’t wait to get out there. i’m so proud of him and excited to hear how his first day goes.
it’s lily’s birthday on saturday so i’ll have more to report after we celebrate.
i purposely didn’t share about our trip to sur la table. dave got a gift certificate from my aunt robin and uncle paul for his birthday and he was able to shop a bit. i’m hoping he’ll hop on here and write a bit about our stop there. he’s awfully excited about his new toys. thanks ar. and up.
love you all... keep braving the storm. and remember to lift it up.
k.e.s.s.g.h.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
.:life is like a rollercoaster:.
**disclaimer** i wanted pictures to go with this blog, but haven't uploaded them yet. time to just get the blog posted.
life’s been good... and slow. and fast. but somehow i haven’t been able to find time to blog.
let’s get the not-so-great news out of the way... dave is out of work still. and he’s not on the waiting list for the union. so there is no more counting down until he’s back on the job site. now we are allllll the way back at square one; looking for a job, looking for a new career. cop? trying to get back into the union? going back to school? the economy- as we all know- is making it increasingly hard for my boyfriend to find a job.
in other bad news, we lost time with his girls. while dave is unemployed we have them every other weekend from friday night to monday morning. and the weeks that it isn’t our weekend we have them overnight on thursday. once dave is employed it will switch to having the girls every other weekend friday night to sunday night, and every thursday for dinner... something ridiculous like 4 to 8.
i’m terribly sad for dave and the girls. chloe started crying right in the middle of dance class because she missed dave. you can’t tell me this is for the best. the schedule itself may be less stressful on the girls, but there has to be a better way. i pray there is a better way... and hope that everyone can make it through this with minimal impact.
on to the better and more exciting parts of our lives... dave’s birthday was last weekend! we had a blast. we kept absolutely busy and filled our time with family and friends. i surprised dave and took friday off of work (thank goodness for vacation hours) and so we played and were productive around the house. i had left my wallet in a shopping cart at qfc up in factoria by my work, so we had to make that drive in the afternoon (thank goodness for honest people who still will turn your wallet in to the lost and found). we had a green dinner for the girls on thursday since they wouldn’t be with us on dave’s birthday. i had qfc air brush dave’s lemon meringue pie green. it was amusing. we saw our great friend sonja on friday and met a new friend andy. saturday we headed out to my little brother’s bowling tournament. he was qualifying for the state tournament! and we’re pretty sure he did... his 3rd or 4th game he got a personal best of 200 and then the next game beat the 200 with a new personal best of 205! we are all so very proud of him. my grandparents (carl’s parents) les and judy came over from eastern washington for his tourney too, it’s always great to see them. they’re amazing people who have blessed my life time and time again.
we spent the evening of dave’s birthday with another set of amazing people. dave’s nieces and nephews. we cruised to jess and travis’ new place- which is way cute! their two sons were there, thomas and felix. absolute dolls, both of them. felix is the newest addition and was a sweet, sweet baby. lil’ brent was there too! what a great surprise, we didn’t know he was going to be there. i had only met him once before when we floated the river in the summer with elise and brett. it was rad getting a chance to hang out with him again! and last but definitely not least- AMBER! i finally met that sweet, rockin’ girl. of course it was great to spend time with everyone, but what a plus to finally meet her. i hope we get to see everyone on a more regular basis. i know how much dave loves his family... and i love them too.
we wrapped up dave’s birthday with his very first birthday dinner. for the longest time my grandmother susy would cook your meal of choice and the family would all get together to celebrate the special day. my mom has since taken over this tradition as it gets a bit overwhelming for my grams to cook for 13 to 19 people as our family as continued to grow. we had a great time and dave scored some rad gifts. a huge thank you to my generous and loving family. we stopped by my pop’s house on the way home and he had a little something for dave too. it was good to see him- we hadn’t spent time with him in a little while.
and then came monday morning. back to reality. the reality of a job and money and stresses. and the reality of job hunting. we’re hanging in there with the love and support of our wonderful families.
we’ve got the girls this weekend... i’m sure we’ll have much to blog about after our adventures come to an end sunday night... well, until next time of course.
i hope everyone is well. remember to love hard and hold fast- we’re all braving the storm right now.
kb
life’s been good... and slow. and fast. but somehow i haven’t been able to find time to blog.
let’s get the not-so-great news out of the way... dave is out of work still. and he’s not on the waiting list for the union. so there is no more counting down until he’s back on the job site. now we are allllll the way back at square one; looking for a job, looking for a new career. cop? trying to get back into the union? going back to school? the economy- as we all know- is making it increasingly hard for my boyfriend to find a job.
in other bad news, we lost time with his girls. while dave is unemployed we have them every other weekend from friday night to monday morning. and the weeks that it isn’t our weekend we have them overnight on thursday. once dave is employed it will switch to having the girls every other weekend friday night to sunday night, and every thursday for dinner... something ridiculous like 4 to 8.
i’m terribly sad for dave and the girls. chloe started crying right in the middle of dance class because she missed dave. you can’t tell me this is for the best. the schedule itself may be less stressful on the girls, but there has to be a better way. i pray there is a better way... and hope that everyone can make it through this with minimal impact.
on to the better and more exciting parts of our lives... dave’s birthday was last weekend! we had a blast. we kept absolutely busy and filled our time with family and friends. i surprised dave and took friday off of work (thank goodness for vacation hours) and so we played and were productive around the house. i had left my wallet in a shopping cart at qfc up in factoria by my work, so we had to make that drive in the afternoon (thank goodness for honest people who still will turn your wallet in to the lost and found). we had a green dinner for the girls on thursday since they wouldn’t be with us on dave’s birthday. i had qfc air brush dave’s lemon meringue pie green. it was amusing. we saw our great friend sonja on friday and met a new friend andy. saturday we headed out to my little brother’s bowling tournament. he was qualifying for the state tournament! and we’re pretty sure he did... his 3rd or 4th game he got a personal best of 200 and then the next game beat the 200 with a new personal best of 205! we are all so very proud of him. my grandparents (carl’s parents) les and judy came over from eastern washington for his tourney too, it’s always great to see them. they’re amazing people who have blessed my life time and time again.
we spent the evening of dave’s birthday with another set of amazing people. dave’s nieces and nephews. we cruised to jess and travis’ new place- which is way cute! their two sons were there, thomas and felix. absolute dolls, both of them. felix is the newest addition and was a sweet, sweet baby. lil’ brent was there too! what a great surprise, we didn’t know he was going to be there. i had only met him once before when we floated the river in the summer with elise and brett. it was rad getting a chance to hang out with him again! and last but definitely not least- AMBER! i finally met that sweet, rockin’ girl. of course it was great to spend time with everyone, but what a plus to finally meet her. i hope we get to see everyone on a more regular basis. i know how much dave loves his family... and i love them too.
we wrapped up dave’s birthday with his very first birthday dinner. for the longest time my grandmother susy would cook your meal of choice and the family would all get together to celebrate the special day. my mom has since taken over this tradition as it gets a bit overwhelming for my grams to cook for 13 to 19 people as our family as continued to grow. we had a great time and dave scored some rad gifts. a huge thank you to my generous and loving family. we stopped by my pop’s house on the way home and he had a little something for dave too. it was good to see him- we hadn’t spent time with him in a little while.
and then came monday morning. back to reality. the reality of a job and money and stresses. and the reality of job hunting. we’re hanging in there with the love and support of our wonderful families.
we’ve got the girls this weekend... i’m sure we’ll have much to blog about after our adventures come to an end sunday night... well, until next time of course.
i hope everyone is well. remember to love hard and hold fast- we’re all braving the storm right now.
kb
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