august 21 - august 27

bainbridge island, wa

on sunday, i journeyed across the water to bainbridge island to visit one miss emily kight. her brother took us on "adventure time" in which we discovered the most beautiful view of seattle i have ever seen. unfortunately, i did not get a picture of it. this will have to suffice. also pretty.

my office moved this week as well. i think we're all exhausted and deserve a party.

oh, and by the way, here's a cute picture of shannon and i.

book-it babes

august 14 - august 20

snoqualmie falls

what i love is an adventure you didn't know was going to be an adventure. on saturday, that adventure was called "snoqualmie." snoqualmie is a little town to the east of seattle that is actually a big draw for tourists because of the falls (which you can see in front of my companion in the picture above).

late last week, my dear friend anna townes, asked me if i would like to do a day trip somewhere. she picked the place (snoqualmie, of course) and i got in the car. we even hit the town during "railroad days". oh! what luck.

at some point during the day anna said "i like that you like to do things." i like it too. or i'm liking that i like to do things more than i used to.

LET'S GO DO MORE THINGS.

interruption: a song

this, for whatever reason, means a whole lot to me right now.

august 7 - august 13

SeaFair - Lake Washington, Seattle, WA

last week was...long. it began with a ten-hour "adventure" on a boat for SeaFair in which my lovely roommate and i (pictured above) did not apply sunscreen and got second degree sunburns. as a result, last week was very long as well. long in the sense of side-effects of sun-poisoning.

for all the complaining i have and will do about that day, most of it was actually pretty fun. boat living is the life, as long as you were doing it with people you enjoy. i would do SeaFair again but only in that capacity...with people i like. and lots and lots of sunscreen.

july 31 - august 6

greenlake - seattle, wa

it was summer for like three and a half full days this week. yep, seattle may finally be having summer. it was so nice that i twitter the following (which is almost immediately retweeted by KOMO4 News - fancy): "and now we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to go bask in the glory of the sun. we'll return when it becomes seattle again."

interruption: old -> new

last week i went to cheney to help my parents move from my childhood home to a fancy new place on the top of a hill just outside of spokane. they literally "moved on up." for your point of reference we start with old house: 

yes, this is the house we lived in for seventeen years. people keep asking me if it was hard for me to see it go. it really wasn't. for one thing, it's not on the market yet (which is why i went to cheney, to help my parents get it ready). and for another thing, my family had already moved most everything out by the time i got there. it didn't really seem like my space anymore. still...i'm sad to see the history go. my trajectory in spokane will forever be different.

on a related note, i am so proud of my parents. they have worked so hard and they definitely deserve this: