04-26-24

 

Viktoria coffee machine is broken, we are on the hunt for morning coffee.

04-25-24

 

Take your kids to work day.  Kids eveywhere!

04-24-24

 

Is that a small child coming out of the shopping cart?  Nope, it's a stuffy.

#COMMUTE

04-23-24

 

Bruce got to tour our new apartment today.

I will need to be content to peek from the outside for awhile longer.

04-22-24

 

Look at that light streaming in!

MAVen book discussion tonight, fun fun.

04-21-24

A highlight of our weekends away are morning coffee shops.  That open at 7am and that aren't an innercity one star Tim Hortons.  :)

04-20-24

 A photo of me taking a photo of the cool mosaic floor at the Chinese garden.

04-19-24

 

Walking along False Creek today taking in the sights.  Destination fresh raspberries at Greenville Island.  I thought that was our halfway point but Bruce decided that was the final destination.

04-18-24

A long weekend in historic Gastown.  This is their famous steam clock.  The clock displays the wrong time, but it strikes at the right time.

04-15-24

 Feeling slothy, no walk with Mom tonight for her birthday.  Shuckydarn!

04-14-24

Sunday evening with co-workers.  After much debate, we took them to to M-Bar and mochinut donuts.  Lovely evening!

04-13-24

 

Purge Day!

Pulled everything out from under the bed and sorted it to garbage, Goodwill, or keep.  Funny how my tastes change and sad to say goodbye to some old friends in the wardrobe, but feel good about weeding out about half of the pile.

04-12-24

 

The porr faceless lions of Charlesgate.  We must be walking around Belltown again!

04-11-24

 

Same tulips from earlier this week, but this time in the dark.  Couldn't get online from home and needed to keep things moving, so walked to work before 6am.  Hard to think I used to do that all the time as my normal routine, I much prefer to enjoy a cup of coffee before heading to the office.

04-10-24

 

Oh, look, our future building!

Another walk around Belltown this evening.

04-09-24

 

Enjoying tulips and sunshine on my commute home.

04-08-24

No walk with Mom tonight.  Bruce and I were walking around Belltown, looking at things from the perspecive of our new building, and I saw these bright blooming trees with the Cinarama/SIFF Downtown and our new Arrive building peeking behind the trees.

04-07-24

Our outing today was to head to Shoreline and Kirkland to see two new affordable housing buildings under construction that should land on Bruce's plate soon.

04-06-24

 Brunch at Ludi's for spring birthdays, woot-woot!

04-04-24

Girls Night!

Lyndi, Kimberly, and I headed down to Kent to see the Mercy Me concert.

We got gas at Costco, had dinner at Agave, a snack at Panera, then the concert.  We were surprised but I was delighted that Newsboys also performed.

04-03-24

I'm sad I'm not getting to UW to see the cherry blossoms this year, but life is busy and at least I get to see some pretty blooms on my commute.

04-02-24

 And the fitness center wars escalate.

I went to run on the treadmill at 5am, a four day a week routine.

The concierge came up like normal, to check that it was me, since the guy below the fitness center immediately complained... again.

He came up and asked me to stop and explained why it was an issue for me to be making noise above his unit.  I told him I had permission and explained why it was an issue to not be able to work out on the treadmill early in the morning.  We were at an impasse after a long conversation, so I put my earbuds back in.  He proceeded to unplug the machine I was using.

We so need to move!

03-30-24

 

Hoppy Easter!

Volunteering at an easter egg hunt in the morning and celebrated belated Christmas in the afternoon.

03-29-24

TGIF, survived another crazy week.

Joan and I went out to dinner and celebrated my birthday.
 

03-28-24

 

Made the long trek to Rein Haus to meet Xander for dinner and an author chat with Matthew Desmond.

03-26-24

Got a big surprise at the office this morning.  Sounds like maybe they had a hard time getting labor in Pioneer Square.  Very sad, hopefully something interesting moves in eventually.

03-25-24

 

Mondays are Amazon days, and today there is balloon art at the banana stand.

03-24-24

 

People watching and soaking up the sunshine before our play at Seattle Rep.

03-23-24

 

Happy birthday to me!  Brunch with Xander at Mainstay Provisions.  A lovely restful day.

03-22-24

 Friday work from home was so welcomed this week, as was squeezing in a walk to the banana stand.

03-21-24

It has been so long since I have scribbled on the white board! Since the pandemic there is always someone joining remotely and they can't see the board.  But I did it anyway because it is so much easier than doing it on the computer.

03-20-24

 

Took 10 co-workers to Metropolitan Grill tonight.  The bill took my breath away.

03-19-24

 

In meetings for all all eight hours of the next three days, so thrilled to have this extra large Yeti to tote around with me.  Only problem is that a co-worker sitting next to me has the exact same one.  Off to etsy to find a way to customize it!

03-17-24

 

Oscar the troll on Vashon Island was really cool since first sight, but when we moved to the side and his eyes were tracking right to us it was amazing.  Love his birdhouse crown.  And this great weather!

03-16-24

 Silent Reading Party with the kids at the sculpture park.  Perfect Sabbath activity!

03-15-24

Corned beef and cabbage for St Patricks Day on the rooftop with the sunshine.  Fridays don't get better than this!

03-14-14

 

Co-workers are sharing photos of what they did with their marble slabs from the Taj Mahal.  At church we are talking about how the absense of beauty leads to the absense of hope.  Enjoying my creativity, art, and hope this week!

03-13-24

 Hiar done tonight.  Refreshed color, cut, fiv emroe strands of Sparkles.  Just missed the light rail train both directions, but ready for another five weeks!

03-12-24

 

Hi ho, hi ho, off to work I go.

I recently noticed this really intricate carving inside the arch down the street.

03-10-24

 

Trying to mix up our walking paths.

Walked to the central library, went inside to ride the escalator up the hill, and immediately exited to walk back home.

03-09-24

 

Some seotter therapy today.  Except the aquarium was so crowded, no zen getting to them.

03-08-24

Employee Appreciation dinner with Allied in Bellevue tonight.

03-07-24

Target, family zoom call, and overtime tonight.  Another brutal week but making it through.

03-06-24

Another apartment complex tour tonight. number four of five this round.

We now know that management will stand my me working out at 5am and that we will be on month to month for six months, so moving is less imminent, but the tours were scheduled and we still love to see what else is out there.

The Olivian and Helios are our top picks.  Olivian doesn't have the wow views but it has nice units and we like the vibe.  Including that they have a beehive onsite and hand out honey to the prospective future residents.

03-05-24

 

Pretty new flowers on the rooftop space and pretty sunset.  I headed up early to make sure we had space for small group, but small group was super small this week.

03-04-24

 Monday night, walk with Mom and mujadara after.

It's goodd to have routines.

03-03-24

I had a friend watching me in the fitness center this morning.

03-02-24

With our lease expiring April 10th, we are on the hunt to see what else is available.

We shop around every year since we love to tour buildings, but this year feels like a move may be more imminent.

This was the fridge at Onni SLU.  A building with fantastic amenities, but the location, tile flooring, and plain units didn't impress.

03-01-24

Happy March and happy Friday!

After a brutal week it was surprisingly easy to stay up late and enjoy the dueling piano bar.

02-29-24

 Happy leap year!

It feels like an extra day in the year should have more fanfare and more specialness than just being another day.

Time keeps ticking by... loved this huge clock at Westlake Metro tunnel.