a tiny bit of sadness...

sunset bowl is going away forever on april 13th. it's not that we spent tons of time there, but we KNEW it was there if we wanted to go bowling. a tried and true, classic bowling alley with ugly carpet running up the walls, beat up bowling balls, ugly but strangely appealing shoes and an affordable price. a good place to go with family or friends.

we tried to go bowling one last time the other night with our cute friends chris & sarah, but alas none of us were smart enough to call and make sure it wasn't a league night (sigh, of course it was). well, we will make sure it happens before they close...in less than a month.

i know there are other nicer, newer, cleaner (more expensive) places to bowl but it's just not quite the same...ya know?

happy one year of blogging...

...a little late, but i am going to be ok with that. it's been one year since kelly forced...i mean convinced me to start blogging. it was actually my one year anniversary last thursday, march 13th. i had this big plan to blog about the concert i was going to that night (rufus wainwright) as my one year post. i KNEW it was going to be awesome and a perfect way to celebrate one year as a blogger.

well it never happened because i got sick and i am a super whimpy sick person and basically i did nothing until i started feeling better. but now thanks to some prednisone, antibiotics and a little bit of cough syrup with codeine i am mostly better. i didn't get to see my beloved rufus because i thought i should sleep. my friend kammee went with a date instead. she had a fabulous time and said he was wonderful and the paramount made the concert feel intimate and personal. one of these days i will see him...i guess the time just wasn't right.

this past weekend jason and i had breakfast with my friend ally & her fiance travis. they took us to the portage bay cafe. and all i can say is EVERYTHING we had was too die for. we had to wait for about 45 minutes to be seated, but that was all forgotten once we tasted the food. the portage bay cafe is a favorite of ally & travis' and now we know why. i am sure we will be going back one of these days with the girls.

after breakfast i took some pictures of ally & travis on the uw campus. we were hoping for amazing cherry blossom tree pictures but the trees were just not at peak. we still got some great pictures...of course ally & travis are super photogenic so that was a given.

one other important thing in our lives is that ceb got glasses. she took this picture of herself and i LOVE it. it's goofy and sweet...so completely cebastian. she called me when she picked them up (jas & i were in disneyland) and said she was SO CUTE in them and she is right!

well here's to another year of blogging with many exciting things to look forward too...at least to me!!

home and recovering...

jason has a nasty flu/cold thing, which he has evilly passed on to me, but luckily it held off until we got home from disneyland.

disneyland was fun, as usual, though we did actually miss the girls. we enjoyed being mellow and taking our time and just soaking in the atmosphere. i went on all the rides with jas EXCEPT for tower of terror. i hate that ride and just couldn't force myself to go on it with him. i did go on the maliboomer for the 1st time and found it somewhat enjoyable...after the 1st moments of screaming terror that is.

my anniversary surprise for jas was the segway tour they are now doing at california adventure. it was REALLY fun. i would love it if they added an advanced one for those of us who have done the basic one. yep, we were white & nerdy and PROUD of it.whenever i leave disneyland i find myself still craving more...i guess that's a good thing. jas said he plans to work there when he retires. we talked with a really sweet elderly "cast member" who said it's not even a job to him he loves every minute he's there. i wish i'd taken a picture of him, he was really cute and interesting to talk with.

so now we are back to the reality of our everyday lives, work, indoor soccer, volleyball practice & games, play practice and finding excuses NOT to let ceb drive. it's good to be back AND to have time to plan our next trip. if i am lucky i can convince jas to go to disneyworld with me...he's still worried it will ruin the magic of disneyland for him, but i am sure he is wrong.