Saturday, November 24, 2012

This week is November 24th

We cut  down a Christmas tree!


Okay but not this one... Kyle picked this out when we got there and we had to explain the concept of the ceiling.



It does not feel like a Pacific Northwest Christmas unless you go out into the wilderness and cut down your own tree!



They even gave us the small, dull saw!  Steve was not happy when he saw that.  I mean, honestly, I say "we" but everyone knows it was Steve doing the work while we drank free apple cider.





This was a big deal for us....  a pre-lit, fake tree saved our marriage about 12 years ago.  You can't have a type A and then me both with ideas on how the lights should go.  I say, spin the sucker around, throw the lights on, and let's get some cocoa!  Steve.... not so much.  Each strand must be wound around the branches carefully and out of site.... you get the picture. 

We were so excited to start this new tradition, but we were more excited about putting a tree on top the truck!



It made it home in one piece and we are still married after putting the lights on!

Take care everyone!

- Jenny and her fearless woodsmen -

Sunday, November 11, 2012

This week is November 11th

We made it through the holidays and now I am back to my blog!

This week my friend, Michelle, and her son, Mike, came to visit us!  They are from North Carolina so they got to experience some classic Northwestern weather!   It was rainy.  Imagine that!



As you all know, no visit is complete without a tour of the Chateau St. Michelle Winery!  We went through 4 tastings so Steve had to bring us home.   HA HA!


The grounds are gorgeous and we had to get a picture of Michelle by her namesake!



We did something very new and cool... we visited the EMP museum!  That is the Experience Music Project created by Paul Allen. 



There are all kinds of things to see, from his huge Nirvana and Rolling Stones collections to the sci-fi and horror exhibits that he has. It was super cool.


This is the Anubis mask from the movie Stargate and the fishman from The Creature from the Black Lagoon!


NIRRRRRRRRR-VANA!


The EMP is right next to the Space Needle so they got to take that in as well!



We went to the waterfront and saw the market and had dinner by the Sound.  We also hit the first Starbucks from 1971!!

It was so fun and we had a great visit!  It went by so fast, we couldn't believe it.