Goodbye Fall, Hello WINTER

Wow, I've become LAME as a blogger, and really I have no excuses.... Here's a recap of the past 2.5 months....

SEPTEMBER:
Marcy and I traveled to Colorado for Labor day and had a great time visiting friends in Denver and Estes Park. We even got to sneak in a visit with my cousin and his wife, which was so great. We were there for a wedding, and enjoyed hiking and reminiscing about our time working at the YMCA of the Rockies.


I quit Starbucks mid-September since Marcy and I were moving to South Seattle. It was a really tough decision, but it's amazing how much more time I have...which definitely doesn't help my case for why I haven't blogged......Here's my last chalkboard art at Starbucks...


At the end of September, I spent a weekend with my Girl Scout troop at Camp Robbinswold (a Girl Scout camp on the Hood Canal). We arrived on a Friday night in the midst of a massive thunder storm, which resulted in many crying wet children....BUT, we awoke Saturday to beautiful sunshine, and the Girl Scout Gods were shining upon us the rest of the weekend - it only rained at night or when we were inside - LUCKY!!!



OCTOBER:
Most of you know that Marcy and I lived with one of Marcy's clients for the year. Linden has Down's Syndrome and needs some extra help around the house, so while her parents were traveling for the year, we moved in to their house. Our year came to an end when Linden's parents got back at the beginning of October. It was bittersweet - we were REALLY excited to have our own space again, but we loved the neighborhood where Linden's family lived...and the free rent was a nice bonus :) We are loving our new place, and are finding things to love about our neighborhood every day!! Billy's favorite is the nice front yard where he can lounge and watch over the house at the same time :) Here's a few shots of our house before we moved in....




I went to the Kappa Delta Chapter at Washington State for Initiation weekend. It was great to participate in KD Ritual again - I hadn't been part of initiation since I was in college, and it was wonderful to welcome new sisters. I'm really enjoying my work as a chapter advisor and could foresee myself staying in this role for a while.

Mid-October we had a Girl Scout field trip (I'm sure you're thinking that my life is consumed by Girl Scouts - ha! It is, and I really do love it!!). We went on a walking tour of Downtown Seattle, and it was really fun to play tourist for a day. Many of the girls hadn't been downtown, so we had fun exploring all the sites and had a great meal at Ivar's on the water.


We spent a weekend in Bellingham with friends, and had so much fun. We explored the local farmer's market, ate delicious food, and went on a beautiful hike near Mt. Baker. Lovely!!


At the end of October, I turned 29!!! Can't believe it! Marcy and I planned to have a housewarming party at our new house, but little did I know that she also planned to have it double as a surprise party. Our friends teased her that she took the cheap way out by having me clean and prepare for my own birthday party - haha!! It was really fun and a great night spent with friends. And, lame as it may be...we took ZERO pictures!!!

Halloween we didn't have ANY Trick Or Treaters, so we left the house and spent the night with friends at a bar where you can bring your dogs. Billy was on cloud 9. We also watched the lame Ranger game that night - what a BUMMER!!

NOVEMBER:
I spent two weekends in Pullman at the KD house. The first one was for Council Officer Interviews. The second one was for Elections. The women elected a GREAT council and I'm excited to work with all the women next year.

We had ANOTHER (ha!) Girl Scout Field Trip. We had a lock-in at a local campground, and the girls spent the night doing fun activities, crafts, geocaching, and games. We all fell asleep watching "Alice In Wonderland" using a giant projector - it was like our own private movie theater. So fun!!

And now, here I sit, with the snow falling outside and loving it. I finally have some time to just sit with nothing to do and no excuses, so I BLOG!! Hope all is well where you are, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Hopefully I'll be back sooner than later :)