Artsy Craftsy

The other day I was having an ambitious moment and decided to upload pictures of some of my artwork that I've done over the years. I put them up on a folder on my flickr account called Artsy Craftsy. I also posted a couple of pictures of my new hair cut. Reid doesn't like it, but it's not like he has to do it. I like it! Anyways, that's it for now.

Memorial Day

Reid and I decided to go to Spokane for Memorial Day. Nothing beyond that was planned really, except that Alicia was going to cut our doggies' nails. She's now a dog groomer at Pet Smart and it is convenient for me to just make her work without pay to my benefit. The doggies always have a lot of fun with Dad's 2 mastiffs. Zoey just kind of hangs back while Kona has the most fun being ADD with Sasha. Dad probably wouldn't mind if we gave her a tranquilizer, but then who else would make Callie bite their face in anger?

The traffic was terrible on the way there and the way back. On the way there Snoqualmie Pass had a 20 mile backup. My friend Danielle was also making the trek from Seattle to Spokane and was going the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass route. She left at 5:30pm and I was texting her for information as Reid and I had to work a bit later. At one point she told me it took them 1 hour to go 9 miles. Reid and I decided to go north and go over Steven's Pass and through Leavenworth. We hit a bit of a backup for a while, but it was mostly due to there only being one lane and a constantly changing speed limit. Danielle left at 5:30pm and arrived at 12:30am, Reid and I left after 8pm and arrived at 1:30am.

The traffic on the way back also had a 20 mile backup over Snoqualmie Pass. We went I-90 anyways. We left Spokane at 4:30pm and arrived a couple minutes before 10pm. Which was MUCH better time than we anticipated, especially once we first hit the backup. We literally put the jeep in park in a 70mph zone. Below is a photo I took where you have a good view of the lineup ahead of us around a curve. Reid opened the sunroof and I just stuck the camera out there.



Kona wasn't that bad. I think it had a lot to do with her being exhausted from playing with Dad's dogs. Right after we got home she promptly plopped herself down on the rug in the living room and we had to step over her as we unpacked.



Oh yeah! And my identical twin Chrissy started a blog!!! Now we don't really have a reason to talk on the phone except for her to have me listen to the noises that Ben is making.