Can't believe the weekend is already over:-( Sat we went over with Elaine and Ace to Uncle Tom's cabin on Hood Canal.. what a beautiful area.. Took the ferry over the morning and got home around 9pm... would have stayed longer but we had to get to Stanley.. got some togo from chef Liao's and watched some really funny movie with Sarah Jessica Parker - Family Stone or something like that till 1am.. then Sunday we got up, cleaned the hardwoods and went out to run some errands.. Costplus had a big sale so I picked up the bench seats to match the Balau table I bought last year.. some pictures of course:-) This week should just fly by. My peers are coming into town and we have all day HR meetings until thursday.. then long weekend! Woohoo... too bad the weather isn't looking real nice but oh well.. won't stop us - John and the kids are swinging by Sat to grill out. should be fun

Just got back from a 5 day trip to Indy.. wish it were under better circumstances but we're back and back to the grind.. Came back to 500 emails and a todo list .. fun stuff. Took me all morning just to go through the emails.. now I am working on answering them. It was a lovely 79 degrees out today so i took a break, went to the market and got a dozen apricot colored tulips for my desk.. I was hoping they would cheer me up and make the day go by a little faster - not:-(

Oh well.. so tonight we are going to grill out and enjoy the weather and the the beautiful plans/trees.. this is my absolute favorite time of the year.. the wisteria is in full bloom..

This next month will be a little crazy. We have Flyback so I am headed to Vegas once again for our regional meeting which means 3 days of no sleep and 16 hour work days for me.. got to love it.. thank goodness it only happens twice a year.

Mondays are soo tough:-(.. but we had a good weekend..pretty relaxing. Friday our couch was picked up to be fixed so I was home early - took Brian's new truck out to Marysville to hit the outlet mall..didnt' find much..then went to Chef Liao's for a late night dinner..brought home more leftovers then will fit in the fridge - as usual. Saturday we did more shopping (I didn't realize that I had donated most of my summer/spring work clothes..oops).. found a couple of things so we called it a day.. John and JEssica came over for a crab/steak dinner.. followed my molten lava cakes... so decadent - must not make more then once every few months but it was worth it.. Sunday, spent the day cleaning. Brian did all the windows and I hit the bathroom.. Stanley didn't help much. Oh I also got my new stamping table.. not the one I was originally going to get but we liked the look of this one more plus it was bigger..
and Brian and I are now officially hooked on Vietnamse coffee.. If you've never had it..boy don't start because it is addictive.. its basically a coffee press that you use with vietnamese coffee which has chicory in it.. it drips into a cup filled with condensed milk..then you swirl it all up and dump into another glass filled with ice..soooo good. I bought the press on Sunday and made 3 cups - tasted just like the one at Thanh Brothers:-)