December 2008

December was quite the month. Average temperature in December is 45 and maybe an inch or two of snow may appear for a day. Imagine what happens when we get 1-2 feet of snow over several weeks. It was nuts! But I got to use my yooper scooper a lot. I never thought I would use it at all.

Seahawks Game

A friend and I went to the last home Seahawks game of the season. We never expected it would be snowing or this cold but it was still a lot of fun. The best was all the snow balls being thrown during the game.

Lights Festival in Leavenworth

In December, the neighborhood went to Leavenworth for the Lights Festival. We had a lot of fun. : )

October 2008

Not much was going on this month except for a trip I took with the LDE (Leadership Development Excellence) organization I'm in at Boeing. We went to Huntsville Alabama to visit the Boeing Huntsville facility and spend a day at Space Camp. That was a lot of fun!

September 2008

In September, Mom and Dad came out for a visit. It was a busy week. Dad and I did some home improvement projects while mom and her friend Nancy were at a painting convention. We did a lot while they were here. We had the neighbors over to hang out, went to the Ballard locks, visited Snoqualmie Falls and then drove to Mount Saint Helens and Mount Rainier.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

This past Saturday was the first time I did the Race for the Cure but I believe it will be something I will try to do every year. I've been working on getting back into shape and losing weight so this helped to motivate me even more. A few weeks ago I decided to sign up and run the 5K (3.1 miles). I'm very proud to say I finished the race in 28 minutes and 28 seconds. Thank you so much to all of you that donated. I raised $440!! Plus Boeing donated a $100 for every employee that participated. (I heard there were over 2000 Boeing employees that day.) There were over 15,000 participated in the various event on Saturday and at last count we raised over 1.5 million dollars for the day!!!

Kitchen - Before & After

I've been working on updating the kitchen. Here are some before and after pictures. Big change. I love my new and improved kitchen!!

Redwings Game

I miss my Detroit Redwings!!! We don't have an NHL team out here in Seattle so my friend Melissa and I headed to Vancouver, BC for a weekend to watch the Redwings play the Vancouver Canucks. We had a great weekend even if the Redwings lost the game. Here are a couple picture of the game, Melissa and I at the game and some random guy I met at the bar. :) He is actually from Vancouver yet was sporting a Redwings Jersey! Gotta love that. (Update: Congratulation to my Redwings for winning the 2008 Stanley Cup!!)

Lunar Eclipse

There was a total eclipse of the moon tonight and it will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2010. So I wanted to make sure I got a picture or two. My neighbor Kim and I were standing in the middle of the road with a tri-pod and our cameras trying to get a good shot. Luckily we are at the end at the dead end so there was no traffic. But I'm sure we must have been quite a sight. Here are a couple of shots I got.