It’s Been Awhile

So We haven’t really been using this so much anymore.  I don’t even know if you are hooked up to the internet anymore.  But I figured I would start writing on it again.  Why not?  

My birthday was good.  I wish I had the camera here so I could take a picture of the presents that I got.  Ohhh I just got an idea, I can get a pic off the internet.  One moment.  Okay, Josh got me a really cool old 35 mm camera.   I haven’t taken a picture with it yet because I need to go get a lens but trust me it is very cool.  And he got me this cup.  I know I know it looks like any old paper cup but… it is not.  It is made out of porcelain with a silicone cup.  It is really cool.  But all in all the day was good.  I got to drink some cava which is spanish sparkling wine with Nate, Josh, Joe and Robin (the Scot I told you about that is over).  Then Joel and Tathi showed up and Mandi and Noah.  It was nice.  Josh and Nate made me tapas and paella.  It was good.  We played spoons.  Do you remember Chad from Kathy and Dan’s wedding.  He showed up about 9:30pm while we were in the middle of an intense game of spoons.  I kind of felt bad for him, but he handled it well.  He is still here.  I am not sure how long he is sticking around but I”ll probably get to see them this weekend. That was my birthday. It was relaxing and fun.  

Here is a little mini recap of Josh and I over the last few weeks.  

The lake closest is Fallen Lake Leaf and then the in the background in Lake Tahoe.  We were here for Jason and Robin’s wedding.  It was a lot of fun. Jenna is a hoot!  I think Jason and Robin are coming for Thanksgiving.  That should be a lot of fun.  

And this is just a pretty picture from our hike.  Our friend Peter was down there at the time as well so we spent one night with him and then two with Mom and Pa.  

This is Josh and I in Sun Valley.  We went for Oktoberfest aka Jon’s 40th Birthday party.  It was a lot of fun as well.  Everyone was dressed up but most of the people didn’t have the authentic costumes like Josh and I.  We are going to use them for Halloween as well.  Josh is funny huh?!

When we were in Sun Valley, Josh and Nate went fishing and they must have caught a dozen fish in one hour.  It was crazy.  They may not have been big but they sure got a lot of them.  He was posing this way because this is how Jamie says you should do it to make the fish bigger.  It must have been really small if this was suppose to make it big. 

Josh found this one while he was driving on 101 from Yachats.  I was going to send it to Pa to see if he wanted to do something similar on his motor home.  Very cool. 

This is me in San Louis Opisbo.  Brooks best friend got married and we went down to help celebrate.  It was foggy in the morning but not to bad for the wedding.  I met Kathy and Dan’s friend Marta and Josh.  They were really nice.  Josh’s other cousin’s Lili and Kasara were there and we danced our booties off.  

And what I can I say but isn’t this the fattest pig your have ever seen?! It was at the place were the wedding was at.  It is so fat!

 

Well that is about it.  Hope you enjoy.  Hope all is going better up there.  Jill I am really sorry that you are so scared of me.  It hurts my feeling a lot that you won’t call and talk to me.  I am your friend.  Image the tables turned.  Would you be mad at me if something came up and I couldn’t come for a visit.  Maybe my memory is wrong here but I think that may have happened in the past.  But I called and told you.   I don’t know how to emphasize this but it was not that you were not coming that hurt my feeling, it was that you could not even call and tell me.  For all I knew you were suppose to be here on Friday.  Mom and Pa of course told me but what if they hadn’t.  I would have been worried about you.  Please please don’t let our line of communication be shut down over something like this.  It seems like the closing of this store is something important and traumatic in your life.  It is more the time when you need the support of your family and you shut me out.  I can’t tell you that it is going to be okay, or be here to listen to your worries.  I love you and I hope you can understand my perspective. 

Lots of Love

Been awhile

School started and things got a little crazy there.  At one point I had 6 classes going all at once.  That is way too much besides the small amount of work I was doing for The Village.  But happily I am just down to two.  Yah…..!  

I am excited for you to come down.  That should be good times.  Did you secure the dates?  It isn’t that far away.  Maybe a month.  We have so much going on, Jason and Robin’s wedding in So. Lake Tahoe, Jon’s 40th birthday party in Sun Valley, Desena and Tim’s wedding in San Luis Obisbo (Brook’s best friend).  Busy weekends.  Oh well, but mellow weeks.  

 

We had our fundraiser last weekend.  It was a success.  I don’t know if I want to publish the drink list online but I’ll show it to you when you get here.  It was really funny.  I found some yummy drinks online and then Josh and I made up names for them and descriptions.  For example the Palantini was one.  We also had a silent auction.  Steve, Josh’s uncle gave a load of rock, Brook gave a massage, Jon, Carrie, Marsii & Harley gave a dinner and lodging in Yachats, Lili gave a haircut and then I found a bunch of patriotic shit.  Joel and Tathi had a dinner and between the 4 of us we raised $3100 in one night for the Obama/Biden campaign.  Very Cool huh!  Pa will be bummed.   

Alright I best be getting to my homework.  I still have that though! I haven’t thought of a questions but you haven’t answered any in a long time nor written on your blog!  What is up with that?!

Painted Toe Nails

I painted my toenails last night.  I should take a picture and show you but they aren’t that exciting.  The color I painted them was called “Dawn to Earth”  That is cheesey.  OH well.  

It is a bummer about your bank account.  Did you talk to them?  Bankers can be such assholes.  

Beaver Court, the road our house is on, is having a fundraiser this week for the Obama campaign.  We, Josh and I are having a silent auction and we are making political cocktails and Joel and Tathi are having a talent/karoke show, Brazilian dinner and Poker game.  I just realized I already told you this so never mind that part.  But I did find some patriotic stuff at the thrift store.  I found a huge checker table that is painted like a flag, a beer stein that is again painted like a flag and some cheesy pictures of a flag.  All very entertaining.  I called around and got Jamie to do a guided fly fishing trip, Lili is going to do a haircut, Steve is donating a load of rock, he works with heavy equipment and Brook is giving a half hour message.  We should raise some money with our auction.  

Gotta go watch the Republican nomination speeches.

 

Cioa

Josh is hogging the internet.

Josh is hogging the internet listening to Barack’s Democratic nomination speech. 

It was nice talking to you tonight.  I haven’t talked to you in awhile.  I guess since we went hiking.  I showed you the pictures from that didn’t I.  Well, now I am finishing up the last week of school at OSU and have started classes and HSU.  Very exciting only one semester left and then I will be an anthropologist?  I don’t know.  But we are in Yachats as you obbiusly know from our conversation.

The Village project is going fairly well.  We got some signs hung up today and Josh has been working on the clay inside.  The unit is really cute.  I wish I had enough money to buy it.  

I don’t have a lot to say right now so I”ll just put some pics up for you.  I love you. 

 

Yachats Sign

Up close & Personal

I turned this 3x and it still won't work

Saw Ruben on Thursday and the Ackster

The Shed. It is so cute huh? The green roof is pretty much done as well. Val started planting today.

Day before school.

 

Bowl of Diamond Peak

I am so happy that you have the internet again.  But you haven’t updated your page.  What is up with that?  We are back at Shelter Cove.  The weather is so nice right now.   I am sad that we have to leave our house again because school starts tomorrow.  Sad.  But it has been a nice week off.  Did you see the pictures I sent of the hike that we did. It was so nice.  There was a huge thunderstorm.  I am sure you must have had one in Bend as well.  The first night we hiked in their was lighting and then thunder very quick right after.  It was a little scary.  We got the tent set up just in time, because it started to rain right after that.  The next morning it was sunny and beautiful.  We hike all day and then we stayed the night at the base of Diamond Peak.  Again we got the tent set up and it started to rain right after that.  Hung out and read some books, which by the way I have another recommendation.  But back to the hike. The second night it was scary up there because it was another thunderstorm.  And we were in a stand of trees.  You would see the flash of lighting and then it would rumble through the bowl of the mountain.  You could feel it in your bones.  I did not sleep so well, plus we had our food next to the tent and not up in a tree so I was scared that a bear was going to come.  Long night.  But next morning beautiful.  I’ll stop blathering but it was really nice.  I put some pictures on here for you to if you didn’t get to see them already.  Enjoy.  

 

Question of the week.   Let’s see.   What is your favorite meal?  That’s a pretty easy one.  I”ll call you later.

 

The journey begins....

 

Pacific Crest Trail

 

 

Us.

Statistics is Over!

I made it through the class and there was a bit there when I honestly thought I might not be able to do this.  It was nice having a little time off from traveling around to focus in and get all my shit together.  But I made it.  I took my final yesterday.  It took me a really long time.  One hour and 50 minutes.  That was as long as I had.  Then I went back to the apartment and packed everything up.  Is Bend as warm as Corvallis was?  I had to roll up the windows and turn on the air conditioning.  

Now I am in Yachats.  It is nice to not have that statistcs class on my brain although I did dream about it last night.  Very annoying.  I got to walk down to the Green Salmon and have lunch with Josh.  Now, we Dave, Val, Josh and I are headed to Newport.  We are going to get some food and listen to a lecture on global warming and the effects on the ocean and marine life.  Should be intersting and I am sure super sad at the same time. 

Cioa!  I love you.  Call me.

Question of the Week

Top 5 movie list.  You have to name your top 5 movies, with a short description and why you think they  should be on the list.  Then we have to promise to watch each others movies by one year.  I am a really slow movie watcher.  Maybe you can bring one over or we can rent one of yours and mine on Wednesday.

Wednesday?

Another long weekend.  Headed down to the Rainier Gathering on Thursday.  I was super stressed when we left because I hadn’t gotten as far as I wanted with my school work.  But I just left it all at the door and took off in the car with Josh.  

It was a long drive, mapquest said it was going to take 6 1/2 hours.  But Josh was on a mission to find Rainier Beer.  Sadly… it was a failure.  We called five different stores in Corvallis, gave up on that.  Then went all over Eugene looking for it.  It was truly a rare sight.  Next year, we are going to have Marsii order us up some.  But it wasn’t until midnight that we pulled in and of course the fellas were up to greet us.  Somewhat standing as it was midnight and they had been drinking.  Then shortly after Tim and Chrissy and company rolled in.  (Our friends from Portland)  All and all the Gathering was a lot of fun.  It was super mellow.  It wasn’t as warm as it usually is except of course the last day when we have to go home.  Jamie hooked up with one of Tim and Chrissy’s friends and we all teased him the next day.  It was nice to see Nate and Lisa.  I hadn’t seen Lisa since I don’t know when probably 8 months or something.   Tathi and Joel also showed up and Joel was in rare form, or it actually isn’t rare anymore.  He was shot gunning beers like  mad man.  He is very crazy, he was doing that on the river as well.  I’ll try and post some pictures. 

How was your week?  All go well in Bend?  Are you still planning on coming over on Wednesday?  I think that should be a lot of fun.  Let me know what you think.

Question Three?

What book are you reading right now and what do you think of it so far?

 

I am reading this book called !Nisa.  It is about a indiginous women that lives in the desert in Botswana.  Botswana is somewhere in southern Africa.  It is really interesting.  It is told in two different perspectives.  Each chapter is divided by the anthropologist writing and then the indiginous woman, !Nisa writing.  The exclamation in front of her names means that you click with your tongue when you say her name.  They use that clicking sound to communicate.  I’ll write more later if you are interested but I am tired now.  We just got home from the weekend because after Bend, we went to Florence to hang out with Harley and Marsii for Harley’s birthday.  I’ll puts some pictures up tomorrow, but Harley got a motorcycle for his birthday so we went to the dunes. 

cioa!

Family Reunion

What a weekend huh?  That was a shit pile lot of people that were there.  A little overwelming but if you took it in small chunks I was able to manage.  It was nice seeing Courtney, Jason and Necko and meeting there significant others, Jason and Nicko.  Josh and I went to Nicko and Jenna’s wedding, when was it, maybe two or three years ago but didn’t really get to meet Jenna but only real quick.  We went after the potluck with them and Jason and Robin (Not Kathy’s friend but Jason’s fiance) and got a beer.  It was a lot of fun.  It was nice in a more intimate setting without the fifty other people hanging around.  

But I was sad that I didn’t get to see you.  I had all these expectations as I usually do of things that we were going to do.  I had planned to get there early and then get all done up and go to dinner with you and Jay.  But then by the time we got there it was late and Josh and I were tired as well as you.  So in saying that I really hope that you and Jay can come over next week  on your day off.  So it can just be the three, I don’t know if Josh will be able to make it, of us.  Not so much craziness and a lot more relaxed.  

j