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Yay for impromptu hikes in the mountains! Caine and I went on an "easy" hike to Heather Lake on Mount Pilchuck with Wesa, Carl, and their pup Ronan. We were surprised by 6 feet of slushy, melty snow! I could not imagine having more fun. Here's a link to Wesa's photos.

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Lilacs!Green Beans!A flower I can't identify!

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Can I just say how much I love this little stray? Turns out, he's an awesome cat.

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Caine's aunt Megan was in town and came by for a visit. She brought me flowers from Pike Place Market. I'm so excited for spring! Thanks Aunt Megan! Ooh, I also got a fancy cupcake.

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Mom came to visit, so we had surf n turf...And bacon-cheese scones.

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My mom bought me gloves and I made a snowman.Christmas duck.

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Wow. It's chilly. I like the snow, it's pretty, but I don't like what it does to the puget sound commute. Friday it took 3 hours to get to work, then three to get home. At least half that time was spent waiting for the bus. Brr. Here's some frozen spider webs:

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Raccoon!Those are the mountains we can see from our bedroom.across the streetTree!!!view from our bedroom this morning

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First, so you can see it....Second, 'cause it looks pretty...

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The third cake was perfect.The first and second cakes were not.But they were all delicious.

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This pumpkin won me the carving contest at work.

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His name is Orange Eye for now. We think someone moved away and left him behind. He seems to have abandonment issues, but he's very sweet and he seems to like our back porch.

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Yay farmer's market! I got this bouquet for five bucks!Mmm... root vegetables. We've had a very colorful diet lately.Mmm... yes, that's a blue ribbon on the can, folks. We made some beer-butt chicken. I'll post a recipe on the food blog soon, I promise.

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Just in case you didn't know, my parents are rad. They were going to buy me a camera for my birthday, but instead they surprised me with an antique dining set. Here it is in situ.There is a built-in China cabinet on the left. On the right is the one that came with the set.I love inlaid wood.

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Camping!!! See? It's sunny sometimes in Washington...This is what happens when you get drunk in the forest.

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Black cats are hard to photograph without grossly overexposing them. I love this photo of Beezer.And though I'm not a huge fan of lace, I like how the curtains on our front door look in this light.

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This is what I came home to on our anniversary. A dozen red roses plus two white ones. I think I'll keep him. :)

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Not only is it vegetarian, it's vegetables! Mom would be so proud.And these are those mountains I talked about that you can see from my bedroom.

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Three cheers for having a barbecue. We threw a housewarming/my birthday party the weekend after we moved, so we ended up with leftover cheese. We bought spencer steaks to put underneath. :)

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Wow. It's so quiet. It's amazing. I tried not to complain about the roommates too much, because they made us so miserable for so long, but now that they're gone, it's just so quiet. We moved all by ourselves, in basically one 12-hour long push to get the hell out. Lacking the gumption to carry it upstairs, we spent our first night on our mattress on the living room floor. No more TV! Woo!A few

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Just about two years into the "married" thing, and Caine and I will finally be free of roommates. This means my psychotic control over my domain can begin! Bwah hah hah.... I like to think I'm not nuts, and that really, all roommates are inherently filthy, disgusting, creatures. We'll see how it goes next week.

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Click it!

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Well, I'm not takin' photos anymore, but I'm making a lot more money, and I'm learning! I now work for an online brokerage company. I'm a customer service telephone monkey. I love it so far. Most of the people that call in just need help navigating our website, my co-workers are pretty cool, the building I work in is well decorated, there's a gym on-site, and I can have all the coffee I want.

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I can smell it!

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Washington State's democratic primary delegates are decided by a good ol' fashioned caucus. If you don't know what that is, look it up. The county that I live in is working toward an entirely mail voting system, but for the presidential primary, we still gotta get together with our neighbors and actively participate in the political system.I really didn't know what to expect, and there was

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And now I'm upset 'cause I replaced my main hard drive in my computer and now my pirated version of Photoshop doesn't work. Dang it. Just cut my leg off, whydoncha? So I've taken some lovely photos and you can't see them because I'm mad and I won't use any other software. Maybe this weekend I'll be cooled off enough to give it a whirl...

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Daily, "highs in the forties, lows in the thirties, mostly cloudy, chance of rain."

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This is why I always carry a little point-and-shoot.

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I managed to get a flat tire during the rainiest night we've had so far. The triple A guy said "it's nice to talk to someone who's not in a ditch!"

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First "real" snow of the year... It's so pretty! I've spent the day snuggled up with blankets and cats and the blinds open so I can watch. We've gotten about three inches so far. It's starting to slow down a little bit, but according to the satellite images online, there's plenty more comin'. The images below are links to more photos.

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When we got off the freeway, Caine yelled, "snow!" to which I replied "No way dude, it's just cold... that's just ice."But I was wrong. It snowed in Everett for about an hour (we missed it). Snow! Once again, I know, I'll get tired of it, thanks for the warning. But right now it's still novel. Snow!!!

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No, I'm serious. I never knew yard work could be fun. When it's your very own yard, though, it's not so bad. Caine and I spent the day raking leaves and pulling weeds. It was awesome!

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Man, was it cold. Freezing, at least, maybe not much colder, but I'm a wimpy southern california girl, so I dressed up in about five layers before I ventured outside to view the morning.That's my car. I'm SO glad I didn't have to go to work that morning. The sky was an unbelievable blue, and I took a photo, but the photo really can't describe how blue the sky was, so here's my frosty hedge

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Meet the new house.Caine and I couldn't be more excited about this house! It's 100 years old this year, and it's gorgeous inside! Click the pic for more photos.

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I worked at the mall for a while. (I don't want to talk about it...)Now I work for a well-known portrait studio chain in downtown Seattle. The commute sucks, but everything else is great. There's a Whole Foods a block away, and their beer selection is phenomenal.Oh, and Caine and I have a new house. Well, it's 100 years old, but it's new to us. I'll post photos and stuff once the ink is dry.

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I bought a giant pumpkin from a lady on a farm. It was half green, but turned orange pretty quickly.So I had the intention of carving it into something really cool. It was a big orange empty canvas, full of potential.Lots of guts!And slime!This is as far as I got. I got off of work on the 29th of October at about 6:30, and it took me about two hours to prepare my gourd. Then I was too tired

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Gee, I'm glad I don't have to go to work until later. This is what my car looks like.But it sure is pretty.

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I can't honestly describe why it's so much fun, other than if you get 50 of your favorite people together and drink a bunch of beer, you're bound to have some good times. Three cheers to Casey for being the only fool not related to me to have the balls and gumption to show up. Click the pic for the rest of the photos. Jeebus.Oh, and California was on fire. That was lame. When I got home, the

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Word to the wise.... make sure which burner you're turning on. And make sure not to place your pyrex on the stove while it's waiting to go into the oven.This evening as I was looking trying to look up directions, I heard the spectacular sound of exploding glass. Caine was cooking with our fish that Kelly got while fishing and rested the fish (which was in a pyrex dish) on the stove. He was

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After meeting with our realtor, Caine and I tried some exploring of our own. We wanted to get an idea of how far away the areas that we're searching in really are. That, and I wanted to take some photos of the fall colors while the gettin's good. At our first wrong turn, we ended up at a pumpkin patch.Our next stop was near Machias. Here we met a nice l.o.l. (little ol' lady) who sold me a

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Due to circumstances that I'm not sure I deserve, Caine and I are basically ready to buy a house. The market is good if you're buying now. According to our realtor, there are about eight houses for every one buyer. Woo hoo! So today we had our first round of house-hunting.On the recommendation of a random friendly stranger we met at the wine store, we're looking in the area known as Snohomish

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Last Monday, my father in law called and said, "hey, do you guys want to come over for dinner this weekend?" Well, shit, sure! So, sorry we didn't inform you friends, but our recent trip was strictly a family affair.Our visit, which was prompted by a big Cunningham family dinner, was also a surprise for Caine's mom. The party was to start at three, so we planned on getting there a little bit

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I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. My littlest kitten likes to drink from glasses and it's so endearing.

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Dark and Stormy. I love it. It's still summer, but this is what we got.Hail stones are actually pretty hard to catch. They bounce right off of your hand.Our cars were pelted for about a half hour, then we just had really hard rain for a while. And then it got very cold. I had to get up in the middle of the night and get another blanket. The storm is due in California next. Enjoy the cold!

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For the first time since I was small enough to not really remember, I went fishing. On Saturday morning at 5:30 a.m. we got up, drank coffee, packed some lunch, and headed out to the wildlife park. It's a considerable walk from the parking lot to the river. It was overcast and not very cold.About five minutes after I dropped my line into the water, I caught a small rainbow trout.Seven hours

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From the news anchor: "Another day over 73 degrees. How long will the hot streak continue? News and weather at eleven."

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So I have some photos that are no more than a few days old, but I have nothing in particular to say about them.Sunset from our front door.Silly cat! I found her sleeping with her ass hanging off the couch like this.I call this one "with sleeping baby and kitten."

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We have a boarder for the weekend. She showed up on our front lawn at about three this afternoon. Snohomish County Animal Control finally returned my phone call at about 3:45, and all of the officers get off work at 4:00, and they won't be open again until Tuesday because of Labor Day. Well, at least the pup found some sympathetic souls to feed and house her for the weekend. We made "found"

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Shot on 28 Aug 2007 at 10 pm

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Another day of perfect (gorgeous) weather. It was a little warmer than it has been lately, with the mercury topping out at about 82 degrees. The breeze made it feel much cooler. We decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and go to the Wildlife Park that we missed last week.We wandered around first to Shadow Lake where we picnicked on PB&J and listened to the noises that the city doesn't

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So that's a link. Click on it to see the rest of the photos.Caine and I decided to go explore the Pike Place Market today. It's a giant conglomeration of vendors... lots of food, of course, in the form of fresh seafood and produce, and lots of handmade goods. There are a bunch of stores, too. It's the height of the tourist season, and it's Sunday, so we probably picked the most crowded time

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We decided to get adventurous and went for a drive on Thursday. I'm not sure of our route, but the road and the drive reminded me a lot of the Road to Hana in Hawaii, only instead of tropical, it was deciduous. We ended up getting a little turned around and stumbled upon a park. It (like many parks in the area) just happened to have a lake.And blackberries grow EVERYWHERE. They're delicious.

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He was wandering around on our welcome mat.

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So if you haven't heard, one of my "roommates" is a 2.5 year old girl. You may remember her, she was one of the very cute babies at our wedding.Okay, so yeah, I plan on having kids "someday." That nondescript "someday" part makes it seem like it's very far away. Or at least, it's easy to pretend that it's very far away. And then we go and move in with a really small kid. Hm. Good practice?I

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I'm falling for Washington. I admit it, the more I'm here, the more I like it. Yesterday we visited Mukilteo Beach, which is only about a ten minute drive from where we live. The beaches were alive! Lots of little crabs, bright green seaweed on the rocks, and many, but not too many humans. It was warm, and sunshiny, and smelled good.This morning I woke up and it was raining. I imagine I'll get

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...weather and produce today. The clouds were disgustingly puffy white, the sun was shining, and our high temperature today was seventy degrees (with a lovely breeze). Please, spare me the admontions to enjoy it while it lasts. I know it will rain, and it will rain a lot.I went to the coolest "produce stand" today, with Alamtios Bay Farmer's Market quality produce, but I swear everything was

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Click it!

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My mom and dadmy brother (strange how that works... he didn't live in SoCal)casey, claire, curtis (and all the other friends whose names don't start with C)BevMohaving moneyriding my bikeVin de Payscompetetive prices for liquor101 degree weather (no wait, that's not true)driving fastliving within walking distance to a lot of art and fine diningliving among artists

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So in an attempt to become a real-life, legal washington resident, I visited the DMV (DOL in washington - department of licensing). Proof of residency and proof of identity required... I won't go into the boring bureaucratic details here, but those two requirements are surprisingly difficult to meet. Nearly two hours for our numbers to be called, and, ninety dollars later, we have our temporary

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First ImpressionsWashington is very green.Green stuff grows everywhere.The trees (mostly evergreens) are pretty tall.People drive the speed limit (which on the highways is 60 mph).There's a lotta white folk.No one here is from washington, originally.

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Hm. So. I guess an introduction is in order. This is an attempt to keep interested parties informed as to how my life is going. I'll start with stories, and I'll try to be chronological, and I'll try to include photos. Sound Good? Good.Okay. I'll start with the trip. Or what I remember of it, since it's been two weeks, and I'm still blaming the head injury for my short term memory issues.So it

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Before the beautiful desert sunrise.Freezing ass cold.Bleary-eyed flowers.The Chariot.a hard-to read ideogram.casey enjoying the viewCliff-dwellings.tree #1plantreflectionthis lizard was trying to impress me with his pushups.tree 2prickley pear and montezuma's welldesert flowers (I don't know what these are)Casey and Tree 3View from the Asylum restaurant, Jerome AZrecreational

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