welp, i'm finally blogging!
let's see, a lot has happened since i last blogged:
first of all, we went to seattle, which we loved. some highlights included:
-pike's place market (you know, the famous one where they throw the fish and all). it was actually a pretty large market with several floors of shops, stands, and restaurants. i bought a great necklace there in the shape of a swirl-yay!
-the cavs game--so much fun. plus, we had VIP seats so that meant we were able to go in this VIP room during halftime and get free drinks, soft pretzels, sandwiches, etc. so fun!!! plus, we were sitting next to two other cavs fans and we were the only 4 yelling in the arena some times. and matt was so excited and i love to see him like that.
-the ferry ride to bainbridge island. it was sort of misty out and it had been raining so matt and i had the entire upper (outdoor) deck to ourselves. we could see the mountains and the islands through the mist and it was such a smooth ride. it was actually pretty surreal and very romantic.
-our anniversary dinner at a restaurant called "serafina's", which was beautiful and everything about it was perfect!
-the Experience Music Project, basically a pop music museum with really great artifacts like handwritten lyrics from the beatles on hotel stationary, part of jimi hendrix's guitar that he burned and smashed at woodstock, etc.

we also had some amusing moments:
-on the plane ride there, one of the flight attendants told the people in front of us that her brother used to play guitar for air supply. and she was still pretty excited about it. of course we snickered to each other!
-once we were on the bus and a man with some mental health issues got on and started talking loudly about how he had lost everything just yesterday and now he was heading to church and maybe we don't believe him but he really was heading to church and would the good people on the bus be willing to help him out? and he started scanning the bus and looked straight at matt (who was just growing a beard), pointed, and said, "i know YOU can't help me", and looked for another person to ask. so AMAZING!!!! we really didn't get solicited by the homeless while we were there for that very reason--matt looked like an unsavory character himself!!!!

so we had such a fun time and would love to go back someday!

but now we're home and as matt said, we've had some great weather and have been enjoying the outdoors. we have also been taking some great bike rides together, which has been fun. it's great to finally have an athletic activity that we are both interested in and pretty evenly matched!

also, i started my second pottery class and i've been attempting to throw some pots/bowls/anything on the wheel. needless to say, it is extremely difficult but very therapeutic when successful. and the items look better than making them purely by hand. we'll see if i get a couple decent items from this class.

oh yeah, we're looking for a new car and you would not believe these car salesmen--the things they say are so ridiculous. this one dude raved on and on about how great our credit was and when i told him that we were waiting for our tax return so we could have a bigger downpayment, he tried to convince me to post date a check for 6 weeks later. when i refused, he asked why i didn't feel comfortable with that!!! i had to remind him that we had good credit for a good reason--we don't write checks for money we don't have!!!!! duh!

welp, i know i should probably say more after not blogging for so long but i'm tired.
so i'm outie.