It's as if I never left...
Back from oblivion from what feels like forever being gone....
- Left for and came back from Seattle last week. Short but long trip. I've never been to Seattle before so it was great to see the city although it wasn't anything spectacular - it was just like SFO. I loved the fact that they had the Nordstrom Flagship smack in downtown Seattle. That was heaven :). Who knew there's even a Todai in Seattle? I thought that was just a Bay Area thing. The weather was great. It was a great respite from the Bay Area heat wave we had just before I left. It started to rain when I was flying back to OAK. There were a total of 10 of us that traveled to Seattle and with a group that big, drama was inevitable. Made me want to throw myself out of the plane >. Walked from downtown to the pier just to see the infamous Pike Place Market I tell you - I think Pike (or whoever owns that place) makes it a requirement to be handsome and fit to work for them. All them guys were cute! And you should see the ladies around the stall - it was like a meat market (haha...get it?@?!). The ladies (including me, T and M) were ready with our cameras just incase some fish-tossing happened. It did - but the fish was thrown a bit too fast that we didn't catch it in action. My visit to the fish market was complete :). T and I decided to head out to the Space Needle, since after all, we were already in Seattle. Might as well. I was surprised that there was nothing around that area at all. There was the Science Museum which looked like blah...and across the street was the new stadium for the Seattle Mariners but other than that, there was nothing else to do but go up. T and I ended up having dinner at Sky City - the Needles revolving restaurant. The food was good but soooooooo expensive. The view was just amazing. Good food. Good company. Great night. After dinner, we stepped out onto the observation deck and took more pictures eventhough it didn't come out since it was dark by then. We took the cab back to the hotel and called it a night. The class was very informative. The professors had the thickest NC drawl I have ever heard. Reminded me of my friend Paul R from Raleigh. I wonder whatever happened to him. Now, I know all about cotton :).
- The Big Guy said Jake was in his best behavior while I was gone. The boys just decided to stay at home rather than sleep over at M&D's and the Big Guy did just fine :). They came to pick me up in OAK on Friday and Jake woke up a bit when we got home and gave me the "Is that really you, Mama?" look and fell back asleep in my arms. Man, I missed my boys!!
- Weekend was quiet. Spent most of the day Saturday sleeping with my boys. That was the best thing!!! We had dinner with M&D, C and the girls to spend Grandparent's Day (which was Sunday). After so much debate on where to eat, we ended up at this hole in the wall Filipino restaurant in Newark. The place used to be Ma Mon Luk but now the name has changed but according to the Big Guy, the menu was basically the same. It was fun. Jake was amusing Mom on the drive to and from dinner; he wouldn't let Mom doze off in the car.
- The Big Guy cleaned up the patio yesterday and now, Jake is in heaven playing around pushing his cars and all. I did good - I managed to sort through 2 of Jake's never-ending bins of clothes and donate the ones I don't want to keep. I also had one paper bag's worth of shoes that I outgrew (pregnancy caused me to gain 1/2" length) and more clothes. I drove Mom to visit her friend who just had surgery and brought Jake with us. The Big Guy went with Dad to get Dad's new computer table. Dinner was at their favorite Vietnamese restaurant :). Dropped Mom & Dad off and to Target we went.
So many things to do.
....Yes - I'm still ironing. Don't ask me why I'm so fascinated with it but I sure as hell am.
....Yes, the weight loss isn't progressing, but not quite giving up yet. If you hear me scream bloody hell, it's because I've given up (for now).
....Yes, the search for a bigger place is still on.
....Yes, the search for my new car is still on.
....and it's almost Christmas again.
Belated Happy Birthday, M.
Belated Happy Birthday, J.
Happy Birthday, R and LCM.
Happy Birthday, L.
Happy Birthday, L.
Happy Birthday, T.
Happy Birthday, J.
(Nuts! That's a lot of birthdays!!)
I need to:
- book my New York trip
- book my hair appointment
- lose weight (here I go again).
Toodles people!
- Left for and came back from Seattle last week. Short but long trip. I've never been to Seattle before so it was great to see the city although it wasn't anything spectacular - it was just like SFO. I loved the fact that they had the Nordstrom Flagship smack in downtown Seattle. That was heaven :). Who knew there's even a Todai in Seattle? I thought that was just a Bay Area thing. The weather was great. It was a great respite from the Bay Area heat wave we had just before I left. It started to rain when I was flying back to OAK. There were a total of 10 of us that traveled to Seattle and with a group that big, drama was inevitable. Made me want to throw myself out of the plane >. Walked from downtown to the pier just to see the infamous Pike Place Market I tell you - I think Pike (or whoever owns that place) makes it a requirement to be handsome and fit to work for them. All them guys were cute! And you should see the ladies around the stall - it was like a meat market (haha...get it?@?!). The ladies (including me, T and M) were ready with our cameras just incase some fish-tossing happened. It did - but the fish was thrown a bit too fast that we didn't catch it in action. My visit to the fish market was complete :). T and I decided to head out to the Space Needle, since after all, we were already in Seattle. Might as well. I was surprised that there was nothing around that area at all. There was the Science Museum which looked like blah...and across the street was the new stadium for the Seattle Mariners but other than that, there was nothing else to do but go up. T and I ended up having dinner at Sky City - the Needles revolving restaurant. The food was good but soooooooo expensive. The view was just amazing. Good food. Good company. Great night. After dinner, we stepped out onto the observation deck and took more pictures eventhough it didn't come out since it was dark by then. We took the cab back to the hotel and called it a night. The class was very informative. The professors had the thickest NC drawl I have ever heard. Reminded me of my friend Paul R from Raleigh. I wonder whatever happened to him. Now, I know all about cotton :).
- The Big Guy said Jake was in his best behavior while I was gone. The boys just decided to stay at home rather than sleep over at M&D's and the Big Guy did just fine :). They came to pick me up in OAK on Friday and Jake woke up a bit when we got home and gave me the "Is that really you, Mama?" look and fell back asleep in my arms. Man, I missed my boys!!
- Weekend was quiet. Spent most of the day Saturday sleeping with my boys. That was the best thing!!! We had dinner with M&D, C and the girls to spend Grandparent's Day (which was Sunday). After so much debate on where to eat, we ended up at this hole in the wall Filipino restaurant in Newark. The place used to be Ma Mon Luk but now the name has changed but according to the Big Guy, the menu was basically the same. It was fun. Jake was amusing Mom on the drive to and from dinner; he wouldn't let Mom doze off in the car.
- The Big Guy cleaned up the patio yesterday and now, Jake is in heaven playing around pushing his cars and all. I did good - I managed to sort through 2 of Jake's never-ending bins of clothes and donate the ones I don't want to keep. I also had one paper bag's worth of shoes that I outgrew (pregnancy caused me to gain 1/2" length) and more clothes. I drove Mom to visit her friend who just had surgery and brought Jake with us. The Big Guy went with Dad to get Dad's new computer table. Dinner was at their favorite Vietnamese restaurant :). Dropped Mom & Dad off and to Target we went.
So many things to do.
....Yes - I'm still ironing. Don't ask me why I'm so fascinated with it but I sure as hell am.
....Yes, the weight loss isn't progressing, but not quite giving up yet. If you hear me scream bloody hell, it's because I've given up (for now).
....Yes, the search for a bigger place is still on.
....Yes, the search for my new car is still on.
....and it's almost Christmas again.
Belated Happy Birthday, M.
Belated Happy Birthday, J.
Happy Birthday, R and LCM.
Happy Birthday, L.
Happy Birthday, L.
Happy Birthday, T.
Happy Birthday, J.
(Nuts! That's a lot of birthdays!!)
I need to:
- book my New York trip
- book my hair appointment
- lose weight (here I go again).
Toodles people!
