septober

My sister said it well... "once you're behind in blogging...the task of catching up is absolutely formidable. and as i wait it gets worse & worse. so i give up on catching up."

Yep, Katie, I plagiarized you :) By the way, check out her site if you're interested. She makes cute babies, and her posts always make me chuckle.

Heck yes, it's been a month and a half since I've checked in on here! Life has been busy!! We're lucky its all been good-business, but it makes me wonder how people with larger families than ours ever get anything done. It's just me, Jon, and our cat...no diapers to change or extra mouths to feed, and I somehow still wonder where all the minutes in a day disappear to.

I posted a few of these pictures on facebook, but Jon had some meetings to attend in new york city at the end of september, so I tagged along to play in the city. J & I got a couple of free days together to explore, and it was a really fun time for the two of us.

This girl is named Amy Grieve, and there was a season in my life, just after I dropped out of college, where she was one of my closest friends. Time passed, and we both went our own respective ways, literally all over the globe. This stage of life finds her living in new york, so we reconnected, and it was like four years hadnt even flown by since we'd seen each other last! It's such an amazing aspect of life, that years & distance can amount to worlds of change, and sometimes no change at all.

Our hat business....yeahhh, I am burned out on hats :) I knew it was inevitable, but I figured I'd ride the wave for as long as it lasted. I set my etsy store on vacation mode, am regretfully turning away orders, and taking a break from knitting. This is the last I hat I made for my friend Adrienne, and I can't wait to see it on her little bean, due next month!

this is a statue I walk past on my way to the bus stop in the mornings. It's completely dressed in origami cranes, and it cheers me up when I see it. It reminds me of the eclectic-ness of the city I live in, how people try to make art out of almost anything....and also, it reminds me of a classic Arrested Development Episode.

I participated in fall this year, I swear I did! I always have the best intentions of getting into holiday spirits, but time runs away from me every time, and I never seem to. So I preemptively carved a pumpkin a couple of weeks ago...

was so proud of the end result, but it rotted/molded so quickly...how disappointing! It's already resting at the bottom of a compost heap somewhere. Also went to a pumpkin patch with some friends...

My michigan/canadian friend Sandra (below) decided to move back to the midwest a few weeks ago, which is incredibly sad for anybody that knows her out here. You win this time, Michigan.

I got to spend three fun, consecutive evenings with her during her last week here. Her birthday at the cheesecake factory, pumpkin patch/IHOP run, and a bonfire at Golden Gardens. I'll miss you sandy-pants! Visit soon!!

My boss lady & I ran a booth for our spa at a GSBA expo downtown. I gave complimentary chair massages, while we both networked a bit. It wasnt the greatest turnout in the whole wide world, but it was good to get our name out, and always hilarious hanging with Leah...
Um, THESE were the tokens we chose to give away. Haha, Leah swears that there was nothing else in the entire catalog to buy, and she made a final-hour decision to order these rubber duckies. we were both a little mortified to give out such tacky keepsakes, but I can't describe to you how fast these little guys flew off the table. Did you know there are people out there who collect rubber duckies?? Haha.
We also gave away delicious cupcakes for Breast Cancer Awareness, and nobody wanted them. What is wrong with the world today?!

We havent been lucky in the way of weather this year. Had a fairly chilly & gray summer, and then fall hit fast & hard...with lots of rain and low temperatures. HOWEVER, the last week has been gorgeous....just lots of sun and crisp air. I'm really hoping this hangs on for a good while before we really slip beneath Seattle's cloud cover for the long winter.

(a few shots from my deck today...)

haha, roommate pranks. Jon was filling ice cube trays the other day, while I was nearby eating pickles straight from the jar. In a moment of (what we thought was) cleverness, we filled one, lone ice cube square with pickle juice....wondering which one of us would be the unlucky one to grab a handful of ice cubes that includes the pickle-cube. We also knew that Rachel uses ten times more ice than either of us (she also fills the trays 10x more than us...this was not a malicious trick, i promise!)

we have an equally as clever roommate, though, and Rachel caught it the second it passed her line of sight. Plan Foiled!

The three of us (Jon, me & Rachel) depart for Hawaii in three weeks from tomorrow!!! Ha, please dont think we have some weird relationship that we just can't get enough of each other. This trip has been planned for over a year, before we ever signed a lease together, and it was originally going to include family members and more friends....but in the end, the three of us are the only ones able to go this time.

Anyway, we have a big snorkel trip planned, our nights at the Hyatt Resort in maui booked, a day trip down the Hana Road, a luau.....I'm giddy with excitement! (p90x has resumed in force for the last 21 day stretch!)

and while I'm at it, let me say a couple of other things I'm exploding with excitement over...I GET A NEW NEPHEW IN A MONTH!!! Katie is nearly all ready to go with baby #3, and I can't wait to get out there over the holidays to kiss his sweet little face.

I'm so excited to go home for the holidays!!! It's looking like we'll be home ON christmas day this year, which is the most exciting thing for me. Can't wait for a white, snowy Christmas, with allllll my family and little babies around.

small possibility for a last-minute trip with sayaka to Boston for a Patriots game, more about that later if it actually happens :)

i'm a reading fiend lately. cranking through my list of classics that I've never read...and can I just say that Lord of the Flies gave me crazy dreams? Shiver. Not okay. Onto Catcher in the Rye...

Soccer playoffs start on Halloween! Our team has totally pulled it together this season, and we look really hot for playoffs. Should be exciting!

and since I'm sure no one else is as big of a nerd as I am, I wont mention that harry potter comes out in one month from today [AHHHH! ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!!!]