Trip to Holly's

When I went out to Spokane for my half-marathon I extended my trip for a couple days to drop by my sister Hol's place in Seattle.

SUPER CUTE FAMILY.


The first day we all went to Pike Place market to get some organic local produce. This was Isabella as we stood waiting for the bus. Love the hat, kid.









The next day we went for a 2 hr hike on Tiger mountain. Crazy that we could get such a great hike only ~20 minutes outside of the city.

Here is Hol, with her baby Melanie wrapped to her.












And this is my holding my ADORABLE newest niece.






I think this was my 9th or 10th trip to Seattle. I realized that it is the city I've been to the most times besides Boston. Umm crazy.

half marathon - CHECK!

ran the Spokane WA half marathon this morning

13.1 miles in 2 hours, 32 minutes, 19 seconds.

highlight: the freaking awesome views from lots of parts on the course, especially the bridge around 2 miles that went a few hundred feet above the Spokane River. AMAZING

lowlight: "Doomsday Hill" at 10 miles. WTF. wtf. That was the start of a VERY tough final 3 miles, but I managed to power through (and by "power" i mean "walk large sections")


overall: glad I did it. very likely to do other HMs in the future. But, for now, I am going to go lay in bed and veg for SEVERAL hours.

in Seattle

just spent two great days with Hol and her super cute family

now with Manish in Bellvue and mentally building up for the half marathon in Spokane in two days

here's for hoping that no puking on the sidewalk is involved!!!

my life is crazy/awesome and here is some catchup

In mild chronological order...

I bought a present for Juliet. I dont think her boyfriend likes it very much. Maybe he is intimidated, not sure. This 2 foot plastic gorilla now resides on top of our television.



















Juliet and I went hiking in New Hampshire near Lake Winnepau-sakidontknow-howtospell. Pretty awesome hike with great views at the top.

I played a little recorder at the summit to call to the birds and other nature residents. They said HI back.



























I got some new pottery back out of the kiln - 4 mugs made out of black clay, with my FAVORITE glaze combo (you may recognize this from a set of four slightly-squared bowls a few months ago.)






These mugs are some of my favorite pieces yet. The handles were a bit of a creative departure for me, but I actually am pretty satisfied there.






















I played in a golf tournament at work.
It's a good thing I took that Golf PE class in college (literally, I took it because I thought it might be useful in business.) I was in no way a super star, but at least I didnt 100% humiliate myself. Just around 98%.

On a side note, I'm pretty sure I carried the fashion baton for my team... agreed? agreed.





I became an accordian master.

well, no, I just played Juliet's accordian most ridiculously for about 4 minutes and she thought it was fun to take photos. But we did play a bunch of duets (her on accoridan, me on tambourine) and they were amazing, I am SO excited for our first performance in a couple weeks.





And now.... I'm off to Seattle for my half marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 days with Holly and her family, then 3 days with Manish in Spokane. Wish me luck/not breaking a leg!!

The most important vote you will cast this year

what should I be for halloween?

Option 1: Leeloo (of The Fifth Element)











Option 2: Cheetarah (of The Thundercats)




Option 3: Miss Congeniality 1984 (of the Great State of Alaska)
including sash AND flute!



THOUGHTS!?!??!
Plz vote. Many thx