Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Weather Update and Living Conditions
Today was hot.
However, I did find ways to escape the heat:
1. Have a friend who is smart and stays in an air conditioned hotel when it gets above 100. Thanks Shannon.
2. Invite yourself over to friend's hotel and reap the benefits of the hotel pool!
3. Eat out. Ben and I found out with our friends Tyler and Stacy, that everyone has this same idea. The mall's food court was so packed it felt like the A/C was giving out.
4. Go to the movies. Again, a popular way to stay cool, "Harry Potter" was packed tonight! We had to sit in the 4th row. (But it was 2 1/2 hours of glorious A/C!
All in all not a bad day...
It is the sleeping in a 90 degree apartment that I'm now worried about.
Sorry for the whining.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Go Mad Men Yourself! (with Mandy edit)
Heat Wave
I know Seattleites are big babies when it comes to weather. 75 is about as hot as I can personally stand and 40 is about as cold as I can take it. So I know I'm spoiled to live in such a temperate area of the world. People are dealing with much hotter temperatures than this right now. I do, however, long for some air conditioning just a temporary break from the heat! It's just too hot!
Looks like I'll have to head to the mall or a movie theater if I'm going to get a break anytime soon. Check out our five day forecast!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Old School Frozen Custard


Success!
They didn't have Duht n' Wuhm's on the menu but I was able to create it with one of their Concretes. (Basically a their version of a Blizzard.) I had vanilla custard with oreo's and a worm on top! Ben had vanilla custard with butterscotch mixed throughout. We loved the place!

Somewhere Out There... (Updated)

Monday, July 13, 2009
When Does a Moment Become a Memory?
Then I remembered a family I once nannied for having a GIANT piece of plexi-glass in their living room. The plexi-glass was the designated area for the kids to hang up whatever they wanted. Every once and a while it was my duty to clear off the plexi-glass so it could be filled up again. I thought this might work for my picture dilemma... Ben and I went to Home Depot on Saturday and bought a 3'x4' (roughly) piece of plexi-glass and attached it to the wall in our kitchen.



Friday, July 10, 2009
Happy Birthday Mames!
Mandy's Birthday










Sleep-Over!
Dinner Time! We had rice bowls with vegi's! Eating on the floor worked out well, since we don't really have enough room around our table for all of us!
Lyds-Bids and Micah-Man
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The Fourth in Fremont








My sister made her "Red, White, and Blue Tiramisu!" Yummy!

Friday, July 3, 2009
Wenatchee River and Leavenworth

We researched some hikes in the area and found one about 3 miles outside of downtown. It was the Tumwater Pipeline Trail, a trail that crosses the Wenatchee River and follows it for about a mile. It was a really easy "hike," probably more fair to called it a "walk." The scenery was beautiful and quite historic. Here is the history:
The Great Northern Railway abandoned its route over Stevens Pass and opted to go under the pass instead. It was too difficult to keep up with the snowfall on the tracks each winter. The exhaust-emitting steam engines were a problem while going through the long tunnel so the line switched over to electric engines between Skykomish and Leavenworth. The railroad built a dam to generate the power for the trains, but in the late 1950's the railroad switched to diesel and abandoned the pipeline and power plant. The trail starts at the site of the power plant and at the large iron bridge that used to carry pipeline across the river.
















