Hot and Not

Hot:

• Fresh produce (lettuce and snap peas so far) from my garden, we are about to have more romaine than we know what to do with
• New American Eagle wedges LOVE em…but boy do they hurt
• Finding out that season 6 is not the last season for Mad Men but that we actually have another season to watch!!
• Free outdoor lunch concerts downtown Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays!!!
• Actually went shopping
• Scooter battery working again and got my tired fix so it holds air again…promising to fix up my scooter…first step: buy a new trunk for it
• Chocolate frosted flakes and Breyers Reeses Blast for the ultimate winning nighttime snack combo with the boy
• Identity Thief from Redbox…actually hilarious
• I now watch my stocks and mutual funds on a daily basis…but now I feel like I know what I am doing with my money and it is paying off!!!
• Ewelina and Stephan are back at hosting dinners (or at least had one) in part to thank me for mine
• A thunderstorm in Seattle on Tuesday night!!!
• Getting free tickets to a standup comedy show at the Paramount on Saturday night and taking my girls (Polly, Tina and Polly’s friend Lauren).  Jim Gaffigan was super funny and surprisingly very VERY clean which I enjoyed
• Yelp Elite Improv Comedy Night with free wine and cocktails on Friday
• TBM Bertha at the viaduct project had its grand “opening” ceremony on Saturday
• First time using my roasting pan and I love it…love that it is easy clean up
• Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison = great read

Not:

• Vanilla Chex (way too sweet and powdery)
• Seattle temps (its was cool when we first got back, now it is back to being nice)
• American Eagle weird tie-dye pink pants and tank top = returning
• Trying not to let my non-promotion bother me…especially when colleagues got theirs
• Cookie Crisp cereal (cardboardy and flavorless)
• I thought the new roommate was taking up all of the refrigerator space…then found out it was Polly
• Worked on the railroad job until 2 am on a Friday night (saw a few mice)
• Passed up a 50% off everything in the Coach Outlet store sale
• Getting to move back to the 1st Ave office…but not given a date yet meaning it will not be anytime soon
• The risky co-op/condo that was my favorite on Queen Anne Ave. is back on the market with a price lowered 70k to 109k…too tempting but probably too risky
• Absolutely zero rain means having to water a lot
• Getting a really good sound bar from Woot.com for a steal…then finding out I needed an audio receiver and cables to hook it up (but got a deal on an audio receiver from Craigslist)

Chelsea