SO, nick has lost a bunch of weight, we're semi-ok with money, and we'll be taking our first "weekend away" from seattle in about 5 years. THIS IS GOOD. this is do-able ( Read more... )

so, my requirements for the new ford:
1. NOT A FIESTA.
2. no red, blue or white cars allowed.

and what did i end up buying?

a 2011 white fiesta sedan.WTF ( Read more... )

gray seattle year-long makes people go mad ( Read more... )

...okay, current employee going horrifically wrong. as in, we are about to terminate her via legal correspondence. not good. let's just say that kendra works for kendra and no one else. add libel, slander and intentially trying to sully a small business' reputation and you get FIRED. letter should go out tomorrow, backlash should start in ( Read more... )

...nick is talking about selling our store, buying a tiny coffee shop in key west, FL and relaxing for a couple years, before settling down with a house and a kid and a yard up in NE ( Read more... )

nick's first friend here in seattle & our first loyal customer, tom, was hit by a train on tuesday night and died. in san diego. alone. after two broken arms, a crushed skull, and a full hour of "aggressive resuscitation." he was at the medical examiners office for 24 hours before they identified him by dental records...nick got the hysterical call ( Read more... )

i've found my guilty pleasure. it's correcting people on facebook that are ill-informed about healthcare reform. it's the ones that went to the SAME highschool as me, took the SAME classes on US history, economics & government, participated in the SAME canned food drive in 1992 for south florida hurricane victims, then again for mississippi river ( Read more... )

yesterday nick mentioned that if we were financially stable right now, or if we were suddenly to become financially stable, we'd be "working on babies."

um, what?

most days nick HATES the children folk. we're definitely a couple years out of being "financially stable" - whatever the hell THAT means...

...so we're moving at the end of the month. two blocks up into a much nicer place with a stone foyer, fireplace in the living room, second bedroom (and bathroom), washer/dryer in unit with a cap on the water bill (look out fools, i'll be doing laundry from the grooming stalls 24/7) and private patio butted right up against a park for the doglets ( Read more... )

my god. sarah palin is so STUPID. all the crap she's saying to the tea party people - competition is GOOD (*ahem* but not when it comes to healthcare?), it's all about everyday americans (like with the policies Obama has purposed to help the middle & lower-middle class?), we're discouraged by washington (uh, this is REPUBLICAN obstructionism) are ( Read more... )