Let Them Eat Cake

Just a quick post!

This past Saturday Emma and I worked for some friends of ours, Pete and Jen, for a party they were throwing for a wedding reception. Emma made the cake and I was hired to take some photos of the goings on. It was fun to do and Emma's cake turned out wonderful!! It was super tasty too.

Once I get a minute I will post some more photos of the event.

Wine Tasting and Education at Erath Vineyards

A couple of weeks ago Emma and I went with a group from her school to learn more about wine and how the affects of the ground that the grapes are grown in affect the taste of the wine. I learned probably more then I ever though I would have about wine but it was fun. Afterwords some of use followed John, a co-worker of Emma's to where he makes his own wine. It was really cool to taste the different types of wine that he is producing and to see what the difference was between the wines grown at different locations. I am not that into wine like I am with beer but it was great to learn more about it.

The picture above is some of the group and the below pictures are from John's warehouse. The final picture is the press that he uses to get all the goodness out of the grapes!!!

Cell Phone Ban!

For everyone in California and Washington...good times!!

The 4th and Past Weekend

Have you ever wanted to have your very own fireworks display in your very own backyard??? Have you ever wanted to blow up so much stuff that you yourself could burst?? Have you ever wanted to "legally" burn your neighbors house down?? If so....come to Oregon where the fireworks are illegal but Washington state is just a stone's throw away and filled with fireworks stands!

Ok I admit I was being goofy but this year it really got to me. I am not sure if we have been around the house during the 4th but this year it was crazy. It was like a war zone and the streets were filled with so much smoke we had to shut all the windows to stop the smell of sulfur from getting in. I guess I was a bit more sensitive also because we were babysitting some pups for some friends. Nina and Marco came over on Wednesday night and stayed till Sunday. Luckily the fireworks didn't bother them too bad and we tried turning the sound up on the tv and made sure to reassure them that the world wasn't at war!!

Other then that crazy evening it was a nice weekend. The weather was nice and not too warm. The pups all had a nice time playing with each other and took lots of naps.

In the evenings we manged to get everyone asleep in a short amount of time. Nina joined us on the bed and Emma designated a "Doggy Lane" down the middle of the bed. Nina sometimes went under the sheets but was a bit tricky with the 70 pound pup at the bottom of the bed!!

Here are some pictures from their visit.



Puma was pretty bummed when they left. I think he is still waiting for them to come back to play.


Also, our garden has really started to spring up again this year. From what I can remember, we are growing, peppers, tomatoes, onions, Jalapeno's, green beans, peas, zucchini and two kinds of blueberries. We have a bunch of different varieties of the peppers and tomatoes but none have gotten past the flowering stage. Should be a great year for veggies.

Here is a picture of the green beans out front and a flower from one of the peppers:

UPDATE!!!

Ok so I don't have much to update about!! I have been rather lazy with updating the blog about anything. I suppose I have been so used to working on the house and giving info on the progress I haven't moved on to new subjects! Since we are out of major updates to do in the house I haven't really had to do much at home other then the normal fun stuff around the house! In fact the other day we went to Lowe's to return a piece for the drip system and realized how nice it was to just walk past everything and not be thinking about what we might do next. Ok I did see some paint on sale and Emma quickly ushered me on.

As for work....well I have been sitting her since after lunch at 5pm with no call. It's almost 7 now. Pretty normal for this time of day but the lack of work can get to me at times. I actually had a moment when I couldn't think of any websites to go visit or read. My eyes were getting all crazy and blurry. Not good!

Anyway work is slow so I should get off my booty and post some more!

Also if you read my damn blog, comment on it!! OK that was uncalled for....but hey...sometimes I feel like I am talking to myself! Oh and if you look at my pictures on Flickr....comment! And if you enjoy reading Emma's blog....COMMENT! Get the idea people! It's our only payment for sharing out lives with the world!

That goes for Lance and Suzanne's blog as well!

This weekend we have a list of things we get to do. Saturday morning we are going to some wineries for some wine tasting for Emma's work. Then, we are going to a friends for a tequila party Saturday night!! I will not touch the stuff but they plan on having brew again! Then Sunday morning.....well at 12 which is morning for some people...we are going to have brunch at a friends house! Always good to have free food prepared by wonderful chef's!!!

Ok I am done....back to um...well...working hard!!!

Hours at Work Changed

This week is the first week for me at my new schedule. I am now working 12pm-9pm which works for me!! Emma pretty much works the same shift so that is really the best part. We get to spend the morning together which is really wonderful and then since she takes the bus to the MAX, I pick her up after work downtown. The crazy part is the amount of time I do pretty much nothing. The calls stop coming in around 4pm which gives me way too much free time to surf and read. Not a bad gig for the moment but it works out well for now.

I got bored last night and had my camera. Took some pictures of the desk next to mine. He likes to collect toys....and gaming systems. Has soooo many that they fill up the cabinet above his desk.





I get bored as well as annoyed at times with the people I talk to.

San Francisco Trip

This past weekend Emma and I went to San Francisco to meet up with family. Abdel and Suzan came over from Maui. Rosie, Mike, Camille and John came over from Reno. We stayed at a great hotel called the Parc 55. The rooms were great and had nice views of the city.

Most of the time that we were there we walked around the city. Went to all the usual places like Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 as well as the Ferry building. The weather was really great with it being sunny and cool most of the time.

We also mainly ate all the time!! I think I gained a few pounds eating all that we did but it was fun going to new places and eating whatever.

I managed to capture a good amount of photos from the trip so here are some of them. The rest are posted on Flickr.