The Emerald City

two days ago, catherine, jarrod, and i went to Seattle and it was just as great as i remembered it to be. it's such a beautiful city. as soon as we got there we were all saying "oh, i could live here. i want to live here." there's just something about that city that you just love as soon as you arrive. sure, it's probably not as "weird" as portland, but it has it's own unique personality. maybe we were just going crazy over it bc the weather was so nice! it was in the mid 70s and sunny w/out a cloud in the sky. i wonder when the rain will start? that doesn't matter, i love the rain and i love seattle. 

on to our awesome day: we started out at the Theo Chocolate Factory (http://www.theochocolate.com/) and we took a tour around. we had to wear hair nets into the factory, you know, so hair didn't fall into the chocolate that we weren't really allowed to be near... but whatever. haha. picture!:

don't we look fabulous?

our tour was recorded for some tv feature for a seattle news station. i think it was called the cheap bastard's guide to seattle (of course, they left out "bastard" as it's a news channel) bc admission was only $6, but let me tell you, they make up for that cheap price with their chocolates. i wanted to get a caramel box that had 9 pieces of chocolate in it. it cost $25! so i didn't buy it. catherine got that box and another smaller one that had 4 pieces in it. i have no idea how much it ended up costing but i'm sure i would have had a heart attack. haha. jarrod bought a few pieces from their display (he got 10% off bc we went on the tour). we haven't eaten all of the chocolate yet, but what i had was pretty tasty.
after the chocolate factory we went to lunch (even though it was already 4 something.) we ended up at a mexican restaurant called Poquitos (http://www.vivapoquitos.com/Poquitos/VivaPoquitos.html) and it was happy hour! our food was really cheap. haha. i got some brisket tacos, which were really tasty, and i got a poquitos punch...not as tasty, but VERY STRONG. i finished the whole drink by myself, which is a pretty big accomplishment. haha. i definitely felt it when we left. since we were still hungry, (you get what you pay for...the meal was really small) we went to Cupcake Royale (http://www.cupcakeroyale.com/) and we ate some seriously delicious cupcakes. man, i love cupcakes. haha.

after lunch, we headed to Pike Place Market, (http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/) which is one of my favorite places on this earth (that i have visited). sadly, we only had about 30 minutes to walk around since they were closing at 6. we walked through, but didn't really stop. we passed by the original starbucks and it was packed with people, as always. we continued to walk on and then pikes was closed so we headed to the space needle.

catherine said "i just need a book and i could lie in here forever."

jarrod would probably play video games instead

testing my strength by holding up the top of this sculpture.

jarrod, the monkey

the skyline and mt. rainier from the top of the space needle.

so the space needle...what is there that needs to be said when the pictures speak better than words do? the view was amazing, as you can tell. we stayed at the top for 20 minutes just looking around, taking pictures, etc. and then we went back down to the gift shop, which encompasses the whole bottom floor. we probably spend 40 minutes to an hour looking at everything in that store. i bought some postcards and a 4 set of magnets. jarrod bought a lego space needle (which he put together last night) and catherine bought...a magnet and i'm positive there was something else...not sure what it was.
we left the space needle and we were ready for dinner. i really wanted pizza, so that's what we looked for. we ended up at Bambino's (http://www.getbambinos.com/zgrid/themes/10240/portal/index.jsp) where we shared a fire grilled (not sure if that's actually what it's called.. it was cooked over a fire) meaty pizza. it was absolutely delicious. everyone was glad we ate there, even though there were some grumbles (from jarrod) when we decided on pizza. 
after dinner, it was time to head home. nothing exciting happened. jarrod and i fell asleep while i'm sure catherine had several heart attacks when getting caught behind slow drivers... haha. eventually, jarrod and i woke up, and just in time to PUMP GAS!!!! yeah for washington letting people pump their own gas. catherine was kind enough to let us do the job for her. haha. and we enjoyed that time. haha.

pumping gas like the good ol days

catherine dropped us off around 11:20 and then it was straight to bed for me.
and that was our visit to seattle. i can't wait to go back! we'll definitely spend more time at pike place market, and probably go to the pier...and maybe something we haven't done before as well. haha. whatever it is, i look forward to it. :)
seattle!!!

-sarah-

It's the Circle of Life!!!

Soooooooo... jarrod and i went to see the Lion King (in 2d, bc that's how it's supposed to be. actually, i knew the showtime we were going to would have less people in it, which is definitely for the best, as i hate children screaming...etc, etc.) earlier today and let me tell you, that movie is such a great movie. or did you already know that? haha. but seriously, i can't remember the last time i saw that movie, even though i'm pretty sure my parents own it on vhs. that doesn't matter though. the experience of seeing it again, in theaters, was just so amazing. now, i don't know if i've become a big baby or what, but i almost cried a few times during the movie. like i was more than teary-eyed. i had to hold back pretty hardcore so the tears wouldn't fall. when mufasa died...man...it was a close one. jarrod said he almost cried then too. what's up with us? bunch of wabies is what we are. haha. i don't know what it was...maybe it's bc this time we actually understood what was going on or maybe it's bc it brought us back to our childhood, maybe both. it's strange how a kids movie can affect us now that we're adults. it's nice that we can be affect though; that these movies can make us feel. i don't believe movies nowadays do that, unless their pixar. haha. but i won't get into my movies rant. (pretty sure i've become the biggest movie snob ever...) anywho, The Lion King- SO GOOD. i know everyone's seen it, but i suggest you go see it again while it's in theaters. it's just a great experience to reminisce and be taken back by that movie. so good. sooooo gooooooodddd. (in case you didn't understand that already)
alright, so enough about the lion king. after we watched the movie, jarrod and i went to a few thrift stores. my main focus was finding my halloween costume articles, but that's kind of hard when i'm undecided on what i want. all i know is i want to be Katniss Everdeen, but there's so much i can choose from, just from being here. 1. originally i was planning on being "the girl on fire"- the outfit she's wearing when she rides out on the chariot w/ peeta after they arrive at the capital. this outfit requires a full body black leotard, (easy solutions if i don't find a leotard) a fiery looking cape and headdress. i have an idea how to make this, but in case i do choose this outfit, i do not want to spoil it bc the pics i take in that costume will be AWESOME. haha. 2. i can be katniss when she's in the arena. the outfit consists of: a green shirt, khaki-colored pants, boots, and knee-length black jacket AND the mockingjay pin. oh, also, silver bow and arrows (substitution: my bow and arrows). 3. katniss AS the MOCKINGJAY!!! omg, if i could pull that one off, it'd be so amazing. this one is pretty much an all black outfit, w/ some white and grey in different areas, a breastplate, and the bow and arrows, again. here's someone's great interpretations of katniss' outfits (http://bookkittykat.tumblr.com/post/7512653187/katnisss-wardrobe) so, what do you think i should do?? help me, please! i can't make decisions by myself. though, eventually, i'll have to choose, but hearing some feedback would be nice.
that's really all i have for today....i don't even have any pictures, which is weird. oh well. at least i updated today, only 2 days after my previous update. go me!

-sarah-

May the odds be ever in your favor...

i'm gonna post pictures and start from there. let's hope i don't forget anything. haha.

At the Pirate Festival

Salted Caramel Cupcake. Absolutely delicious.

Pirate puppet show

blow up ship being destroyed by a giant octopus

My pirate costume. Very historical accurate.

Don't let this fool you, jarrod was only in full costume for this picture, which was taken about 10 minutes before we left the festival.

Pirate on stilts.

 

 

 

 

 The pirate festival (http://portlandpiratefestival.com/) was lots of fun. There were people dressed up like pirates everywhere, there were shops with pirate-related clothing and other related items (swords, guns, etc). i think we had the most fun watching the random shows they put on. the host of those shows were just hilarious. we were laughing non-stop, that is, until we left the festival... when we were ready to go home, we got into jarrod's car and to our disappointment, it didn't start. we were desperately hoping it was just bc jarrod's car was low on gas, since earlier in the week jarrod had fixed his car. so we went in search of a gas station. the closest one was off the highway, 1.2 miles away, so we walked 2.4 miles total. that's not too bad, but it still wasn't fun. all-in-all, we both handled it very well. (that's an accomplishment for me, bc we all know i wanted to go off and kill something. haha) it did turn out that jarrod was just low on gas, so yay! his car is truly fixed! what a relief.
onto more pictures:

Red Velvet Cake Balls before being iced

Red velvet cake balls, mostly iced with white chocolate

The "Mancake" from Stepping Stone Cafe

 The pictures above are centered around Jarrod's 23rd birthday. in case you were unaware, jarrod loves red velvet cake.(i think he gets it from his dad. haha) i think he gets red velvet cake for his birthday every year, so i decided to make something special with the key ingredient: red velvet cake. i made white chocolate covered cake balls. they did not turn out as pretty as the pictures i saw online, but they tasted alright. (i think they were really sweet, but jarrod absolutely LOVED them) they took a long time to make, even though it was really simple to make them. all you have to do is choose a cake mix you want, and bake the cake like normal. then you crumble up the cake, add a 16 oz can of cream cheese icing and mix it all together so that the cake will have consistency to make balls. let them cool and ice them. icing them was a pain in the butt. i didn't get enough white chocolate icing and the cake kept crumbling and ruining the pretty look of the icing. in general, icing the cake balls was the worst and i told jarrod i probably wouldn't make them again, which disappointed him. haha. but maybe i'll give them another shot. i do have to master icing them....blah. haha.
as for jarrod's birthday day, i took him to the stepping stone cafe (http://steppingstonecafe.com/) for breakfast. it had been featured on man vs. food and the menu said they had a cinnamon roll french toast. (yes, i am still looking for my replacement to the Cheyenne....no luck, so far.) Jarrod got a mancake, which is about 13inches; it's pretty big. he didn't finish, but in his defense, he also had some scrambled eggs and sausage...or was it bacon? i don't remember. haha. oh well. that's all we did on jarrod's birthday bc he had to go to work at 4. (if you were unaware, jarrod is back to his old, terrible sleeping schedule, ie: goes to sleep bw 3-4am and wakes up bw noon-2. yeah. terrible.) so that was jarrod's birthday, for jarrod. we had breakfast, he worked... that's it.
i, on the other hand, still had the day off, so i spent the evening with catherine. we went to Jimmy Johns and then we were going to go watch Toy Story 3 in the park, but once we got there, the park was infested with kids and so i made the decision that we come back to the house and watch xmen: first class (thanks to evan and britt for getting jarrod that for his birthday. haha). before coming home though, catherine and i took jarrod a jimmy johns sandwich bc it was his birthday. so let's add this up: i bought jarrod brunch and dinner. too much money in one day. blagh. haha.
that was for jarrod's birthday day. i had planned an extra fun surprise for jarrod for another birthday gift. i decided to take him to Ground Kontrol (http://groundkontrol.com/) which is a retro arcade. the fun thing was i invited jarrod's friends from work so that he would be totally surprised when he saw him there. i thought he'd have a great time with his work buddies, as catherine and i were gonna be there, and he's always surrounded by us or other girls (our roomies). well, i took him to ground kontrol, but none of his friends showed up. LAME. i'm not gonna talk about my disappointment. jarrod didn't know until after we left what was supposed to happen, and it didn't effect him either way. we (jarrod, catherine and i) still had an absolutely awesome time there. ground kontrol is defintely a way fun place, and we plan on going back again, probably very soon.
here's a special picture for my mom, taken at ground kontrol: 

it was the first game i played. :)

 

 

anywho, since tuesday (when we went to ground kontrol) nothing has happened. we were gonna go see The Lion King 3D on sunday, but i just remembered jarrod has P.I. (physical inventory) that day and now i will not get to see him until tuesday.
TUESDAY: catherine, jarrod, and i are going to SEATTLE for the day. a few things we have planned: the space needle, pike place market, a chocolate factory, and bimbo mexican restaurant. maybe something else in between... i can't wait!!!
and that's probably all that's gonna happen for the next few weeks. but i'll still try to keep you updated. maybe post some more pictures, if i take any.
i'm gonna leave you with this picture:

proof that iris is no longer a scaredy cat: she chose to sit in catherine's lap instead of mine or jarrods. HER CHOICE. oh iris, you're growing up so fast! (she'll be 3 october 1st. :O )

-sarah-

And we'll wait for the stone on your window

I believe the last time I updated this was the day of the Decembrists concert. It was a great show! Very lively and exciting. The band sure knows how to connect with their audience and show them a good time. haha. I don't know if they have that much fun everywhere, or if they were just really glad to be home again. It could have also been that their band mate, Jenny Conlee was back in action after going through chemo for breast cancer. She seemed to be doing well though. She was having as good a time as everyone else was, so that's good. 

anywho, close to the "end" of the concert, they played The Mariners Revenge Song, which required the audience to scream as if they were being eaten by a whale. that was pretty funny to hear/see. everyone was excited to be part of the show. haha. after a few more songs, the show "ended," but yes, they came back for an encore... they were up there for probably 20-30 more minutes for the encore (something i've never experienced before) and then, they were done....OR WERE THEY? no, they came back for a second encore, which is also something i've never experienced. what a great band. :) haha. i have a video of their second encore, which i shall share with you.

so that was the decembrists concert. :)

saturday night i went to another free movie in the park, this time with Athena. (the social network. yes, again. it's a great movie, okay?!) I heard Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia were gonna be there, and yes, they were. did i get to talk to them or get a picture with them? no. but they were there, and that's what counts. the movie was great, our picnic was also great. it was a lovely evening.

the rest of the weekend, we didn't really do much, just work and being lazy. nothing exciting happened until tuesday. during the day jarrod and i went traveling around to buy parts for his car and get his passport card taken care of. the best part of that afternoon was eating at mcmenimins in sunnyvale bc we got to have the most delicious tater tots on this planet: cajun tots. SO YUMMY! we also had a brownie/ice cream sundae for dessert. also very yum. haha. after getting everything we thought we needed for jarrod's car, we came back home and jarrod proceeded to work on his car- replacing the fuel pump. gene told me it was very frustrating to replace, and even after telling jarrod that, he refused to take it to a shop. he wanted to change it out and so that's what he did. and guess what? his car is fixed now!!!! jarrod fixed his own car with only the help of the internet and a bit of advice from gene. essentially, he did it on his own! amazing, right? i don't know how he does it, but he always manages to figure out how to fix things and he does it right. it just blows my mind how handy he is. haha. i think if he were good at spelling and grammar and would just wake up when his FIRST alarm goes off, (he has freaking 5-7 alarms go off. get up on the FIRST ONE. jeez.) he'd probably be the perfect human being, but as no one is perfect....haha. anyways, i think it's very awesome he fixed his car on his own. i think you get the point now. haha

on to tuesday evening: while jarrod worked on his car, and i went to the Bagdad Theater (http://www.mcmenamins.com/219-bagdad-theater-pub-home) to see/hear Colin Meloy (lead singer of the Decembrists) and his partner, Carson Ellis, read from their new book Wildwood. (http://www.amazon.com/Wildwood-Chronicles-Book-I/dp/006202468X) I went with a friend from work, Athena. We had a great time! We ate pizza AND i had more cajun tots! haha. can't get enough of those! anywho, i believe chapter 5 or 6 of the book was read aloud by Colin and then Carson went over a few of the illustrations (she did the illustrations in the book) and then there was a Q&A. all in all, it was a grand time. i'm still reading the book, and i'm really enjoying it! :) it's so fantastical! i love it. haha. oh, here's some pics i took.

Colin Meloy reading from the book

Q&A with Colin and Carson

that was the highlight of this past week. it was a good time. :) nothing exciting happened until thursday when i went to dinner with Catherine, her friend, Sara, and sister, Stephanie. we went to mcmenimins in oregon city where yes, i had more cajun tots. that was the best part of the meal. we were waiting for our food for FOREVER and almost got up to leave, when they finally brought our food out. thank you! jeez. anywho, after that, Catherine, Sara, and i went to coldstone. yum! and then Catherine came back to the house with me where we watched Kick Ass and Labyrinth. it was a good night. :)

and now you are all caught up on the exciting events of the past week and a half. something fun was supposed to happen today- we were supposed to go to the Portland Pirate Festival, but since jarrod STILL isn't off work, i don't think we will make it. awesome. there's no plan b...guess i'll probably just finish mad men. fun.

i don't really have anything planned for this upcoming week...jarrod works on his birthday, so on the 13th we're gonna go to Ground Kontrol, (http://groundkontrol.com/) which is a retro arcade, for some birthday fun. 

the most exciting thing that'll will happen in a few weeks is visiting SEATTLE! yeah!!! we're going the 20th. i can't wait!!! woot woot.

and...the end.

-sarah-

lazy, lazy, lazy...

as you have probably noticed, it has been a while since my last update. it's not like we haven't been doing anything, but i have been lazy in keeping up with this blog. shame on me! but oh well, here i am now to try to catch you up on everything...if i can remember it all. haha.
so on the sunday after my previous blog was published, jarrod and i decided to make a trek out to the coast again, (it's awesome to get to do that when our schedules work out well together. which is rare now, and sad. more on that later, maybe. haha) this time to Seaside Oregon. yes, that is actually the name of the town. i can't say i'd heard much about seaside, but i've seen plenty of customers or just random strangers wearing shirts/sweaters that said seaside on them, so i figured it must be a pretty cool place and we should go visit. so we did! when we got there we walked around downtown. our first stop was a candy store/taffy shop. we got some more sea salted caramels (delicious. i love those things!) and of course, some taffy. they had a TON of flavors, so we had plenty to choose from. i don't really remember what all we got though i do remember ameretto being in there and banana cream or something like that. we bought plenty more, but what their flavors were, i do not remember. anywho, so after the taffy shop we continued to walk around downtown, looking in random stores and gift shops. the one that stands out most to me was a vintage clothing store. vintage clothing stores are awesome! i wish i had found something i liked, but oh well. it was still very entertaining to look around and see all the wild clothes. haha. anywho, after looking through just about every shop, we decided it was time to go down to the beach, and so that's what we did. once again, it was cold, but not as windy as it was at the beachside campsite. we just sat around people watching until about 7, when we decided it was probably time to find a place to stay. once we checked in to a motel, we went to eat dinner and then we walked around a bit longer before heading back to the hotel to be lazy and watch some tv. that was our sunday.
on monday we decided to go to the beach first, and so that's what we did. this time we just walked around on the beach and watch the birds. yes, it was still pretty cold, but this time i had on jeans and a long sleeve shirt. haha. after roaming the beach for about 30-40 minutes, we walked back to downtown to look around at the shops we'd missed on sunday. we found another candy shop that was filled with retro candy and candy i'd never heard of. guess what i bought? sour skittles and more sea salted caramel. haha. after the retro candy shop, we went into another retro store where we found some pretty awesome drinks (non-alcoholic). first of all, there was big red! (which we don't have hear) and then there was just a bunch of other random drinks. jarrod got a jolly rancher pear soda, flashback root beer and something else. i chose a peach soda, (recommended by the girl working there) big red, and orange leninade. yep, that's what it's called. it's communist lemonade, so i HAD to buy it just to keep the bottle. haha. so by this time we were getting pretty hungry and decided it was lunch time. we ate at a mexican place called the Taco Shark (http://tacoshark.com/) and yes, they really do have shark tacos. i did not try that though. i had a beef, chicken, and salmon taco. all really tasty. :) after lunch, it was time to head home so jarrod would get home in time to shower and be lazy for a bit before heading to work. the drive home was annoying because people drive way to slow for some reason....but enough about that.
so that's what we did for the weekend. we had nothing planned until wednesday when we went to go see THE SHINS!!! the show was awesome, as expected. it seriously was a dream come true to see them, because i thought i'd never have the chance. man, if i had a time machine, i'd relive that show over and over and over again....yeah, it was awesome. you know that now though, don't you? haha. i have a few videos posted on my facebook if you want to check that out. :)
and the rest of the time these past few weeks has been spent staying home and being lazy, or saving money, as i will call it. haha. so nothing exciting there. 
i do have something exciting happening tonight though. we going back to edgefield to see The Decembrists. WOOOOOO. they're from portland, did you know that? so awesome. haha. 
oh! some news you'll find amusing: we finally hit the 90's last weekend and let me tell you, it was HOT. haha. but nothing compared to the heat back home, i'm sure. still, we may be weenies now bc we've been spoiled with awesome weather. not that 90 degrees is terrible, it's not. it's supposed to get up to 90 today. i may actually sweat. crazy. haha.
OH. i totally forgot that last tuesday we went back to multnomah falls with some of my friends from work (bc one of them who has lived here for a while had never been). we hiked to the top and we also hiked a few other falls. work that night was miserable bc i was so tired and yes, i was sore the next few days. :P i leave you with some pics from that and a promise to attempt to continue updating regularly (at least once a week).

yeah that's jarrod being dumb and going under a waterfall. i'm surprised the force of the water didn't knock him over. he did say the water was so cold it took his break away though.

 until we meet again. ;)

Sunday Funday

This past sunday will probably go down as one of my favorite days of this summer. Jarrod and i went to this event called The Big Float (http://www.thebigfloat.com/). we participated in the first big float ever! awesome. the event consisted of an inner tube parade across the hawethorne bridge (jarrod and i missed that because jarrod was working until 11am and the parade started around 10am) and the parade ended up on the West Esplanade where everyone would put in at the river. the "parade" continued back across the river to where they were having an "after-float party" featuring food carts, live music, the usual party stuff. haha. but, i am getting ahead of myself here.
jarrod and i showed up to the west esplanade just in time to see some people carrying their floaties (the rules required some type of flotation device, besides life jackets, though arm floaties were considered good enough. haha. you may think there are not that many different types of flotation devices. i automatically think of inner tubes, but there's plenty more out there. some people had inflatable whales, sharks, and alligators. some brought paddle boats, there was even a weird floating sleigh thing out there... all sorts of flotation devices. haha) and we followed them so we could stand in line and register our floaties (we had an inner tube and a... idk what it's called. air mattress? but not like the sleeping kind; meant for the water) and ourselves so we could get in the water. we waited in line for a while, but it was all worth it in the end. finally, we were on the shore of Marquam Beach and into the COLD water we went. we floated around and observed for a bit. i even got brave enough to take my phone out for some pics.

the focus here is the skyline, though you can see some fellow floaters as well.

after just floating around for a bit, we started paddling to the end of the "parade." initially, jarrod was doing all of the work (as it should be. hahha) but i could tell he was getting tired so i had to suck it up and actually get in the water. COLD!!! but as always, i got used to the water pretty quickly and we kept paddling along. some random lady asked to race us, so we were paddling hard and then she gave up and said we had a double motor so it was unfair. haha. by the time we made it to the dock, our legs were throbbing and sore, but that's alright. we got a nice workout. haha. after getting out of the water, we released the air from our floaties and then went to find some food (hungry hungy hippoes!). we ended up eating bbq from a food cart. i can't remember the name. i got pulled pork, jarrod got brisket. my pork was SPICY, so i didn't end up finishing it. besides the spicy part, it was still pretty good. and it gave me some nutrition so that i'd be up for the next part of our day.
walking around downtown! as always, i really wanted some cupcakes and i heard there was a good cupcake place somewhere near us, so that's where we headed to first. after walking 9 blocks, (probably should've taken the max, but that's okay-more exercise for us! haha) we finally made it to Saint Cupcake Galore (http://www.saintcupcake.com/) where we proceeded to have some really freaking delicious cupcakes. pic:

the one with green icing was vanilla with chocolate chips. the chocolate one has vanilla buttercream icing. jarrod got a vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream. YUM YUM YUM.

 i kind of wish i hadn't posted that pic now...i REALLY want more cupcakes bc of this. ergh. haha. oh well, maybe another day.
after we ate our cupcakes, we went in search of a fountain that we had seen on the road trip while we visited portland. after walking another hundred or so blocks (exaggeration) we made it to the Ira Keller Fountain where we were surprised to see people swimming. i was not aware people were allowed to swim in the fountains, but apparently it is allowed. a free swimming pool for all! pics:

i tried not to get pictures of anyone else at the fountain. i don't really like random people in my pictures. haha. oh! fun little story, a few weeks ago someone poured some type of detergent in this fountain and guess what happened? lots and lots of foam and bubbles. apparently cleaning that out cost several thousand dollars..i don't really know... yeah, so there you have it. haha.
we left keller fountain in search of pioneer place mall (http://www.pioneerplace.com/) so we could pass some time before we left downtown so we could go see the portland festival symphony (http://www.portlandfestivalsymphony.org/). we pretty much spent our whole time in the mall in a store called Fuego (http://www.shopfuego.com/). it's a really neat store with some fun stuff in it. haha. check out the website for more info. oh, i did get a pic of something great from that store:

i need this bag!

anywho, after we were done with the mall, we walked back to the waterfront and stared out at the river for a bit while listening to some street artists. we then left for Peninsula Park so that we could listen to some lovely classical music. once the concert was over, we went to popeyes (i was craving it and by some great coincidence, we were literally 3 minutes away from one. yes!) and then we came back home and were lazy the rest of the night, as we deserved. haha.
so that was our sunday funday. lots of sun and fun. hahahaha.
we haven't been doing much this week besides working, as usual. that's alright though, we really are saving money by not going out too much, and really, we have more time on the weekends, so why not do fun stuff then anyways?
speaking of the weekend, i have sunday and monday off, so i'm hoping to make another trip to the beach or maybe camp around the columbia gorge. it's up to jarrod. i mentioned the beach idea and he said nothing. :P i'm hoping that wins though. haha. but i'd be fine with camping anywhere or just getting out for a bit. :)
so, i'm looking forward to this weekend, but more than this weekend i'm looking forward to seeing THE SHINS!!!! only one week and i will be in heaven. haha. i did not think i would ever get to see a shins show, as i had heard they had split up, but apparently they're working on a new album (yes!) and are very much a group, still. and so i will get to see the shins, and i will be happy forever. haha. ONE WEEK.
besides that, nothing is really set in stone for next week or the week after.... i need to get on planning things to do, especially with summer coming to an end....yep.
THE SHINS!
that is all.
-sarah-

You walk along the stream, your head caught in a waking dream

so it's been a while...but that's because nothing's been going on. nothing but work and laziness. i'm going to say we're not doing anything so we can save money, but that's just to make myself feel better. haha. truthfully, we haven't been doing anything bc work is keeping us apart. our schedules used to work out pretty well, not so much anymore. i don't know what's going on, but my work schedule keeps changing every week. wish i always knew which days i'd have off so i could plan to do stuff, but i don't and i only know my schedule up until next thursday which is incredibly lame. so with my schedule absolutely nothing like the schedules of the past and jarrod getting called in to work at random, we really don't ever have time to go exploring. that's also very lame. :P i mean, i guess we could go wander around by ourselves, but i'm terrible at directions, even with my gps i'd get lost, and jarrod doesn't have a working car at the moment. pretty much we spend our free time at home watching movies or playing video games. blagh. i suppose eventually we'll get to the point where we'll feel comfortable enough to roam around by ourselves, but i personally am not up to that point yet. haha.
now to say we've been doing "nothing" is an exaggeration. sometimes while jarrod is at work i'll go to the free movies in the park with catherine, my new friend. :) we've had some pretty good times there. i enjoy those days. soon catherine and i will start re-watching LOST (yes!) but that's after i get her caught up on movies that she NEEDS to see. haha. so not all alone time is spent alone, but the majority is bc catherine also has an opposite schedule to mine. lame.

anywho, jarrod and i did do something exciting this past sunday. we went to McMenamins Edgefield (http://www.mcmenamins.com/54-edgefield-home) to see the Fleet Foxes! ahhhhhhhhhhh. awesome. fun. lovely. haha. the concert was part of the famous "concerts on the lawn" series for mcmenamins, so as my sentence states, the concert was on a lawn.

it was a really great experience since all i'm used to are indoor concerts. the weather was lovely, once we were sitting on the lawn in the shade of a giant tree. :) it actually got up to 85! and while jarrod and i were standing in line to get in, we were actually sweating! a first for this summer, besides the times we rode bikes on a sunny day. yeah, sweating, crazy, huh? (i laugh at your constant 100 degree weather back home. bwahahahahha!!!) back to the concert: it was very laid back, maybe bc the music was is so mellow, maybe bc of the venue, maybe both. anywho, it was really nice to just sit there and listen to the music and relax. i really enjoyed it. :) i liked the people-watching and being mellow, and not getting stuck behind some tall guy so i can't see the stage. very enjoyable experience. i should be going back to edgefield for The Decembrists in late august. i'm positive that will be a great time too. now i must add a fleet foxes song in here:

ah! so good! such a unique voice. fun show. :)
um....i don't think there's anything else i need to add...no big plans for the next few weeks, just the same ol, same ol. oh! except that daddy's coming to portland the last week of august. i'm looking forward to that! :D yay!
alright, i'll leave you with some lovely pics i took sunday morning after dropping jarrod off at work.

mt. rainier at sunrise from rocky butte

mt. hood at sunrise from rocky butte.

 

-sarah-