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The cruise
Redmond
Work
Trip planning- Kansas edish...

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"Goody Goody it's Cleaning Day"

When I (Taylor) was a younger lady, I had a book called "goody goody, its shopping day". It was about a papa bear and a little daughter bear that would go grocery shopping, and at the end of the shopping excursion, daughter bear got a prize from a quarter vending machine.  I LOVED that book.

Today will be similar, except it is "John Bear" and "Taylor Bear" in a furious last ditch effort to get our sh*t in order. We will be cleaning from top to bottom, and organizing along the way. And hopefully taking about twelve trips GOODWILL. And at the end of the 'excursion', instead of a quarter machine goody, I am sure we will reward ourselves with some margaritas and a good night of sleep.

Unfortunately, our three day weekend isn't going to be spent the way I had planned it (Seattle), but the rain came and cleaning (and saving money) sounded like a better option.  Plus, John Bear is at the grocery store right now getting us goodies for brunch burritos and replenishing our empty stock of ground coffee.

High hope that today will be well worth it, and in 13 days we will be on our way to a week ++ vacation to see San Fran, The Menslage Bunch, Mexican Beaches, Tobasco's in Cabo and perhaps Disneyland.

Happy Labor Day!

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Pikes Place

I wonder if we will go to Seattle this weekend for some original Starbucks coffee and a $5.00 bouquet of beautiful fresh flowers?

It has been nearly three years since we last went there! Blasphemous.

It has been another early Tuesday morning for me. Paperwork for my job is astronomical right now, and maybe forever. I have designated Tuesday mornings extra early to start-complete my mandatory scribbles. The above was a random thought/daydream (or maybe I am still asleep-dreaming)/side note that distracted me from the grind.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Field of Dreams

John and I exploring fun new locations for my photography clients & goofing off (serious modeling) while we were there:

Enjoy!

Randoms

Summer is winding down, and my last post was just shy of twenty days. I am left wondering to myself how it could already be zeroing in on SEPTEMBER, and my summer has nearly vanished before my very own eyes.

Here is the low down on what has been going on:

Kristen & Michael Rott's: pre-wedding, wedding and post-wedding festivities. August 13th 14th and 15th- Portland.

Fair- Down town Eugene= corn dogs & people watching

Work- averaging 55 hours/week.

Photography- Spent this most recent weekend finishing editing Carley and Tom's wedding photos and distributing them.

MG's birthday- Southern style BBQ & a night of dancing until the town closed down.

Saw Gran & Gramp's new house & visited with them which was long overdue.

Anniversary- celebrating 4 years: after a LONG day of work for both of us we went to TCBY got a .99 cone saw friends, followed by splitting a VERY late dinner from hodgepodge and watching Scrubs @ home.

Started my NEW job- I am now seeing individuals and families as a therapist.

John & I started running again- hurray for us.

Planning our road-trip to CA for the cruise that we will be leaving for in some 23 days..

Here is what we have NOT been doing:
Cleaning
Cooking
Grocery Shopping
Spending time with Family
Being good dog parents
Relaxing at home

Good thing we are young and have energy for this kinda lifestyle. I hope that fall brings a much slower pace and some balance into our lives.

Some funny pictures of bowling @ the pre-wedding festivities:

Running away... for the day

We're pretty realistic. We know that everyone gets downtrodden at work and with the small day to day bugaboos. So really we feel pretty fortunate that we get to escape every now and then. That's what we're doing tonight.

For my (John) birthday last November, Mark and Barb got me a gift certificate at the Fireside Motel. *gasp* Yeah that's right, I got a gift certificate for a motel waaaaaay back in November and haven't gotten around to using it until now. That should spell just how busy life gets. At first it was Mr. Wolverine and I kept telling Taylor we'd go as soon as that was over, then there was always work in the way, board meetings, wedding/bachelor or bachelorette party prep, one of us was always doing something and we couldn't even spare a night to drive out to Yachats for a peaceful getaway. Well that time is now, and we're gay about it.

I (Taylor) am mostly gay about playing "Deal or No Deal" at the casino on the way. And having a night away from our dogs (even as much as I love them, they are often times a pain in the ass). It is really quite exciting that following this getaway I have a 4 day work-week next week and a two night stay in Portland with my BFF's the following weekend.

Pictures to come! For now, Hannah Montana is on tv...

Taylor & John