Seattle fun-ness

John and I have been having a blast out here in Washington. First of all, the wedding was amazing and so beautiful. We felt incredibly privileged to be there to see our dear friends get married, as well as see some old friends we hadn't seen for a while. Sadly, we forgot our camera the day of the wedding, and had to resort to our camera phones (but we'll be getting copies of our friends pix soon!).

We headed up yesterday to Seattle where we spent the day with fun friends Jonathan & Sarah Hamilton. It was also my birthday! We headed down town, wandered around Pikes Place, went to the first Starbucks, took pix outside the Space Needle, rode on the Monorail, and did fun shopping! We ended the day at a very very yummy conveyor-belt Sushi place (where I pigged out on my new favourite sushi fish - unagi (eel)).

We then got picked up by John's cousin Erik, and went back to his to crash for the night. Today, we headed in again to town, going to the Science-Fiction museum and the Experience Music Museum which was very fun! We stopped in town again where John bought me some lovely boots for my birthday. We just got back and are about to enjoy some yummy pizza. All in all, a very fun birthday, especially since I found out (thanks to Bekah's e-card giving it away!) that I'm getting an iPod Touch for my birthday! Sadly, we found out that they are all sold out in the three Apple stores that are here, as well as the two Best Buy's that are near Erik's apartment. So, we'll probably get it in Colorado!

Some fun pix...

In front of the Space Needle.

At the Museums

The first Starbucks ever!

The Space Needle!

the hunt for a new job

I traipsed up to the Mall today to hand in a bunch of applications. Actually I didn't traipse really, as I was on my bike, but I like the word. I hope I get a job there as it is so close to our apartment, and I think it could be fun. I'm planning to start as a lowly sales assistant on a measly $8 an hour, but I think with my retail experience, hard work and initiative, I can quickly get promoted to assistant manager. The only thing is that I really can't work weekends and nights as that's the only hubby time I get. As well as the fact that John and I purchased season passes to Copper Mountain & Winter Park, so I really really can't work weekends. Hopefully they will still want to hire me! Exciting stuff.

It was weird realising the other day that I haven't gotten a job or worked in a long time. My last regular paying job was at the deli back in May 2002. It's kind of exciting to think about getting a new job though. I think it will be fun, hopefully!

Anyway, here are the places to which I applied:



I'd love to work at Gap or Express that way John can partake of the store discount, but I also think that Victoria's Secret & Starbucks would be really cool places to work too!

work permit arriving...

A few weeks ago, I signed up to get immediate updates from the USCIS (United States Citizen & Immigration Services) whenever anything happened on my Green Card. Tonight, I got my first email from them telling me that my work permit application was accepted and that they were making my card and I should expect it in the mail in the next 30 days. Yeah!!!! I can finally get a job, the long waiting of nothing-ness is over!

new iPod

Six words:

It's my birthday in 3 weeks.


(Oh, and my old iPod is starting to get pooped)

new snowboard...

So, John and I had some time to ourselves tonight (for the first evening this week since Monday night - it's been a busy week). And we decide to head over to the mall to cash in a Victoria's Secret coupon I had gotten in the mail. On our way over to VS, we pop into Zumiez, and see some snowboards in the back. As we head over to check them out, a Zumiez worker comes over and tells us about this crazy deal they've got going on - board, boots & bindings for $200. John and I kinda wig out thinking, no way is this for real. I had gotten my board, boots & second-hand bindings 7 years ago in Switzerland for a pricey £400 (around $800 today thanks to the dollar to pound exchange!).

We'd never heard of the board (Alibi Sicter), though it seemed good enough, the boots were sweet (you could get either a DC Shoe or a 32 Prion), and the bindings were Burton, which if you have to know anything about snowboards and snowboarding, Burton are the bomb and make the best of everything out there.

We ask them to put it on hold, I call my bro's for some research, we head back and decide to go for it. John still had some birthday money left over so he decided it would be perfect to put it towards this amazing deal. On our way home, we realised that altogether, everything originally cost $500. (I have to admit - that is still so much cheaper than England - I need to stock up on snowboarding stuff while we're here!!!)

What a deal! We are now even more excited to get season passes and hit the slopes big time this winter!

Check it out...

The board:



The boots:


The bindings:


The other side of the board:


The set:


Our snowboards together...