Snow Lake

It was a very cold start.

My co-worker, Bobbi, and I.

My self, Shannon Tysland, and Shannon's parents.

Our lunch spot once we got to Snow Lake.

A friendly native.

The Way I See It #293

The way I see it

Isn't necessarily

The way you see it

Or the way it is

Or ought to be

What's mor important

Is that we're all

Looking for it

And a way to see it.

--Desi Di Nardo

The way I see it is that this is a beautiful season. All of the fall colors, like someone ran around during the night splashing burning orange and reds all over the trees. For some reason the colors are more impressive to me this year. Hopefully it's because I am appreciating them more and taking them in more.

I went for a walk the other day, taking pictures of the colors...the neighbors were probably wondering what this funny lady is doing taking pictures up into the sky.

Also, a quick update...my car is all better! Thanks for your notes, being blonde may not be all that bad. :) But I'm happy to have my little red bomber back.

~S

Blonde moment...

Yes, I do believe that I'm blonde through and through.

How dumb can one get?? Why would one think that leaving a door open while backing out of the garage is a good idea??

*Sigh*

So, we're on the hunt for a door, preferably red but we're finding that it is going to be easier to just buy a door that's in good condition and get it painted.

My poor little car...

Panorama Point

One of the most beautiful hikes I've been on, Panorama Point, up by Mount Rainier...which was very picture worthy.

Some of it was a bit treacherous...we crossed a large snow field in our runners and hiking boots where other hikers below us had crampons and ice picks.

We made some friends along the way too.

The Race!

September 20th was the big race day at Fisherman's Terminal. It was the day that I pretended that it was a matter of life and death to get into a beautiful orange suit, throw myself into the water, high-tail it 150 feet, and haul myself and my three teammates into a blowup raft. Fun...!

This is the prize we were all vying for...some better than others.

My cheerleaders! Thanks Jace, Sarah, Tiana and Tiana for coming!
Almost ready set go.
Go!!

The Clipperetts!

Bobbi, Kari, me and Brooke.

We didn't win, we actaully placed 12th out of 14 but we beat the Coast Guard team...who was also disqualified because one guy was taking so long getting into his suit that he needed help and that's against the rules. tsk tsk.

Feels like Friday the 13th...

This morning was so bazaar, I have to write about it.

So, on Tuesday I munched my car door and it is now undrivable...b/c the driver door can't close. Since then, I've been driving Brian's car but last night on the way home, the 'check engine soon' light came on making that car unavailable as well. Thankfully we have the truck as well so I jumped in it this morning to go to work and it wouldn't start.

After calling Brian to ask what he suggested I do next, I thought about taking the bus but I didn't have any change so that option was out too. Brian suggests I call our neighbor, since he is on vacation and I catch him in Florida, filling out a police report. He told me to use his car to jump the truck, but that didn't work either so the truck is REALLY dead. After many more phone calls, my co-worker, Brooke, came by to pick me up....way out of her way, and I finally get to work 2.5 hours later than usual.

Talk about a comedy of errors! Oh and on top of that, my phone kept dropping calls, which it's never done before. Good timing on that too.

Little Squeeker...

Since we only got him a few days ago, we don't really have a name for him...hence Little Squeeker. We got him off of Craigslist and ended up with a lot more than we thought we were getting. Squeeker was very neglected at his last home and he came with all sorts of issues because of it. Bowel problems (hence the pictures of him on a towel), filthy cage, algae filled water bottle, infested with lice (thankfully a spieces specific lice), very skinny, and blind. We don't know if the blindness came from a very poor diet or genetics, it's common for guinea pigs to go blind.

But he's very friendly and social and he LOVES veggies...we're wondering if he's never had them before. But since he's come to live with us a few days ago, we can see improvement already. Things are under control and on the mend!

Simple pleasures...

This morning I realized that there are so many simple pleasures that I take for granted. Today, one of many, but the one that I realized first...both of us sleeping in until 11am as the sunlight dances on the leaves outside the window, listening to our parrot make random little squeeks.

Being afternoon now, I sit here with a cup of Market Spice tea, doing a Sudoku and listening to John Mayer tell me that I need to "say what you need to say...".

I see again, that it is the simple things in life that make a difference...those things that make us thankful and/or smile... ~S

Suvival Suit Race practice!

On September 20th, there is going to be an event that no one will want to miss. Three of my co-workers and myself will be participating in a Survival Suit Race at the Fishermans Fall Festival in Seattle. This festival happens every year and for the last four years, Trident has won the race. This year, however, the Clipper Seafoods girls (The Clipperetts) are going to give them a run for their money!

Sunday afternoon, most of the office, along with us gals and our suvival suits, went to Dave and Janet's house (president of Clipper) to get some practice.

This is me taking my turn with a dry run timing us on our suvival suit technique.

Couple of the guys helping get our raft ready. He pulls that rope until it trips the raft inflation device and the life raft pops out.

So, the race consists of us getting into our suits, jumping into the water, swimming to the raft, getting in (all four of us), and then the clock stops.


Dave getting the raft situated.
Ready, set....
Go!!

I know that's a lot of pictures but it's all quite funny, the progression of how we flail about and finally get into our raft. Our second time around, we were under 2 minutes! Not bad for a bunch of first timers...I didn't even know what a survival suit was until a year ago...

Come cheer us on if you can!!