I wish all my family and friends a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. I hope the new year finds us all succesful, content, blessed, etc...
Not sure who really reads my blog anymore, as I post so much on Facebook these days. Thought I would do a bit of a 2010 re-cap. 2010 wasn't the greatest year. So many raves, yet some big rants as well. I guess that is life!
The year, as always started with my birthday. Another birthday, another year to reflect on. My birthday night out up on Cap Hill was really fun, and I appreciate those who made it out. Of course, here we go again in about 2 weeks! My nephew's birth was imminent Jan 2010, so that was very exciting. William Declan Mahoney was born on Jan 14th, which also happens to be his father's (my bro's) Colin's birthday. My first time becoming an aunt! FUN!!
March saw me back to CA as usual for some wine tasting in Calaveras Country, Murpheys, CA, and spending time with two of my best friends, Renata and Christina, as well as new friends made on this trip.
Our dog, Janni, started going a bit downhill in the spring. By this time she had, had bladder cancer for well over a year. We started to plan one last adventure up to Friday Harbor, WA for late May, but then it became apparent the trip would be too much for her, so I was back to CA instead. This time I was with Christina for a long Memorial Day Weekend up at her family house on Clear Lake in Lake County, CA. The sun was amazing, and it was one of the best vacations!
Sadly, upon my return, it was the beginning of Janni's last days. We said goodbye to our girl on June 9, 2010. Definitely a low point of 2010. Probably the lowest. We had her cremated, and begun plans to spread her ashes.
In the meantime, I was also working with my mom to plan my dad's 75th birthday party in Portland for family and friends later in June. That was a nice distraction from dwelling on the sadness of losing our dog.
Much of the summer was devoted to planning a hiking/camping/mountain climb trip to spread Janni's ashes.
The Olympic Mountains are due west of my condo, and we can see several amazing peaks from our living room. We decided on the one we were going to summit and went about planning a two day trip that would bring us to the top of Buckhorn Mountain, elv.6988!! We accomplished this on August 30th! (pics are here on the blog). It probably is the highlight of the year! We loved the Olympic area so much we headed back for a day hike up Elk Mtn, accessible from Hurricane Ridge. We plan to tackle a few more peaks in summer 2011 for sure!!
This fall was work, work, work. I went to the OSU-UW Game at Husky stadium, but we lost in triple overtime. Ugh... No big fall trips planned... The week of Thanksgiving we had a snow storm and freezing temps, so the city was a mess as usual.
Now, Christmas is upon us. I am off to Oregon on Friday to spend the hoilday with my parents. Then back north on the 26th to PDX to see my bro Joe and soon-to-be SIL, Suzanne,.. and last stop in Vancouver to see Julee and Dale, and my bro Kevin. Lots to squeeze in, in 3 days!!
Merry Christmas to Everyone!!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Introducing our new dog......Rex!!
Yes, it's true! We have a new dog, and his name is Rex. We really miss our little Janni sooo much, and definitely felt like we were not going to get a new dog for a very long time. I think we both had enjoyed the time we've had not being responsible for a dog (cats are sooo much easier), but several weeks ago, we both kind of started up with the "gosh, I sure miss having a dog"... or "hmmm, I know there is another special guy/girl out there who would love our home".... stuff like that started coming into our everyday conversations.
Then, about a week before Thanksgiving, sure enough, we start looking at Petfinder.com. And of course we are "just looking", but we all know how that goes! HA We were defintiely interested in another cattle dog, or cattle dog mix. We were interested in one guy name Bosco, who was a rescue up at PAWS in Lynnwood, but by the time Rob went to look, he was being adopted. We next went back to looking at Rex online, and thought we'd see what he was all about. He was at a rescue place over in Kirkland. He had been a stray in the Richland, WA area, and found his way to Kirkland about 8 weeks ago.
Sooooo, the Friday of Thanksgiving week, we go out to Kirkland, just to "look". Long story short, he came home with us, and we took him straight to The Wash Dog here in WS. Then to Petco for a new leash, collar and tag - he got a Seahawks tag like Janni had!
He was nervous the first night, but was well behaved and is very good with the 3 cats. As of today, we have had him for 2 weeks, and every day there is more and more progress with him trusting us, learning his place in our home, us learning about him, etc....
He is a very good walker and loves the neighborhood, is gentle with another dog in our building, loves the cats, wants to please us and play all the time. We really are enjoying being back at Lincoln Park on the weekends! Rex LOVES to run at the park and explore!!
Then, about a week before Thanksgiving, sure enough, we start looking at Petfinder.com. And of course we are "just looking", but we all know how that goes! HA We were defintiely interested in another cattle dog, or cattle dog mix. We were interested in one guy name Bosco, who was a rescue up at PAWS in Lynnwood, but by the time Rob went to look, he was being adopted. We next went back to looking at Rex online, and thought we'd see what he was all about. He was at a rescue place over in Kirkland. He had been a stray in the Richland, WA area, and found his way to Kirkland about 8 weeks ago.
Sooooo, the Friday of Thanksgiving week, we go out to Kirkland, just to "look". Long story short, he came home with us, and we took him straight to The Wash Dog here in WS. Then to Petco for a new leash, collar and tag - he got a Seahawks tag like Janni had!
He was nervous the first night, but was well behaved and is very good with the 3 cats. As of today, we have had him for 2 weeks, and every day there is more and more progress with him trusting us, learning his place in our home, us learning about him, etc....
He is a very good walker and loves the neighborhood, is gentle with another dog in our building, loves the cats, wants to please us and play all the time. We really are enjoying being back at Lincoln Park on the weekends! Rex LOVES to run at the park and explore!!
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| first night in his new home and chewed up a new toy! |
Visit from Renata and Stella & Dot Trunk Show
One of my best friends, Renata, made her way up to Seattle from Sacramento (specifcally, Rocklin) Dec 3-5 for a much needed visit as well as host a Stella & Dot trunk show at my house. Renata is now a stylist with S&D, and you can order anytime online through her. http://stelladot.com/sites/renatabunawan
We packed a lot in, in the 48 hours she was in town. Friday evening was The Junction here in West Seattle, snooping at a few boutiques, and doing a quick wine tasting at bin 41. Then back to my area of WS for dinner at Angelina's with Rob. Saturday was trunk show prep, then the open house from 1pm-4pm. We had a pretty good showing, some wine and snacks and lots of fun pics (see below). We did really well on our sales (even a few online orders!), so both of us are happy!! After the trunk show, it was off to a german beer pub here in WS called Prost, with Aydan and Lori. Prost is an awesome little spot here in WS. We loved it!! Next stop was dinner over in lower Queen Anne w/ Lisa Taylor at Toulouse Petit. We shared a few items, including a dish that was featured on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
Final stop was one of my fav places in Seattle, Purple Wine Bar & Cafe. I really love the Seattle location, so of course wanted Renata to experience it as well. By this time of the evening, we were just wanting a little dessert and a little wine. I suggested the flights, since they are all small pours of 4 wines. Definitely we should have just shared one flight to taste, not both order one. Waaaaay too much wine! HA Didn't really finish much, but great people watching and energy at Purple.
Sunday we met up with Vonna and her daughter, Vivi, at BOKA Kitchen in dowtnown Seattle at Hotel 1000. Really great brunch, then a little snooping around at one of my fav stores, Watson Kennedy.
Whew! Did a lot of fun stuff in just about 48 hours! :-) Please, come back soon Renata!!
We packed a lot in, in the 48 hours she was in town. Friday evening was The Junction here in West Seattle, snooping at a few boutiques, and doing a quick wine tasting at bin 41. Then back to my area of WS for dinner at Angelina's with Rob. Saturday was trunk show prep, then the open house from 1pm-4pm. We had a pretty good showing, some wine and snacks and lots of fun pics (see below). We did really well on our sales (even a few online orders!), so both of us are happy!! After the trunk show, it was off to a german beer pub here in WS called Prost, with Aydan and Lori. Prost is an awesome little spot here in WS. We loved it!! Next stop was dinner over in lower Queen Anne w/ Lisa Taylor at Toulouse Petit. We shared a few items, including a dish that was featured on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
Final stop was one of my fav places in Seattle, Purple Wine Bar & Cafe. I really love the Seattle location, so of course wanted Renata to experience it as well. By this time of the evening, we were just wanting a little dessert and a little wine. I suggested the flights, since they are all small pours of 4 wines. Definitely we should have just shared one flight to taste, not both order one. Waaaaay too much wine! HA Didn't really finish much, but great people watching and energy at Purple.
Sunday we met up with Vonna and her daughter, Vivi, at BOKA Kitchen in dowtnown Seattle at Hotel 1000. Really great brunch, then a little snooping around at one of my fav stores, Watson Kennedy.
Whew! Did a lot of fun stuff in just about 48 hours! :-) Please, come back soon Renata!!
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| nice little spread |
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| jewelry display |
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| me and Aydan |
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| Lori modeling her favorite piece |
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| Renata, Me, Aydan, Natalie and Lori |
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| goofing around |
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| Bitburger's at Prost! |
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| two wine flights at Purple. At 10pm, this was too much, too late, after a long day. |
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| Cheers!! |
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