Wine Festival this weekend

My very good friend Renata was up from Sacramento for the weekend. We headed out to Woodinville for the Washington Wine highway wine fest on Saturday - the weather turned out awesome! Sunny skies and 70 degree temps. We had a lot of great wine and food all day.

Super Cute new Puma's for ML

Got these over the weekend to replace 10 yr old GV Specials, whose soles were coming apart while Renata and I shopped on Sunday. What rocked about these is they were on sale!!

You want Funny? It's right here...

I'm catching up on one of our fav shows, Deadliest Catch, and I'm reminded of this little diddy we found last year. For anyone who knows this show, this is spit-out-your-coffee funny! Enjoy!

http://corneliamarie.com/news/category/the-bering-sea/page/7/

Saturday Night Trivia Fun

Spent Saturday evening w/ close friends Naarah and Jason Hastings. After sharing a nice meal at Blackbird, we headed over to Admiral Pub (both across the street from my place), for a few rounds of trivia and a few pitchers of beer. We all proved to be formidable opponents against each other. In reality, I think I was just scared of Naarah's guns - observe below:

ML's Weekend Activities

What was I up to this weekend? My brother Joe was up Friday night from Portland. Started the evening with a few margaritas at my place, then hit Ama Ama Oyster Grill's late night menu, then went to Shadowland for a couple more drinks, then back to the condo. It was very fun!!

Saturday was recovery time for Joe, so I chilled out by walking the dog and taking a nap. My brother headed out by 6pm, so I headed over to Blockbuster. I was uninspired, so rented Borat, since I hadn't seen it yet. It was pretty funny I guess. Now today, I'm off to the very exciting Jiffy Lube for an oil change. It's super sunny today, so need to come up with an outdoor activity. I'm also thinking of going to the Seattle Art Musuem for the Roman exhibit.

Meet the Bling Follow-Up Pics

Thanks to my Mom for this one!

YES, I'M A BAD AMERICAN

I Am the Liberal-Progressives Worst Nightmare. I am an American.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some Liberal governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!

I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer, it makes you a smart American.
I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything.
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, do it in English.

I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and whoever canceled Jerry Springer.

I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you! So, shut up already.

I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country! This is AMERICA.

If you were born here and don't like it you are free to move to any Socialist country that will have you.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution. Can I get an AMEN on that one?

I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry rear if you're running from them..
I also think they have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.
And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my drivers license. I think it's good.....

And I'm proud that "God" is written on my money.
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making "donations" to their cause.
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.
I believe "illegal" is illegal no matter what the lawyers think.
I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA!
If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.

If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.
We want our country back!

Preview - Meet The Bling Party for Jen

Tonight's festivites include Jennifer (the engaged), Myself, Vonna, Narrah, Aydan, and possibly two friend's of Jen's I do not know. Jennifer was engaged on Valentine's Day, and we will be meeting the elusive bling tonight. I believe an online sighting was made, and it might look something like this: We will get confirmation of this sighting tonight.

I will be sure to post a follow up with Girl's Night pics tomorrow......

West Seattle Night Out -

Last Friday, after putting together the bath cabinet and cleaning the house, I met Naarah, Monica and Sarah out for a Girl's Night in West Seattle. Our first stop was Matador in The Junction- a fine few hours spent over many, many margaritas!! Ole!!

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Next we hailed a cab and were off to Monica's crib in W.S. for some pajama karaoke - oh boy, bring on the Journey! Open Arms! Separate Ways! Naarah....Monica... - belt it out!

Flash forward to how we all felt all day on Saturday - ouch!! BTW - eating a smokehouse burger from Johnny Rocket's at 3:30pm the next day is NOT the answer. Please avoid this fate.

More condo progress... this time in the bathroom

New Bird Feeder in our tree

In the second pic, you can see two finches - one at the feeder and one in the tree. This tree is right outside our living room.

76 degrees in Seattle!!

Took Janni to Alki, had lunch at an outside cafe, walked around and people watched. 4:17pm now and I read online that is is 76! Killer! Knowing our luck though here in Seattle, it will be snowing by next weekend! HA

Driving around West Seattle - getting some take out

"Look Tay! Let me break it down - I'm hungry - let's get take out!"

The Fam is happy now, as we head home with our take out.

Takin' it to the Max: Michael Jackson

I'm so sad/digusted about MJ the past several yrs. What the hell happened?! After (?):

Anyway, in light of all that, ML is downloading some SWEET songs from the Thriller album. Yes folks, it's been 25 yrs since that AMAZING album entered our lives. OMG - this brings me back to 4th grade big time! Take you there! Before:

Easter w/ my brother and future sister-in-law

Super rainy @ St James Cathedral

Post brunch pics at The Warwick Hotel - our bellies stuffed!

What is with this pic - we're only 33 and 23, but look like 40 and 30! HA! Col and I need to get a younger look I think....

Happy Easter from ML, Rob, Janni, Matty and Apollo

Apparently I have two very different sides captured by the "Surprise!" photography of Rob

I've been TAGGED!

Ok, I was first tagged by Narrah last week and got lazy in getting this done. Now I"ve been tagged by my syster, Briana, so ok, I'll get this one done.... If anyone would like to review Naarah's blog, it is linked to mine - it contains regular, excellent content. My sister has a blog via MySpace.

tagged... Current mood: getting tired...
Tag! You’re it! Once you’ve been ’tagged’, you have to write a blog of 10 weird/random facts/habits/goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and WHY you chose them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment (You’re it!) and to read your blog. You can’t tag the person who tagged you, since you cant tag me back, let me know when you’ve posted your blog so i can see your answers.

Random ML Facts below:
1. My favorite breakfast is eggs benedict. i'm very picky about the hollandaise sauce - there has to be plenty and it has to be good. I do not order this in a Denny's, Shari's or Elmer's.
2. at any meal, all my food must be separate - if I can control it - and I will eat each area separately.
3. I will admit to almost always letting my phone go to VM - caller id is the BEST invention of ALL time (outside of TV).
4. I still really love 90210 and Melrose Place and wish they would come back on TV (very excited about a recent 90210 spin-off rumor I heard)
5. I tried out to Jeopardy back in 2003 at the downtown Seattle Westin Hotel. I did not pass the 50 question test - it was hard. I plan to try again
6. I am a human GPS - I always know what direction I am in. If you take me anywhere once, I can get there again with out directions, no matter how much time has passed.
7. I, after 12 + yrs, continue to be fascinated with my biological family and it's dynamics.
8. One of my dreams in life was to be the concertmaster of a very famous symphony - the concertmaster is the first violin position.
9. I think I love animals more than the average person. I am no PETA gal (as I LOVE fur coats/vests very much), but if I could I would live on a farm with a zillion cats, dogs, birds, frogs, etc.... I love animals!!
10. ( and last but not least) I am a secret nerd - I read almost all the time, even when I am watching TV. I know a lot of about history and continue to educate myself about history and never pass up an opporunity to expouse my knowledge - weather people want to hear it or not! HA And in relation to that, another pet peeve is those who get historical facts incorrect. I am the first to correct and usually in an agressive way (maybe not my best quality). I am a stickler about facts..

Tag - you're it:
Lola - you are new to my blog circle, so please answer
Naarah - ok, you were the original tag
Joe - my bro. I will tag him via MySpace and see what we get
Kian - Maybe you'll answer this?

Recent Sunset Photos from our deck