We went to the aquarium the other day. It was SO much fun. I absolutely love the sea otters and we watched them for quite awhile. The fish were just beautiful and they have these great new tide pools there where you can reach in and touch things. They also have a new octopus! They old one that was there before was into hiding but we got to see the new one quite well. Unfortunately it wasn't...

Paperwork still = Hell

Well I finally finished redoing all my papers. This time I downloaded them from the government site and filled them in by hand. Nice and neat and a long torturous evening and next day to finish them. Ugh! I shouldn't complain. It saved me $250 by doing them myself. Now I sit here on pins and needles wondering if I filled them out correctly. Did I forget something? Did I cross every T and dot every...

St. Pat's

I forgot that Saturday was St. Patrick's Day. It didn't take me long to realize it though. Downtown was a mix of people, noise and rain. They had a parade down 4th Ave (which is the street my business is on) and I had a perfect view from my perch up on the sixth floor of $th & Pike. It wasnt that exciting really, but the kids seemed to be enjoying it. Lots of little marching bands and a few...

Spring is coming soon!

We have this fountain in the plaza right across the street from where I work. Every year they turn it off for most of the winter and I always get excited when they turn it back on cause I knwo it means spring is just around the corner. Well I guess someone else shares my excitement in that but they show it a different way. Yesterday the fountain exploded in a cloud of bubbles. Overflowing and rolling...

Relief...for a short time

So the walls were closing in here in Seattle. D and I decided to take a little trip down to Portland and out to the coast. I know it's not the best time of year for this but truthfully, I think spring fever has caught me early this year, or possibly the taste of adventure is too rich on my tongue and I couldn't wait to plunge in? We started out on a rainy day, Wednesday, and lugged our things down...

Paperwork = Hell

Well after all that work and much effort, I received a letter stating that all my forms were out of date and had to be done over again. Now everything is once more delayed. I arrived home last night from our trip and spent the evening trying to redo my forms. This is very sad news. I spent $250 to make sure my forms were done properly and now I'm doing them myself. Well I guess if I had done that...