Salty.

Do you ever have that feeling of "what have i done?"

I've experienced that today after some interesting "discussions" with some people. I won't go into gory details.. but let's just say... it's been an interesting morning.

Anyhoo.. I just looked down at my sleepy little bubs, snoozing on her cushion. She looked up at me gave me a wag and went right back to sleeping. Suddenly I feel a whole lot better.

F work.

It's finally cooled off. Too hot to blog even. Vin and I cruised Portland last night just so we could have some air conditioning. 90ºF at 10pm. Awesome.

I am leaving to see my family on Thursday night. Haven't seen them since Christmas and I am really looking forward to it!

More laters... have to go to a meeting....

Another sunny day....

My back deck is calling my name and I just might have to listen up. It's a beautiful day here in PDX and for all of you that think the weather sucks in the North West all the time... well you take a look at this.

It's totally nice out and that means crickets and tumbleweeds at work. Apparently there are "summer hours" on Friday. I'm looking out at the Fremont Bridge and traffic pretty much isn't moving. Guess everyone is thinking the same thing as me!

Had a BBQ last night and I'm sad to say I didn't take any pictures. The margaritas were flowin' a little easy last night... Denis, Heather, Justin and Shannon came over and then later on Sarah and Ethan stopped by our place. Their flight got in early so they stopped by, had some dinner and then left with the Butler-Kegler party. Good times. A lot of recyclables. The Lewis' can throw down!

I'm trying to grow my hair out right now. I also haven't colored it since last fall. I think the blonde is creepin back in- but it will never be the same after I dyd it dark red a few years ago. Sad.

So I'm getting ready to work on a big internal project. The kind that will make or break you. Lots of exposure to the higher ups. Lets hope it goes smoothly. it's funny how places that like to be "progressive" are the slowest ones to adapt to change.

Sukes is chillin'out. rough life. We made a little stop at Urban Fauna on today's potty walk and picked up some treats, chewies and a new ball to play with. Perfect for office catch. Won't break anything or make too much noise.

Went to PF Changs for lunch. Met up with my old boss and his family. It was great to see them. Rachel was 3 years old when I started at JDK. She's going into the 6th grade this fall. Made me feel old. : )

I'm going to get back to work now. Have some stuff to finish up and then I think we're out of here!

Nice view from my desk

The crap weather finally broke and it's been sweet all week. Suki was at work with me yesterday- regaining her title yet again as the cutest office dog- and likes to pass the afternoon watching the workers and people go by. They are putting up a 15 story building right outside my window which means I will no longer be able to see the Fremont Bridge. However, I will still be able to see Mt St Helens and if I want to see MT Hood, I can just go up to the roof. I know. Rough.

As I'm not much of a writer, blogging has proved to be a little harder than I thought. I am trying to resolve to be better at it, writing more often.. it just keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list with everything else going on.

So. Let's see. What's been going on.

Vin got back from a week back in Vermont. He fished in the LCI tourney and got to spend Father's Day with his dad. While he was out, I got dog duty and spent alot of time with them. We went on walks, took a walk with Heather and Mia in Forest Park, in the mud. We went to the dog park, etc etc. I'm still convinced that Sirius was dropped on his head when he was a puppy.



The World Cup is still going on- everyone at the office is pretty much just watching games out in the atrium. Not very productive. I love that is still falls within your job- hey- we do Nike soccer. Gotta keep up with what's happening in the sport, right? Those big white things are huge screens that the game is being watched on. I am still pretty slow here at work but that will be changing soon.

Wedding planning has been really good and sometimes bad. But it's getting done and I'm really excited about it. Our friend Jess is making the wedding cake and I can't wait to see what she does! She's an amazing chef...

Thinking about going to the coast this weekend. Check the dogs into boarding and get out of dodge for a night. There is a classical music festival in Astoria that I want to check out possibly. But then I wouldn't mind going to Cannon Beach too!

I just polished off a sizeable portion of Ranier cherries. I'm hooked on them. Especially since I tend to spill things on myself. No danger of dark red cherry juice and they are really tasty.

Well. That's about it for now.. Heather and I are meeting up at Whole Foods to pick up stuff for the grillout we're having tonight. Salmon kabobs and corn on the cob. Yum!