Friday, May 09, 2008
Dinner
After a highly stressful week, Hubby and I headed to Maritime Pacific’s brewpub for dinner. The Jolly is an old friend and a great place to distract us from the waiting.
We’re still waiting for word on the house, every day is torture but we’re getting by.
Here’s to Friday night, good beer, excellent food and spending time with the one I love!
Life doesn’t get any better.
Friday!
After taking yesterday off-I’m heading back to work. Of course it wouldn’t be Friday without a trip to the yummy crumpet shop.
No better way to start a Friday.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Power Outage
The power went out in Ballard last night. In the two plus years we’ve lived in Ballard, the power has never gone out. The lack of “noise” woke me up around midnight, when it happened. I went to the living room and looked around the neighborhood. It was strange to see the apartments and streets with no lights what so ever. The few cars that were driving on the streets looked eirie with super bright head lights.
This morning Hubby found out the reason for the power outage:
A raccoon wandering through a power substation in Ballard around midnight today caused an electrical short that left 11,000 customers without lights for nearly an hour — and spelled the end to the critter.
When Seattle City Light workers arrived at the Canal Substation at 614 NW 45th St., “they could tell by the smell that an animal was involved,” said Mike Eagan, spokesman. Apparently the raccoon “bridged the wrong gap” on the transmission lines, he said.
Crews got the power back on by 12:45 a.m.
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
Poor Racoon…
Monday, May 05, 2008
Not sleeping
Hubby and I put in an offer on a house Friday night. I’ve barely slept a wink since then. The seller has gone AWOL and hasn’t accepted the offer yet. We are first in line...but waiting for the response is driving me a bit batty.
My grandparents are in town, which is wonderful. We spent a good chunk of the day with them on Saturday. It was great to share the news with them! I hope we have even better news by the end of the week 
Friday, May 02, 2008
Cruisers coming in!
Friday morning docking of one of the many cruise ships to visit Seattle.I wonder what its like for the passengers - to wake up in a new city and go exploring. Someday I will convince Hubby to go on a cruise
with me!
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
