Sunday, December 30, 2007

First Post.....from Seattle

It seems as though you're just not cool these days if you don't have a blog. So...since we've always considered ourselves pretty cool people, it was only a matter of time before we got on the whole blog bandwagon. We've actually really enjoyed reading a lot of other blogs from friends, so we decided to see if we could try to put together something to let everybody get a glimpse into the complete riot that is our lives. Also, I figure I can get out of having to be social in certain situations. Instead of having to make small talk to people, I can just be like "Hey, just check my blog." That's the introverted side of me coming out.
We are in Seattle right now and will be for the next couple days to welcome in the New Year. We just walked down to Pikes Place and a man was nice enough to ask us if we wanted some "weed." The hospitality around here is inspiring. Anyway, that kind of made Lori think we needed to get home for the evening.
This year has been good and has involved some significant transitions in our lives. We both finished graduate school at the U and accepted jobs at a private clinic in Twin Falls, Idaho. That's right, Lori and I didn't think that being in school together for 3 years was enough; now we're coworkers. It's an incredibly romantic experience.....every single day. Needless to say, I'm in heaven.
We bought a house and a dog as well. Since Lori got to pick out the house, I laid down the law and got to choose the dog. He's a toy Australian Shepherd. We suspect there was some funny business back in the family history a few generations because he's got some suspicious ears compared to normal aussies. Lori actually prefers the dogs company to mine, not a surprise for most of you I imagine. I can't blame her, we've got a very tough dog. His goes by Tank, we figured the name may empower him a bit. He weighs only 5 pounds so the name helps him feel a bit tougher.
I think that's about it for now. We'll put more stuff on later.

This was some of the scenery on the way up to Washington.


Columbia River Gorge in Oregon....beautiful drive!

Some park on the Columbia River in The Dalles.














This is Tank enjoying the lights of the city of Seattle from our killer hotel room.