virginia and back!

Now that I'm back in Houghton, I'm busy missing vacation...

We got to (Adam's) Aunt Judy's house after a riveting 11.5 hr drie (the last hr and a half were construction, yay) and she took us to get the night view of the memorials!! It was really interesting to see how famous figures have been remembered. This picture is taken with Thomas Jefferson's feet -- he is a very popular guy in Virginia.



Virginia was a lot of fun, as was West Virginia and Washington DC. We had such a variety of things to do! My Aunt Carol and Uncle Greg hooked up with us in DC where they got us an "all-access-behind-the-scenes" riotous time. Private tours of the capitol building AND the national archives were very fun! The weather was perfect!!

After Virginia we hit up some Williamsburg action -- good times, especially at night with the ghosts!! The ghost tour we took was a tad bit on the scary side.. but enjoyable :)

After the wedding we made our wonderous car ride back home and then took a mini vacation at my house! Looks like Zoey was semi-supervised by my brother and ended up being a little bit more of a terror than we are used to... looks like it might be awhile before I can talk my fam into pet sitting again... oops...

thus ends my good time vacation! back to work...

Puppies to the third Power...

If that isn't a MI Tech title, I don't know what is... Anyways, I decided to get some pics up since I'll be off on a fun and exciting adventure to Virginia next week!

Jake and Zoey


Casey and Zoey


Sad news, Jake goes back to the shelter tomorrow :( It was fun being his foster mom... Hopefully he'll get adopted by someone now since he's had more socialization -- but maybe i'll just adopt him myself. After I've had the chance to socialize a few more deserving fur balls.

Whew!

Alright, this is like a mini post, since I feel bad about not posting since Seattle... But I'm back in Houghton now, along with Adam's new puppy (Zoey) and a foster pup named Jake (and of course my Casey), we're engaging in activities such as moving to hancock, playing softball, naps on the couch, and eating all my shoes... the joys of puppyhood. I am going to try and be more adamant about pictures in the next couple days here, since I feel like i'm finally getting stuff straightened around...

it's almost friday -- and it's sunny!!

another exciting day in Seattle...

so today was another reason that i should just move to seattle. we got to check out the pike place market which is home to the famous fish market where they throw fish.. it was cool. I wanted more people to buy fish so they would throw more, but there just wasn't a whole lot of fishin action.. lol.. What i didn't expect was the MOST beautiful flower places in the whole wide world. but here is a cool pic of the fish market...



another exciting adventure of the evening was dinner. yes, i tried the sushi. crazy i know, but i was driven to it!! This is sort of what it looked like..



i heart seattle...

Seattle, WA

Well here I sit in the beautiful Seattle which is full of pretty green things. Living in Houghton has definitely deprived me of the joys of city life -- such as people riding up the street on "double-decker" bicycles or modified big wheels... Yeah, I haven't been here for 6 hours yet and already random city things that make me despise houghton. I want to live in seattle... cost of living is ... outrageous.. as are all the rest of the prices, lol. But it is good times, good sites, and hopefully a good conference, I'll keep you updated.

btw, i'm staying less than 2 miles away from the one.. the only..


space needle... neato..