Monthly Archives: February 2010

Feb28

These Cupcakes are Taken

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These Cupcakes are Taken

KMJ and I took the boys to our first (cup)cake tasting!

Kevin and I have quite a bit of time to figure out what we’re doing for dessert but Cupcake Royale was running a promotion where you got a cute T for coming in and tasting.  Why would we deny ourselves a cute T and eating cupcakes?  We wouldn’t.

The staff at Cupcake Royale were super friendly. They let us taste cupcakes until we were sick (and even let us take home the ones we couldn’t finish), you can mix and match a ton of flavors and color combos, which is fun, and you get to use their finest sprinkle supply!

While the quote for 200 cupcakes was more reasonable than I expected (I don’t really know what I expected so maybe that helped), they don’t offer any sort of bulk discount, which surprised me when buying at such a large quantity. In fact, not only do they not offer a bulk discount but if you’re looking to buy 0-150 wedding cupcakes, there’s a .25 premium from simply buying them out of the case because you get to use the fancy sprinkles.  They offer a pedestal/stand, delivery and a cutting cake…all for a cost.

I’m learning very quickly attach “wedding” to anything and it seems to be ok to charge [a lot] more.  On the bright side, their cupcakes are delicious and worth every extra .25 cents!

Feb27

Baconopolis

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Baconopolis

I claim to not be a bacon lover, but I think my taste buds, they are a changin’. It’s not that I don’t like it. I don’t like that it over powers whatever else you’re eating it with. Stand alone, I like it fine.

I accidentily came upon this Tom Douglas event, Baconopolis, and immediately thought of Case. So, she, Mark, Kevin and I indulged our inner pork this past Friday. We ate ten different bacon dishes. Ten. Some people might think you can never have too much bacon. I hate to tell you, we were all baconed out by dish number 8. It did take that long. But we did suck it up and eat all ten.

Salty-Crispy-Fun!

The Bacon Menu:

B.L.A.T.
Bacon Cured Whole Pig
Bacon Cornbread Muffin
Pork n’ Beans – Mark’s favorite
Bacon Explosion – mine and Case’s favorite
Elvis’ Favorite: Hot Peanut Butter, Banana and Bacon – Kevin’s favorite
Classic Carbonara
Bacon Fried Rice
Bacon Biscuit Sandwich with Gravy – a close second for me
Bacon Filled Doughnut with Maple Glaze and Bacon Salt – the overall winner of night

For the love of bacon!

Feb26

So Close. But SO FAR AWAY!

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So Close. But SO FAR AWAY!

After MUCH, headache causing debate, we decided on a wedding date!

Our debacle was the venue we fell in love with was pretty much booked throughout 2010.

So, do we do it this year anyway (they had openings in the winter), chance snow in the pass, people being over wedding season and people starting to get busy for the holiday season.

-OR-

Wait until next spring.  Allowing us plenty of time (too much?) to plan and save (never enough time for that).

Drum roll please….we wait.  We’ll start the 2011 wedding season off April 16, 2011.  Save the date!

If you’re curious, THIS is the venue that we couldn’t say no to.

Feb23

Go Canada, Go!

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Go Canada, Go!

Kevin, his friends Ravi and Karen and I hit up the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Talk about a once in a lifetime experience!  We were blessed with spectacular February weather (which was sadly why we didn’t get to see our Ski Cross event, see below post) and felt overwhelmed with goodwill and patriotism.  Mostly Canadian patriotism, but tons of energy nonetheless!

Several months prior, we had found a wonderful family to stay with (on CL).  They turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the trip.  So welcoming, generous and friendly.  It was like we had known them for years.  They had two boys, five and seven.  They all lived, breathed, played and watched non-stop hockey.  Not too surprising, as Canadians are koo koo for cocoa puffs for their hockey.  They quickly converted us into Olympic hockey fans and I shouldn’t admit this but I’m totally rooting for Canada to beat the US in the gold medal match.  It means so much more to them; “Go Canada, go!”

I’m having a really hard time putting into words the electric atmosphere that took over an entire city so I’m turning this post into a picture post; but even the pictures don’t do it justice.  During the day, it was camaraderie and strangers bonding over shared experiences.  At night, it was like New Years turned on repeat night after night.  Simply, Awesome.

The Olympic torch!

Watching the Canada v. Swiss hockey match in Robson Square with the Canadians.

Brodie and Rob celebrate the win!

Granville Street, packed with celebratory Canadians.

Kevin and me with Quatchy and Miga!

We saw a Latvia v. Czech Republic hockey match.

Canadians, full of pride, sing “Oh Canada” riding the sea bus to North Vancouver.

Karen and Ravi in front of the torch at night.

Kevin and me with the Inukshuk in Stanley Park.

Kevin, enjoying his Japadog! (We tried the Kobe beef and Ume- YUM!)

Feb16

GloBULL Warming

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GloBULL Warming

Um…really? No significant global warming since 1995? Is that why the PNW has averaged 50 degrees in FEBRUARY? And is that why we don’t get to use our ski cross tickets now? BOOOO!

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Vancouver 2010 cancels ‘general admission standing room’ tickets to snowboard halfpipe, ski cross and snowboard parallel giant slalom events at Cypress Mountain Tickets to be refunded

Feb 16, 2010

West Vancouver, BC ― General admission standing room tickets have been cancelled for Olympic men’s and ladies’ snowboard halfpipe on February 17 and 18; ski cross on February 21 and 23; and snowboard parallel giant slalom on February 26 and 27 at Cypress Mountain. Tickets will be refunded, said the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).

Heavy warm rains on Saturday and Sunday have made the general admission standing room area at the Cypress snowboard stadium unsafe for spectators. The rains washed away almost a foot of snow in the area where the standing room area was to be located. General admission standing room tickets for men’s and ladies’ snowboard cross events were also previously cancelled for February 15 and 16.

With safety the top priority and with snowboard events taking place daily, there is insufficient snow to move and build the standing room area back up at the Cypress snowboard stadium. VANOC has protected sufficient contingency snow for field of play at Cypress Mountain.

“Our senior management and venue team have spent significant time on site to try and find a way to accommodate spectators in the standing room areas for the events. We’ve exhausted all avenues but it just wasn’t possible to make the area safe for spectators,” said Caley Denton, VANOC’s vice president of ticketing and consumer marketing.

This cancellation and refund will affect approximately 20,000 spectators.

Feb13

Yes, yes, yes (it’s about time!). YES!

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Yes, yes, yes (it’s about time!). YES!

Most of you know the exciting news….Kevin and I are engaged!

The short story:  Kevin made me run in the rain so he could ask me to marry him.

The long story:  Kevin and I run Greenlake after work fairly often.  A lot less lately as it’s dark early and cold and rainy.  Last Wednesday Kevin announced in the morning that we needed to go for a run.  We hadn’t gone in a long time and he was feeling out of shape.  I agreed, knowing if it was raining we wouldn’t really go.  Of course, it was raining but Kevin still REALLY wanted to run.  I whined the entire car ride to the lake but he eventually convinced me it was a great idea.

I usually change at work and take off running once we get to the lake.  Kevin usually changes at the lake, then catches up with me – since I’m slow.  So it’s not unusual that I take off without him.  This time though, instead of following me, Kevin got back in his car and drove around to the other side of the lake.  He proceeded to set up a mini luminaria.  The bags said “Love you babe <3″. (Slight back story – Greenlake has a luminaria every year, the second Saturday in December.  Two years ago, we lost track of everything and everyone around us at the luminaria.  We were dating the next week.)  Kevin was standing at the far end of the luminaria with a rose in his hands.  The funny part is I saw this guy setting up a luminaria and I remember thinking “What is this idiot doing setting up a luminaria in the rain?”  I quickly realized it was Kevin and immediately started to cry.  The first thing out of my mouth, half choked up, half out of breath from running was “You’re not running…”

He pulled me off to the side so we could look at the lake.  He said a lot of really wonderful things that I have no recollection of and then he asked me to marry him!  I said Yes :)

Kevin and I have been talking about it (our wonderful future together) for a while.  And because I’m crazy, I kept trying to anticipate when/where/what/how.  He totally surprised me, caught me off guard and curses, made me cry.  He later told me he was going to propose in Lincoln City over New Years because the ocean is so special to us….but he couldn’t find a ring he liked.  Then he was going to do it in Mexico…but we both got sick.  I’d thought I’d never be happy about getting sick in Mexico but I’m so glad we did because I can’t think of a better proposal than ours.

Love you babe <3  Forever and ever.

Feb6

Blogiversary

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Blogiversary

One whole year of blogging. Honestly, I can hardly believe how much I’ve enjoyed keeping it.

What started as a D induced travel blog, turned into a way to keep in touch with family and friends I don’t see as often as I should. Ironically enough, most of the people who read this darn thing know my every move anyway.

I love reading other peoples’ blogs. It’s such a great distraction – usually from work, let’s be honest. I get jealous with how funny they are, how entertaining they can be and how much money some make. I want to do this for a living too, darn it! But these professional bloggers have so much “stuff” to talk about. They can make a crappy product at Target, just fascinating. So fascinating, that not only do millions of people religiously read about it, they run straight to Target to buy said crappy product. Someday, maybe I too will start trends on the blog. Until then, you’re stuck with lame “this is what we’re up to” stories.

You keep coming back though, you 12 readers, you. And I love you for it!