Together again.......

John flew in to Seattle on Friday night. It has been sooooooo great to be with him the past day! Last night we went to Oaxaca in Ballard, John's all time favorite restaurant in Seattle. The place is always packed, and luckily there was a table for two open when we arrived. Perfect timing. Saturday morning we took a walk to our favorite neighborhood coffee shop, Cafe Fiore. Best coffee in town. It was nice to go for a walk together, something we used to do on a daily basis when he was still living in Seattle. Then we went down to Golden Gardens and walked around, took some photos, enjoyed the scenery and eachother. We had lunch at our favorite sushi restaurant in Ballard, Sam's Sushi. John's friends Nathanya and Ryan met up with us, and we had an awesome visit with them. John's just taking a little nap at the moment, then we are going to head up country for the evening to visit Rik and Shelley. I can't wait to be down in California with him full time! Especially now that we found a place to live! We'll be living in a 3 bedroom townhouse in Valencia. I will of course post photos once we are all settled in.

Happy Valentine's Day

I've expanded my love for all things scrap, and have started to dabble a bit in the world of card making. I bought a card making kit a number of months ago, and just sat down this evening to make John a few cards for the love fest that is Valentine's Day. Yes, I realize the day is a commercialized mess, so that is why I'm making the cards instead of supporting another Hallmark Holiday. Making cards is like making miniature scrap pages, and who doesn't like miniature stuff, right? Mini-cheeseburgers from the Maritime Ale House, Hershey's chocolate miniatures, those mini-cans of soda that grandma used to stock in the fridge, garden gnomes, puppies, babies, hobbits, I could go on.......Great things can come in miniature sizes.

Nature.....Goulet......

The flowers that John sent me are getting more beautiful by the day!

Rainy days.......

There is something great about a stormy day. The rain tapping against the windows, the wind whistling through the trees......I'll miss the rain. But not that much!! I can't wait for sunshine!!!

The horror....the horror......

Mr. Woodcock, may I have those 90 minutes of my life back? What was I thinking? I think I may have lost precious brain cells by actually sitting through that entire movie. Remind me never to watch another Sean Williams Scott film. His career peaked in the first American Pie. And Susan Sarandon? How could you sign on for such filth? I mean, you did Dead Man Walking. I have two words for you Billy Bob....Sling Blade. BTW, Angelina called, she wants the vial of her blood back. Come on! Kim and I were hoping for a fun little comedy. We turned down the eye candy that is Christian Bale in Rescue Dawn for this cinematic atrocity. I would rather sit through The Ringer again than watch Mr. Woodcock. In the words of Dave Chapelle doing Rick James... I wish I had four hands, so I could give it four thumbs down!

In the words of Lil' Jon.....Yeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!

Good news! I found out I passed the CPJE!! I am so excited and relieved, it is like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Last night after I got off work, I was walking to the mailbox and I just had a feeling that the results were going to be there, and they were!! John sent me the beautiful flowers above. Frank immediately jumped on to the kitchen table to check them out, they are super fragrant. Hopefully he won't eat them when I'm not looking!

Thank you everyone who was thinking good thoughts for me before, during, and after taking the exam. It really means a lot to me to have so much support!

Juno

I just saw the movie Juno this evening. Loved it. Loved. It. A must see. Great dialogue. Ellen Page does an amazing job as Juno, she's super funny. Plus the guy sitting behind me spilled popcorn all over the head and back of the guy sitting in the seat next to me. Never thought that kind of stuff actually happened in real life. Hilarious. Luckily the guy that got popcorn all over himself thought it was funny too.

Songs I just downloaded: Lake Michigan by Rogue Wave, Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna (diggin' on the Michael Jackson sample, still rockin' the King of Pop), and Ride a White Swan by T. Rex (gotta love 1970's glam rock).

Love is a Mix Tape

I finally got the CJPE out of the way (I should find out the results in about 30 days), and I've been diggin' on some non-pharmacy related reading this past week. I just finished "Love is a Mix Tape" by Rob Sheffield, it was a great read. It definitely made me miss the days of the mix tape. My favorite mix tape of all time is one called "I'm not going to eat and you are", it is a mix that Paula made me back in early high school I recall. The title of the mix was birthed by myself over a weekend when my parents were out of town. They had left my sister and I some money for food, and I suggested that we split the cash down the middle and fend for ourselves. It was a time in my life where any spare change I had lying around was spent on music or music related schtuff (magazines, concert tickets, etc.). My plan was to take my half of the food money and put it towards some sort of R.E.M. paraphrenalia. "I'm not going to eat and you are" was my response to my sister when she asked me what I was going to do that weekend without food money. Other favorite mix tape authors include Casey (Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden, Sausage Gut by Jurassic 5) and Melanie (Kodachrome by Paul Simon). I really need to track those mix tapes down so I can recreate them as playlists on iTunes.

Next on my non-essential reading list: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, I've heard this bad boy is a real page turner. I'll keep you posted.

Study break!

Don't worry, I haven't been scrappin' instead of studying. I am taking a little study break to post this photo though. This is a picture of a page I made after our friend Rik's birthday party this summer. Rik is an artist (glass blower, sculptor), and quite a bit of his work involves rockets. He had a sci-fi themed birthday bash in August, and we all wore sci-fi inspired costumes. It was a blast. John was Dr. Spock and I was Princess Leia. John and I are really going to miss Rik and Shelley when we move to California! We will definitely come back to visit them though!! John has spent the last 10 Thanksgiving holidays with them, so we can't really break that tradition:)

It's all about the layout.......

For me, it is all about the layout. I don't feel like I can be productive until I create a space where I think I can be productive. I think it spawns from my type-A-ishness. I have been trying to study for the California law exam for over a month now, with no success. I blame it all on my poor layout. This past weekend I finally switched things up and moved to the kitchen table, spread things out, busted out the highlighter, and got busy. It could also be that I work better under pressure, and seeing that I have to take the exam in exactly two weeks, I really need to get my sh!t together, so to speak. Interestingly enough, studying actually hasn't been as torturous as I thought it was going to be. Maybe because I haven't cracked any sort of professional text since taking the boards back in May of 2005. Little did I know I would eventually be moving to the only state that is notorious for their difficult law exam. Gotta love California!!

On a more positive note, I think John and I have found a house to rent! It is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath house in Canyon Country, CA. We'll find out in the next few days if we got the place, and I will definitely post some photos as soon as I actually move and get settled. So what I'm saying is you might have to wait a few months. Don't get your panties all bunched up about it, aight?