Lack of news = lack of updates! Sorry... There's still not much to report on, except that the biggest part of my earthly life (aka Peter) is in California for two weeks! :-( And I am a bit lonely. This house becomes quite huge when you have it all to yourself! And two weeks begins to feel like an eternity!
However, Mom is coming to keep me company next week! And I'm excited for that! She'll be here for a week. :-)
Nothing else really to post... I hope everyone has a fantastic week!
2.27.2007
2.20.2007
Oregon Coast Weekend...
Thank goodness for Presidents!!! :)
We enjoyed our long weekend at the coast... Oceanside to be exact. Weather was typical OR coastal weather, cool, damp and grey... but beautiful anyway!
Our crew consisted of: Peter and myself, Sherrie & Loren, Christie, Daniel & Laura (Veldkamp) and Amy & Chantry (Filener)
Peter captured our 10 minutes of sunshine! Isn't it beautiful?! This is directly in front (ok, actually kind of SW-ish) of the house we stayed in...
After our morning coffee run! See, we're official bloggers, even our sweatshirts say so! :)
Serious game of Pente going on here!
L-R: Loren, Sherrie & Christie
Daniella and Laura :)
Spiral staircase to upstairs... Kinda neat for this place, but I don't think I'd ever want one! It was a bit wobbly and not very easy to carry luggage up and down. (or maybe it was the operator that was wobbly? Naw...)
At the Tillamook Cheese Factory... and of course we couldn't resist the fresh Tillamook ice cream! YUM.
Amy & Chantry - CUTE picture!
Looking NW from the house. The picture that you see is taken when the tide is about midway. If you look closely (click on the picture), there is an opening at the bottom of the rock, (look towards the side of the cliff that the houses are on). This is a small tunnel that you can walk through to the other side when the tide is low - wouldn't suggest it though when the tide is high! 
Here's Peter inside the tunnel! (sorry for the bluriness...), but you get the idea. :)
Love of my life...
And finally, one of our humble abode, looking up at it from the beach.
Thanks Sherrie and Loren for including us!
Click here for more pictures of the weekend!
We enjoyed our long weekend at the coast... Oceanside to be exact. Weather was typical OR coastal weather, cool, damp and grey... but beautiful anyway!
Our crew consisted of: Peter and myself, Sherrie & Loren, Christie, Daniel & Laura (Veldkamp) and Amy & Chantry (Filener)
Peter captured our 10 minutes of sunshine! Isn't it beautiful?! This is directly in front (ok, actually kind of SW-ish) of the house we stayed in...
After our morning coffee run! See, we're official bloggers, even our sweatshirts say so! :)
Serious game of Pente going on here!L-R: Loren, Sherrie & Christie
Daniella and Laura :)
Spiral staircase to upstairs... Kinda neat for this place, but I don't think I'd ever want one! It was a bit wobbly and not very easy to carry luggage up and down. (or maybe it was the operator that was wobbly? Naw...)
At the Tillamook Cheese Factory... and of course we couldn't resist the fresh Tillamook ice cream! YUM.
Amy & Chantry - CUTE picture!
Looking NW from the house. The picture that you see is taken when the tide is about midway. If you look closely (click on the picture), there is an opening at the bottom of the rock, (look towards the side of the cliff that the houses are on). This is a small tunnel that you can walk through to the other side when the tide is low - wouldn't suggest it though when the tide is high! 
Here's Peter inside the tunnel! (sorry for the bluriness...), but you get the idea. :)
Love of my life...
And finally, one of our humble abode, looking up at it from the beach.
Thanks Sherrie and Loren for including us!Click here for more pictures of the weekend!
2.15.2007
Venus Fly Trap
Happy Valentines Day y'all!
Peter's sis stopped by tonight, and brought us a Venus Fly Trap! It's so cool! Sherrie stuck a fly in it this evening but it didn't snap, however, when Peter took it out of the can, we realized it does in fact work! :-)
Here's a couple of the snapped ones...
The lucky fly that made it through the jaws of life, but somehow died anyway!
It's quite a fascinating plant... I've never wanted a fly in the house, but right about now I'm wishing I could find one! :-)
We're off to the coast this weekend. Sherrie and Loren found a rental cottage that they invited us to come share with them... and it sounds like there will be quite the crew there! Around 10 of us I believe! I'm sure looking forward to the sand, water and squeaky tillamook cheese! (We'll be close to the Tillamook cheese factory...) :-)
Peter's sis stopped by tonight, and brought us a Venus Fly Trap! It's so cool! Sherrie stuck a fly in it this evening but it didn't snap, however, when Peter took it out of the can, we realized it does in fact work! :-)
Here's a couple of the snapped ones...
The lucky fly that made it through the jaws of life, but somehow died anyway!
It's quite a fascinating plant... I've never wanted a fly in the house, but right about now I'm wishing I could find one! :-)We're off to the coast this weekend. Sherrie and Loren found a rental cottage that they invited us to come share with them... and it sounds like there will be quite the crew there! Around 10 of us I believe! I'm sure looking forward to the sand, water and squeaky tillamook cheese! (We'll be close to the Tillamook cheese factory...) :-)
2.11.2007
Central Vac Works!!! New Bikes!!!
I guess the title says it all... We now have functional central vac, and I've never been so excited to vacuum in my life!
Our new toy, and my wonderful husband!
Hardwood Attachment... :) We used to go through an ENTIRE swiffer bottle to clean this room, so I'm SOO glad to have this now! It's much cheaper than $6/bottle for the swiffer wet-jet refills!
Carpet Attachment... B.C.V. (before central vac) we couldn't even vacuum the carpet downstairs because our old vacuum would overheat every time we tried! 
In other news, my new bike came in this week and they finished refurbishing Peter's!! So we ran down to our local bike shop and picked them up. Too bad it's sopping wet, raining today! :-( We'll have to break them in another day!
Here's Peter on his cleaned up Bontrager!
And here's me with my spankin' new TREK FX 7.2!!
Can't wait to try them out!!!
Hardwood Attachment... :) We used to go through an ENTIRE swiffer bottle to clean this room, so I'm SOO glad to have this now! It's much cheaper than $6/bottle for the swiffer wet-jet refills!
Carpet Attachment... B.C.V. (before central vac) we couldn't even vacuum the carpet downstairs because our old vacuum would overheat every time we tried! 
In other news, my new bike came in this week and they finished refurbishing Peter's!! So we ran down to our local bike shop and picked them up. Too bad it's sopping wet, raining today! :-( We'll have to break them in another day!Here's Peter on his cleaned up Bontrager!
And here's me with my spankin' new TREK FX 7.2!!
Can't wait to try them out!!!2.05.2007
Real quick update...
Central Vacuum 75% done!
Peter finished putting in all the plumbing in the walls, upstairs & down on Saturday... Also, the outlets are in too. Now he just has to run the plumbing from the attic to the garage and install the vacuum unit! Speaking from experience, (Peter's experience) this would be a MUCH easier project to do when you're building the house, not after it's already built!
Here's a pic of one of the outlets... maybe not as exciting for you as it is for us!!!!!!!
Also, Friday was my last day as a Loan Ops Specialist, and as of tomorrow, I'll be a Credit Analyst! I know the learning curve will be HUGE, but I am really looking forward to a change of pace and atmosphere!
Also, Friday was my last day as a Loan Ops Specialist, and as of tomorrow, I'll be a Credit Analyst! I know the learning curve will be HUGE, but I am really looking forward to a change of pace and atmosphere!Week 4 of accounting class down the drain... this week is my Mid-Term. Ack!
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