Jessie, Dave & the Doodles

April 2011

2011-10-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

April 2011 started with the first of nine weddings this year. That's right...I said nine. Don't worry, we'll cover them all. Thankfully this one was local and didn't require plane tickets, rental cars, dog sitters or hotels...none of which we mind, it was just nice to start off easy! So we got dolled up and drove south to Tacoma for the wedding of friend who I've known for over 20 years (

March 2011

2011-10-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

March was a quiet month for us. Robots, robots, dog park and more robots... And these pretty shots from my new desk at work. This certainly makes it easier to sit at a desk all day...

February 2011

2011-10-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

February was a blur of robots, work and weekend trips! Schatze turned TWO and we added Puppy, Alligator and Professor Tiddlywinks (the orange one) to her army of toys...and yes, I name my dogs' toys and I'm only a little bit embarrassed. Hennie begged us to take her camping... Justin came into town for a quick visit... Dave went to Vegas for a bachelor party... (no photos of

January 2011

2011-10-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends. It's been a long time...about 10 months to be exact, but who's counting? Life is starting to shift back to "normal" whatever that means, so I am going to make an attempt to get caught up on life and blogging. To accomplish that, I've been searching through my cell phone pictures and outlook calendar trying to remember what happened in the whirlwind that was Y-2011. Over

and now legally responsible!

2011-01-19T18:46:00.000-08:00

"Professional engineer" means a person who, by reason of his or her special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice engineering as defined in this section, as attested by his or her legal registration as a professional engineer.

...and go!

2011-01-18T09:52:00.000-08:00

I haven’t updated in three months. Why? Eh...who knows. Exams, holidays, work, life...it all gets in the way of reflecting (or ranting, as I do) sometimes. But it’s a new year and along with eating more fruits and veggies, using my gym membership...not just paying for it, reading more books, spending less money and enjoying life more, I’ve added: update Ye-Olde-Blog to the list of resolutions

The Juice.

2010-10-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

Friends, meet "THE JUICE"...She is the newest addition in our lives and two of us are pumped (the humans) and the other two give it a resounding 8 paws DOWN (they don't like change---especially when that change doesn't have a window to stick their heads out of). But they'll learn to love it. After the Pooper died a fantastic death (details below), Dave took the insurance check and

Cone of Shame

2010-10-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

Schatze has an ear infection and the little dear has been scratching at it, making it more irritated and more painful. So she has been forced into the CONE OF SHAME! until it heals up. Here is her story... Schatze has requested that anyone reading this please call the doodle-protection-services immediately.

my dog is better than yours

2010-09-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

It's true. Sorry to just blurt it out like that, but there is really no easy way to say it. Here is my proof (with a short side note to nickname-ville). My first born, Hennie (a.k.a. Pants, a.k.a. Pantsy-Francey, a.k.a. Hennie-Pennie-Pants---true story. I call her all of these things. Everyone gets a cheeky nickname in my house, it's state law). Schatze's nicknames? They are usually

labor day

2010-09-06T17:03:00.000-07:00

I'm a little out of order, I know...but I'm trying to get caught up! Stay tuned! This year for our summer ending three-day-weekend, we turned it into a four day weekend and road tripped-it to Bend, Oregon. We spent the weekend with my parents exploring the town, watching college football, golfing and eating. A splendid weekend in my book. Please join me on a photographic tour of our weekend

Herbfarm.

2010-08-28T16:45:00.000-07:00

Dave and I like to pretend that we're foodies...meaning that we watch the travel channel, food network and top chef, while fiercely nodding along with Anthony Bourdain, Alton Brown and Tom Colicchio. For the past few years we’ve been eating our way through the Seattle restaurant scene, mostly falling in love with everything that was presented to us and doing our best to avoid restaurant chains.

10K, check!

2010-08-23T12:00:00.000-07:00

Earlier this summer, I signed Dave and myself up for a 10k run. Neither one of us are runners, so this was going to be quite the challenge. We did a good job of training, and even pulled our little-assistant-runners with us until we passed the 3 mile mark of our training. That was about as far as those fluffy heads wanted to go. It wasn't easy...running for an hour, when you’re a non-runner

While Dave's away...

2010-08-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

The girls, will play! I have a habit of painting rooms while Dave is out of town. Well...I don't know if twice a habit makes, but it has happened twice so far. This time we painted the master bathroom (we, meaning ME...those doodles were zero help). I decided to do the bathroom because I wanted our "suite" to be complete and I naively thought it would be easy to paint. I was wrong. It took

Aurora Borealis

2010-08-06T12:00:00.000-07:00

a.k.a...the northern lightsI am a sucker for natural wonders. Lightening, volcanoes, critters, mountains, crazy rocks found on beaches...I love all of it. There are many reasons why I want to travel to Alaska...fishing for salmon using a mouse-fly, northern lights, grizzly bears, sun light all day, stars a-go-go and most recently the move of my GL Jess! Unfortunately getting to Alaska is

We're sailing aaawwwaaaayyy!

2010-07-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

ALTERNATELY TITLED: WE'RE ON A BOAT! LOOK AT US, 'CAUSE WE'RE SAILING ON A BOAT! Our friend, Matt, is living aboard his sail boat here in Everett. He is litterally, living the dream.He planned an amazing weekend sail for the three of us on his boat, Aeoli. The plan was to leave Everett and sail around Whidbey Island and dock in Port Townsend for the night. We had amazing wind on Saturday

under construction!

2010-07-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

There is a construction project taking place in my garage. For those of you not versed in the art of home projects, let's take a look at what makes one successful... EXHIBIT A: EXHIBIT B: EXHIBIT C: The final product will be revealed when it's complete! That is...if we still have all of our fingers and toes! Stay tuned!

Attempt Numero Dos

2010-07-23T13:35:00.000-07:00

I'm back? For now at least...Let's get caught up on July, shall we?The first weekend of July was a doozy (I googled and still couldn't find a proper spelling, so enjoy my phonetics). I golfed with coworkers, Dave went on a bike ride with friends and we met at the Redhook Brewery for some delicious nachos, fresh beer and live music (it's a charmed life, I tell you). On July 3rd, we hit-up a dog

and. . .we're back!

2010-06-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

Yikes...I'm not quite sure where the past two months went, but somewhere between two broken computers at home and an insane work schedule (which is only now starting to slow down), there are some things you may have missed. Here is a quick update on our lives, while we were away...and since I haven't used my camera much lately, the photos were mostly borrowed from facebook. Early May...We

coming soon....

2010-06-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

an update on our lives...you've just been dying for one, right? Until then, how about a photo of our double-dinner-date from last week. We sat outside and ate delicious food, while our other twosome...just enjoyed the aromas.

Bona Fide!

2010-05-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

This time it's me! (Last time it was Schatze)I have been married for 599 days, and for 594 of those days my name has been in a sort of limbo. It hovered somewhere between 23 and 35 characters, depending on who you asked and when. Five days ago, I finally made the trip to the dreaded social secuirty office and informed them of my wedded bliss. It was an incredibly painless process, I was in

It happened one day

2010-05-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

It happened last Thursday. It was a nice day. The kind of day that you just want to take a walk. So we did...on a beach in Mukilteo. It quickly turned into a nature walk. Come walk with me... We watched the sun set... P.S. THIS is why we live through 7 months of gray skies. We were only 10 minutes from home. HELLO GORGEOUS-NESS! I still can't get over how pretty it is here...you should

Camping on the coast

2010-04-26T12:20:00.001-07:00

Grab a drink and settle in...this is going to be a LONG one. You should be used to my long stories by now and I have to admit that it's even worse when I tell them in person and I typically don't have photos of doodles to make it more interesting, so actually...you're getting off pretty easy. Moving on...Last weekend we attempted our second camping trip on the coast. Back in May of ott-nine, we

The ultimate excuse for missing work

2010-04-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure exactly what started it for me...maybe it was an overzealous science teacher in 8th grade, maybe it was seeing Dantes Peak and recognizing the small town where it was filmed as Wallace, Idaho...which was frequently passed through on family road trips to Montana. Either way, I LOVE volcanoes. It's a little weird, I know. When I was younger, when people asked what I wanted to be

a trip on the road

2010-04-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

This weekend we are going camping on the coast.The Washington coast.To get to said coast we will load approximately 2 coolers of food/beverages, 1 LARGE tarp, 2 sleeping bags, 2 chairs, 2 bully sticks and approximately 96 lbs of doodle into a Saab-aru. Upon loading the car, we will trek south on an interstate, take a ferry boat across the sound, travel 1.49 miles across a floating bridge (which

What's for dinner?

2010-04-08T09:00:00.000-07:00

Last night we picked up our CSA box, so it was fresh veggies for us! We had flank steak marinated in the Secret Wilson Family Recipe, sweet potatoes and asparagus, served with a side of fluffy heads...apparently they thought it looked good too...