Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Fair Trade Music
This is my new favorite website! You can download music for free by sending the link to 5 people, or you can just pay what you want. Great idea for new artists to get their music heard. Katie Herzig is one of my new favorites. (Thank you, Caleb!) Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Amy Stokke Goes to Washington
I flew early Thursday morning up to Seattle to visit with my brother and his wife. They recently moved to a little town about 1 1/2 hours north of Seattle, called Lynden. It's a charming Dutch town with windmills and perfect lawns. As you all know by now, I prefer telling my stories through pictures, so below are a few highlights from my trip. Enjoy!
When I first arrived in Seattle, David took me to Pike's Place. Kind of a tourist trap, but we had good seafood. Anyhow, we wandered into a curiosity shop, and in said shop was a small machine that claimed that behind the curtain was a scene made in 1880 about a famous murder. Well, me and my 25 cents had to know what happened. I dropped my quarter in the slot, the curtain rose, and this is what I found. A few barbie dolls moving around. The murder is taking place on the right, and on the left is someone happening upon the bones 17 years later. Gasp! I was had.
The needle. We didn't go up. $16 on a cloudy day seemed like kind of a big rip-off.
However, what turned out to be the biggest rip-off was the monorail. David and I wanted to explore Seattle a little more, so we parked by the needle and took a "ride" into downtown. However, the monorail took approximately 45 seconds start to finish. We could have walked the distance in 10 minutes. At least we got a round-trip ticket, so it was a minute and a half of pure, unadulterated fun.
Vancouver, B.C. Yep, Saturday night we went into Canada. The border is about a 10 minute drive from D&R's place. It was cold. Like cold cold. Long underwear cold. Anyhow, we had really good Italian food and walked around downtown for a while. Not much to do unless you want a Gucci bag or Prada shoes. And in case you haven't caught on, I'm still upset about the $4 monorail, so I wasn't in those stores for anything but warmth.
I taught D&R a new card game. Turns out Timber already knew it.
Yep. 25 degrees. This is the morning of my departure. What we didn't know at this point is that a snow storm was coming to dump all night.
Chuckanut Drive. Fun word, eh? David and I drove down the Chuckanut from Bellingham for about 15 miles. It was beautiful. A perfectly clear day on a road by the ocean is always a good day.
Here I am at Snoqualmie Falls. This waterfall's power has been harnessed since 1890 into enough electricity for 16,000 homes. Pretty impressive. David and I hiked to the bottom and almost missed my flight. Thankfully I didn't since it was delayed an hour and a half. And then I really didn't want to get out of my seat after landing in Long Beach, so luckily we got to sit on the tarmack for 45 minutes while we waited for some stairs. Thankfully, knowing I was closer to my husband was all I needed. Plus, they left the tv's on so I watched Seinfeld.
When I first arrived in Seattle, David took me to Pike's Place. Kind of a tourist trap, but we had good seafood. Anyhow, we wandered into a curiosity shop, and in said shop was a small machine that claimed that behind the curtain was a scene made in 1880 about a famous murder. Well, me and my 25 cents had to know what happened. I dropped my quarter in the slot, the curtain rose, and this is what I found. A few barbie dolls moving around. The murder is taking place on the right, and on the left is someone happening upon the bones 17 years later. Gasp! I was had.
The needle. We didn't go up. $16 on a cloudy day seemed like kind of a big rip-off.
However, what turned out to be the biggest rip-off was the monorail. David and I wanted to explore Seattle a little more, so we parked by the needle and took a "ride" into downtown. However, the monorail took approximately 45 seconds start to finish. We could have walked the distance in 10 minutes. At least we got a round-trip ticket, so it was a minute and a half of pure, unadulterated fun.
Vancouver, B.C. Yep, Saturday night we went into Canada. The border is about a 10 minute drive from D&R's place. It was cold. Like cold cold. Long underwear cold. Anyhow, we had really good Italian food and walked around downtown for a while. Not much to do unless you want a Gucci bag or Prada shoes. And in case you haven't caught on, I'm still upset about the $4 monorail, so I wasn't in those stores for anything but warmth.
I taught D&R a new card game. Turns out Timber already knew it.
Yep. 25 degrees. This is the morning of my departure. What we didn't know at this point is that a snow storm was coming to dump all night.
Chuckanut Drive. Fun word, eh? David and I drove down the Chuckanut from Bellingham for about 15 miles. It was beautiful. A perfectly clear day on a road by the ocean is always a good day.
Here I am at Snoqualmie Falls. This waterfall's power has been harnessed since 1890 into enough electricity for 16,000 homes. Pretty impressive. David and I hiked to the bottom and almost missed my flight. Thankfully I didn't since it was delayed an hour and a half. And then I really didn't want to get out of my seat after landing in Long Beach, so luckily we got to sit on the tarmack for 45 minutes while we waited for some stairs. Thankfully, knowing I was closer to my husband was all I needed. Plus, they left the tv's on so I watched Seinfeld.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
A Day In the Sunshine
So Stokke's, you've just won yourself a day off, what are you going to do??!?!?!
We're going to DISNEYLAND!!!
It was a perfect day for it too. The weather was perfect, there were no lines, and we like each other a lot. Made for a pretty good combo.
Toy Story, the ride/game is our new favorite. It combines our two loves: Rides and competitive spirit. Hans won.
This toad did not turn into a prince, so I'll just stick with Hans. ;)
So serious for two people about to spin and laugh deliriously in a tiny teacup.
Hans' strength was no match for the pink teacup. My head almost exploded.
"Fat guy in a little coat". Tall man in a tiny pink teacup. Such silliness.
We're going to DISNEYLAND!!!
It was a perfect day for it too. The weather was perfect, there were no lines, and we like each other a lot. Made for a pretty good combo.
Toy Story, the ride/game is our new favorite. It combines our two loves: Rides and competitive spirit. Hans won.
This toad did not turn into a prince, so I'll just stick with Hans. ;)
So serious for two people about to spin and laugh deliriously in a tiny teacup.
Hans' strength was no match for the pink teacup. My head almost exploded.
"Fat guy in a little coat". Tall man in a tiny pink teacup. Such silliness.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Jo Lo
We just found out last night (although my lame-o brother spilled the beans on the phone just hours before the big announcement) that Heidi and Caleb are having a girl! I'm going to have another niece. Josephine Lois Weston. I can't wait to meet her!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Belly Dancing
That's right. Last night I took my very first Belly Dancing class. It was surprisingly a good workout and a lot of fun! I'm taking it with a few friends, so there's definitely someone to look at when you have no idea HOW to shake it like you should. Most of the other class attendees had these like belted scarves with little round coins on them for making noise. We were all quite intimidated, but they all seemed to enjoy the noise more than the dancing.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to my next class so I can shake it a little better. Because at the end of the day, that's what really matters . . . right?
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Congrats Mr. and Mrs. McCurry!
Here is evidence that Esther Sunukjian and Ian McCurry actually tied the knot today. Congratulations you two!
P.S. I cut my hair super short. This isn't the best shot of it, but Hans likes it, so that's what counts.
P.S. I cut my hair super short. This isn't the best shot of it, but Hans likes it, so that's what counts.
Quick!
Hans and I are getting ready to go to one my good friend's wedding's. I quickly realized that in light of this blessed occasion, many of the same people are going to be at her wedding as were at mine . . . This of course led me to the conclusion that I must get my thank you notes out before her. And she's the "on top of it" kind of person that I sometimes wish I was, soooooo check your mail, it's coming soon! Oh, and congratulations Esther and Ian!
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