Sam's Blog

I'm back...

Actually, I've been around...just sick and not feeling up to blogging after several long work days. Let's see. Where do I begin...?

We Have a House
Lisa and I spend all day Saturday and Sunday morning looking at houses around Seattle. We looked North, South, and West (which is actually south...). So, I have one question: when did we become snobs? Really...looking back at some of the places I've lived and comparing them to some of these homes...I must be a snob or something. Don't get me wrong. A couple of the houses were dumps. The only thing missing was the tractor with spikes on its roller to release air pockets (inside joke....). We settled on Renton. We found a 2-story, 2400 sq. foot, 4-bedroom (or more) in a nice neighborhood on the outskirts of town. Of all the places we looked, it was the only place with snow on the ground too (from earlier in the week). It's minutes away from a Safeway, QFC, Albertson's, and Fred Meyers, a McDonalds, Home Depot, specialty pet store, golf course, and, most importantly, a Gold's Gym. Now, I just need to figure out how to get back-and-forth to work....

We managed to get a 6-month lease and month-to-month after that - we plan to start looking at buying a home right away. I have a picture somewhere which I'll post later...

A Little Fun
I've been sick for a week. Today, I'm feeling a little better. This really put a damper on a couple of nights out in Seattle. Well... Friday, Lisa's plane was delayed quite a bit. So, we headed straight to the hotel, picked up a cup-o-noodles at the front desk, and hit the sack by midnight. Saturday, I was sick and exhausted. We did make it out for a few hours to check out the shopping district in downtown. It was packed - pretty cool for a people watcher like me. With the area so packed, we ended up back at Von's for dinner (downstairs from the Roosevelt). We each had a tasty bowl of clam chowder and some really good cornbread. I was feeling really crappy though so we headed back to the hotel.

Finally, A Good Meal
The best meal of the short trip was actually at the Seattle-Tacoma (SEATAC) airport. There's an area that I never knew about that has some pretty good restaurants. We ended up at Anthony's Seafood (or something like that). We both had grilled mahi mahi and a bloody mary. Very tasty...

We got back to Sacramento and home just in time to put the kids to bed. Thanks Nanny for taking care of them for the weekend. Sounds like they had a pretty active time....

Quote of the Day
"Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders." ~ Tom Peters

posted by Sam @ 7:15 AM