Just Throw a Brick

That's right, I was in Utah (AKA The Promised Land) about a month ago for a few days. One of my sisters graduated from high school, one got her endowments out, and one got a prestigious award, given to only four students in the sixth grade. So, basically, my family is awesome and I am obviously the weak link in the awesome chain...except that I have a BLOG so clearly I am also awesome. And I apologize to all the people I left hanging since the Cubs post. (Since that time, I have learned that the majority of my coworkers are White Sox fans. I'm not sure why. I guess because tickets are cheaper..? Apparently we're going to a White Sox game sometime in early July so I'll keep everyone posted.) Regardless, it's been awhile, so I made sure this post had tons of pictures to make up for it. Important Things that Happened: 1. R's Graduation She's in the first three rows, somewhere... R graduated like the champion she is, with all sorts of cords and meda...

Finally, the post you've all been waiting for!  THE TRIP! Part one! I survived four planes! However, I’ve been highly disappointed so far in our airports, because there are no members of the Amazing Race running around, and it’s always been my dream to see The Amazing Race in person (especially the episode where they roll cheeses...) Our first plane stop took us on a scenic sky voyage to Seattle, where we resided for approximately enough time to buy and eat a cup of oatmeal. I am highly entertained by all the tiny trucks and carts airports use to transfer things. And when I saw that the trucks that hold the food that’s going into the plane could raise themselves up (like in the below picture), I was freaking out. How cool is that? Magic! Our next sky-venture took us from lovely Seattle, where you can smell the ocean in the air, to Philadelphia, which smells like city. Want to know what city smells like? Sewer. Sewer and questionable-looking greasy food bein...

Well, I got home safe, despite everyone almost killing each other in the car (driving straight from 9 am until 11:30 pm). Whoo. Quite the trip. Ready for the summary: Movies Watched: 5 (Iron Man, Hairspray, Leap Year, Warm Bodies, and Avengers) Episodes Watched: 3 Psychs (Last Night Gus, This Episode Sucks, and The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue #2) Music: Warm Bodies playlist, "Picture Show" by Neon Trees Snacks: Holy cow. Peachy Os, gummy bears, chips, Goldfish, Twizzlers...so many treats... Annoyance Level: moderate to high to extremely high to unbearably high Man, that drive home was rough. But it was really nice to be home in one day instead of spreading it over two, and P did better than expected. Me and R didn't argue about movies, and N did her own thing (i.e., watched the entire sixth season of Psych and season one of Castle...) And we had lots of snacks! Made it bearable. Things I did on this trip for the first time: -Watched a marathon of D...

Well guys, here we are at the apex of our trip, the reason for our being here - cousin wedding. Tonight we met up for dinner with all the family, and it was all right. At least I wasn't delegated to the loser table. My cousin and her fiance are cute too. They're having their wedding outdoors in their yard, and it's going to be amazing. It was sad to leave Lincoln City today, but the next few days will be a different kind of fun. Here's a few pics of the last couple days: Yaquina Head Lighthouse - tallest functional lighthouse on the West Coast! Beach time!  More wedding fun to come... -K

We made it to Lincoln City!!! And it is gorgeous! The view from our hotel room is amazing - we're so close to the beach! I love it! I'll have to put up some pictures later, but it is gorgeous. I love Oregon. I forgot how much I love it. I just want to move here. I used to live here like...17 years ago...? Something like that. Yeah, it was a long time ago...I hope to move back here one day. High today was mid-70s, perfect weather (for me). Anyone who knows me knows I like things colder rather than hotter. Oregon is perfect. Enough about how much I love Oregon...tomorrow we're headed down to Newport Beach to visit  a few attractions, should be good times all around. Here's today's stats (only drove two hours): Movies Watched: 0.5 (I say a half because I "watched" Iron Man with R, no sound though...it was like Bad Lip Reading, ha!) TV Episodes Watched: 0 Music: Neon Trees, "Warm Bodies" playlist, "Music Inspired by Iron Man 3" Sn...

Well, after seven hours of driving today, we're in Portland! Here's today's stats: Movie Count: 2 (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Robin Hood [Russell Crowe version]) TV Episode Count: 0 Music: My self-created "Warm Bodies" soundtrack...on repeat. Snacks: Animal crackers, Sour Patch Kids Annoyance Level: low-moderate (Mostly due to again, technical difficulties, but today went a little better as soon as we got all our stuff packed up). This is probably my current favorite on my Warm Bodies playlist. Either that, or... Haven't watched the music video, so I have no idea how good this is. But it's an awesome song for just cruising down the freeway. I love freeways! Especially with the windows down...that's one of my favorite things in the world. For sure. Loud music, windows down, driving nowhere in particular. Tomorrow we're headed deeper into Oregon, but not too long of a drive, so that'll be nice. Can't wait until we ...

Well, I'll blog my trip for you guys, since my total views got to 1000 this week! That's awesome, guys! For not advertising my blog on Facebook like everybody and their mom that's quite a lot of hits. Granted, they were mostly from like three different people, but that's okay! 1000 views! So, today we drove about six hours to Boise to stay in my cousin's house while they're gone. It's way nice. Tall ceilings, grand piano, beautiful rooms, beautiful view...I want a house like this one day. I'll put up some pictures soon. Movie count: 2 (Step Up and Miss Congeniality) TV Episode count: 2 (Pilot and episode 2 of Chuck) Snacks consumed: Many, but not limited to pretzels, Goldfish, Sour Patch Kids... Annoyance level: moderate (due mostly to lack of space and our inability to get our DVD players to sync) So all in all, not too terrible a day. Idaho is boring country at the moment. Drove through a storm, that was fun. Oh, and speaking of storms, we h...