Portland wanderings

We live in such a pretty city.

the biggest remote

I went over to my friend Zoe's the other day, and she has the biggest remote I've ever seen. and it's powerful! I pointed it at the wall opposite of her television, and tv turned on! Wow-ee!

craft partay

craft parties are always fun.

back to bizzy

I've jumped right back into business and busyness. The running around starts to feel like running in circles. I've been working, showing houses, shopping for houses, driving all over Portland. I'm getting to know this city pretty well. I'm trying to get some reading and research done this afternoon. I am quite behind on my magazine reading, I still have the last issue of Outside to read and I just got the new one! I also picked up the new issue of Portland Monthly, the cover is 20 best neighborhoods, and there is a whole bunch of well laid out data on real estate in 120 Portland area communitites. I'm doing my homework......I also found this really cool map! If you want to invest in property in Portland, buy in those yellows! and of course, come talk to me about that.
I've got more houses to go look at this afternoon.........gotta skee-daddle

cross dressed trivia

We choked at trivia, despite our cross-dressed efforts for bonus points. We did really great the first round, we were in 2nd place. But then things went so so wrong. I don't even want to talk about it, I don't want to re-live the pain. But check out our awesome cross-dressed outfits for gender-themed trivia! Yep, we look GOOD!

not permitted

It looks like we did not get permits to raft the Rogue this summer. AL and I both applied and my Dad and his friend Alan. Here's where it gets weird: I downloaded the list of people who got permits, it lists last name and first initial. There was a Larson, J. and a Martin, A. So we assumed that at least my Dad and Alan had gotten permits. But when I asked my dad about it he said it wasn't them. It was a different A. Martin, and a different Jeff Larson! So if we want to raft the Rogue Wild and Scenic we have to do it before May 15th. It may be a little cold...... or we can go after Oct. 15th.

one of my favorite things

I love shoes. And I love getting good deals on things. I really love getting good deals on expensive shoes. I got this pair of Keen's for $40. that's more than 50% off! and they're sample shoes. So inside they say "Sample, not for resale". That just makes them extra fun.

vacation

I just got back to Portland today. Jeff and I went to Canada and went backpacking in the Juan de Fuca park. It was awesome. The trail was really cool, very challenging. Lots of up and down in and out of canyons, steep stuff. We hiked about 16 or 17 km. Our first night we got to the park really late and still had to organize and pack our packs. So we started on the trail in the dark, hiked 2 km to the beach and set up camp. I think it was about midnight when we got to the beach.

-AND- I actually uploaded a whole bunch of pictures to my Flickr account. I've had one awhile, but never used it until now. Besides the few Rosie pictures I posted last August. Check out my pictures!