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Dull Week = No Blog Posts

It's been a quiet week at the Graves household - work, dinner, work, gym, work, clean, work (there's a theme!) so in order to entertain you, well, actually, I've got nothing. Hope everyone has a safe and relaxing Memorial Day weekend! And I'll update you when fun things happen. Now here's a quote to ponder -

"For every person whose boyfriend fits 98 percent of her criteria, there are dozens of others who find Mr. Right smoking drain cleaner in the basement and maintaining a Web identity named Daisy Hotrocks."

Taken from - Magical Lists can Make it Happen

(Observant blog readers will also note that I'm posting from work...)

Didn't quite Beat the Bridge, but...

Well, Nick and I didn't beat the bridge during the race on Sunday, but we did finish all five miles! The only time we stopped jogging, was while waiting for the bridge to open and close at mile 2. Thats right, no walking! The unofficial results say we finished in just under 55 minutes, but the final results aren't posted until next week. So I'm super proud of both of us, as neither of us had ever run in a race before. (Nick, thanks for hanging back with me, I know you could have sprinted ahead a couple of times!) And kudos to Craig who beat the bridge and finished in under 40 minutes!!!

Thanks for everyones supportive words!

And a special thanks to Geoff who did two big things:
1. he wouldn't let me back out of the race when I was getting nervous before the race and
2. he was Super Supporter Extraordinaire who dropped us off in time, parked the car, met us before the race, cheered us on at the start, cheered us on at mile 2.5, and was there to remind us to walk after we finished running so we didn't get too sore (he parked a mile away from the stadium).

Here are the three of us before the race


And here at mile 2.5!

BBQ Season is here!

The rest of the Spring be damned, it's 80 degrees and sunny today! Time to bust out the deck table and chairs and do some serious lounging...



Of course, that means the deck needs a good scrubbing after a winter of rain, snow, and mildew...good times! At least I got the lawn mowed earlier this week so I can laugh at all those poor saps trying to do it today in the heat! Ha ha ha! That's right, I'm pointing at YOU, with a cold beer in hand and my flip flops on. Enjoy the view!

My Civic Duty

So I finished my jury duty today...having never been picked for a jury, and only going through the selection process once. It really wasn't that bad - brought the laptop in today and wasted time until they released us. Yesterday was a little more straining - caught up on all my reading, was there from 8:30 until 3:00 when I got called in for jury selection - Prosecutor asks me - "So you've had a bad experience with a police officer?" "Yes mam, let me tell you about the last time I was on jury duty and got pulled over in Kent..." As soon as I gave my story, I knew I was done...

Oh well. Kudos to the city of Seattle for free wi-fi in the jury waiting room, but come on, blocking flash files? That's lame! How am I supposed to watch Homestar Runner? Huh?
Back to work tomorrow...

Beat the Bridge...

That's right folks, I'm going to try to run. The 25th annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge to Beat Juvenile Diabetes is this Sunday morning at 8am. FIVE miles, slightly hilly. The draw bridge goes up just after the 2 mile marker (20 minutes after we start) and if the crowd isn't too big and if I'm feeling buff enough, I may beat the bridge. But I seriously doubt it. In any case I get to finish at the 50 yard line of Husky Stadium, it should be pretty fun. My friend Nick is going to be up from Portland that day, and he might be joining me for moral support.

Craig is also running it, although I'm pretty sure he is in the first or second group (the really fast and the fast groups) and Nick and I are in the last group.

So, I'm not fundraising for this because I'm sure I'll bug friends and family for some other good cause later in the year, but if you are interested in donating or finding out more about the race you can do that here.

Wish me luck! I have a feeling I'm going to need it.

Of Bubble Machines and Birthday Parties

This weekend we helped celebrate niece Kendal's 2nd birthday party. Fortunately the weather held off for us. Kendal was VERY excited to finally be celebrating her own birthday. By far the biggest hit was the bubble machine, and not just with Kendal...

(Papa Graves and Papa Tyree inspect the inner workings of the bubble machine)

The rest of the pictures can be seen here...