First Week of the New Year

It's been a crazy first week for me. Work is pretty insane but I'm really enjoying things at the same time. I just have back to back to back things to do and not enough hours in the day. The first 3 days, I started work at 7am, worked straight through lunch and stayed until 4:30-5pm and barely ate more than an apple/yogurt/cereal because I couldn't give up my hands! But now I'm forcing myself to take a break. I used the on-site gym for the first time and I gotta say, it's pretty darn cool that I don't have to get in the car to go to a gym to workout!

John and I are still on our 24 kick. This entire week, we've eaten dinner infront of the TV while watching 24...can we say addicted? Man we LOVE this show....the BEST EVER! Very sad that David Palmer died, at least we get to see him on the insurance commercial. I'm still debating whether or not I want to watch the season premiere in a week...I might just wait for the DVD to come out so the both of us can watch together since John goes to bed so early. We'll see...I might not be able to hold out!

We had dinner at the new Mediterranean Kitchen in Kirkland yesterday and it was fantastic just like the Bellevue location, but way cheaper (you save like $5 a person)! I think it was only a little over $25 before tip and it's closer to our house which is great. We never did take-out before, but I think we might from now on. John had his usual, Beef Shawarma and I tried the Algerian Chicken and got a small baklava too. YUM-O! Brought it home and had a great meal watching 24. lol

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all our friends and family! I can't believe it's already been a decade since 2000 when we were all worried about Y2K. John and I decided to be an old married couple and stay in for New Years Eve....we actually were in bed at 9pm! lol...I know how sad right? =) But we did wake up at midnight when all the fireworks were going off and wished each other a Happy New Year!

2009 was a pretty decent year overall. I did get laid-off, but in the process had a FANTASTIC 7 months off! Traveled to Italy, Greece, and Japan, had awesome summer weather, started volunteering at the Everett Animal Shelter, did lots of reading, spent more time with Stitch and started cooking a lot more. John definitely loved the last one! But the year ended pretty great because I got a new job! Working as a HR Coordinator for WildTangent! I worked a few days and had Christmas through the New Year off and back to work in 2 more days. Whoo Hoo!

John's been working a ton of overtime because he's trying to save up for an NSX. We now have 4 cars between the two of us, 3 of which I don't even drive. I insist that he gets rid of at least 1 car before he gets another...we'll see if he listens or not. Each car seems to have some darn sentimental value to him that he can't part with. He's also really into photography as well. I bought him the 6 million dollar Crumpler and a speed light for xmas...and he bought himself another lens...I'd say no more extra camera gear for a while, what do you think? Boy my hubby has some pretty expensive hobbies!

I think my New Years resolution...or one of them, is to update our blog more often. I totally slacked off for the past year because I was just plain lazy and I also forgot our log-in information. =) Let's hope this resolution sticks for more than a few weeks.

Here are some random photos from this past year (no particular order).

Stitch helping himself to bean sprouts.

Ahhh....Venice!

Rome - Spanish Steps

Our new porch that Kit, Jordan and John built over Memorial Day Weekend.

Picking out our pumpkins from The Farm in Snohomish