posting is hard . . .

Well if anyone is still checking in on us here, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see that it took only 2 months for me to get this blog in motion, again. It's not for lack of want to blog, it's the motivation . . . The motivation to go to the library to get online.

All that has changed now. Alex and I decided it was time, once again, to have home internets. We're no longer at the whim of library hours to get our online fix.

We're also finally kinda settling into our lives in Seattle. It's been rough-going in a couple spots, but we are both in secure jobs now that even pay livable wages/offer affordable health insurance. More than I can say for employers in Chicago. So there's a big plus in Seattle's column.

We are coming up on our 4th wedding anniversary! That's some craziness. Sometimes it doesn't feel that long, and sometimes it feels like we've been married 20 years. We've been toying with the idea of a bike or hike for our celebration. Mount St. Helens has come up, and since it's stopped a steady constant eruption pattern, we may be able to hike up to see the lava dome. Still working out the details. Who knows . . . maybe we'll just catch the train to Canada to see a Canucks' game. Either one would be fun. I am so easily persuaded by hockey.

I've had some recent luck on Etsy selling some photography and apparel. That's a good motivator, and I've started making some stationary and photo cards, which you can find here.

AND . . .

Since the floor below us seems to have developed quite a roach problem, we are having our apartment pest-controlled to ward off la cucaracha (though I think the cats work really well, too). I had to empty the kitchen and bathroom for the pest-controlling to take place, and in the process found some interesting vintage items I had horded away. Needless to say, they will find their way into my other Etsy store.

So that's pretty much the big stuff. Everything else is just the everyday day-to-day that only an anthropologist might find interesting.