AHH, The Swedish

So we just want to take the chance to thank everyone who have been following our blog, its great to know we have the support that we do.

It has been a while since the last posting so hopefully I can fill in some good details. For everyone that casted votes on places we should live, we have decided on Seattle. The decision of course involved many factors and staying in the northwest seemed to make sense. Anyways, with that fact now stated, we ventured into IKEA a couple of weekends ago so Katie and I could finally sleep in semi-real beds! This was also a special event since it was Katie's first time in an IKEA and was it a hoot. As we weaved through crowds of parents and their college freshmen, we remembered when that was once us. After about an hour of meandering through mock rooms and miscellaneous knick knacks, we found ourselves at the cafeteria. Swedish meatballs were definitely happening today, please don't hold the lingonberry and gravy. After IKEA we then proceeded to a Bed, Bath, and Beyond to find a cereal tuber-ware. After using one at Vu's in San Francisco I wondered what I would do without one. After the BBB, Brian was adamant about purchasing a leather jacket at Wilson's Leather that he had been eyeing for some time. Now if you think we are going to steer this blog towards fashion tips think again...or at least until the next posting.

Sunday was Brian's company party. Katie and I figured we would attend to meet a few more local professionals. Tons of food and a few lawn games made the relaxing day. On a side note: Katie quickly noticed that she has not seen one dress worn by a female since we been in the state of Washington, and she is determined to be the one to change that (Again, fashion will be discussed later). The pinnacle of this gathering was the great 100m dash. This was the accumulation of weeks of trash talking between certain co-workers (eckhmm Brian) and it was going to end here. 4 were willing to race but due to a pulled calf during the warm-up jog there were only 3. Brian and 2 of his co-workers stepped up to the starting line, on your mark...get set...GO! They were off, 40m in, the first guy bails out and it was only Brian and a former HS track runner (now 35). Elbows were flying, I felt like I was watching chariots of fire...why is this race still going....they tied at a blazing 14 seconds. Both men looked like they were about to pop something.