why i hate microsoft...

apparently that cool thing that i never would have gotten anyway is canceled. they're just giving mac a chance to do it better anyway...

gagety

so if you know me (kirsten) you probably know i'm fiercely loyal to mac. everything about macs is amazing and i want nothing to do with microsoft. the last time i really spent anytime on a pc was in high school, and then in computer labs in college when i was forced to, and now when i want to get online on daniel's laptop. and i'm so far removed by now and i can barely find the internet on his computer.

and secretly...i think the ipad is really cool. i know it's basically pointless, especially for someone like me, because my main reasons for it would be to be able to read in bed without the traditional annoyances (how...to...hold...the...book...), or watch movies on planes (for the twice a year that i'm on a plane).

but then. have you seen this thing? this thing is cool. amazing. i would use this all. the. time. but i can't. it's microsoft. eek. butlookhowcoolitis...



(good thing both these items are/will be wayyyyyy out of my price range...)

almost summer...

When you live in Oregon you don't have to be in school to get excited about summer. With 8 solid months of pretty dreary weather the approach of summer is making us nearly giddy! There is hiking, camping, golfing (played for the first time in 7 months yesterday!), eating outside, trips to the park and SO much more to look forward to. Last weekend was nice so we decided to get a head start and drove out into the gorge to hike the meadows of Catherine Creek.






We were on the Washington side of the river, pretty high up with an amazing view of the water, and home sweet Oregon across the river.


you can only kind of see it, but that's Mt Hood...

like father like...dog

I was just going through some pictures and came across these. Thought I would share.

I'll set the scene. It's Thursday March 18, otherwise known as the first day of March Madness! The greatest day of the sports year!! It is 8:30 in the morning (the games start early out here). I am camped on the couch preparing myself physically and mentally for what will turn out to be one of the best tournament days ever. And nickel, who is normally oblivious to everything except people she can annoy or anything she can eat walks over, sits down, and just starts watching TV.







She sat there for literally 20 or 25 minutes before she went back upstairs to check on Kirsten. It was pretty hilarious. 3 years of living with me has rubbed off clearly!

Three

Today is our third anniversary...

Crazy. Time seriously flies, and yet it feels like we've been married forever (in a good way...)

We've spent the day walking around downtown, shopping, eating and the like. We're home for a siesta, and have dinner reservations for a nice place we've never been to tonight...

and then the real celebration will be the first week of June—a trip to the San Juan Islands.


We would both say that marriage, and then obviously especially marriage to one another is the single most amazing thing ever. And then also that it is completely unlike anything we could have expected. Which is how it's supposed to be, right? I think so. I don't think we'd have it any other way.

The weather is beautiful today, and we've decided that for our entire lives, every April 15th, we'll judge whether the weather is nicer that day than the day of our wedding...and we're pretty sure it will always be :)

But that's alright—our wedding was perfect nonetheless, and the weather in Belize was wonderful.

well...

my mom emailed me today to let me know that it's been one month since we've posted. hmmmmm.......well, no fear. i have lots of amazing things planned for this blog. mostly, blogging more often. but for now, I'll leave you with this link as a summary of our life: click here for awesomeness.

(i should warn you, all our faithful work-readers, it's loud.)