In the life of Sarah

DoubleDay 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:52:00 +0000

DoubleDay 2009 was a great success... with lots of family and friends.

The weather was beautiful and HOT.... it rained (and thundered!) at night, and got to about 90-95 during the day. Whew!

We were at a new (larger) location this year - Mt. Vernon High School. It was great... and we had (drum roll please) 320 riders and raised $110,000 day of!
Mom and Jim Walker

Me and Mark

Rachel and Kristina

There were family friends everywhere! Below: Mike Wilson (aka Big Willy), Casey, and Steve Wilson (aka Little Brother).

They are the behind the scenes men that deliver all of the rest stop supplies, put up all of the signage... go have lunch and a beer at the brewery... and then drive the route again and pick everything up. The ride wouldn't happen without them.

MaryBeth Falkner (aka Bizz) came up for the ride this year so I had a partner to ride around with!

Bizz was really great and let me drive her "Lady Liberty"... we had fun! We also found a few interesting items along the way:

Our favorite police officers (Officer Chris on the left and Sargent Paul on the right) were FANTASTIC. They blocked streets, held traffic, and just were pleasant and really nice. Last year, Cindy Wilson even got to sit on the bike!

They give great hugs and always make me giggle.

Then we were off! (Josh talking to the cyclists about single file, helmet wearing, sunscreen, etc.)... or as Jose-Luis calls it (with the accent), sun scream.

At the end of Day 1 came the Pasta for Pals dinner... and Carina came in time for the Conway Tavern and Day 2!

Mom and Bizz

Angela Ter Louw

My Mom and Rosie Mae Ter Louw

Jose-Luis (Josh's roommate from India) even came in to town from Spain! It was great to practice my Spanish. (i.e. Mayamo Sarah) (yeah... hmmm... not so much)

Day 2... more fun...

Kristina, Mom, Cindy, and Carina

Walker/Liljengren family pic

And then we were done... and ready for the "after-party" at Mom's house.

Here is Team Rhino 2009:

We had fun "wind-down" time at Mom's on Sunday night, and Jose-Luis and Josh spent the night before heading back to Tacoma for a week of adventures.

I'm now off to the Cascade Mountains!

Seattle 2009 - Day 1 to 4

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000

I am lucky to fly around the country for my job and as I flew back to Houston from Denver on Friday night...

I couldn't wait to go home, re-pack, and head to Seattle the following morning on a flight that was distant from work!

Claudia was wonderful (getting up at 430am to get me to the airport) and I was off! I took a short tour of the Las Vegas airport. I got off the airplane and heard "ding-ding-dada-dingdingding" - Did I win?! No. But it was fun to be around for a bit.

As I navigated the airport to my new terminal, I stopped to ask a police officer how to get to my new gate without leaving security. This is where the "You know you're in Vegas when..." story is applied.

You know you're in Vegas when you ask a police officer for directions and they include "take a right at the Chippendales sign".

Excuse me sir, did you just mention male dancers?

The following Sunday morning the family headed to Greenlake to hangout with old friends. When I got to thinking about it, I couldn't believe I've known these people for almost 30 years!

We got to play frisbee, badminton, put toes in the water, and people watch ALL DAY LONG. It was fantastic.

Some of you may know Bizz - she made her way thru Houston about a year ago. She's also known as my little Sis.

Playing on the grass...

My flips... takin a break.

Down to the water to put my toes in and take pics of people diving in...

The cooler had a picture of our families 20 years ago...

Then it was time to recreate the moment (of course)

Joshie and Bizz

Monday was pretty relaxed... my mom's sisters and the families got to hang out in the sunshine. It's always interesting when we get together!

On Tuesday Josh and I headed to the Goodwill to handoff the items we couldn't sell on craigslist... and although Josh got lost following me to the store (2.3 miles from Mom's house) (he was jammin' out to music) - we had a great time and ended up with some true treasures!

When we were kids, my dad would take us to the Goodwill and give us $1 to spend on ANYTHING we wanted. It's fun to go back together and find treasures... although not as good as my 3 foot stuffed carrot.

Then... I was off to Fremont in Seattle! I got a pedicure, and treat for Max for house sitting...

I stopped by Dad Watson's (http://www.mcmenamins.com/), had a beer, and read The Stranger. I sat on the stoop...

I went to the Triangle... which very sadly has been converted to a new establishment called "9 Million in unmarked bills" - retarded.

Then headed to El Camino for happy hour.

Bizz came down and met me for a beer up at the Buckaroo, then we headed down to Nickerson for dinner (and to watch the bridge go up and down).

I'm heading to Tacoma tonight to hang with A&T (and Joshie) and then back to Everett Thursday to prepare for DoubleDay this weekend! (http://webwa.alsa.org/site/PageNavigator/WA_Bike_homepage)

Woo Hoo! Conroe here we come!

Long overdue, and totally worth it.

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Sorry it's been a while, and I will post past random pics soon, but today I'm here to tell you about the adventure that Claudia and I went on today.

It's a beautiful Saturday morning at 7am, I'm going to pick up Claudia and head to Huntsville State Park, about 60 miles north of Houston. I get my pack ready, including two bottles of iced coffee (and a power bar in case we're lost in the woods)...

I put on my cap and get ready to head out...

Just in case you needed to see me outfitted in 105 degree Houston adventure clothing...

As we made our way up north, we took a wrong exit at first... but we found a great mailbox. Where can I find a pink tractor mailbox? Would the home owner's association have an issue with this?

As we pull off the highway, a slight detour to the Sam Houston Statue. About a year ago (there's a blog) I passed this statue on the freeway and was frightened by A. the enormity of it and B. that there is a huge statue on the side of the highway.

It was too early, and the gift shop was closed... but just in case we needed to know (and this WAS tempting...).

On the short walk to the statue, there was this. It was slightly confusing, as it looked like it was some kind of performance area? There was what looked like a seating area, a large head statue, and an area in front of him for performances.

Huh?

You then walk up behind Mr. Houston. Claudia thought she might be able to see up his jacket...

There are bricks around the statue (I assume from folks that donated to help build it) and below is my wonderful, liberal friend, jumping on GB Sr's brick.

It really is on the side of the highway... no guardrail. And although it was nice to receive a few honks from the passing vehicles, it was still slightly unnerving.

I hope from this picture you can see the Mr. Houston is about 3 stories tall. (it's me in the foreground)

We are then off to Huntsville State Park. It was beautiful! We drove in, paid our $4 each for admission, and then saw:

The entire purpose of today's visit was that Claudia had found the park a week earlier, and saw that you could rent canoes. I've never been in a canoe, but I thought it would be a REALLY FUN adventure...

But "gators"??? And I can't feed them? What?? At this point, I think that if I fall in the water, isn't that feeding them, even though it's not intentional??

So, we pay $20 for an hour in a metal canoe. By the way - Claudia hasn't been in a canoe since camp at age 8... and we have no clue what we're doing. But we're excited!

It was an adventure just getting INTO the canoe... but once in, and the appropriate "we made it" pictures were taken, we were off.

As we try to figure out the paddling situation (I'm facing her in the canoe), and we continue to (literally) go in circles... we become more and more confused as to how this is supposed to work.

Then, as we watch the other canoers get in... we realize, I AM FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION IN THE BOAT.

I made the scary and (gator) death defying turn around in the canoe... and we were off!

We boated all around the lake... it was really pretty! Lilly pads, jumping fish, fathers and sons...

And us.... the city girls...

It was really great... and to my ULTIMATE surprise... we didn't fall in.

After making it 45 minutes on the lake, and truly becoming professional canoers (we even raced the 8 year old boy and his father in what we created was the race for the gold medal in canoe paddling).

As we pulled back to the dock, we realized that if we had actually known what we were doing - most of the fun we had would have been spoiled.

We got back to Baby Truck and realized it was time for brunch... and THE place to go when you're "out of town" is Cracker Barrel!

With the farm decorations and amazing home cooked food, we were in heaven.

We even got in a game of checkers after lunch. I am not sure it gets better than this.

My best friend is a Fireman

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:28:00 +0000

My best friend is a Fireman, so I get to dress up in the outfit.

Marissa came over Friday and we got to hang out - I just love our time together! We did the quarterly cleaning out of my closet, traded clothes, reorg'd (4 bags of clothes and shoes for donation!), and then we were off to a fantastic sushi dinner.

As Marissa was about to leave, I spotted....

Neighbors drove by, I waved... Cats to be rescued - I'm there! I felt like a professional, except without the training.

I even got to do an airplane!

Watch out - maybe you'll see me on Halloween:

Geez - Texas storms stink.

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:23:00 +0000

Flood Advisory -- Harris County
FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

112 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009

HARRIS TX- 112 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY. SOME AREAS IN THE ADVISORY AREA (me) RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND PRODUCE STREET FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR ON HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Yeah - so it stormed today. And now - it's 125am and it's started again. Just to give you some perspective, the below "zoom" is of where I live (between the big red parts).

Here are pics from the sunset tonight, it was pumpkin orange thru the entire sky - I've never seen anything like it.

At least there was a big rainbow.

By the way - it's now 146am. I actually (ha ha) have to get up at 6am to go to work (I know - it's rare but I am driving to a client in the morning) - and IT IS STILL LIGHTENING AND THUNDERING.

GRRRRRRR - I'm going to the garage to video it.

College Station

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:41:00 +0000

I headed to College Station last week - it was a great adventure for the day!
Early in the morning... wonderful work day... then a fun ride home. I even found this:

They're street legal!

I went to San Antonio for the rest of the week, and missed all of the crazy Houston weather and flooding on my way home.

Once home, it's been BEAUTIFUL weather - open windows beautiful.

The house is coming together...

Happy Spring!

30 Minutes with my Brother

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:31:00 +0000

Josh flew thru Houston today on his way to Bogota, Columbia (just a fun trip with his GF Courtney). It was so fun to see him!! I don't think they'd seen the sunshine in the 80's since 2008 DoubleDay.

I just love my Joshie!

It never seems to end the way that I look up to my brother... confused.

This is how 28 year old twins look! Yeeaaahhhh.....

See ya in a couple months!

Rock Climbing in Austin

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:52:00 +0000

I found a few rock climbing groups online, and met up with two climbers in Austin. In order to meet up at 9am, I left my house about 6am...

The drive was BEAUTIFUL.

It has been in the mid-80's for the last few weeks, but when I walked out to my car... yes Baby Truck... it was 38. YIKES!

The cows were out...

The sun was rising...

And the bluebonnets were out. If you don't know about the Texas Bluebonnet, it means that Spring has arrived in Texas and Summer is on it's way. It's pretty incredible to see - they're beautiful.

I got this off the internet (as I was not one of the 1,000's of cars that stopped to take pictures of their family members sitting in them) but it looks just like this!!

I met up with my group and we headed to Reimers Ranch. It was beautiful, unlike any hiking/craging I've ever done. LOTS of limestone (below I have my picture in one of the overhangs). But this: is where we climbed!

We got there about 1030am, and it was perfect weather, about 65 - 70 and shady... until about 2pm then the sun came over the top of the rock.

We even made some new friends - who happened to have commuted out for the day from Houston as well. Nice to know I'm not the only one!

This is Vicky -

And this is Emily (mom) and Indigo (small person). It was pretty impressive that Emily carried Indigo on the trail and thru the pretty narly trail obsticles.

Both ladies were great to spend a day with!

The last treat of the day was when I got back to Baby Truck there was this red truck parked next to it. Can anyone tell why I was excited??

Yes!! The Washington plates!!! Yeeaaaahhhhhhhh

Giggle!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:37:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ3Oz5JVKs&eurl=http://failblog.org/&feature=player_embedded

The Office... and other fun house pics

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:44:00 +0000

I realize it's been a while, and I apologize. I hope this makes up for it!!

Here is the new rug that will greet you if you come to Houston to visit me!

If you make your way down the hallway, you'll reach my newly furnished office. It's pretty fun, since I get to work from home - I wanted it to make it the most like me.

I found this GREAT desk on craiglist for $50 and it came with a chair (matching and not shown). I'm sure it's worth some enormous amount and one day I will take it to the Antiques Road Show and find out it's about $1 million dollars.

Not really, but the coolest part is that it's really old (1950's?) and has a type-writer area!

When I sit at my desk, this is my view... (well both of them)

Yes.... I realize the picture below is odd, but I have a very needy kitty. She likes to lay on the desk while I work. This is taken the other day while she laid on her back, trying to get additional attention. PAAALLEEEZZZZEEE

Just in case you needed a reminder of Chuck... he was this tiny when he was just a baby. It doesn't matter what kind of animal you see baby pictures of... they are all cute!!

And finally... the new $20 rug in the living room and new breakfast table!

I have been looking for a black pedestal table for a while - woo hoo!

My new outside swing from Lance for Xmas - I love it!

My Cowboy....

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:00 +0000

This is my cowboy and my mom:

This is what you do when you grow up in Texas and you get your picture taken professionally:

Overdue, but totally worth it

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:09:00 +0000

My wonderful family came down to Houston for Thanksgiving - it was such a fun time, with so many adventures packed in.

Welcome to my house! (Day 1)

We went on walks every morning - and Joshie always brought the frisbee :)

We found equipment for Josh to jump off of:

Thanksgiving dinner (Day 2)

Day 3 was an adventure around Houston - we went down to a park and walked around.

My beautiful Momma

Joshie jumpin off more things

Day 3 at night - we went to a Honky Tonk!

My family of cowboys and girls

Momma learning to two-step with Lance

The gang (Mom, Marissa, Claudia, Joshie, and me)

http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a7c1f051f37aa593&type=video%2Fmp4

SO FUN!

Josh and his cowboy hat

Day 4 was a trip to the Gulf (Galveston to be more specific)

Joshie doin' fish lips

Getting our toes wet

Family picture for Christmas 2008

Then a tour of the devestation from Hurricane Ike in September:

I went to East Beach back in August of 2007:

Present:

Pretty crazy. Then off to the Kemah Boardwalk, beignets (french doughnuts from New Orleans - and not as good)

Day 5 they were off - thank you for helping me put up the Christmas lights out back!

Post Family update:

It snowed in Houston!

Kitties get a bath

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:31:00 +0000

Ashley and Chuck have been shedding a lot lately... and I met a gal that works at My Family Vet in my church community group. So you know what Ashley and Chuck got to do for the FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES?!

Get a bath.

Yes... and they weren't really thrilled. And honestly, neither was I - Chuck now weighs a good 25 pounds... so you put them together in a crate and walk up and down 3 flights of stairs with a bunch of cat flailin around.... not a good combination.

Thank goodness I knew what way to keep the crate...

They had a lot of room... but I really think that they would've rather been together than apart. Charlie needs to go on a diet.

I thought this was a funny picture because it looks like they're free for the taking.

Want a kitty? OKAY!

Not to keen on having their pictures taken BEFORE they went for their Spa Treatments.

Here they are afterwards... and they smelled like FLOWERS!

Oklahoma City Memorial

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:07:00 +0000

I went to Oklahoma City for work this week and had the opportunity to visit the Memorial. I got there just as the sun was setting; it was a sad, but beautiful experience. I've attached pictures from my walk around the area, but don't feel as though commentary is needed and/or appropriate.

Just in case you missed me...

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:43:00 +0000

I miss you too!!

I am a business traveler

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +0000

This has been my life recently....
I thought this image was funny... at least I haven't had to sleep at the airport on a cot yet.

I promise to take more pics when I'm out and about in the next few weeks...

San Antonio

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:00 +0000

I went to San Antonio last week and took a few pictures. These just made me laugh out loud (loads of laughs) so I thought it might make you giggle too.
Must be somethin' down there that's delicious! Ahhh... Duck Butts.

I was in San Antonio for 4 days (came home early on Thursday to prepare for the hurricane) and on Wednesday night my collegues and I went down to the Riverwalk. It's beautiful and thought ya'll would like to see it too.

The flower is for my mom. She would be so proud... we were walkin along and I named this flower/plant/tree to my co-workers! I told them immediately that my mom would be so proud of me. I'm an up and coming gardner! One day, I'll be just like her... aaahhhhh...

This is the Riverwalk... it's cute and very touristy... and I wanted to help all of the folks out there that thought it might actually be a river. It's not.

The military picture is for Marissa - I thought she'd like it. Probably would've been better if he was younger... and smiling. Not a happy military camper.

Picture of all of the restaurants on the walk - we ate at a great italian place.

With a Mariachi band!

Hurricane Ike - Free Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Hey Hurricane Ike... Take a Hike~!

I came back from San Antonio (see above post) 12 hours early on Thursday to prepare for Ike. I got back into Houston at 630am, filled up Baby Truck, and headed to the grocery store. I spend $120 on every kind of canned food I could find, 3-24 packs of water, and kitty supplies. It was a lot of food.

I loaded up BT and headed to Lance's. He was getting prepared too. Yes - that's blue painters tape. You'll see this in a few pics - the purpose was that if the glass broke, at least it wouldn't shatter.

The hurricane hit at about 12am Friday night (the eye hit about 2am) and it was the WORST weather I have ever been in. I ended up sleeping in the hallway on the couch cushions because I felt safer.

Below is Saturday evening.. it was this crazy hue of yellow and orange all thru the sky and air.
Everyone got out the day after (Saturday) and started picking up the large branches that had falled. In Texas (and I'm sure other states that have hurricanes) you put all of your trash, debris, and misc. stuff you don't want on the curb. My understanding is that they will come by with a large 18-wheeler and pick everything up - for free.

(Side note - it's 8 days later now and the crap is still sitting on the side of the road everywhere).

Lance's house - BT on the right.

Later Saturday evening, with no electricity, we were house camping in 100 degree HUMID heat. Lance... or Chef Maddox as he prefers to be called when cooking (ha) forgot that when you leave the PROPANE leaking for a few minutes that it would be smart to STEP AWAY when lighting.

Or else you singe all of the hair off of your arm. (he was fine)

I made a trek out to my apartment to check on things the following day - this was the damage I found. Thankfully nothing was hurt at my place.

The below pic is a 3rd floor balcony.

Trees were down, but other than the balcony above - I didn't see any major damage. I did see workers out a few days ago fixing roof tiles though.

All were pretty little trees - nothing serious.

This is a picture of the White Oak Bayou that runs behind Lance's house. There was a large storm the night after the hurricane which lead to a huge amount of flooding Sunday morning.

If you look closely, you can see the water line on the left side (you can see the grass flattened and some debris) - it was about 3-4 feet from going over into the neighborhood. Normally, the water is about 20 feet below the bridge and it's a tiny little creek (if there's any water in it).

On my drive back to Lance's on Monday night I found the following:

The street lights everywhere were out and most looked like this (and still do):

Turning onto Lance's street - the wind blew this sign 90 degrees around.

This is a large tree who's roots lifted up the concrete

BBQ for the 4th night...

On the 5th day... God gave us a generator. Well, Lance's friend Steve did. I went with Steve and his GF Karen on a drive about 40 miles outside of Houston to find gas and gas cans. Having a generator is great... but only when you put gas and oil into it. There are 17-5 gallon tanks full of gas... and at $3.79 it sure wasn't cheap.

We took the gas cans down to south Houston (about 15 miles from Galveston) where Steve had some friends that needed gas for their generators, but there wasn't any gas down there. There were lines for gas stations that were up to one mile long (in each direction). Police and National Guard/Army manned most of the stations until yesterday.

Lookin good after 4 days... oh yeahh....

This one is for Marissa... he wasn't guarding anything, but he was in uniform.

While waiting to pass gas (ha!) out to Steve's friends, I needed to go to the grocery store for some bread. Just one loaf of bread. Didn't really care what kind.

30 minutes later...

This was the Randalls in Friendswood...

On my way out to the freeway Wednesday (still no electricity) I found a FEMA POD (point of distribution)... it was CRAZY. People walking with packages of water, ice, and MREs (meals ready to eat). Folks were getting HEATED (angry) because other folks would cut in line.

Just tryin to survive... 6 DAYS after the hurricane. Please note that at this intersection and in this area, there is still no electricity and no water.

Today on my way out (Friday 9/19) I drove by the POD again... the men were taking a break. And good for them - I can't imagine having their job.

I got to my apartment to check on everything... and....

I GOT POWER!!

WOOO HOOO!!

I am happy and healthy - looking forward to a trip to Atlanta on Tuesday.

San Diego

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:00 +0000

I got to go to San Diego for work a few weeks ago and got to hang out with the COOLEST people I know there...

I got in Tuesday, got my hair cut by my stylist, then we went to dinner at the Olive Garden where Jean works! It was GREAT! I even got to (kinda) surprise Allen.

Wednesday was my work day, but Carina and I walked down and ate dinner at great Thai place down from her house...

Then, Thursday morning, the roomies and I got up and went to breakfast at the greatest spot ever... The Eggery. YUMMIE. Right on the beach... then we went and put our toes in and watched the surfers.

I just love the feeling of sand between my toes! It was fun to feel COLD water :)

I really do heart SD!

Adventures in Washington - Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000

Washington continued... My Whidbey Island adventure...

Up to Mt. Vernon -

Up to Mt. Erie....

I got to do some concrete hiking!

My view over Puget Sound...

Over to Deception Pass..

The Northwest's answer to on-the-go coffee

Down to Coupeville to shop and eat lunch....

Toby's Tavern

Mmmm.... muscles....

I love it!

Back home past Boeing...

Part 2 will be up shortly!

Catch up, will ya?!

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000

Alright, so just a heads up that you will need to check forward (or back) to make sure you got all of the fupdates (fun-updates) -- because there are A LOT of pictures...

I got to Seattle Friday night 7/25

I got to Seattle Friday night 7/25

Can you see it?

Hello Seattle!

The ultimate Seattle vehicle(s)

Zesty Jenny!!

www.zestyenterprise.com

The next adventure story is coming...

Family

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +0000

I will do a HUGE blog when I get back to Houston tomorrow... but to hold you over, here is my FANTASTIC family...

Hello, new J O B (and a surprise at the end!)

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000

MAKE SURE YOU SEE ENTIRE BLOG... (there are great things at the bottom too...)

Marissa came to visit me a few weeks ago at work!

She did a little work (see below), fired a few employees (see above), then left.

Then, I got a new job offer, put my notice in on Monday 7/21... thinking my last day would be August 1st.

GREAT NEWS came on Thursday 7/24 at 4pm... it would be my last day.

That was it. My work email had been cancelled by 401pm. So what did I do?? I called my mom and booked a ticket for the next day...

to SEATTLE!

23 hours later, Marissa dropped me off at the airport and I was on a flight to Seattle. My little Seattle sis, (BF) came and picked me up from the airport at 8pm (from Olympia!), and drove me (with her BFF - K) all the way to Conway (240 miles round trip)! Please note what a trip this was: http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9-QN*ElyJr

CRAZY! She is the BLSSE! (best lil seattle sis ever!)

OH, btw - if you didn't know what weekend it was...

I got to go to the ALS DoubleDay 2008!

Lots more to come... but the following is a very short preview:

Waiting to go to the airport...

First signs of mountains...

Saturday morning in Conway - I LOVE sleeping outside!

Bikers... support cars... good people... it doesn't get better than this.

Good friends... from L to R - Mike, Carston, Amit, Josh (brother)

And then off to the Conway Tavern for Saturday night celebration... (and local karaoke)

Ah yes, they'll sing - you just have to give them a little beer. (see the red cheeks??)

Ah yes, by 11pm... the dancing begins...

My bro is back from India too - it's great to have him home to hug him.

What a fun weekend!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:26:00 +0000

I got to hang out with friends this weekend... and make some new ones. Down south of Houston is an area called Kemah. I've been here before as a tourist, but this weekend I got to go down and be a local... it was great!

Friends of a friend have a cigarette boat (see below). All 5 of us got in and road 70 mph (!) thru Galveston Bay and went to dinner at a restaurant around the 'corner'.

As if that wasn't enough, when we got back to the Lance's Turtle Club (it's a floating barge bar where these huge boats can dock) we got to listen to a live band and hang out for a bit.

This picture was of one of the windows at the Turtle Club - I rode on One Bitten!! (I think this means it's famous)

All of this and it's still Friday!

On Saturday I got to hang out again with my cool friends... and we went to Houston Motorsports Park to watch drag racing! I'd never been... and it was SO cool!

It was such a great weekend - I look forward to some new adventures coming up!!

15 feet below Sea Level

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Reiman) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:04:00 +0000

Need I say more?

Adventure to the Louisiana Gulf of Mexico...

Everything up on stilts...

Forrest Gump lives here with Leuitenant Dan...!! Fried shrimp, pepper shrimp, cold boiled shrimp, lemon shrimp, (etc.)

The beach!! I put my toes in (of course!)

The shrimp boats in action!

I told you everything is on stilts.... including the single wides...

Even God looks upon Texas... can you see the state line?

Oh... well, the man driving this boat definitely can.