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chili rellenos

erin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:09:50 +0000

i’ve never known anyone that loves mexican food like joe loves mexican food. really, he should live in chicago- cause we haven’t found any great mexican places here in seattle. its sad. when we dated, i learned to make mexican rice, vegetarian refried beans, enchiladas, tostadas, breakfast burritos, but i shied away from the more complex dishes. unfortunately, a taco stand opened up three blocks from our house & joe found he loved chili rellenos, which are deep-fried cheese-stuffed chili peppers. so we tried them on our own this evening & with team effort they turned out pretty tasty! it’s official, the best vegetarian mexican restaurant in seattle is… erin’s white-girl kitchen!

first socks

erin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:21:26 +0000

my minor achievement this week was finishing my first pair of socks. about a year ago my friends lorraine and maggie inspired me to start knitting, so i bought a book & taught myself. when i went home for mothers day last may, i found my grandmother knitting socks on a single circular needle. so cool! plus it sounded more doable than double points for a novice like me. so again, i bought a book.

9mo later…

at least joe is impressed.

my next projects are listed on my ravelry page.

Weekend Edition.

joe — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:43:18 +0000

Hey gang, things are going well here in Seattle. I am happy to announce that I am employed and just finished my first week of work. I have been hired on as a contractor at a early stage startup called Cloudant. I am actually the first employee/contractor (again, I was the first at my last job too). The startup is based in Boston but one of the founders is here in Seattle. It’s a good group and I am working with some really smart people. I am also excited about the company and what we are doing. We are building a distributed database system.

From wikipedia:
A distributed database is a database that is under the control of a central database management system (DBMS) in which storage devices are not all attached to a common CPU. It may be stored in multiple computers located in the same physical location, or may be dispersed over a network of interconnected computers.

As for other things going on, I have been riding more lately and getting back into shape. Erin started working out too. Also, regarding the wedding photos sorry for the wait I am waiting to hear back from Tosh on it. I’ll post ‘em as soon as I have ‘em.

Hope everyone is doing well in Belleville, Murphysboro, Chicago and the greater Columbus area. Louisville too!

While you are out playing on the internets go check out Dan Bischoff’s photos from his volunteer work in Rwanda and photo’s from Mike Lanyon and Erin Smith’s trip to Egypt and Israel (you might have met them at the wedding).

Motorboat’s New House.

joe — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:25:21 +0000

With moving into the new apartment it was inevitable that Motorboat would find a new place that was his. In the past he has claimed the bathroom as his domain, the new bathroom does not seem to be of his liking although he still likes toilet water. The first few days we heard a knocking from the kitchen but wasn’t sure what it was. Soon enough we found Motorboat was the cause, entering and exiting the same cabinet before and after naps. He has officially claimed a bottom cabinet of his own. Rather than fight it I put some towels in there for him and knock before entering.

Road Trip Photo’s.

joe — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:42:07 +0000

I have been posting photo’s from our trip from Saint Louis to Seattle on my flickr, here is the set. I will be doing updates when I can.

Post Wedding.

joe — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:52:50 +0000

Thanks go out to everyone that was at, helped out with and wish they were at the wedding. Although there were a couple mishaps things went off as well as anyone could have hoped. From what I could tell everyone enjoyed the ceremony and reception. Thanks again for spending your day with us! Erin and I really enjoyed seeing all of you.

The Count Down.

joe — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:25:47 +0000

The count down begins, two weeks until the wedding and two and a half weeks until Erin and I get in a car and drive 2200 miles to Seattle. We found an apartment this week and are jumping through the application hoops, so no mom we won’t be living on the streets. I also had a good week of looking for jobs, talked to a number of recruiters in Seattle and things seem positive. Next week is another busy week, getting ready to box things up for the move and putting the final touches on our wedding preparations.

more dress shopping

erin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:57:00 +0000

in the last week i’ve probably tried on more than 50 dresses & here are a few of the front runners, (minus the maggie sottero abigail, carla, & divina – stupid website). they are all pretty different. is it totally obvious that i have no idea what i want? feel free to leave comments.

cupcake tasting

erin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:23:36 +0000

dessert is important! joe & i decided that we are anti big stuffy wedding cakes. much more our speed is a variety of cute single-serving sized cakes which you are obliged to eat with your fingers. so wednesday we ventured to the cupcakery here in stl with bridesmaid extrodinare miss maggie snow for a sampling of their finest. sugar was exactly what i needed!! seven cupcakes later, we were more than sated and maybe slightly nauteous from all that buttercream covered goodness? but we had a winner. red velvet. yum!!

The Hardware.

joe — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:09:05 +0000