Drifting!

This weekend Jeff and I spent one muggy day and one hot day at the Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe WA watching cars drive sideways in clouds of burning rubber. It was really fun. We got neat hats.

Things that made this weekend exciting:

1. Getting stuck on the pass due to the construction crew doing blasting. I took this picture by standing in the middle of the road. We were stuck there for an hour and that guy with the Corvette left it running the whole time, which I decided was a large waste of gas.

2. The guy sitting 6 people down from us at drifting with a KOMODO DRAGON!!!! It was massive. And the real question is why did the guy even have it at the fairgrounds?!?!? Today at work I spent a lot of time reading the wikipedia article about komodo dragons and learned that they are not nice (and they eat goats whole and get them down their throat by ramming into trees so the goat gets forced down their throat....this sometimes results in trees getting knocked over because the ramming is so forceful).

3. Jeff randomly selected a car out of the pack based on paint job. I selected my car from my actual knowledge of drifting. They ended up going head-to-head in the battle to see who was first and who was second. My guy won. But we were both screaming encouragement to our respective guys and then debating hotly between the two rounds.

4. Jeff had never been to IKEA, so we had to go. So we went and spent $8!!! Awesome IKEA trip. We also learned that when it comes to big pieces of furniture, Jeff and I agree, but when it comes to accessories and fabric we're on opposite sides of the spectrum.

5. On the way home, we tried to seize the engine of the car. It started being weird and the check engine light came on and the cruise light was blinking. So I called Poppy, who calmly told me the limp it home because that's about all he could do since he was about 150 miles away. But since I'm a smart person (and it seemed like a good place to start) I pulled the oil stick out and discovered that it was bone dry. So we then limped it to the next town (luckily we were only 10 miles away from George, WA) and put some oil in it and magically all the lights went off and it ran fine. Now the new adventure: why was there no oil in my car??

6. While we were sitting in George letting the engine cool, an Audi R8 pulled up!!! This is exciting because that a quarter of a million dollar car in the middle of no-where WA.

So all in all a fun trip!!

As Mamoo used to say "Spending is Saving"

So for the 4th of July, Jeff decided that we couldn't just sit around and do nothing all day. And since we would have a lovely view of the fireworks from our roof, we didn't feel the need to make an adventrue out of it and go to the lake or anything. So options: minigolf or go to the mall and wander around. Minigolf lost because it was too far away. So on our way to said mall we decided to stop by Furniture Row because it was next to it and we nothing better to do. And as we pull into their lot, we found out they were having a TENT SALE!!!

So we were looking and came upon a bedroom set. Now first off, I hate matching furniture. I didn't grow up in a house with it and my need for things to be awesome usually pushes me away from it. So when we find a set that I actually dont really even mind that it matches, that should have been reason enough to buy it. But then on top of that we both liked it!! AND on top of that it was about 56% off!!!! SOLD!!!

Now new problem: getting it home. Luckily Jeffrey (my brother) just finished his welding program (he's now a certified welder!) and is big and strong. Without him we would have been hopeless. So it took three trips and two different vehicles, but we did it!

So now video!! All these videos you'll have to look at the screen sideways to watch (apparently I'm not that awesome at the video taking). There's also a headboard and footboard, but those are still in the box because they are queen size and the bed we currently have is only a full size.





**Mamoo is my great-grandmother (Nani's mom)