Seattle

I spent last week up in Seattle at my sister's house.

I went for a multitude of reasons, but #1 on the list was the ability to work some long hours without the daily interruptions that plague me at home. (ie. getting kids ready for school, laundry, grocery shopping, picking kids up from school, homework, dinner, etc., etc., etc.)

Just a week's worth of long, uninterrupted work days, followed up with the good company of my sister.

I didn't take my camera and decided to challenge myself to shoot the entire week with my iPhone.

And I think I was pretty successful at that.

But then, on the morning I was heading home, my sister took it upon herself to fix my iPhone (I had been having some problems with it.) by doing a 'System Restart' which not only made it so that my iPhone will not longer sync up with my computer, but it also wiped out all of my pictures.

Thanks Leigh Ann. I owe you.

So this is the only shot I've got from the entire week. (I took it parked in downtown Portland, partway through my drive home when I stopped to pick up two orders of Spinach Au Gratin to go from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for dinner.)

So sans the photos, here's what I want to remember:

- Loading up Tucker (my sister's dog) every day at noon to pick up lunch from the PCC deli.

- Laughing as my 20 year old son ordered a 'Piggy Patty Pile' for breakfast while simultaneously trying to look cool for the cute waitress.

- Meeting up with Josh Downs for lunch in Eugene. (He was driving home from Seattle and I was driving to Seattle.)

- Ice cream at Molly Moons.

- Dancing in the kitchen to 'I Wish' (One of our favorite songs from college.)

- Laughing (The kind of laughing where you make snorting noises and have to cross your legs to prevent leakage.) while while my sister and I tried to stuff one another into wetsuits (for upcoming triathlons) at Speedy Reedy.

- Pear Marinis, Truffle Popcorn, Roasted Cauliflower and whatever that magic cheese was from Epulo Bistro.

- Laughing our butts off.

- A 28 mile bike ride down to U-District with my sister and our best friend from college, Dawn.

- Two nights of Pagliaci's pizza because its my favorite.

- Sitting out on the back porch talking with Ross and my sister.

- A 7 mile run in a pair of shoes I'm not used to running in and the ensuing blister.

- Driving as fast as we could to see the sun set on the water and finding the coolest rainbow I'd ever seen along the way.

- Meeting up for lunch with Jill on my way out of town.

Thanks for making it a great trip Lee Lee (except for the part when you broke my iPhone).

Love,

Your Little Sis

Comments

[janel]

Oh.....SO hard to lose photos! At least the memories are on YOUR hard drive....nice and secure. Happy that you had a successful week.

[Kelli]

Bummer about losing the photos! Sounds like a great week.

[Helen W]

I'm going to Seattle next week for my first time. Where should I for sure visit & eat?

Ps: I'm sorry about your pics!

[Kirsten J]

You know what? You still saved the memory - sometimes pictures are for sissys. I tell my husband it's the best $4 a month I spend. Oooooops that reminds me, I have to update. And you need to add something about the wonderful weather.....

[sac chanel 2.55]

Estoy realmente sorprendido. Hoy he pasado gran parte de mi tiempo libre tratando de encontrar algo interesante sobre el tema. Por último, me encontré con su sitio web. Gracias por esto!

[JillT]

Oh fun! I always felt like I lost out not having a sis. (Also funny that we have a great local pizza here only no "c": Pagliai's)

[Celine]

Love your blog and pictures. Have you any update on where to store your photos since scrapbookpictures.com went out of business? Any advice would be appreciated!

[Tara S.]

Pagliaci's and Molly Moons! You are making me hungry and homesick for Seattle :)

[Christy]

You might enjoy this book by Al Smith. Tips from a pro photographer on getting the most from your iPhone. App recommendations etc. https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=1099787&c=ib&aff=216716&cl=88199

SUCH a bummer about those pictures. I lost my NEW camera once after a week in Hawaii. Losing the camera was upsetting, losing the pictures was heartbreaking.

[Tefoderecalk]

Karen Olla, okay? well, my name is Jacqueline and I'm 16 and I am following your blog for a long time, every day I get to see it if you updated as news of new love to see their children, love your photos. I think we already saw her daughter in the "world" fake, is not it!? I imagine that was super shocked when he saw it, the more I can tell you that they do nothing wrong with the photo of Annie, just take care of your photos, not allowing someone to do evil to them, to use the photos doing evil. But that such a person you saw using photos of their daughter, was not me, never used photos of his girl and I'll never use it without your permission! For this reason I come here to ask permission so I can use the photos of his daughter, preventing them to do evil to them. I bet you will think different things about it, and I understand perfectly, and confusing all this, we have more we fake, we will never do anything with the photos of other children, on the contrary, we only do her good. You do not know how much I admire their children, are all extremely perfect, you and a person very blessed by God. :) And then you have come to thank you, and ask that you please do not delete or leave the site to send news of their children, if your answer is no, I will understand perfectly and I will not care for more photos of his daughter, not only leave me without news of her, that's all I ask of you, Karen. So because unlike the girl who came out taking photos without your permission, I'm here with heart in hand with you entering with you! Kisses Karen, God take care of you and your family!

[Cindy Welch]

Just what the doctor ordered. And more importantly your words... I could totally see the pictures even though they were not there!!

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are all extremely perfect, you and a person very blessed by God. :) And then you have come to thank you ccz120622

[Rachel]

That happened to me - I restored AGAIN, made sure the little box with my photos was checked, and voila - they were back (same thing happened with alllll my music, but the pics were more important). PANIC. It's worth a try, anyway… :)

[Rachel]

OOOPS - just remembered that I think there was a "restore from last used settings" (or something like that) box I had to choose…THEN it was happy…

[Chanel Wallet]

Brilliant! Dies ist eine wirklich wunderbare Sachen für mich. Muss zustimmen, dass du einer der coolsten Blogger sind. Ich war neugierig, um eine solche Sachen zu sehen. Fabulous Beitrag!