Heater, Thanksgiving, and Seattle Hockey

At 3am this morning, Chase very lovingly turned on our little heater by the bed before he head out the door to go set up for the Seahawks pre-game show for the KIRO news team. (Luckily, he doesn't have to go back this time at 1pm to tear it down!) He knows I get cold & lonely on Sunday's when he has to leave at that un-Godly hour. I end up death-gripping his pillow, diagonal across the bed until he gets back to replace said-pillow...BUT, back to the heater discussion: As it turns out, its really great for the first hour or so...but then I start to sweat in my sleep under all those blankets, with the heat trapped in the bedroom with nowhere to go but my pores. When my hair gets wet from my scalp sweating, it dries & becomes a wavy mess! I used to wear it this way when I first moved to WA, & Chase loves it, but I think I look like I belong indoors for the remainder of the day if not taken care of. Why am I telling you this, you ask? There's a mirror by where I am sitting...and I'm looking GREAT :-/


Onto Thanksgiving!


Thanksgiving was spent at my adopted WA Mom & Dad's house (Jane & Roy) in Sequim, which is on the Olympic Peninsula (a 2.5 hour drive from Seattle). We had to bring Apollo with us because we can't leave him at home all day with no one to take him out/feed him. He did great riding in the car for that long & not making a fuss while we were inside eating & he wasn't :) So proud of him!
Before we went to Jane & Roy's though, we stopped by my Uncle Brad's house. Uncle Brad has been my dad's best friend since before my older sister (Gina) & I were born. He's part of the reason we moved up to WA back in 2005, as my dad was helping him open up a restaurant. Brad lives on 5 acres with a beautiful view of the mountains. He has goats, chickens, & horses. Apollo got to get out & run around, mainly chasing chickens & spooking goats, but you could tell by the look on his face that he was having a ball!! Brad invited us back in a few weekends to go crabbing with him, which neither of us have ever done! We're pretty excited... 
At Jane & Roy's we had turkey, homemade mashed potatoes/gravy, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie & APPLE SNICKER SALAD (provided by Chase & I). It's exactly how it sounds: Cut up granny smith apples, snickers & toss in 1.5 containers of whipped cream! It was a big hit.
Roy is an amateur photographer & when we expressed interest in his work, he led us into his office where he let us pick out some photos we liked so he could print them off for us to hang in our apartment! He has won numerous awards for his photography, though it is only a hobby for him.
After letting our food settle, & picking out photos, we head over to our friends' Rodney & Kodi's house. Apollo was very excited that he was invited into their house & tried his hardest to make friends with little Riko, & dwarfed their dog Diesel in comparison to himself. Kodi found this very amusing. We wish that Kodi & Rodney still lived in Seattle, but alas, they moved back to Sequim to be closer to family :(
We didn't hit too much traffic on the way home, which was nice because it was raining pretty hard.


The day after Thanksgiving, Chase & I both had to work at 9am. I was subbing a Zumba class at the Seattle Athletic Club & he was headed into the PNTA warehouse. After I got done teaching, I noticed I had 2 new voicemails from Chase. His car had broken down on the way to work!! The one day I'm subbing, & of COURSE I can't get to my phone to answer it...he got it to Pep Boys & got a ride from someone from work. I had planned on picking him up from work anyways because we were going to a Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey game. So, we both went about our days until I picked him up for the game. We drove to the ShoWare Center (gorgeous place) & then changed into our Chicago Blackhawks jerseys for some midwest pride :) I was afraid we were going to get shit for wearing them...a LOT of Vancouver fans are here in WA. BUT, we didn't!! Walking up the stairs to get to our places, row 6 seats 5&6, it felt a lot like when I used to go to the DesMoines Bucs games with my dad. He had season tickets for YEARS & would always take my sister & I like a daddy-daughter date. Something Chase & I noticed about Seattle Hockey fans is that they're not very loud. I have a really loud wolf-whistle, & the old lady sitting in front of me shot me a dirrrrrrrty look. Listen, if you're going to a sporting event, you can't expect everyone to be quiet & well-behaved the whole game. People are going to be loud, obnoxious, & yell profanity. Its like an un-written rule!! We had a good time, all in all...but you better believe the next game we go to, I'm going to be packing an air-horn like I used to take to Bucs games. Get ready to REALLY hate me, old lady!!!