This will probably be done progressively as I remember things to include…

The Good
-dinner on Saturday which was an early Thanksgiving for Jon, me, my parents, my brother, and his girlfriend
-working out on Wednesday on the treadmill –I needed the exercise
-dying my hair red with henna (yes, the pictures will be posted)
-not having to deal with snow on the way to or from the airport in Minnesota and South Dakota
-coming home last night
-Edda purring as hard as she could when I returned
-the catnip from Pike Place Market + my catish creatures
-the stuff Mom sent me home with (clothes, a Waterford crystal angel, cat toys)
-watching my cats play with Mom’s cat toys
-getting a PT Cruiser as a rental car
-the family cats 🙂

The Bad
-having to leave Washington
-the $300 security deposit for the rental car which was unexpected
-the cats being angry when we returned
-the henna leaching out onto various towels for the last week or so
–Zoolander (which I watched while working out) — it wasn’t that great

The Adorable
-Cullen on the catnip. He’s being a ferocious bengal tiger cub. 🙂
-Benjamin’s response to the ride in our PT Cruiser (our rental car)

I’m back from 9 days in Seattle. Danke to Rick, Eileen, and Nikkiana for guestblogging for me. 🙂

The Good
-seeing my parents, brother, and his girlfriend for the first time in 6 months
-seeing my godmother and her husband for the first time in 2 1/2 years
-seeing parts of my extended family for the first time in between 1 and 1 1/2 years
-seeing my friend Melissa for the first time in 2 1/2 years
-seeing Jon’s aunt and uncle for the first time in 2 years
-meeting Chris of SomethingUnderstood.Org
-going to the zoo and Pike Place Market
-playing Uno with my little cousins
-hanging out with my brother’s girlfriend (who I really hope will be my sister-in-law someday)
-getting to see Anacortes and the Pacific Ocean
-vanilla nonfat lattés from $tarbuck$
-Jon’s aunt’s cats
-doing yoga with Jon’s cousin Libby

The Bad
-the 36 hours I was up on the way to Seattle
-the 36 hours I was up on the way back from Seattle
-saying good-byes to people
-Seattle traffic
-the nausea I’ve been fighting for a few days
-having to run from the end of the E terminal to the end of the C terminal at MSP to get to my flight to Sioux Falls, having an asthma attack on the way, and having to flag down a cart to get me the last mile to my gate
-finding out that Northwest Airlines had messed up and sold my seat on the Sioux Falls flight and having to tell them to FIX IT
-the drive from Madison to Sioux Falls and back

The Adorable
-Melissa’s twin siblings
-my cousins Benjamin and Nathaniel
-Jon’s cousin Libby