#8 Refridgerator

Karen: I love how our pictures are so sililar. You know what they say-"Great minds think alike!" well i say great minds ACT alike too!
When Tim and I first moved to Spokane one of the first tings Tim unpacked was our fridge pictures. As he started putting them all up my first response was- are we really gonna put that mess back up? and he said of course! I am glad he did! Everyday when I look at my firdge I don't feel so far away from everyone. We rarely take pictures down-just add to the collage. This shows many of my nieces and nephews and different stages of their life as they are growing up. One of my favorite pictures thought is of CASSIE! take a look towards the center- you'll see her dancing with my father- this was towards the end of Tim's and my Jack and Jill shower- after many beers!
If you are upset that there are no pictures of you- first of all there's a whole bottom of the fridge not captured in the photo and second- if you send us one it will go up! That's what we tell everyone!

Cassie: Being such a neat freak you would think that I would hate my fridge. But I love adding more to it and keeping the old stuff up there. I am able to look back and remeber memories from the times spent. For examle you can see the 'Q' letter magnet that was brought over by friends to entertain their children for Karen's engagement party a few years back.

#7 Weather

Karen: WET! That has been the weather here for days! But at least it's not the *white stuff* this year. We got enough of it last year to last a lifetime and I guess we passed it over to the East coast this year. I really think we have seen the end of winter here. It is warming up little by little each day and other than the gloomy dampness this past week I can't really complain.

Cassie: WINDY...and still pretty darn cold. I am ready for spring. And you could tell that from me coming into work with short sleeves and a vest. Even though I am freezing I keep on doing it ;)

#6 Coffee Break

Karen: so I dont really get a "coffee break" instead i just constantly have a cup of coffee at my desk at work...and my mug sums it up :) I'm trying to get everyone to realize it...

Cassie: Grande Ice Coffee, unsweet, no room is my order at Starbucks even when its 32 degrees out. I then add a little bit of sweetness with about a 1/2 a splenda and probably need room to add some cream. Mainly the reason for no room is because I am cheap and when they leave room they leave too much room. When I prepare my coffee I need to take several sips to make sure I got the correct ratio of splenda and cream so that usually leaves enough room to close the top.

#5 A Cloud

Karen: So I had a lack of clouds in the Pacific Northwest as well... but here is a shot I took this morning of some low lying rain clouds over the mountains behind my apartment. This really let me take notice of the beautiful nature I live in.

Cassie: Due to the lack of clouds in the sky I had to put my prefrontal cortex to work. I have to admit that I did get some help from Jennifer H. I pass this steam cloud on the way home from work. I have no idea why its there or its purpose but its getting bigger that someone needed to add a safety barrier around it.

#4 Dinner

Karen: TACO TUESDAY!! Is there even more to say??? This has become a ritual for Tim and I. We cook them at home and enjoy! TIP: it's all about the stand and stuff!

Cassie: I almost forgot my camera and dug into dinner before taking this picture. Thank you Ada for reminding me :) We enjoyed some apps and a bottle of wine at Cameron Bar. Maryland winning was also great, you can kind of see the game in the background.

#3 My Least Favorite Thing Right Now

Karen: I guess a good thing- but I really struggled with this week’s topic…I really don’t HATE anything right now. My life is pretty good day to day. I have my health and I have my love, what more could a girl really ask for?
Oh yeah- the answer to the Turtle Soup riddle!!!! Tim had given me this riddle during one of our many car rides from NC to NJ years ago. I played along for a bit but have gotten very frustrated in coming up with the answer. I’m normally very good at these kinds of brain teasers but cannot for the life of me figure this one out! So now I have given up and we have a framed recipe card for Turtle Soup hanging in our living room.
PS here’s the riddle…if you know the answer let me know!!!
A man walks into a restaurant, orders a bowl of Turtle Soup, takes one bite, goes outside to the parking lot, and shoots himself. Why?

Cassie: I also struggled with this topic, even though I worked on this list, you would think I had something in mind. I thought about it through the week and still even all day Tuesday I couldn't think of anything. Wednseday morning I finally figured it out, my shower sucks. I go to the shower and turn on the water and its ICE COLD! I turned off the water and ate my breakfast came back upstairs and tried again...ICE COLD! I turned it off, watched some news and tried for a 3rd time. Still ice cold and now its about 8:20 so I have to get ready and get to work. So I packed up my clothes for work and headed to the gym for a nice warm shower.

#2 - Transportation

Karen: A pretty unconventional form of transportation, I know, but those who know me understand my love for The Wizard of Oz. It has always been an ongoing joke with my family- they used to call me Dorothy when I was young because they always felt I was “in Oz”. It became so much so that I wore these shoes- my ruby red slippers- at my wedding day and danced with my father to “somewhere Over the Rainbow”
In more recent years, "There's no place like home" has really become a lasting phrase in my mind. Living so far away from friends and family has gotten to be a struggle, but I have my Scarecrow (Tim) with me and I know we will eventually be “home”.

Cassie: One of my neighbors has a great licence plate 'JEEPITUP'. I drove by his place for two days trying to be on the ball taking my picture, but he must have been away or something. Here is a picture of my Jeep (again late on a Tuesday night), which is currently without air conditioning, a static-y radio, over 174,000 miles and I just love it. I affectionately call my jeep 'Jeepie', sometimes a boy but sometimes a girl, but we have been through a lot. I know Jeepie and I will make it into the 200,000 club and will have many more adventures for years to come.

#1 - Self Portrait

Karen: So...here I am. I guess I took a little inspiration from Robert Palmer...maybe a little from Adam Lambert :) I guess it all comes down to-I love glitter!
I like to consider myself an artistic person… time (working 2 jobs) unfortunately has gotten the best of me and I don’t explore my artistic side as much as I would like. Hopefully through this blog I will reconnect with my love of photography and do a little self exploration as well.

Cassie: Well this is what you get at 10:45 on Tuesday night. I guess I have always been a little bit of a procrastinator, but I am very excited to do this blog with one of my best friends Karen. I will be on the ball better upcoming weeks ;)