Brian went to take the recycling out last week. In the small space between our building's back door and the garage door (where the recycling is) he saw this rooster and chicken! They're beautiful and probably live on the wooded hill right behind our apartment building. But how did they get there? I heard the rooster the next morning at dawn but I haven't heard him since.

Week of October 15 News

• Red Sox won game 5! On to game 6 on Saturday, 5:00pm PST
• Fresh snow has started to fall on the Olympics. When it’s a clear, sunny morning, you can see the caps glistening.
• I did my longest run last weekend (22 miles). Brian and I did the Dawg Dash 5K (UW Huskies) on Sunday. It started and ended on the field of Husky stadium. The artificial turf is really odd. The “dirt” is made out of rubbery, coarse pellets. We think the grass is fake, but we’re not entirely sure.

Butternut Squash Soup

It's fall. Make something fall-y.

Take 2 butternut squash. Peel them and take out the seeds. Cut them into squares.
Chop an onion. Put it in a big pot with some olive oil. Cook the onions a bit. Add the squash, a healthy bit of thyme, and 5 cups of broth (veggie or chicken).
Simmer until squash is soft.
Blend/food process/magic wand it.
Add 1/2 cup (or more) half and half (or cream).
Warm up a bit.

Slurp. Eat with grilled cheese.

Take it for lunch the next day.

I must say this dish was amazingly delicious. I have eaten three times and will keep going until it is gone. Happy fall. Go Red Sox! Bri

We can dance if we want to

We went to our last Mariners game of the season last week. Being the end of a season without hope of October play, they put it a lot of new talent to see how they would do in the major leagues. The kids did quite well. The game even went into extra innings and the Mariners won!

The highlight, however, came from the Jumbo-tron. To get the crowd riled up, they play goofy songs (“Louie, Louie”, “Shake Your Groove Thang”). Then they take footage of crazy dancers around the stadium. Usually this involves cute kids, cuddling couples, enthusiastic bad dancers, and shirtless frat boys. Guess which one Brian is? Yep, he danced his butt off for a whole minute on the Jumbo-tron.

Awesome.

The Seattle Marathon is 8 weeks away! Whew! I'm up to 18 miles this weekend.

Thank you to everyone for your donations. If you haven't donated, go to Team Survivor Northwest's website and go to the Seattle Marathon/Half Marathon page to donate to my efforts.

It's turning into quite the family event! Mom, Dad, Cat and Emmy will be in town for Thanksgiving. Emily will run the marathon with me (or in front of me). And my mom has decided to do the half marathon too! It's her first longer race and she's been building up her mileage. We'll all enjoy our well deserved pizza and beer that afternoon.