Oct. 11, 2009 - We had an awesome time reclaiming our side yard tree. It is probably a giant bush actually, but once we were finished it looked very tree-like. At first I thought it would be a chore, but it turns out sawing huge branches off a giant tree is quite satisfying. After two weeks we've nearly gotten rid of all the "yard waste" in our weekly city pick up.

By the way, the lettuce garden that Alicia planted is still going strong, no frost in Seattle - just rain. Oh wait, its protected by our warm house Alicia says. But I'm still pretty sure it hasn't been in the 30s here.

In other news, we ran a fun 10k, the 24th annual Dawg Dash. Tons of fun on a beautiful fall day running through the UW campus, ending/beginning on the Husky stadium field.

We also had a fun house warming party this last weekend. All our friends came over and many delicious pizzas were made. We got lots of fun ideas on our brainstorming poster. Alicia put together a beautiful craft project to make a welcome sign for our house. It is a series of tiles and lots of people at the party painted one. Photos to come when it is finished.

The chimney people come on Fri. Then we can have fires!

Well, I survived my wisdom teeth removal. Alicia took very good care of me with tasty foods and driving me home when I was silly and loopy after surgery. I watched a lot of tv and slept.

And yesterday we went to a few yard sales and picked up a push mower and cordless electric weed wacker. Alicia loves the weed wacker and has gone on two dandelion attack missions. Here is a cute photo of her trimming with our new power tool. I also mowed the lawn, though it is hard to tell.

We also went to the final Mariners game of the year, which was beautiful. It was a great game, they won and the weather was amazing - super sunny and warm. Here's to a good fall!