Family Part I

First chance I've had to blog since the family got here from Texas! Having a great time with everybody here - they read my blog so I have to be nice!

My condo is a 2-bed/2-bath - in addition to myself and my 3 pets I have now added 5 adults and 2 dogs! So far there's been no biting, scratching, or fighting . . . . . . and the animals have been getting along too!

I worked on Thursday and Friday - after work on Thursday we had a family dinner - L joined us. It was the first time in 2 years that the whole family had been together. It was fun. We went to Claim Jumper in Redmond. If you are going to have dinner there - make reservations - and if you are getting there around 6 be prepared to drive around looking for parking. It was packed - when there was a spot open you couldn't pull in because the SUVs in the surrounding spots had parked way too close to the lines. I finally found a spot - then as we were heading to the restaurant I saw a car pulling out of a good spot - I called Colleen on her phone and told her to drive back around - Lindsay, L, and I were going to go stand in the spot and hold it for her. A lady pulled up - gave me a look and waved her hands at me as if I didn't know I was standing in an empty spot - I told her I was on the phone with my sister and she was coming back around for this spot. Fun, Fun, Fun!! The service was bad until Lindsay went up to the front and told them that we had been sitting at our table for 20 min and no one had come by to take our order. The manager came over within a minute and apologized - the gal who was our waitress didn't know she had our section. The manager was very nice - got our drinks right away and gave us to appetizers for free. Auntie Jan and I were beginning to think we were jinxed - the previous week when we were at Cucina Cucina we had bad service! It was a good night - L was pleasant!

Friday we went to the Mariner's Game - Ken Griffey Jr Bobblehead Night - the whole reason for the trip up from Texas.

I will tell you about that experience tomorrow! I need to get some sleep!

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