Arontius of Bygelswade

.....Wow! I love Seattle! :-)

.....I had a whole list of things I was SUPPOSED to do today. But in the end I ended up bagging that list. There are just too many cool things to do in Seattle. And it is vacation for the next two weeks, so I convinced myself to just BE for a day. :-)

.....I DID manage to clean up after myself this morning. Did dishes. Put away the pile o'stuff that I drug over to the beloved Laurellen's house last night. Answered some e-mail. Then I lounged on the couch and napped for a while. It felt good. :-)

.....Around about noon, I decided it was time to get out and DO SOMETHING. So I went to the Goodwill store by I-5, a favorite haunt of mine. After finding myself with an armload of books I decided that I needed to get out of there. :-) Then I went and did something TRULY dangerous. I went to Dusty Strings in Freemont. Wow! Talk about drool city! I LOVE their harps. Their sound is just exquisite! And the shape is truly wondrous and feels perfect in the hands. The curves are almost as sumptuous as Laurellen herself, and the softness almost as mesmerizing. I had to tear myself away before I did something stupid and spent some money that I need to spend on other things. :-) Thankfully, Dusty Strings did not have what I was really looking to see, a set of shawms. I was in there about a year ago and they had a really nice set at a good price and I wanted to take a look at the alto. I've really wanted an Alto Crumhorn, but the price of a decent one is just outrageous and I just can't bring myself to buy a plastic one.

.....After waking up from the daze of Dusty Strings I wandered Freemont a while (I'd live there if I could :-)). Then I finally convinced myself that I needed to get a few things done before the day was totally spent. I went back into Burien and did some shopping at Trader Joes and then Fred Meyers. Was able to find everything that was needed. Then had lunch at a good Mongolian Grill next to Trader Joes. I really like their set-up, besides the standard choices they also offer fresh sliced jalapenos and fresh chopped cilantro. Yummm!

.....It's days like this that remind me how redneck Kitsap County really is! It also makes me start thinking that maybe a move to Seattle would have definite advantages. I'm sure though that a week of that commute to Bremerton I'd be singing a different tune all together. :-)

.....Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Rhys watch. I think that we're going to hit Target as early as possible to finish Christmas shopping. Then we'll meet the beloved Laurellen for lunch. Then it is off to the Seattle Aquarium I think. Have to talk about it with Rhys though.

.....Then tomorrow night it's a run to Ralg's birthday get-together and a night at the house. Gotta feed Tia and get a jump start at Christmas present wrapping. Was going to get that done on Friday, but time seems to be moving way too freakin' fast! Gotta make hay while the sun shines. :-)

.....Could get really used to this vacation thing. :-)

.....Have fun everyone! Stay warm! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.