Danger Will Robinson

There were a bunch of giant orange cones scattered all over Seattle. How could I not take a picture with one?

More Seattle Pictures

Ok, So here are more photos from our trip to Seattle. There is Charlie and I, Charlie and Ryan, the groom, A random metal umbrella, Snoqualmie Falls, and the Seatte skyline.

The 10 Things Troll

This picture was taken in Seattle at the end of May. We went for a wedding and spent a day wandering around town. I made Charlie drive around for almost an hour looking for the Troll, just so I could post it and say hi to Jo, Kate, and Nancy from "Planet Loser, as opposed to Planet Look at Me, Look at Me".

Blog about my Dog

I'm not really an animal person. I blame my parents because one of their favorite sayings is "We had children, not pets." But I have a dog named Mahoney. I hate when people refer to me as his "mother" because I didn't give birth to him, I simply wrote a check to a random lady and took him home. But despite not having a clue what to do with a puppy in my house, I love him. He is just the cutest thing ever. (Here are some photos to proof his adorableness.) Plus, he is not normal. Then again, I have never had a pet so what do I know. But these are my favorite weird, quirky things Mahoney does that make me smile. -- First of all, he looks like an Ewok and that just makes me laugh. -- He loves to pull turnip leaves off the plants in the backyeard and drag them inside. Then he will eat only half of the leaf and then try to go get another one. -- He thinks the big brown blanket on the couch is a big pile of dirt for him to dig in. -- He falls of the ottoman all the time, usually when he is chasing his soccer ball around the house. When he was super little, he was always get stuck under it and freak out.-- He loves to chew on ice, just like my mother. -- He loves tissues. If there is a scrap of kleenex or toilet paper anywhere within his reach, he will find it, run away and hide, and eat it. It's disgusting but funny. -- He knows that the door bell is going to ring in the insanely obnoxious All-Tell cell phone commercial because he starts barking like crazy as soon as the commercial starts. -- He always, always pees on Charlie's sister Michelle when she comes over. -- He will only lick Charlie's nostrils. Not that I am complaining, I just think it is strange. Maybe Charlie just has the best tasting boogers, who knows. -- He alsolutely loves to drink out of our glasses. (See the video and please do not call the Humane Society on us!)

We heart HGTV...

So here are some pictures of what we have done with our condo since we bought it. One of Charlie's favorite things to do right now is to play on Rate My Space on HGTV, where people can see different projects and give advice. What can I say, Charlie likes to give design tips to random people. Anyway, if you want to see more photos, go there (HGTV, Rate My Space) and type in Tadlan.

Into the Blog-O-Sphere...

I'm not very good with technology. I'm the type that will use the same thing-- computer, stereo system, DVD Player--until it keels over from exhaustion and just stops working. It's not that I don't enjoy my technology, I'm just not very good with updating it. I am the girl, afterall, who had audio tapes, and still listened to them, until just a couple of years ago. And I have no idea how to fix it when the technology stops doing it's job, whatever it is. Then I met Charlie. If there were such a thing as super-human powers, Charlie's would be technology, like the villian girl on Sky High or the slightly-creepy kid on Heroes. He has that gift. He can just walk by a broken piece of equipment and suddenly, it starts back up. It's wierd but true. The point to all this is to explain my resistance to the wide world of BLOGGING. It took me 3 weeks just to get this page set up and working like I wanted it to. I blame it on my lack of techno-knowledge, but really it is my fear of the cosmic void. Who is going to read this? Who is going to care what I have to say? I guess if you are actually reading these words, and not just scrolling down to look at my pictures, than you do. But this is your warning. I have no idea what might spew out of my head. It might be something bizarre, or strange, or annoying, or stupid, because I have no idea what I might use this for. Is it for rantings, picture sharing, daily moments of clearity--once again, I have no idea. And i actually think I'm ok with that. So let the adventure begin. Right, so here we go.