This weekend was a blast starting with Jojo's birthday party complete w/ sushi, drinks, replacement drivers license, happy hour, playing pool, drinks, eating Moroccan food, wine, singing really bad karaoke, drinks. I haven't partied like that in a long time, it was awesome! Dane even got video. It's pretty bad - it's enough to make anyone think twice before getting intoxicated again. Hee hee, good times. Then Saturday we recovered and I put some dark chocolate low-lights in my hair. I'm phasing out the blond because I'm tired of the maintenance on it. Seriously, I can't believe how hippy dippy I'm becoming on some levels. No more make up, no more fake nails. However, I have re-vamped my wardrobe to include matching shoes, coat and purse at all times, a classier business and casual dress code, and of course I still tan, though only about one to two times a week. Just enough to keep my color a shade up from gothic white - I don't look good with dark hair and pale skin.
Dane and I spent New Years safe and sound at home. It was quiet and awesome. Of course our wonderful friends called to bring in the new year w/ us, we are so spoiled. Sunday we lounged around the house till Steven and his friend Tim came over and we went to dinner. It was on the 21st floor of a downtown Bellevue building and it was amazing!! The food was awesome and the tab was enormous, but it was all in good fun. We really enjoy hanging out w/ Tim. And I think we turned Steven on to sushi. After dinner we saw Memoirs of a Geisha - which was excellent I thought. Sunday was spent watching King Kong (Dane felt he earned "monkey movie points" for watching the Geisha movie). It was good.
We let our foster kitty out for a bit and our cats got upset. I spent the evening doing chores and painting with water color. I found that when I use my left hand to paint (I'm normally right handed) I paint better. That's not entirely shocking as my dad is left handed and ambidexterous and I use my left hand for a lot of things including the 10-key at work. It makes it easier to write while I 10-key. I can also use both hands on the 10-key at once, one on the actual 10-key and one on the keyboard 10-key. It freaks out the other accountants here but I sure save a lot of time, even if I key slightly slower.
Dane has his annual review in January and his salary review in April. Based on his most recent performance w/ the RAC test though, the company has decided to combine the two so tomorrow he gets to meet w/ his boss in Bellevue for dinner. This is extremely exciting because obviously he's going to get a raise! I also think Dane should ask to see if he can get a degree on the company dime, but we'll see - baby steps.
I'm at the off-site warehouse all week destroying old records so I only have a few minutes of online time this week.
I'm excited for Amy to come visit, it will be a hoot!! And in less than a month I will be celebrating my 26th birthday on the Oahu island of Hawaii!! I am so spoiled. On that note, I really can't believe how well my relationship with Dane is going. I have nothing but positive influences in my life to help out and be cheerleaders for us. Tim even sent us an email saying how impressed he was with how we act with/around each other. Jojo has said the same things, Laura Rose, Mog - the list goes on. And I also think that me being out of my comfort zone helps a lot too. I used to threaten Dane a lot with leaving him or moving out. Needless to say, I haven't threatened that once since here in Seattle - where would I go? I don't have the family, friends, and resources here that I had in CO and I never really wanted to leave anyway - that was just a shoddy defensive reaction. So Dane + Crystal - bad influences - comfort zone = REALLY awesome relationship!
That's all for now, I should get back to work. I am so lucky. :-)
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