JaesiKa & EriK

You know how everyone is doing those "I'm thankful fors" on facebook and blogs every day this month?? Well, I think it's really cool. Really, I do. I wish I had enough discipline to do the same, but I'm seriously not good enough at committing myself to write every. single. day. As you can see here, I haven't posted in Oh...almost a month now?! Yeah, enough said. So, kudos to all of you that can do that. I guess I just need to get my priorities straight.

Anyways, while on this topic, I thought I'd at least post one right now. And if I get to it, maybe another sometime this month. Maybe. ;)

So today, I would like to announce that I'm grateful for Rexburg. Yes, Rexburg. You see, even though I love being up here in Washington and all, we don't have many friends our own age. It's sad, really. I think I took it for granted exactly how many people I had surrounding me on all sides in Rexburg, and how many people I could call/text/email at the push of a button and say, "Hey! Wanna hang out?" I wish I still had that right about now. It gets kinda lonely day-in and day-out hanging out at home, going to work, hanging out at home, going to work...etc.

So here's to all my friends in Rexburg and everywhere else: WE MISS YOU!!! And I'm thankful for YOU today. :)

So…As you may all know if you’ve seen any of my posts on Facebook from yesterday, Erik and I got to go see WICKED in Seattle last night! For those of you who have no clue what Wicked even is, it's basically about how the Wizard of Oz came to be--the events leading up to the story we all know and love. And let me tell you, it is GOOD! So for those of you who've ever considered going to see it, and are on the fence, or even if you've already seen it... think no more--JUST DO IT! I promise you, it's worth it. :)

That being said, let me give you the low-down on all the pictures we took now!!

This is us getting ready to head out the door to Seattle. We figured we'd leave a few hours early and see if the "blow your own glass" place in Renton (Uptown Glassworks) would let us blow some glass! You see, we purchased a Groupon a while ago to go blow our own glass, and upon calling they said their weekends were booked up until November 20th...CRA-ZY!! So we scheduled to go in on Nov. 20th, because I didn't want to go all the way there on a weekday when I'd have to be back for work before 2. Renton is about an hour away...

So anyhow, we had been trying to call them last week and all weekend.... but NO ANSWER!! Like ever. It would ring and ring...and ring... and we'd get the answering machine, saying that with the recent Groupon they have been UBER busy and they are currently on the "other line" or helping customers. Then they went on to tell you to leave a message and they will call you back ASAP! How about NOT! Why? Well, because their answering machine was FULL! ...And we'd seriously called like 200 times between the both of us. I highly doubted they were even answering their phones...

Well to get back on subject, we went in to see if they'd take us, and guess what? There were like TWO customers in the whole joint! AND there was no one answering phones... it'd just ring.. and ring. (I even called while standing there waiting to be helped, and you know what happened? The phone rang, and no one even attempted to pick it up. Wow. Just wow...) Well, what ended up happening, they said they were booked and that they no longer made appointments by phone, so to go to the website and schedule on there... Well, HELLO! How about saying that on your answering machine!! GEEZ!! Okay, now that I have that off my chest... moving on...

So then we continued on to Seattle and were trying to figure out where to eat and what to do for the next 3 hours before going to the theater... So first we decided on the Old Spaghetti Factory: One, because I'd been wanting to go there sometime, and two, because they had free parking for customers--and there's seriously like nowhere to park in Seattle where you don't have to pay. So we drove to the place and it said they didn't open for dinner til 4:30, so we still had an hour and a half and nothing to do. So we parked in their parking lot and pulled out our books to read while we waited. However... after about 45 minutes, some dude that worked there came out and got in his car to leave, backed out-and on his way out of the parking lot-parked right in front of our car (giving us a little wiggle room) and pulled his E-brake. Uhh.... Okay? So we decided that we didn't want to wait to see if he was calling a tow truck, and hit the road! Upon looking for somewhere to park again, we spotted the Red Robin! We'd also wanted to go there, but didn't know there was one nearby. So alas, we decidedly paid to park and went on in to eat.

Here is some cutie I spotted across the table from me looking at a menu. Who knew Red Robin had such cute customers?!

And here is me! I seriously couldn't make up my mind, as usual... haha. Everything looked so good! And I'm also sorta picky sometimes, so I was nervous to try something unknown... Especially because I haven't always had good experiences with gormet burgers before. They're usually all soggy and gross... I finally made up my mind to try something new though, read on...

While waiting for our food, we posed for a few pictures. Here's me pretending to read one of my favorite books in the series UGLIES. So good. Seriously. Look them up!! Like now. ;)

Here's that cute boy again... =)

Oh look! And here's my food! The Prime Chophouse!

According to the website: Distinguished and delicious, this juicy burger is layered with horseradishsautéed mushrooms, gourmet steak sauce, Provolone cheese and piled high with crispy onion straws. Served on an onion bun with creamy Country Dijon Sauce.

Holy moly, it was GOOD! Go get one! (Especially with the sweet potato fries!!)

And here was Erik's! It's called the Whiskey River BBQ. He said it was good, so I guess you'll just have to take his word!

And according to the website for this baby: Don’t be afraid to get a little saucy. Basted with our signature bourboninfused Whiskey River BBQ Sauce and lassoed together with Cheddar cheese, crispy onion straws, lettuce, fresh tomatoes & mayo.

P.S. He got his with no tomato or mayo. ;) Just for the picture's sake.