Showing posts with label September. Show all posts
Showing posts with label September. Show all posts
Monday
9.30.12 (2)
Also on Sunday, I took a walk past Loring Park near our apartment, and there was this random pillow on the ground.
9.30.12
Sunday.
Went to an AK Connection-sponsored Chuseok celebration today, basically just ate some food and watched a movie, plus there was a teerrrible short little informational video about Chuseok. For some reason it had two white people with European accents doing the whole thing, and the only Korean people in it seemed to be dressed in hanbok(s?) doing traditional stuff. Karin and I had an interesting talk about why they felt it was so necessary to have white people presenting the video, when they didn't even speak very good English...
But anyway, it was hosted at a church and they were selling kimchi in giant glass jars. We didn't really need the kimchi, but we wanted to support the church, and the jar looked pretty useful, so we bought some.
Went to an AK Connection-sponsored Chuseok celebration today, basically just ate some food and watched a movie, plus there was a teerrrible short little informational video about Chuseok. For some reason it had two white people with European accents doing the whole thing, and the only Korean people in it seemed to be dressed in hanbok(s?) doing traditional stuff. Karin and I had an interesting talk about why they felt it was so necessary to have white people presenting the video, when they didn't even speak very good English...
But anyway, it was hosted at a church and they were selling kimchi in giant glass jars. We didn't really need the kimchi, but we wanted to support the church, and the jar looked pretty useful, so we bought some.
9.28.12
Friday.
So I honestly don't remember when the exact day is (although I guess I should know things like that..), we celebrated my brother-in-law Nick's birthday today! Or I should say like, three Fridays ago.
We went out for happy hour and gave him his gifts: 1) The DVD's of Kimchi Chronicles (A PBS show on Korean food/culture), 2) the Kimchi Chronicles cookbook, 3) a bottle of soju, and 4) a squeeze bottle of gochujang, like the kind they have in restaurants for putting on bibimbap.
His favorite gift:
So I honestly don't remember when the exact day is (although I guess I should know things like that..), we celebrated my brother-in-law Nick's birthday today! Or I should say like, three Fridays ago.
We went out for happy hour and gave him his gifts: 1) The DVD's of Kimchi Chronicles (A PBS show on Korean food/culture), 2) the Kimchi Chronicles cookbook, 3) a bottle of soju, and 4) a squeeze bottle of gochujang, like the kind they have in restaurants for putting on bibimbap.
His favorite gift:
9.25.12
Tuesday.
I posted a little while ago about all the coffee shops that are in our neighborhood, so we decided to go take a walk again and try one out! Turns out the place we were at was kind of a biker bar, but for coffee, which was pretty interesting, and really kind of loud. But it was still fun.
Should've taken a picture of the actual place too, oops!
I posted a little while ago about all the coffee shops that are in our neighborhood, so we decided to go take a walk again and try one out! Turns out the place we were at was kind of a biker bar, but for coffee, which was pretty interesting, and really kind of loud. But it was still fun.
Should've taken a picture of the actual place too, oops!
9-24-12
Monday.
So... I have a very large backlog here. I'm about one week shy of being an entire month behind. But, now I've uploaded all the pictures from the last few weeks and am ready to start posting! I may have forgotten sometimes why exactly a certain picture was from a certain day, or whatever, but hey, who really cares anyway haha.
So I'm not sure why I took this photo on Monday exactly, but i won the t-shirt (yay!) at a company picnic (pretty lame) at some point earlier, which is why it's so huge and also says Johnsonville on it. I laid it out on the floor, I guess to take this picture, and I looked away for I swear less than 5 seconds, and when I looked back our cat Quimby was on it. Of course.
So... I have a very large backlog here. I'm about one week shy of being an entire month behind. But, now I've uploaded all the pictures from the last few weeks and am ready to start posting! I may have forgotten sometimes why exactly a certain picture was from a certain day, or whatever, but hey, who really cares anyway haha.
So I'm not sure why I took this photo on Monday exactly, but i won the t-shirt (yay!) at a company picnic (pretty lame) at some point earlier, which is why it's so huge and also says Johnsonville on it. I laid it out on the floor, I guess to take this picture, and I looked away for I swear less than 5 seconds, and when I looked back our cat Quimby was on it. Of course.
Sunday
9.22.12 (2)
Saturday
So Saturday was a big day... I won the lottery! Here's my check from the Minnesota State Lottery!
No actually it's a check for... $2.00. I should have taken a picture of it, such crap. Karin got a lottery ticket for christmas or something and the first thing she scratched off said $14, so we mailed it in. We have no idea how to do lottery stuff... but then we got a check back for $2.00! What the heck?? We have no idea. The letter helpfully included information on how lottery money is taxed, too, excellent.
Also on Saturday... I made bibimbap for the 2nd time! I think it doesn't look quite as good as the first time.. but I didn't get a good picture of that one. Also there's no beef in this one. But still!
Maybe that's too many cat pictures haha, but I thought it was significant, first time and we've had them for like 7 months or something now. Anyway I will probably keep taking lots of pictures of the cats anyway, they're super cute!
So Saturday was a big day... I won the lottery! Here's my check from the Minnesota State Lottery!
No actually it's a check for... $2.00. I should have taken a picture of it, such crap. Karin got a lottery ticket for christmas or something and the first thing she scratched off said $14, so we mailed it in. We have no idea how to do lottery stuff... but then we got a check back for $2.00! What the heck?? We have no idea. The letter helpfully included information on how lottery money is taxed, too, excellent.
Also on Saturday... I made bibimbap for the 2nd time! I think it doesn't look quite as good as the first time.. but I didn't get a good picture of that one. Also there's no beef in this one. But still!
Bibimbap!
Lastly, Saturday was the first time that Quimby had ever fallen asleep on my lap...
9.22.12
Saturday
This is what we woke up to this morning, hahaha.
We left out some tissue paper for the cats the other day, and Quentin decided it ALL needed to die. Or something.
9.20.12
Thursday.
Cat picture today. Sometimes that's all I've got for the day haha.
Quimby in front, Quentin in back.
Cat picture today. Sometimes that's all I've got for the day haha.
Quimby in front, Quentin in back.
Saturday
9.16.12
Sunday
While we were up at the cabin, my niece Megan used this awesome leopard print notebook to write stuff down, like the bracket for the bag toss tournament.
9.15.12
Saturday.
Went up to a cabin with family for the weekend! My brother Erik and his wife Gina modeled our animal hat/scarves for us.
Went up to a cabin with family for the weekend! My brother Erik and his wife Gina modeled our animal hat/scarves for us.
Wednesday
Everyday
This is what we come home to just about everyday.
Our cats love us so much!!
No... actually they are just really interested in the birds that live in the bush nearby. REALLY interested.
Our cats love us so much!!
No... actually they are just really interested in the birds that live in the bush nearby. REALLY interested.
9.8.12 (2)
Saturday.
Stopped at the new Five Guys nearby for a burger on the way home.
Good thing I bought those running shoes...
Stopped at the new Five Guys nearby for a burger on the way home.
Good thing I bought those running shoes...
9.8.12
Saturday.
Went to the pet store today! We actually went to get stuff for our cats, like this great fort:
And we did get stuff for our cats, but we also got one more thing...a new fish!
His name is Quill.
Went to the pet store today! We actually went to get stuff for our cats, like this great fort:
And we did get stuff for our cats, but we also got one more thing...a new fish!
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