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So we had this little snow storm...otherwise known as "Snowpocaplyse 2008" and I got off work for nearly two weeks. It was a little nuts. And you would think, that with all that extra time on my hands that I would blog. However, my time off turned into a big fun relaxing adventure!

First of all, Maile's 13-year-old sister, Caroline, was in town. I was already planning on taking a day off to spend with her and Maile but as it would happen, we got to spend an entire week all together. I cooked big hearty breakfasts for everyone everyday. Well...maybe we'll call them brunches since the girls never got up before noon. =) I made a big german apple pancake, nun's puffs and strawberry stuffed crossaint french toast. YUMM!!

Since the raods were atrocious and I have a weenie snow car, we walked or bussed everywhere. We Christmas shopped along Hawthorne. (Somehow everyone there made it to work.) We got treated to a fantastic dinner at Saucebox by Maile's boyfriend, Kyle, who bartends there. We stuffed ourselves and Caroline enjoyed all the virgin libations that Kyle concocted for her from the bar. We went to see Australia. The big epic that maybe needed to be not quite so epic. We played arcade games at the Avalon. We won Caroline a million tickets that she used to by all these crazy toys. I went to dinner at Bethany and Paul's beautiful condo on Belmont. It was a wonderful dinner of Pastaworks pasta. I got the skinny on Skinny, their humungous and adorable cat, who I cat sat for for the rest of the week.

We went to the bowling alley and played a few games which I bowled atrociously on. I blame the temperature of the room. Their heat, evidently was broken. I think it must have been 50 degrees in there. We also got treated a bit at Paddy's, which is the restaurant and bar that Maile works at. I think we ate more than our fill of happy hour food there. Was there something on that menu that we didn't order?

Kyle also scored us really, really, really great seats for the Blazers game. Two of us sat in the 100 level and two of us watched from a private booth complete with a free wet bar and catered food. We were living the high life and it was a fantastic game. Blazers won against Shaq and the Heat. Caroline got a Brandon Roy jersey and a foam finger that she made us all wear while cheering loudly. It was a great night.

I'm sure there were other adventures that week but because I am blogging about them so late, I have forgotten them. I must admit, I really needed the vacation. I thank God for that. He knew I needed a break. Thanks!!