no tomatoes please, rock for sudan

friday after work i met kristin, becky, and a couple of their friends, we went to dinner at "red mill burgers" (yum) in ballard, and then we went to the "q cafe" to watch lower lights burning, a guy named shane, and one of the singers from pale pacific. i had never been to this cafe before. it reminded me of the old veristas cafe shop in oly. i really never heard any music from the pale before until friday. now it is the only thing that has played on my ipod since. then kristin and i drove back to shelton....it was nice to talk to her, and i am glad god brought her into my life when he did.

it was so nice to be home for a wee bit, to see everyone, and hang out with new and old friends. my family and i went out to our property on the canal and sat on our dock. i really just enjoyed sitting out there doing nothing. after we went to dinner at robin hood, my all time favorite restaurant in shelton! the chef who used to work at steven's now works out at red robbin, and to make a long story short my mom and me would have lunch every friday at steven's and order the "salmon salad" it comes with tomatoes...i hate tomatoes. i would always ask for "no tomatoes" and every time kern (the chef) would come out giving me crap for changing his recipe. one time when i was getting close to moving to seattle kern hid a HUGE tomato under my salmon. it was pretty funny. so this weekend when we were at "robbin hood" i told the waitress to tell kern that "no tomatoes was here" he said it took him about 10 seconds to realize it was me. he came out and said hello, it was fun. my halibut with a ginger crusted sauce was amazing! if you live in shelton or are passing by go there!

on sunday i decided to have kristin, becky, elisabeth, alex, and molly over for a girls night. it was lots of fun. many things happen when you get that many girls together at one time. but i must say my dad was a trooper. he even bbq for us and didn't complain about the noise once. even though he had to wake up at 5.

i enjoyed spending time with people i love this weekend. but mostly my dad. it was nice to see how much he cares. though i know his heart is hurting for me, and i wish it didn't. he prayed with me, helped my with my budget, and we did a bible study. it was just nice. i am lucky to have a dad who cares too much.

this weekend is the second "rock for sudan" my friend sara puts it on to help raise money for a missionary named charity in sudan, read more here. i am pretty excited for this year! you should go! my friend wes is going to come down with me saturday and help with t-shirt making. if you attended this summers art night, then you should be familiar with this. if not come and found out more!! there will be blank t-shirts for guys and girls along with stencils from the invisible children web site. people will also have a chance to design their own stencils. also come listen to some great music and support a local missionary!

09.08.07


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