SLEDDING!!!

As more and more snow kept piling up, Ulrika, Leah, and I decided to find a hill down which to sled. Naturally we figured 65th and Phinney would be the best location; it's a hill so steep no driver would be foolish enough to try and make their way up or down it in these conditions. On our way there, we stopped off at a park to test our skill at navigating our makeshift vehicles:







By the time we'd made it to the bottom of the hill there was already a crowd (we're talking 11pm, btw). It turns out our fluorescent innertubes were actually pretty bonafide when compared to the Obama/Biden signs and cardboard boxes most people were using to sled down the hill.



Ulrika and Leah went down before me:



Here's my trip to the bottom:



Everything about Seattle has been wonderful these past few days. It's nice feeling in touch with our community

SNOW DAY!

Last night Ulrika, Leah (my co-worker, and our new housemate), and I attended a holiday party hosted by our friends Amy and Ty.





Ty and Amy live right in the heart of Ballard, the neighborhood where we live (and I work!). Afterwards we walked home:



Leah and Ulrika:



In front of our lovely house, in the traditionally Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard:



Today the streets were still all icy. I slipped on the concrete steps to our front porch and landed right on my hip bone the other night, and last night I wound up flat on my back a few times!