so i just thought of this: one of my new year's resolutions should have been to blog more! well too bad i just thought of that now. but true story: i am going to start blogging more (and hopefully kyle will add some new stuff too!)
i have a few reasons behind this new desire to blog again:
1. i read quite a few blogs on a daily basis. most are related to fashion and more specifically anthropologie (which is becoming my favorite store more and more everyday...if only i could afford it!).
2. kyle's family visited in the beginning of the month and we all went to powell's bookstore and kyle's dad, bill, bought me a new wonderful book:
so far i have really enjoyed everything about the book. the descriptions are good enough, there are recommendations about flat hikes, urban hikes, steep hikes, hikes with a view, and others. the book also has a bunch of different areas: the coast, mt. hood, mt. st. helens, clackamas river, willamette river valley, and a bunch of other areas around portland! one of the only issues i have with the book is that there are some hikes that aren't within 60 miles...as in they are closer to 90 miles away! but thats ok...if it is worth the hike!
and a couple of the hikes that kyle and i have done are in here so we are going to do them again-the hoyt arboretum and the coast hike we did! but the arboretum is so close and easily accessible that of course we will do that one again. plus neahkahnie is still one of the best hikes i've ever done in my life! so i definitely want to do that one again!
but kyle proposed this idea: we hike all 60 hikes this year! and i loved it! he also suggested about the 2nd week into january and i did the math-it adds up to 1 hike every 6 days so we were already 2 behind! oops!
but the book also suggests the best time to go do these hikes. a bunch of the hikes around mt. hood aren't even open until may because of snow! so one of my projects that i want to do is organize when we will do most of them. i think we will be doing a LOT of hiking come july, august, and september! but thats ok! we also need to work our way up to the strenuous hikes! and our endurance because there are a few hikes that are 12+ miles!
so coming soon will be pictures and information on these! so that means there will be at least 60 more posts this year! which i believes quadruples the amount of bloggings from last year =)
as for a little update in our lives:
kyle and i are still looking for "real" jobs or even better, careers. i am meeting with the dietitian who does the hiring at OHSU (oregon health and science university) hospitals on tuesday so hopefully something good will come out of that informational interview. i am also in the process of applying to a corporate wellness company that i have a good feeling about and seems awesome to work for. kyle went to the trail blazer's career fair yesterday and then we got to go to the game afterwards! most of the positions open were not payed internships, but still we have our fingers crossed!
we have also been rock climbing (bouldering to be specific) at this awesome place call the circuit. we both have an annual membership so we can go as much as we like. last week we both went 5 times! and we have both improved a lot since we started. there are 2 locations in portland and the gym we go to the most frequently is about 2.5 miles from our apartment! today we ventured to the other location (its in the southwest...we live in the northeast...so its a little bit of a trek!) and had a hard time of it! but still fun! we are planning on going climbing again tomorrow! kyle's brother and sister got to join us for a climb while his family was here! so when anyone else visits, kyle and i get 2 free passes a month for guests!
tonight kyle is working and i took some time to clean the house a little (dishes are drying as we speak!) and made cookies! i also rented dinner for schmucks from the redbox for us to watch tonight!
this weekend kyle and i are headed up to seattle to visit our friend dan...we are going to go to the portland international auto show on friday morning and then head up after that so we can do some shopping! and then once dan gets off work we will probably hit up a seafood restaurant or something awesome!
so thats about it! stay tuned for the blogs about the hikes!
oh and i almost forgot--kyle and i are SUPER happy that the packers are going to the superbowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps: i already forgot how to add captions to photos because it has been so long since i've done this! but the picture of kyle and i is from when the johnson's were visiting and we went to multnomah falls and horsetail falls while there was ice on it and it was awesome! the picture is in front of horsetail falls which is one of the places we took a picture at when we first moved out here!
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