So things have been busy around these parts. We had some great weekends and Mat and I have been enjoying our new house so much. We did some yard work and that was a lot more work than I thought it would be! We went to the zoo over Labor Day weekend to see the Butterfly exhibit. We went a couple years ago and it is quite fun. They have them all flying around and you can walk around and see tons of them. We got some fun pictures, so I thought I would put them here.
We didn't really take any pictures of the animals as we were walking around. I feel bad for them sometimes, having to live in cages. But they are all so cute and it is so amazing to see them so close. I think I like looking at all the big cats the most.
This weekend we went to Art in the Park. We have always talked about going, but never actually have. It is basically a ton of artists, mostly local or regional, that come and set up booths to display their art. You can buy any of it, of course! I was surprised at how expensive it was. Most of the artists were pretty well established, so they can charge a lot more for it. We were hoping that there would be some young artists and we could get some art for our house fairly cheap! No such luck. We had a good time though and listened to some music with Mat's boss and his girlfriend for a little bit.
I should have a really busy week at work this week. We leave a week from today for our biggest conference of the year. So this week is kind of a last minute scramble to get everything finished.
If you noticed in the pictures of our house our big cat, Ben, was outside. We decided he can go out, but only on his leash with a harness! So he gets to outside sometimes, but is still getting used to the harness and leash. Sometimes, he is totally fine with it and walks normal. Other times, he acts like he can't use his back legs at all and just falls over. But he is getting used to it and likes going outside.
Today I made some muffins from one of my South Beach Diet cookbooks. They are quite delicious. Which is good because I didn't plan on having anything else for breakfast!
So here is my creepy story from the weekend. We were taking care of my parents cat and went out to feed him on Friday night. As I was walking to the door, this comes scrambling out of the garage, ready to kill me.
For those of you who don't know Mat that well, he loves, loves, loves anything alive. Bugs and lizards and snakes and frogs and cute animals too. He catches things all the time and then lets them go. Of course, he wasn't scared of the spider and got down real close to get a good picture. I was in the car with the windows up! He caught it in a cup and took it out to the field to let it go. We went home and were sitting on our couch and then I was like what is that! There was a similar looking spider behind our entertainment center. I thought maybe it chased us home, but Mat said it was a male. The one at my parents was a female. Anyway, we looked it up and that was how he knew the difference. But both of them were hobo spiders! EEK! These are poisonous spiders from around the Northwest. So then I started packing our things to move. Kidding. But eek, I don't want creepy crawlies in my house that can poison me! He tried to get pictures of the one we found in our house, but they didn't turn out. Here is the best one though.
These things were seriously creepy.
It is about time for dinner and I am going to try to get some more picture organizing done. Hope everyone had a great weekend.
