New Year's

Highlights of the trip to Vancouver, WA:
*great conversation with Sarah Larson for the entire 6 hour drive there.
*being with Bill and Joy, Brad, and Nicole
*seeing Bill and Joy's new house
*watching Napoleon Dynamite
*having our morning coffee and breakfast while we read the paper and ease in to the day (one of my favorite parts of these visits)
*going to 23rd in Portland to shop
*seeing Molly Roberts
*shopping at Buffalo Exchange and finding an actual, published thing called The Name Game
*going to Powell's (the largest bookstore you'll ever see)
*appetizers at Henry's while we talk about the things we love and the things we see each other loving
*dinner at Henry's with Chris and Jolyn Dalvig
*playing the Name Game
*coming up with a fourth round for the Name Game
*sleeping in
*morning coffee and breakfast #2
*setting new year's resolutions with Bill, Joy, Brad, and Nicole that we can hold each other accountable to
*good time with good friends

Lowlights:
*saying goodbye to good friends
*driving the last 2 hours on snowy roads with scared drivers.

Happy 2005 to everyone!