Waiting for the Rain

We have been in Seattle for 4 weeks now during this phase two of moving and we haven't seen it rain yet. Seattle and no rain. Can you believe it? We are getting eager to see rain. We've woke up twice and saw that it was wet outside but we've never actually seen it rain. Today, they said it was going to rain but we haven't seen it. We still planned a day outside despite the forecast of rain and went down to Alki Beach for the West Seattle Art Fair. People-watching is fun and so is pig-watching.

You never know what you'll run into but we loved these pot belly pig pets.

Was it the weather or was it the pigs? But as we walked home from the free shuttle bus from the art fair, I got the urge to stop at the grocery store and buy a pork roast to cook for dinner tonight. I have not used our oven in the new house yet and now with the cooler weather, I craved a pork roast with garlic.

I cut slits in the roast and placed little slivers of garlic into as many slits as I can fit into the roast. I like pork roast with some roasted carrots and potatoes to complete the meal with some homemade applesauce. The house is soon full of the aroma of roast pork and garlic. I love it.

We ate on our new dinning room table tonight that we picked up at Lauren's house the other day that had been stashed under her bed. We need any furniture we can get right now.

She used this table for years but her current roommate has a nicer one so she took this one apart and it's been stashed under her bed ever since. We also picked up an old futon while we were there so we can actually have a couch to sit on. Throw on a couple of blankets and some pillows and....a couch!

Our official moving day is August 17th and we are eager to get all our stuff here and then the work will really start - unpacking and organizing. In the meantime, we have lots of time to enjoy exploring Seattle and figuring out where to put everything in our new home. And wait for the rain. I think I see it coming.

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