Erik will dictate this post for me.
I am sitting in Stanwood, Washington on a chair in Erik's parents living room right by the fireplace.
We have had an eventful day. Erik made me breakfast this morning (eggs... mmmmmm) and then we went to Haggen to buy Swedish Fish (better than Swedish Berries) and gross beer for Erik's roommate. Erik's sister Jayna was with us and we tasted a bunch of cheeses.... so good!
Then we went to this little convent. It's in a little house out in Stanwood, the Cedarhome area (for those of you who Erik assumes know Stanwood... which he thinks is everyone... or should be). I have never been to a convent and didn't imagine it to be like that. I was expecting something like Westminster Abbey in Mission, but it was actually a little house and the little nuns were so sweet. They have a little store called "Quiet Light Candles" with all these really neat and intricate decorations, candle holders, lip balm, honey, cards and... lots of little trinkets. The nuns make all the candle's and most of the other merchandise was made locally. It was really sweet little store. I enjoyed it.
Then Erik and I went for a walk at Kayak Point. It was beautiful. I enjoyed that too... because I like him...
Tonight we are going on a date :) We are going to this little theater called the Pickford Cinema in Bellingham on the way home. We have been there once. It's an independent cinema that we absolutely love. Last time we went we saw "the waitress" with a bunch of elderly people. I'm supposed to say something about the movie here.
then I'm heading home to my parents house tonight. I haven't seen them in almost three months now.
Last comments from Erik:
- You should all come see Stanwood.
- Stanwood is nice.
- About "the Waitress", It was a cute little movie about a girl who expressed her emotions of angst and despair through inventing pie recipes, this reminded her of her mother. The movie was good, except for the ending where the conclusion was pretty one-sided. Keri Russel's character ended up being an idiot.
- Ashley really does like me.
1 comment:
I love those nuns! Interestingly, when I was in high school, a girl on my basketball team and her family lived there. After they moved, the nuns bought it: now their little house is known as Convent of the Meeting of the Lord. Quiet Light Candles rule, don't they? I ask for those every Christmas, so I can stock up for the year. Their scent is so calming.
I think we should name our house too.
Anyway, Stanwood is lovely. I have strong affection for it as well (even though it is getting run-up with suburban sprawl, bigtime. Icky-phooey!). Our family (through the Christiansen blood) has been there for 4 generations. A fart in the wind for some folks, but for us: shucks! That is as rooted as it gets. I'm very glad my parents "moved back", even if I was already 14 years old at the time.
Monologue closed.
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