Last blog, but the beginning of a new one

Hi Everyone,

I am ending this blog site with one last hurrah! and I'm going to venture into the new intimidating world of wordpress blogs. (Erin Williams, I desperately need your council on this). I figure that my life is now a lot more exciting now that Jonathan is in it, so I am starting a Santos Family Blog. I've had it up for a while, but I am going to cut the ties here and just use that one from now on. On there, you'll be able to find our flickr photos, pictures of our precious baby dog, Briar and other updates. The blog name/ link is;

http://santosfamily.wordpress.com/

I bid you all farewell on Blogger as Crystal lynn Santos!

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Amanda and I, The Iron Girl

A lesson in Life is Well Worth Learned

I'm learning that I'm not cut out for all the things I think I'm capable of doing alone. Many times I end up trying to stand up like a rock and let the offers of others help pass me by. A fault I am famously known for. I usually end up feeling sorry for myself in the end because I'm sitting there all by myslef trying to put all of the puzzle peices together. Why is it so easy to be stubborn sometimes? Lesson learning in process and I'll pick myself up again and try to do the "right" more-so the best thing. Learning to trust others and God is my motto this week.

Congratulations Jonathan Santos

Jonathan Santos, for those of you who don't know already...wink wink, is my fiance. He is a wonderful guy who seems to have a gift for encouraging others. He applied for a few jobs and yesterday, he landed a great management job with some ideal day time business hours that is well deserved. I'm very proud of him and more than that, I am super excited to spend time with him during weeknights as well.

Congratulations sweetie! I would have hired you the first time you applied. You are numero uno to me.

Luau at the Hariss House

On Saturday evening, Harlan and Cheryl Harris had their annual Luau. Jonathan and I went and had a great time. It was fun introducing him to some old friends and really great to connect with peoople I know in the area, but haven't seen for quite some time. The Mai Tais weren't so bad either. I love good old backyard parties.

Seattle Saturday Afternoon Find

Jonathan and I spent a relaxed afternoon together and sometime after lunch we had a craving for....ice cream. We were driving in the Freemont area when we saw a woman on the corner of the road eating two lovely scoops out of a fantastic looking waffle cone. My eyes quickly scanned the corner and we found what looked like a hole in the wall ice cream shop. We stopped, parked around the corner and walked in. It was a treasure for sure! Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream is quite trendy. All of the materials they use are organic and all of the trash is compostable, but more importantly to me specifically are the waffle cones they make fresh and the yummy flavorfull ice cream. It was so good, we may just go out of our way to find that corner again. It comes highly recommended! Take a look at the link, the location and the flavors.

Coffee Photographer

I opened my email today and found a request from another user to use one of my photos on flickr. An intern at NowPublic.com is doing an article on the health implications of coffee. While something like that has never happened to me and I was flattered at her admiration of the photo I took in the grass yesterday at the William's BBQ, I turned down her request to use my photo with the Starbucks logo and offered another photo without a logo instead. I was a little worried that I could be held responsible for contributing to an article that might have negative implications on a large corporation such as Starbucks. In the mean time, my head has swelled just a bit. I'm thinkin...perhaps I should try a different career path...Photography perhaps?