Good Finds

Click HERE for the Dirt Cheap Guide to Portland. There's a list of cheap hotels on there, all of which are right downtown.

Ian Seniff Art

Riding her coattails:

http://ianseniff.blogspot.com/

Anne Jankowski Art

Here is where I get my talent from:

http://annejankowskiart.blogspot.com/

Boy Meets Hunt/Seniffs

Seniffs, meet your new relatives: Eric and Cory Matthews.


I use the term "relatives" in the loosest sense. The sense where my cousin Amber went through a brief phase of trying to be an actress and worked as an extra on the show Boy Meets World as Eric's cousin / accidental love interest in the episode "Rave On." Oh the joy of finding this on youtube!

A good deal

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/sub/686318525.html

This place is in a great location and the time it is available is perfect.

Ian

Also, check this out:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/vac/682198552.html

Out of Things to Sell on eBay

Well Moms and Dads, your son/son-in-law has gotten desperate. The buck doesn't stretch as far as it used to. Medical bills (both cat and human), prescriptions, groceries, utility bills, debt of both the student loan and credit card variety, and
transportation are all becoming quite difficult to pay every month.
Due to this financial strain, your boy here has entered the world of professional eating.

Check out my intensity:


Thats right, on Saturday I ate a total of 44 chicken wings in 7 minutes and 30 seconds to become the first ever chicken wing champion at the local jackass bar, The Cheerful Tortoise. I should have been given the prize for just putting up with the patrons of this establishment.



Here is me with my winnings:


Yep, in that envelope is a gift card for 150 bucks to spend wherever I wish. (Soon after this picture was taken I wished for it to be used at Safeway to purchase Alka Seltzer). In addition I received that white shirt advertising that terrible beer and the admiration of several jackasses who earlier in the night called me names that are unfit for blogging. Anyway, I won and they lost.

These two guys were actually pretty nice, especially "Big Black" as he liked to be called:


Just thought I would fill you in on maybe one of my stupidest ideas. Hunts, please do not think less of me. Seniffs, I am pretty sure you have come to expect this behavior.

Ian

For the travelers:

www.travelportland.com is a GREAT resource for visitors to this wonderful little city. Hotel availability, calendar of local events and much, much more. Enjoy, all you lovely foreigners.

Mother's Day Wishes

I hope your days were spent relishing the fact that you turned out two great children... Daniel and Marie.
But seriously, thank you both for being so wonderful during this difficult period. Your support helps us from feeling hopeless or overwhelmed and for that we are extremely grateful.

Also, thanks for all the comforting words about my darling sick Kitty Pryde as she is essentially my daughter and I have never been so worried in my life (except for the past 50 times Busia has been hospitalized). She is coming home tonight after getting some shots and having an IV put in to get her hydrated.

Good bye.

Ian

We are cute.

I have to say, Craig Mitchelldyer is my favorite person with a sweet camera (hi Craig!)

We had our engagement pictures taken this weekend and just received the photo disc today. I just got done looking at 124 pictures of sickeningly cute us. WE ARE CUTE! I had no idea.

Anyway, the pictures came out beautifully and I now know NOT to do the goofy skipping-while-making-faces pose on the wedding day. Somehow, Craig made us look like really beautiful mental ward escapees. Ok, so he's not responsible for the mental ward part. The rest of them we really love.

Here is a sample, the rest you can see later when I have a minute to upload them to photobucket.com. I have a couple of pages of information on (I believe) how to order prints, etc., so I'll update you on how to do that in a couple of days as well.

















And my personal favorite, the best engagement picture ever taken in the history of mankind, "Ms. Katz & Co." (click image for full effect):