Washington Mutual Center engineers spent more than five hours yesterday afternoon to carefully close window blinds in various parts of the west side of the building to form a giant heart in the downtown Seattle skyline. The 180-foot Valentine was completed shortly after 5pm. The engineers estimated it took more than 1,500 adjustments to the blinds to create the heart.

This past weekend I re-discovered the joys and excitement of snowboarding, and I can’t wait to hit the slopes again soon!  I was quite nervous strapping into my bindings and standing in line for the lift… I hadn’t been to the mountain for a couple of years and I wasn’t sure that I’d remember how to do much of anything – not the least of which was remembering how to get off the lift at the top of the mountain.  That’s always been the worst part for me.  But after one fairly successful dismount and an almost-fall-free journey down the hill I was hooked again.  Four trips later my legs were ready for a break, so I sat in the lodge and enjoyed a 50-cent-off decaf mocha (because I answered the trivia question: What did Al Capone’s business card say he did? Answer: Used furniture salesman) while the boys took one more run down the hill.

What a great day!