I ate lunch at The Counter today, and was impressed. When Alvin told me about The Counter I thought this was just another build-your-own-burger restaurant, like Lunchbox Laboratory. But The Counter seems to be much more established and thought out than the others. The beef is terrific, never frozen, and is not greasy. There is a menu of fifty ingredients that you can add to your burger. The service is great, and the restaurant is clean. One drawback is the location. The Counter is on 46th Street and 14th in Ballard and can be hard to find. I can’t wait to return!

Sunny and I cooked dinner for Laurie and Scott at our condo. Dinner was good and we played a fun game, Who, What, Where. In this game you create a drawing of a person (Who) in a specific setting (Where) doing something (What). You pass the drawing to each player and guess what the artist was trying to draw. We had a great time! This photo was taken outside our condo.

Sunny and I picked out a tree from the Boy Scouts again this year. They sell Christmas Trees from a school across the street, so we can walk home. We selected a tall and narrow tree, and it fits perfectly in our home. The tree is actually bigger than it looks, I had to run to Fred Meyers twice to buy more lights. We had a lot of fun decorating the tree. We have so many beautiful ornaments!