While Pramas is off in British Columbia enjoying his guest status at Conquest BC Kate and I have had the weekend to ourselves, the hottest, brightest, sunniest weekend of the year ( Read more... )

I'm having a hard time believing that it's summer. According to the calendar it's the first day of summer, the solstice. In Seattle that means [consults charts] the sun rose at 5:11am and will set at 9:11 pm. In a land where the winter days are short, dark, and rainy the longest day of the year is something to look forward to. I always feel just a ( Read more... )

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Rained this morning and was cloudy depressing until early afternoon so we weren't able to have bunny play time outside or go bike riding. I thought about trying to hit the Ballard Seafood Festival on our way out of town but decided to give it a pass to be sure I wasn't late meeting up with Mark. Instead I took Kate shopping at the JC Penney's 70%- ( Read more... )

I spent the day with Kate. She's been with her dad since July 3rd (granted, it was after a three month disruption in visitations) and while it's been nice to be footloose and relatively free in July it was also wonderful to have her back home for the weekend. Tomorrow will be a short day because her dad needs to exchange her early because he has ( Read more... )

FINALLY.

I was told flat out that I should expect "expedited" service to take at least five weeks, not the two weeks listed on the government websites. I'm not surprised. I had to insist that the guy at the office actually send the various notarized lists, forms, and statements that I painstakingly collected over the last couple of months. He ( Read more... )

It's the last month of school for Katherine and the last month that Orca will be in their current location. They have to move out of the school by the end of the school year, which means there's a lot of activity surrounding the move taking place in addition to the usual end of the year activities. Additionally, the teachers and the PTA are really ( Read more... )

The weather in Seattle today was just gorgeous. In the low 80s, sunny and breezy ( Read more... )

I've been having a hell of a time getting motivated to write. Looks like a Weekend Wrap-Up will have to do ( Read more... )

It's as if someone out there flipped the big switch and turned on summer. Last week temps were in the 60s and it was cloudy and a bit rainy. This week: 90s and sweltering, with heat advisories and air stagnation warnings.

This week is Origins week for most of Green Ronin. For the first time in years, I will not be at Origins. This week is also ( Read more... )