waysofseeing and I had a great Solstice celebration last night. We tasted some lovely wines at The Tasting Room in Post Alley. We had an amazing dinner at Steelhead Diner at Pike Place Market. We came home and exchanged solstice gifts. Best solstice ever.

And then we tried going to bed.

Um, I am done with finals for the semester; last night was the last one. It really hasn't sunk in yet and is feeling a tad surreal.

It was one hell of a semesrter.

Starting at 4:30 today, I am on vacation until January 2. waysofseeing and I have a lovely solstice evening planned for tonight. I've been looking forward to it all week. In fact, I think that ( Read more... )

In all the hooopla over Cherry, I almost forgot to mention that today is our greyhound Amy Bell's 9th birthday ( Read more... )

We humbly request that all of you send good healthy vibes to Cherry today.  He is at the vet getting his leg X-ray'ed.  If all is well, the splint comes off.  We would really like for all to be well.

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Update:  the bone has healed nicely and the splint is coming off.  He has some pressure sores and a spot where one of his ( Read more... )

The quote of the semester from my Gift and Estate Tax class, "Simultaneous death is not a problem."

I am such a nerd.

Walking down the street today, I came across the following.


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Send all good thoughts to waysofseeing who is at home keeping the flood waters at bay (and keeping our basement dry).

An interesting thing happened last night -- my 6pm class was cancelled, giving me time to have a nice leisurely dinner before my 7:30 class.
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After a return from a recent trip, waysofseeing announced that he needed to acquire Guitar Hero 3. Because I can never refuse my husband a new video game, off we went to our local game store where he acquired same. I like hanging out with WoS while he plays Guitar Hero; what can I say, I am a Guitar Hero groupie (yes, I've seen THAT episode of South Park). ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. wayofseeing and I are doing our usual: we are at his mom's house for the holiday. The weather up here is gorgeous; this is Cherry's first trip to San Juan Island, and he seems to be thoroughly enjoying himself, despite his broken leg. Amy of course settled right in (she loves going to "Grandmas's house ( Read more... )