*Sunsets at our house in B-town. The last light shines across the horse pastures and through the trees in our back yard ( Read more... )

AAAAAHhhhH! The evil side of Cadence has come back and she's been up since 3 am whining and screaming!!  She doesn't seem to be sick, just angry. Mark just took her to preschool VERY EARLY.  I hope we can work this out but right now things seem very difficult. It's hard to eat or even function normally while packing the very last remnants of your ( Read more... )

The computer is on the floor, but it's still hooked up! The first pod is in the driveway, full and closed. Our house is empty of 90% of our furniture. Today the Title 5 was done (a septic check required in Massachusetts when you sell a house that has a septic system), and we barely passed! That was the almost-last thing that needed to be done on a ( Read more... )

For one particular friend who used to live off of Hulst Rd, here are some pictures from today. It has been snowing/slushing all night and all morning and now we have about 2 inches of the heaviest waterlogged snow I've ever seen. The trees are breaking under the weight!


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To Whom it May Concern:

As a student at Holyoke Community College, I had the pleasure of being in K B’s Nutrition class for the Fall, 2009 semester. As her student, I felt inspired to pursue my continuing interest in nutrition-related subjects.
     Her class was run in such a way that it was obvious that she is organized and dedicated to her ( Read more... )

  (crestwood ln)

This one is nice because it has a huge forest just to the right of it! It is my favorite kind of woods, as well. Rain forest. All the plants I studied when I went to Evergreen, all my favorite trees and bugs and slugs and....  But it is very close to the neighbors, and I'm not sure that there is a fenced backyard at all. It also is ( Read more... )

We've been waffling between Olympia and Seattle this week, looking at rentals online constantly, and mentally preparing for Mark's 3 week trip to Bremen, Germany ( Read more... )

Thanks for the advice in the last post ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of any good online Seattle parent's networks? The LJ "Seattle" community is very snarky and not parent-y at all, and the "Seattle Parent's Network" that I found on google has very few members, and most of the entries are from 2 years ago.
I'm hoping to get some good neighborhood advice for when we buy up there. Thanks.

Lists are being made over here. I'm posting things on craig's list and freecycle, and starting to pack various boxes. Everything is soooo dusty. Too much crap...