After nearly three full days without power, it FINALLY came back on late this morning! Can’t say I’m that impressed with PUD management.  It appears that despite our calling in every day to report that we were still out, because some of the other neighbors around us had gotten their power back, it was assumed […]

If you haven’t heard by now, there was a pretty significant windstorm that swept through the north Puget Sound area on Saturday.  Whole trees were blown over, roots and all.  Ane and I ended up driving through some of it and saw the damage and the debris first hand. The storm also knocked the power […]

One week ago today, Ressis and Oddball welcomed their fourth baby!  Grandma and Gichan were also on hand to welcome Little Cousin, Little Cowgirl, and Little Hawk’s new baby sister!!! For now, we will be calling her Baby Girl Cousin until we can come up with a good blog name for her.  She was 7 […]

Dear Tad, Today is the day that you have been counting down to for at least three weeks.  It is really your birthday, and you are really ten years old. You have grown in height and size over the last year, and you are all limbs.  You do seem to have control over them, when […]