Seattlejo Suggests: Your local library.
When was the last time you were at your local library? If its been a while you might be surprised at what they offer. We live a block and a half from my local library. I’m there at least once a week picking up, dropping off or just browsing books. Recently though I’ve been able [...]
A trip to Vancouver.
Saturday we packed up the car and did a roadtrip down to Vancouver so i could meet my fiances brother before he goes in for surgery tomorrow. It was my first introduction to my future in-laws , talk about nerve wracking. We were up early, and hit the road only to realize we missed on [...]
Here there be dragons
This little guy greeted us as we got to the Waterhouse Center, clearly signaling that “Here There Be Dragons” I was apprehensive about the course , as I’m sure you all realized. I didn’t expect that it would turn out to be such a negative experience for me. We did a total of 5 main [...]
Seattlejo Suggests!
Above all I suggest cozy socks for chilly fall days. I also suggest warm hoodies Today’s Seattlejo Suggests is really about podcast’s though. I’ve recently begun listening to Podcasts again and wanted to suggest the ones I’m listening too and see what you have to suggest to me. Coverville is a podcast based on covers [...]
Girl Scouts
Were you a girl scout/boy scout? Were you involved in Campfire or something similar? I was a Brownie. In 2nd grade I was part of a troop, we did the cookie sale, and I think a camping trip . I remember a visit to a local nursing home to deliver cookies and sing carols during [...]
Advanced busing
One of the challenges of the new school year is getting to and from campus. I dont live that far from campus, only about 20 miles or so. If I was driving google tells me that it would take me between 30-40 minutes. As a dedicated bus babe though it takes me about an hour [...]
Project work, textures of time
When I quit my job in May. I wondered if I would get bored. I’ve worked since I was 16 years old, and have had a full time job pretty much solid since I was 17. Nicely enough, the time has gone fairly quickly as the weeks have a definite texture to them. From when [...]
Why is this girl smiling?
From Blog Photos On Saturday Miss Bit and I decided to take part in the GAIN neighborhood cleanup. I’m big on volunteering, and things that the kiddo can do are even better. One of the local church volunteered to feed us, so we headed out early hoping for maybe a donut and coffee before we [...]
Neighborhood Night Out
Our street closed last night and gave us a chance to mingle with our neighbors over food and drink. It was a nice chance to get to know the folks in the area, and meet some of the local dogs. (That was a real treat for me!) The kids ran wild enjoying the luxury of [...]
Power Outages and Pig and Whistle
We lost power last night, around 11:30 or so. it flickered then boom it was out I stumbled upstairs and looked down the street to see the street lights out and to see a someone clearly fumbling with a flashlight through the curtains . Sadly i was a third of the way through “Dude Where’s [...]