This is my 600th post. Convention suggests I should give something away. I’m not sure what it should be, though. Maybe next time, I’ll have that figured out. In the meantime, I will happily accept your congratulations. Or baked goods.
This is my 500th post. It’s not very exciting when I think that I’ve been blogging since 2000, earlier if you count our Germany Journal, but milestones deserve to be celebrated, yes? Also, I recently won a giveaway! Wasn’t I just saying that I never win anything? And now, twice in 3 months! So: Diane at From Blank Pages launched this clever thing a while back. Charming Travelers! It’s a charm pack (56 5×5 fabric squares) that she gave away on her site. The rules state that if you win the Travelers, you get to pick out whatever squares you …
Last week, Caitlyn had her last class with Leslie, her circus coach of at least two years. Time to move on to Circus 2B! I don’t often bring a camera to circus class. Most of the time, parents are gently directed to an observation room. Because of the way SANCA has grown, these days the observation room overlooks only about half the gym, resulting in about 2/3 of Caitlyn’s circus time happening out of view. But every twelve weeks, out come the folding chairs for “Demonstration Week.” I brought the camera and followed the class around, ignoring the chairs and …
My tree has a new home! I contacted a nursery, malls, the local Boys & Girls Club, friends at Microsoft. I posted to our local parents email list and the Seattle freecycle group. But in the end it was the landscape service providers for our neighborhood who had a space tall enough for a 12 foot tree. So late last week, on a day with rain (despite being forecast otherwise), this beloved family member moved out. The Tree has been launched into a new life, out of the nest. Impact Property Services, our neighborhood’s landscape services company, has an office …
