Summer 2010

Going to Uncle Tims house for the week was really fun and relaxing but when I came home I went straight to work. This is now my second week of work and I really like it. The kids can sometimes get out of control but thats what lowering stars are for. (Ive only given 1 yellow). My hours now are 630am-8am & 2-5pm, monday-friday. Hope you guys are having a good summer!

Sunday NY Times at the Lake

We got a new Verizon mobile wifi hotspot device

The NW Pacific Coast is Desolate and Beautiful

The boys and I went camping with some friends this last week and had a wonderful time exploring the WA coast line and rainforst. The area is sparcely populated and quite desolate. What few towns are there are on Indian reservations. The beaches are amazing; piled high with the carcasses of ancient forests thrown haphazardly by the incredible strength of the ocean.

Mirror Lake Hike

We had an eventful hike up to Mirror Lake yesturday. The bogs above the lake were full of frogs and tadpoles, and the mosquitos were ferocious. I counted 22 bites on Liam's back this morning, and 27 on Ben's, and I wasn't even trying! They spent too long scrambling around the ponds catching frogs without shirts on.

The hike was shorter than I remember it. Bob thinks that's because the kids are bigger and faster.... Probably. They certainly are. As usual, considering it's only 1 1/2 hour from Seattle, there were few people along the trail. We didn't swim this time. The air wasn't quite warm enough.

Anyone care to join us for a repeat hike at the beginning of September? The bogs'll be dry so less mosquitos. The wild blueberries will be ripe, and the water will be warmer.

Backyard deer

"Cautious mother with her two fawns looks at a two-legged non-threatening biped holding a small black object, while standing together in the garden".
These animals are so lovely, that one would never imagine that last year in the US alone they caused approximately $1Billion in damage to cars, 10,000 personal injuries in 1.5 million collisions, and 150 human deaths (not to say, possibly 1.5 million deer deaths). In 2009 worldwide there were 61 shark attacks on humans and 5 human deaths.

Happy Birthday Sarah

We hope you have a great day Sarah.  Dad is home now and feeling good.  We took a walk up the street which is the extent of what he is supposed to do for the next few days.  Next week he can start to exercise again but build up slowly.

GP Jim

The angiogram and stent insertion went smoothly and Jim is now feeling fine and sleeping off the anesthetic.  They found 90% blockage where the right coronary artery joins with the aorta, inserted a stent, and all is well.  No heart damage.  They went in through his wrist instead of his groin so that part is easier to take. It all took about an hour and a half.  He will stay in the hospital overnight and come home in the morning.  He can do normal activities except no lifting with his right hand for about 5 days and no strenuous exercise.  They also found a 50% blockage point in the left coronary artery but the doctor said that is nothing to worry about, they will treat it with meds.